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Hello,<br /><br />The Modifications Team is pleased to announce the first public preview release of UMIL. This tool was built by Exreaction under the supervision of the MOD Team. UMIL is short for Unified MOD Install Library and was created to provide a framework for MOD authors to make simple database installation files (scripts) that are compatible with all database systems supported by phpBB3. MOD Authors can now write up a single and simple list of actions that will be used to install, update, and uninstall Modifications using the UMIL Auto system or build completely custom scripts using just the UMIL framework.<br /><br />UMIL is designed to accompany Modifications to make them easier to install for the end-user.<br /><br />More information and downloads can be found <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/mods/umil/" class="postlink">on the UMI Library page</a>. To get started using UMIL, you can create a simple UMI file using the <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/mods/umil/create.php" class="postlink">UMIF Creation Tool</a>.<br /><br />If you have any problems or suggestions, post them in the <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=1405445" class="postlink">UMIL Discussion Topic</a>. If you find a bug, please post it in the <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/modteamtools//" class="postlink">MOD Team Tools Bug Tracker</a>.

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