Preparing source files for utility modules files, Setting, Attributes – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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Type

a

path

only

if

you

want

the

installable

files

to

be

copied

to

the

C

partition

of

the

target

computer.

b.

In

the

For

INF

install

only

area,

check

the

INF

Installable

check

box.

If

the

location

of

the

.INF

file

is

not

in

the

source

directory

you

defined

on

the

Source

tab,

use

the

“Relative

location

of

the

INF

files

in

the

source”

field

to

type

the

relative

path

to

the

subdirectory

that

contains

the

.INF

file.

For

example,

if

the

source

directory

is

X:\SOURCE_FILES\DRIVER_1,

but

your.INF

file

is

in

X:\SOURCE_FILES\DRIVER_1\WINXP,

the

relative

path

is

\WINXP.

c.

All

other

fields

on

the

Options

tab

are

used

to

handle

special

cases.

For

information

about

special

fields,

refer

to

Chapter

11,

“Getting

help

and

support,”

on

page

181.

16.

Click

the

Save

icon

in

the

Main

window

tool

bar;

then,

close

the

Device

Driver

window.

17.

To

build

a

driver

module,

see

“Building

a

new

module”

on

page

165.

Setting

the

attributes

based

on

an

existing

device-driver

module

To

set

the

attributes

for

a

new

device-driver

module

to

the

match

the

attributes

of

an

existing

device-driver

module,

do

the

following:

1.

Open

the

repository

where

you

want

the

new

device-driver

module

to

reside.

2.

If

your

repository

contains

folders,

navigate

to

the

folder

where

you

want

the

new

device-driver

module

to

reside.

3.

From

the

Main

Window

menu

bar,

click

Insert

and

then

click

Device

Driver...

.

The

New

Module

Wizard

opens.

4.

Click

Next

.

5.

Verify

that

the

Device

Driver

radio

button

is

selected,

and

then

click

Next

.

6.

In

the

Name

field,

type

a

name

that

you

want

to

use

to

identify

this

module.

Be

as

specific

as

possible.

This

name

will

be

the

name

that

appears

in

the

repository.

7.

Click

the

No

radio

button

to

indicate

that

this

module

is

not

a

container.

8.

Click

Next

.

9.

From

the

list

of

modules,

select

the

module

you

want

to

use

as

the

source

and

then

click

Next

.

10.

Click

Finish

.

The

New

Module

Wizard

closes

and

the

Device

Driver

window

for

the

new

module

opens.

11.

Modify

any

attributes

that

need

to

be

changed.

Refer

to

the

ImageUltra

Builder

help

system

if

you

need

assistance.

12.

When

you

are

finished

modifying

the

attributes,

click

the

Save

icon

in

the

Main

window

tool

bar;

then,

close

the

Device

Driver

window.

13.

Continue

with

“Building

a

new

module”

on

page

165.

Preparing

source

files

for

utility

modules

files

The

use

of

utilities

is

optional.

Utilities

are

Win32-based

EXE,

BAT,

or

COM

programs

that

run

during

the

installation

process.

For

example,

an

installer

might

want

to

run

CHKDSK

to

determine

the

condition

or

size

of

a

hard

disk

before

any

files

get

installed.

Chapter

8.

Preparing

source

files

for

modules

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