# install rwdtinker applet from a long directory location 
def installgemapplet
	require 'fileutils'
	require 'extras/zip/zip'
	nametext = "%s" % [@a_installapplet]

	begin # exception trapped block
		fullname =  nametext + ".zip"

		zf = Zip::ZipFile.new(fullname)
		zf.sort.each {
			|entry|
			zf.extract(entry.to_s, entry.to_s)
		}
		@installapplettext = Message[:applet_installed]  

	rescue
		@installapplettext = "unzip error - applet may not be installed correctly"
	end # exception rescue
end