OdinTool version 0.5.003
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OdinTool is a little utility I wrote to accomplish a few tasks:

1.) Make the installation of Odin daily buildfiles (which are currently
    not available) a matter of a mouseclick. In addition a registry file
    (Custom.REG) that can hold custom entries to override the default ones 
    OdinInst.EXE writes into the registry.

2.) Provide a frontend for Odin.INI settings. This did never work well
    is incomplete and ought to be removed.

3.) Workaround to make OdinBug happy for people that do not have 
    buildfiles on their hard disk.

ODINTOOL COMES AS IS, WITHOUT ANY PARTICULAR GUARANTEE, NEITHER 
EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

PLEASE READ THIS FILE COMPLETELY BEFORE USING ODINTOOL!

1. Prerequsites:

   - Odin installed at least once via WarpIN
   - OdinBug 0.5.3a or better (0.5.010 recommended) installed 
     and at least used once (in order to have the buildfile 
     directory saved).
   - VROBJ.DLL in LIBPATH (get it from your Warp4 CD-ROM
     or download VROBJ.WPI from ftp://ftp.os2.org/odin/daily)
   - REXXINI.DLL (it comes with OdinTool) in your LIBPATH
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   - OdinTool *MUST* be in the same directory as OdinBug.EXE
   - Eventually Regedit.EXE from Win95/98/ME (*NOT* the OS/2 
     Regedit2.EXE)
   - InfoZIP's UNZIP.EXE somewhere in your PATH
     
2. Features:

2.1 Setup checking

   It checks the WarpIN database to determine where Odin is
   installed. It displays what it finds out. This cannot be
   changed currently. This might be useful to take a quick 
   look at the integrity...
   
2.2 Install button: 

   Pressing this, will present you a file selection box of 
   your buildfiles directory with all buildfiles available 
   for selection.
   
   
   Choose one and it will be unZIPped in the correct place,
   OdinInst.EXE will be called.
   
   As a next step Regedit.EXE will be called with a file named
   Custom.REG as its parameter (if Custom.REG exists). Using 
   this feature, you can easily overwrite some registry keys, 
   that OdinInst.EXE just has created (plus overwrite a previous 
   setting).
   
   Calling OdinTool for the first time will create an appropriate
   Custom.REG file in the directory where OdinTool resides (should
   be the Odin directory).
   
   Note: If Regedit.EXE is not present in your Odin directory, 
   you will get an error message about a missing file from Odin!

   Note: Using the "Create/Update WPS object(s)" function in
   the menu will associate odin32bin-*.ZIP files with OdinTool.
   You may now double click on the buildfile and OdinTool is
   fired up, ready to install the new buildfile.

2.3. Execute Regedit

   As the name suggests this calls Regedit.EXE (the Win32 version
   as described above).
   
2.4 Odin.INI pages
   
   You may use these pages to modify some available settings in
   Odin.INI. Look into the Project Odin User's Manual to find out
   about these settings.
      
3. Author:

Herwig Bauernfeind, 21-02-2004