2 small utilities for Spoon Studio

Discussion in 'Virtualization' started by a_catalin, May 20, 2011.

  1. a_catalin

    a_catalin MDL Member

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    I've tested and it appears that the current version of ExeBuilder works fine with Spoon Studio 9.5 projects.
    However these days I have made some small modifications to the code (not related with the new Spoon Studio version):
    - icon was changed (previous icon was from Spoon Studio main exe file so not 100% ok to use);
    - is not using anymore a separate module for compiling exe files but it is using a exe "template" stored in resources;
    - a rare bug was fixed: when the path to the project files was very long the exe files could not be generated (thanks to highend for reporting it);
    - a few other small bugs fixed.

    I have updated the links in the first post of the thread.
     
  2. highend

    highend MDL Junior Member

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    Is there any official changelog available, johnmcloud?
     
  3. virtualworld

    virtualworld MDL Novice

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    Hia_catalin,

    Thanks for sharing the ExeBuilder. Can you please guide me on how to use this tool? I copied it to the same folder as "Files & XAPPL" and run it. It gave me this error "Please set a valid output file name in the project file!"
    I did give the output file name a name but it still not happy. I know I'm missing something here.

    Many thanks
     
  4. a_catalin

    a_catalin MDL Member

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  5. johnmcloud

    johnmcloud MDL Junior Member

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    No, no official changelog.
    Strange that two versions are released in such a short time.
    However I have not tested the software with Office, but I will as soon as possible
     
  6. johnmcloud

    johnmcloud MDL Junior Member

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    Same problem with this new version. No license error, but some dll error on Excel and Publisher
     
  7. a_catalin

    a_catalin MDL Member

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    I will be out of town for a few days in a place without internet connection so if anyone needs help with ExeBuilder I will be able to do so only when I get back.
    virtualworld, I waited your reply until now but I have to go...
    I hope those images helped you to fix your problem.
     
  8. virtualworld

    virtualworld MDL Novice

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    Sorry a_catalin. I was away on training for 2 days.
    Those images did help me a great deal (thank you).
    After Spoon built *.dat output, I started a few of the .exe generated by ExeBuilder and it says "Cannot start *.dat"! Any help is greatly appreciated.
    I'll be away from my computer for a few days so you won't get any replies.
    Thanks
     
  9. dobbelina

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    Hi a_catalin

    Great app, and thanks for making it !

    Another feature that i'm missing from Spoon Studio is the ability to
    export the xappl files reg contents to a regfile.
    The import feature is excellent though.

    Could you make a reg exporter ? :confused:
     
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  10. a_catalin

    a_catalin MDL Member

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    Sorry for not replying sooner, like I said I was out of town.

    @virtualworld, could you please send me a link to the xappl file, perhaps for dat file also (compressed if possible) ? Thank you.

    @dobbelina, is not that easy to do this but I will give it a try...
     
  11. virtualworld

    virtualworld MDL Novice

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    Ah, after lots of head scratching it's working now. The autostart has got files ticked by default. After unticked all of that it worked.
    Thanks for the great tool a_catalin.
     
  12. urie

    urie retired mod

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    Just wanted to say Spoon Studio updated again version 9.5.2025.0 still no Change log :(
     
  13. a_catalin

    a_catalin MDL Member

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    Thank you, yes, I saw...
    I didn't have time to test it, I'm working to improve Unicode support in ExeBuilder...
     
  14. johnmcloud

    johnmcloud MDL Junior Member

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    At first check, it's a sort of maintenance version. Only some few template. The software still the same of 2020.0
     
  15. a_catalin

    a_catalin MDL Member

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    New version of ExeBuilder.
    What's changed:
    - you can select now multiple rows in the list and delete them;
    - Unicode implementation: you can now have in files/folders names (project name, dat file name, exe name, folder name) some special characters specific to a language and Windows set to another language;
    - the exe files are built in Windows temp folder now, not in the current folder;
    - some small fixes.

    I updated the 2 links (exe and sources) in the first post of the thread.

    One other thing: since I can't test in all the languages please let me know if there is a problem. I will fix it as soon as possible.
     
  16. johnmcloud

    johnmcloud MDL Junior Member

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    Hi catalin, hi have some question/implementation to ExeBuilder
    I have tested with the new version 95.2025, seem no problem to create shortcut

    1) Sometime, even if there is a shortcut on the desktop, the icon is not displayed, and i'm edit your files with external software to add the icon.
    Can you add a button to select the file .ink or .exe from ExeBuilder take the icon?

    2) I don' t understand the UNICODE feature, it seem equal to the old version.
    Can you show me a screenshot with the difference from the two version?

    Thanks.
    John
     
  17. a_catalin

    a_catalin MDL Member

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  18. johnmcloud

    johnmcloud MDL Junior Member

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    Thanks for Unicode explanation.
    For the icon, thats the point. Spoon don`t recognize the icon but the icon exist. The .exe was an entry point, but isn't the principal entry point ( so you can't select icon, metadata ecc... )
    Sorry, but I don`t have the original spoon file, and the .exe created by ExeBuilder is modify by Anolis Resourcer.
     
  19. a_catalin

    a_catalin MDL Member

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    You're welcome.
    You can extract the original exe (or any other file) from the virtualized application.
    Start the virtualized application. Do something that requires to open or save a file. In the open/save dialog set to display *.* and go to a link or exe of a file manager, right click on it and select Run. With that file manager you have access to the virtualized files/folders.
    But it's no need to send me the file, I understood what you meant to say.

    Like I said I will try to implement such a feature. But It will not be so easy... For example I have to make special code to display Vista/7 256x256 png compressed icons.
     
  20. johnmcloud

    johnmcloud MDL Junior Member

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    From the next capture, i'll integrate in the snapshot a file browser (free commander, total commander, etc) so we can make changes to the filesystem of the software "captured" and any changes will store in the sandbox.
    For example add a plugin / service pack without re-capture the entire software. If we want to restore the original situation simply delete sandbox.
    I think is a good idea.