Downloading YAY

This downloadable version of YAY is an evaluation copy only. While it provides the full functionality of YAY, it uses a number of techniques to remind you that you are using an unregistered copy of the software.

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You are only allowed to use the software for a maximum of 30 days. After that, you must discontinue using YAY or license a registered copy. You must also license a registered copy if you use YAY to produce software that you intend to sell or license for profit.

Installation

1. Download the zipped distribution to your computer.
2. Unzip the download file using WINZIP, or some other decompression tool.
3. CD to the directory where you unzipped all the files and run the 'setup' program.

The setup program will ask you where to put the various YAY-related files. It will also create an installation file that tells YAY where to find the files it needs. If you don't use the default filename for the installation file, you must set the YAY_INST environment variable to be the name of the installation file. Alternately, you can use YAY's INSTallation= command-line option.

After setup finishes, you can look at the setup.log file to see what it did.

Finally, you should copy the 'yay' executable file to a directory that is in your search path.

Removal

Change to a directory that was NOT created during the installation procedure (such as your home directory or the root directory). Run the 'uninst' program using the full name of the command. You will be prompted for a log file name. This file will be used to log errors and list all files and directories that are removed. By default this information will be printed to your display. After uninst finishes, you can look at the log file to see what uninst did.

If uninst cannot find the installation file, it will ask you where it is. Then, it will remove all the files that the setup program installed. If you have installed YAY more than once on the same system you must be careful to uninstall the correct one.

The safest way to do this is to use the INSTallation= option:

C:\thinkage\yay-1_0\uninst INST=C:\thinkage\yay-1_0\instinfo

Those examples reflect the default values for the INSTalllation= option. You would not need to use the INSTallation option in those cases unless the YAY_INST variable was set. If YAY was installed in D:\yay-1.0 then you might use:

D:\yay-1.0\uninst INST=D:\yay-1.0\instinfo

Documentation

Documentation is provided in both text and postscript versions. You can find the postscript versions of the full manual and the YAY command-syntax help in the following files that are part of the installation set:

yay10man.ps
yay10hlp.ps

Registration

Please see our Registration&Payments page for instructions on how to register the software and obtain a fully licensed copy.