Running Wilbur from a CD


Note: if you wish to run Wilbur version 2 from a CD, please click here to go to the page describing the new CDWilbur program to use with that version.

It is easy to set Wilbur up as a search and viewing tool for information packaged on a CD. RedTree's distribution policy allows unlimited use of unregistered copies of Wilbur as long as they are being used with indexes created by a registered copy. No reminder screens will be displayed as long as only indexes from registered copies are searched. This means that CD producers can include the Wilbur executable along with their indexes on CDs for general distribution.

The CDWilbur program provides a simple way to use Wilbur on CDs without having to worry about installation programs etc. When run this program presents a simple dialog to the user:

 


The "Enter your Heading" phrase and font can be set by including a text file called CDWilbur.ini in the same location as the CDWilbur.exe file, usually in the root directory of the CD.

When the Search Now button is pressed, the program checks to see if Wilbur has ever been run on this machine. If not, some initialization is done to ensure the system is up to date and various options are set for the first run. These settings used for these options are also set by the CDWilbur.ini file.

A typical CDWilbur.ini file might look like the following:

Heading=Enter your Heading
HeadingHeight=40
HeadingWeight=700
HeadingItalic=1
HeadingFont=Times New Roman
Title=A Test Title
initialindex=education.wil
outline=0

The form is that each line contains a keyword followed by a setting. The keywords are not case sensitive.

The complete list of keywords is:

All paths are relative to CDWilbur.exe unless otherwise noted

Heading The text to appear between the readme and Search Now buttons
HeadingHeight The height of the heading text in pixels
HeadingWeight The 'boldness' of the heading font
HeadingItalic Is the heading in italics 0=false 1= true
HeadingFont Text name for the font used for the heading
InitialIndex Index that will be read in the first time Wilbur is run
Index Index read in or every search regardless of last index used
IndexDir directory containing the indexes (default is indexes)
TempDir The absolute path a hard disk directory that can be used for
temporary files. The default is C:\TEMP
Outline The initial state of Outline mode 0=off 1=on
Editor The path of editor program launched by the File/Edit command
Near The default number of words for near commands
TabSize The number of spaces used to represent a tab stop
Title The window title
WordWrap The number of characters before text wraps to the next line

The CDWilbur program expects a Wilbur subdirectory in its directory. Normally the CDWilbur program will be in the root directory of the CD and so the Wilbur directory will just be \wilbur. This directory should contain the following files:

wilbur.exe
wilbur.tlb
wilbur.hlp
readme.wri
order.wri
skip.txt
unzip32.dll
zip32.dll
axdist.exe
WilburSetup.exe

All these files except the last two can be found in the wilbur directory following a normal installation. The WilburSetup program is just the current download version of Wilbur renamed to a standard name. For instance if the current download version of Wilbur is wilbur162.exe, it should be included in the \wilbur directory with the name WilburSetup.exe.

The axdist.exe and current wilburXXX.exe (e.g. wilbur165.exe) can be downloaded from our download page. (Note that the axdist.exe can be extracted from the rtaxdist.exe file with standard zip utilities.)

When creating the index for a CD-ROM, the source material should be in the same relative position as it will be on the CD and no drive letters should be used in the include specifications. This ensures that Wilbur will be able to find the source files on the CD regardless of what the CD drive letter is.

Download the CDWilbur Program

NOTE: If you download the CDWilbur program and are interested in being informed of changes and updates to this program, please add your name to the CDWilbur mailing list. Since this information is not of interest to most Wilbur customers, update information will not normally be distributed by the normal channels. Simply send an email message to wilburcdnews-request@redtree.com with the single word JOIN in the body of the message. You should get a message confirming your addition to the list. If you do not, please let me know at craig@redtree.com.

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