1) Copy the installation disk to some directory and copy there the following
   attached files:
        a) Directory VendorUtility
        b) vendorUtiliy.bat
        c) createVendor.bat
        d) PKZIP25.EXE
   This step will not be necessary in the next releases of ConfigMaster.

2) Activate  vendorUtiliy.bat.
   You will be asked to enter:
        a) The path <P> where to copy the installation
        b) The path V where the vendor information is (the exact structure of
           the vendor information follows).
3) The vendor utility then copies the installation to <P>, encrypts and copies
   the encrypted vendor information from V as well
4) The vendor utility then asks whether the you want to create an installation
   for a specific vendor.

   a) If you answer "yes" by clicking the "continue" button,
      you will be asked for the path <P1> where to create the specific vendor
      installation and and then you will be asked to choose the name of the
      vendor for whom you want the installation will be made.
      The vendor utility then creates the installation for the specific vendor
      at the given path.
      The utility also creates a batch file named <specific vendor name>.bat in
      <P>.
      You can use this batch file in the future to create new installations
      for this specific vendor simply by activating it.


   b) If you answer "no" by clicking the "exit" button, the generic
      installation is ready.
      To create an installation for a specific vendor,  copy the
      <P>\"createVendor.bat" file to <P>\<specific vendor name>.bat and
      change:
        <vendor directory> to actual path where you want the specific vendor
        installation to be created (in quotes)
      and
        <vendor name> to the name of the specific vendor for whom the
        installation must be created (in quotes as well).
      Then create the vendor specific installation just by clicking this batch
      file.


5) Contents of the vendor specific information:
   a) All pictures must be *.gif format with 4 color depth only.
   b) Under the vendors directory <V>, each vendor will have his own directory
      which must be named V<number> (V1,V2, etc.)
   b) Each vendor directory will contain:
       I. Install pictures directory:
            All pictures must be named 0.gif, 1.gif, 2.gif .... in the
            order of their appearance during the installation.
            This directory must be called "InstallPictures" and must be
            present even if there are no install pictures.
       II.  An icon in *.gif format for the product. Must be named
            dframeIcon.gif.
       III. A picture of the logo. Must be named logo.gif
       III. A picture for the opening screen. Must be named product.gif
       IV.  If the specific vendor will market products supporting Radlan's
            Embedded WEB server the same picture for the opening screen must
            be provided, but without the "Device", "IP", "Community",
            "Cascade Windows" and "Error Log" captions. Must be named
            productEmbedded.gif.
         V. An icon in *.ico format for the product. Must be named
            product.ico (to be placed on the desktop by the installation).
        VI. vendor.ini file will contain the following:

             1. productName   = <Name of the NMS>
             2. companyName   = <Name of the company>
             3. companySuffix = <Suffix of legal company name>
                                      --  like LTD. or INC. etc.
             4. homePage      = <URL of the vendor's WEB site>
             5. URLcoordinates  =
                                x:<URL picture x coordinate>,
                                y:<URL picture y coordinate>,
                                w:<URL picture width>,
                                h:<URL picture height>
                         -- on the same line
                         -- x and y coordinates relative to the opening
                            screen.
             6. copyRight = <copy right statement>
                            -- Like "Copyright RADLAN LTD. 1999"
             7. vendorVersion = <number of the vendor NMS version>
                           -- optional. If not present the vendor
                              version will be the same as the ConfigMaster
                              version.
            8.  Language = <language> (optional)
                             -- See language customizaton below.

        VII.   deviceNames.ini
              Contains the devices supported by the vendor and how the vendor
              wants to name them. Each device should appear on a separate
              line, having the following format:
              <generic device name > = <vendor name for this device>


        VIII. Language customization:
              The language customization is intended to allow translation of
              the installation program, as well as status messages in the NMS
              whose origin is the NMS.
              Program error messages or messages derived from the device will
              not be translated.

              In the Languages directory of the installation disk, copy the
              Messages.txt to a file named <language>.txt where "language" is
              the same language as specified in vendor.ini (VI 8. above). A
              line beginning with "//" is a comment. The first line must be
              the <language> as above. Each translation text is of the form
                 <original> = <translation>
              where  both must be enclosed in quotes if they contain quotes.
              Words beginning with % (but not %%) indicate that they will be
              replaced by parameters when the message is displayed. Be careful
              to include them in the translation as well.


