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# Zipped Media

When creating zipped media for an installation, follow these guidelines:

1. Create a ZIP file for each subdirectory.
2. Place each ZIP file in the subdirectory where the system will unzip it.
3. If the subdirectory is RWDATA, create these ZIP files and place them in the RWdata subdirectory:

- xxRWDATA.ZIP - all RW files in the RWDATA subdirectory
- xxRWGIDF.ZIP - global inquiry window definition files (optional)

4. Add the ZIP file names to the INSTALLATION FILES section of xxAPPL.TXT

Each ZIP file that you create for a subdirectory should be named xxPROGxx.ZIP, where xx is the application ID and PROGxx is the application subdirectory. For example, to zip the Accounts Receivable program directory, you would name the file ARPROGAR.ZIP.

If you need additional ZIP files, name each additional file xxPROGyy.ZIP, where yy is a sequence number. For example, name the first zip file ARPROGAR.ZIP, and additional files ARPROG02.ZIP, ARPROG03.ZIP, and so on. Originally this was done for media to expand beyond a single floppy diskette. Since OSAS no longer distributes media thru diskettes, base OSAS media no longer splits out ZIP files between multiple files within the same directory.

ZIP files for data files, sample data files, and system files, if necessary, should be named xxDATA.ZIP, xxSAMPLE.ZIP, and xxSYSFIL.ZIP,

respectively.

The ZIP file containing the graphical resource files (.BRC files for Visual PRO/5 or .ARC files for BBj), must be named xxRES.ZIP.