System and method of providing multiple installation actions

Details System and method of providing multiple installation actions System and method of providing multiple installation actions

2008-07-01

2008-07-01

Wiley, David (Department: 2174)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Operator interface

On-screen workspace or object

C715S825000, C715S853000, C717S175000, C717S174000, C717S168000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10792341

ABSTRACT:
A system and method are presented for a suite integration toolkit (SIT) allowing for the provision and display of a rich set of installation actions. The user interface (UI) provides a list box interface having pull down menus for the display and selection of component defined installation actions. Preferably the SIT is used to install a suite of applications having multiple components and sub-components. These components and sub-components are displayed with the install action selected and the disk space required displayed. The UI also provides a summation of the required disk space of only those components that will actually be installed, taking into consideration and excluding from the summation required components that are already installed. An interface method is implemented by each of the components to expose a method to allow the SIT to query the component for its available installation actions and results.

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