Adding a New Optional Accessory

Setup gives the user the opportunity to choose what optional accessories to install and then creates a new program item for them in the Accessories Program Manager group. To add a new accessory, you must create the files, add the files to the distribution share, and then add the files to the [Files] section of the TXTSETUP.SIF file. Then you need to make modifications to the PARTIAL.INF and DOSNET.INF files.

For example, the Terra Flora administrator is adding a program called ORGCHART.EXE to the Accessories program group. To do this, the administrator first modifies the PARTIAL.INF file by adding "OrgChart" lines to the [Files-I386-WindowsOptions], [OptionalAccessoriesENG], and [AccessoriesItemsENG] sections, as shown in the following example:

[Files-I386-WindowsOptions]
Calculator = 2,CALC.EXE , SIZE=999
Cardfile = 2,CARDFILE.EXE , SIZE=999
OrgChart = 2,ORGCHART.EXE , SIZE=999
CDPlayer = 2,CDPLAYER.EXE , SIZE=999

[OptionalAccessoriesENG]
    Calculator   = "Calculator"
    Cardfile     = "Cardfile"
    OrgChart     = "Terra Flora Organizational Chart"
    Clock        = "Clock"

[AccessoriesItemsENG]
    Paintbrush =  "Paintbrush",  PBRUSH.EXE  , PBRUSH.EXE  , "" ,  0
    Chat       = "Chat",  WINCHAT.EXE  ,  WINCHAT.EXE  , "" ,  0
    OrgChart   =  "Org. Chart" , ORGCHART.EXE , ORGCHART.EXE , "" , 0
    Terminal   = "Terminal", TERMINAL.EXE , TERMINAL.EXE  , "" ,  0

Next, the administrator adds the line "d1,ORGCHART.EXE" to the DOSNET.INF file as shown in the following example:

[Files]
d1,256COLOR.BMP
d1,40291730.PPD
d1,40293930.PPD
d1,ORGCHART.EXE
...