Revision History
FreeExtractor v1.44, March 20, 2001
- When using non-standard dialog sizes, the intro bitmap now correctly scales. (No more ugly white gaps.)
- Zip files can be converted using SendTo Menu (right click a Zip file -> SendTo - > Convert Zip to SFX)
- MakeSFX: Build time and build rate calculated and displayed after compiling an SFX.
- Execution of 16-bit applications (e.g. old InstallShield setups) fixed.
- Added %sendto% path variable.
- Website URL updated (again, for good) to http://www.disoriented.com.
FreeExtractor v1.43, February 18, 2001
- SFX: "FreeExtractor" removed from title bar and replaced with more subtle watermark
- SFX: Fixed metadata caching issue on Win98 when running multiple SFXs sequentially.
- FEWIZARD: Fixed loading of return carriages in default.ini strings
- FEWIZARD: Fixed issue with misdrawing of "Next" button on splash page in rare cases.
- UI: Fixed dialog layouts when using non-standard system font sizes
- UI: Font style changed.
- Cursor changes to hand when mousing over URLs
- Updated visual style. New icons and bitmap included.
- Source to bin2h.exe now included in source distribution.
- Updated copyrights in code and documentation to include 2000 and 2001.
FreeExtractor v1.42.01, December 13, 2000
- Fixed issue with execution command introduced in v1.42.
FreeExtractor v1.42, December 13, 2000
- Added $quicklaunch$ path variable.
- Added support for execution of batch files and .COM files.
- Environment variables now expanded in path strings
- Fixed display issues under non-standard Windows color schemes
- Fixed issue with $startmenu$ path variable on non-English versions of Windows
- The working directory of all shortcuts is set to the target directory
- Stricter path checking for UNC paths
FreeExtractor v1.41, December 10, 2000
- Added support for Authenticode code signing for SFXs
- Faster loading of larger SFXs
- SFX Name now defaults to "Unnamed Archive"
- DEV: Cleaned up and optimized a bunch of functions.
- Updated help
FreeExtractor v1.40.2, December 9, 2000
- DEV: replace splitthepath with more tokenized, optimized version
- DEV: Removed pragma / type warnings
FreeExtractor v1.40.1, November 28, 2000
- Fixes an issue with creating multiple shortcuts
FreeExtractor v1.4, November 26, 2000
- Added ability to change SFX icon
- Added ability to create shortcuts.
- Added new path variables:
$targetdir$ The extraction directory
$sendto$ The SendTo Menu
$favorites$ IE Favorites Menu
$startup$ User's Startup Folder
$startmenu$ User's Programs Folder in Start Menu
$fonts$ System Fonts directory
- FEWizard: Added ability to restart wizard after creating a SFX.
- Path variables and command line parameters now work in exec command
- Updated Help Files
FreeExtractor v1.39.2, November 17, 2000
- Updates to MakeSFX.exe
- Internal header.exe restructuring
FreeExtractor v1.39.1, November 15, 2000
- Minor updates to MakeSFX.exe
FreeExtractor v1.39, November 14, 2000
- New option in FE Wizard to save your options as your default settings. (Useful when creating multiple self-extractors with similar options.)
- Document packaging: You can package MS Office Documents, Adobe Acrobat PDFs, Photoshop PDF files and more, and they'll open with their associated programs after extraction.
- You can package and auto-install applications to your Palm device. (Specify the .PRC to install in the execute field.)
- Better help integration; Context help works within FEWizard.
- Updated help documentation
- Path variables can be delimited with either "%"s or "$"s. ("%temp%" is now equivalent to "$temp$")
- Fixed minor help screen error with MakeSFX.exe.
- Fixed warning logic error in MakeSFX.exe.
FreeExtractor v1.38, November 02, 2000
- Brand new, expanded documentation in Microsoft HTML Help Format.
- Removed option to create UI-less self-extractors due to abuse by virus creators.
- Added ability to view properties in self-extractor (Right click -> Properties)
- Cleaned up source code. Added better source documentation.
- More descriptive error messages.
- Removed MakeSFX.exe from FESetup.exe to reduce file size. It's offered seperately.
FreeExtractor v1.37, October 28, 2000
- Fixed auto extract path bug
- Improved source code comments.
FreeExtractor v1.36, October 26, 2000
- Improved path checking and verification
- Fixed URL positioning bug on Wizard splash screen when displayed with a non-standard font.
FreeExtractor v1.32, October 24, 2000
- Fixed path parsing variable bug, which was introduced in v1.31
FreeExtractor v1.31, October 23, 2000
- Fixed minor gramatical error
- Fixed handling of '&' in the intro text and title of the splash screen
FreeExtractor v1.3, October 22, 2000
- Feature: Added option to delete files after extraction
- Update: Added support for "mailto"s in the URL field
- CRLFs allowed in the intro text
- Fixed auto-open-explorer folder bug
- Misc bug fixes
FreeExtractor v1.21, October 07, 2000
- Added MakeSFX.exe. MakeSFX.exe is a command-line version of FreeExtractor, which can be used to automate the creation of a self extractor via a batch file.
- Added $curdir$ path variable.
- Fixed a minor issue with file date/time after extraction.
- Minor user interface updated, based on user feedback.
FreeExtractor v1.2, October 04, 2000
- Path Variables: For the default extraction path, self-extractor authors can specify
path variables. Supported path variables are:
$desktop$ The user's desktop folder
$programfiles$ Computer's program files folder (i.e. "C:\Program Files")
$temp$ System Temp Directory
$windir$ Windows directory (i.e. "c:\WinNT")
$sysdir$ Windows System Directory (i.e. "c:\WinNT\System32")
Examples:
$programfiles$\My Application
$Desktop$\My Files
Of course, hard-coded paths will still work.
- Files preseve their original date and time after file extraction (Jean-Paul Mesnage)
- Updated user interface. Better comforms to Microsoft's Wizard 97 spec.
FreeExtractor v1.1, September 19, 2000
- Removed all dependancies on the C run time (msvcrt.dll). Converted CRT I/O and memory
functions to their Win32 equivalents.
- Removed all unnessessary strings from header.exe and wizard.exe to reduce
.EXE size. (The wizard is now down to 33kb.)
- Cleaned up verbiage. More concise.
FreeExtractor v1.0, September 9, 2000
- Initial Release |