Article # 607, added by Geoworks, historical record
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Using Shipper
The basic concept behind the Shipper program is it allows you to create "packages" for OmniGo users. These packages contain the files that you place in the packages. A package is then read by the Installer program and installs the files in the package to the user's OmniGo. Typically you create a package that contains e-books made with Bindery. Developers who write programs for the OmniGo also use Shipper to allow users to install their programs onto their OmniGo. I will only cover the basics of using Shipper as the online help is quite extensive and explains all the details about using Shipper. First, start Shipper. This displays a blank "package" screen. You can fill in the title and description of your package in this screen. Then you can add files to the package by clicking the "Add Files" button. These files will be stored in the package. The Installer program will later take these files and copy them to the OmniGo. For each of the source files in the package, be sure to specify the correct destination path. This specifies the location where the file will be copied to on the OmniGo itself. Since the path is dependent on the type of file you're installing, I won't get into what valid destination paths are. The version number for a source file simply tells the Installer whether this file should replace a file if it already exists on the OmniGo. So if you make a new version of your package, simply increment the version number and Installer will overwrite the old version of the file on the OmniGo. Once you've done all of this you can now save the package to a file. Do this by selecting Save from the File menu. A dialog appears in which you can specify the location and name for the package. Once the package is saved you can make this package available to other users who will use the Installer program to install the package files to their OmniGo.