The ChilKat ZipToSecureExe is a _demo_ of their commercial ZIP component. 
 
The commercial zip component allows for lots of things that are not part of
the free demo. Here's a link to the docs:
http://www.chilkatsoft.com/refdoc/xChilkatZip2Ref.html
 
Of specific interest: Changing icon, changing unzip directory.
 
On whole I found it a worthwhile purchase, and inexpensive at
$149/developer.
 
For version # updating you can do this yourself... but you'll need to
investigate opening and writing resource sections in an EXE. I _know_ it can
be done with system calls from C/C++... I just can't recall the reference
(somewhere in msdn... maybe near/around PE File Format?). A quick google on
"write version resource in exe" also turned up this tool which seems to be
exactly what you need:
http://www.heaventools.com/command-line_resource_editor.htm
 
The $199 price seems a bit high... but if you don't want to spend a couple
of days mucking around with C/C++ then it's a steal.
 
Regards,
 
Rob

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:04 PM
To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi



Same issues we have with Chilkat - caption, icon, & version (I forgot about
that). So looks like we both are at the same point.

 

Thanks - dave

 

 

 

David Thielen

www.windwardreports.com

303-499-2544 x1185

 

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

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From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:49 AM
To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

 

Ok, I looked into the details because this is working for us.  We use
IExpress to compress everything into a single executable.  You probably
already have IExpress, I believe that it's part of IE.  IExpress lets you
specify a setup command (AppLaunched) and a post install command
(PostInstallCmd).  We run the MSBuild/GenerateBootstrapper with AppLaunched
and we run our bootstrapper/installer with the PostInstallCmd.

 

The things I don't like about IExpress are:

- Command line support is weak

- You can't change the executable's Icon

- You can't change the executable's tooltip description

- You can't change the executable's version

 


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From: David Thielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:18 PM
To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

The only problem is it's Microsoft's bootstrapper from
MSBuild/GenerateBootstrapper so I have no control over that.

 

Thanks - dave

 

 

 

David Thielen

www.windwardreports.com

303-499-2544 x1185

 

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm


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From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:19 AM
To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

 

I don't think your bootstrapper should exit until the msi is done
installing.

 


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:16 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

Hi;

 

Can anyone suggest one to use to unzip the 2 files and then launch the
bootstrapper?

*       Winzip won't work because it deletes the unzipped file as soon as
the first exists - so the msi will be deleted when the bootstrapper
completes and spawns it. 

*       Chilkat doesn't run will in a build script (file is still locked
when it returns, can't set the caption or icon). 

 

??? - thanks - dave

 

 

 

David Thielen

www.windwardreports.com

303-499-2544 x1185

 

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

 

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