Installing Communicator Beta on Warp 3.0

by Dmitry I. Platonoff
Author of Sysbar/2

That new beta of Netscape Communicator 4.04 doesn't install on Warp 3.0 systems (it supports WarpServer and Warp 4 only) although it actually works fine under Warp 3 (fixpack 29 (syslevel 8.253) or higher is required).
A lot of people still run Warp 3, and it's possible to install Communicator on Warp 3 if you modify the Communicator installation script.
Find the following lines in the beginning of NS40COMM.PKG:
FILE
EXITWHEN = INSTALL,
EXIT = 'SETVAR INSTALLING=INSTALLING'
EXIT
DLL = NS40EXIT.DLL
FILE
EXITWHEN = ALWAYS,
EXIT = SETOS2VERSION
FILE
EXITWHEN = INSTALL,
EXIT = NETSCAPEFIXPAK
EXIT
DLL = EPFIEXTS.DLL
Remove (or comment with asterisks) this text and replace it with
FILE
EXITWHEN = ALWAYS,
EXIT = 'SETVAR V4X=TRUE'
Then you can run INSTALL.EXE and enjoy Communicator.

Dmitry I. Platonoff
(dip@lab321.ru)

@Macarlo, Inc.
@Macarlo's Shareware & Web
OS/2
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