HFSLIP's application addon support

[Tomcat76]

This is for existing addon makers to see if HFSLIP would support their addon or not.

Applies to HFSLIP 1.2.2 and newer.

HFSLIP fully supports/parses the following sections:

* txtsetup_files

* txtsetup_files_home

* txtsetup_fileflags

* txtsetup_dirs

* dosnet_files

* dosnet_files_home

* sysoc

* editfile

* filenames

* addprogram

* GuiRunOnce

* FileMove

* DirDelete

HFSLIP partially supports the following sections:

* txtsetup_files_pro (this is parsed for XP Pro but this doc says it's for any non-Home OS)

* dosnet_files_pro (same)

HFSLIP deliberately ignores the following sections:

* AddDirective (HFSLIP automatically creates section headers in destination files if they don't exist)

* svcpack_catalogs (catalog files are handled automatically by HFSLIP provided they exist in the SVCPACK folder)

* i386_compress (files are automatically compressed unless they exist uncompressed in the source except for files in the ASMS folder)

* obsolete (it is assumed the HFSLIP user knows which hotfixes are obsolete when they include an addon)

Unsupported sections:

* extrafileedits

* txtsetup_remove (might conflict with other features of HFSLIP)

* dosnet_remove (same)

* registry_addreg (same)

* registry_delreg (same)

* obsolete_files (same)

* ...

Edited January 10, 2007 by Tomcat76

[Kiki Burgh]

a more definitive guide then for everyone! thanks for this TC!

for the sake of cross-referencing, here are previous related topics:

Special features 3. Application addons

HFAAO - Application Addon packs, (version 60301 and higher)

Introducing support for update/addon packs

Add-ons Location

HFAAO FLODER NOT USED