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Plug-X : A GUI Plugin Installer by Alpha Binary on 07-13-2004 at 01:57 PM

This is a plug-in installer made by a plug-in developer for plug-in developers.
Inexperienced users should take extra precaution as no extra support is provided with this software.

How to use
- Extract all files into a convenient place
- Run Plug-X.exe and fill in necessary information (all is optional)
- Click Make!, the program will generate a self-extractor named setup.exe

Note
- The setup.exe attached in the package is not needed and can be deleted at any time. I only included it so you can see how the final installer will look like. That example plug-in is really working, though.
- Obviously if you want to include multiples files just press enter after each item. For example put it like:
myplug.dll
readme.txt
uninstaller.exe

Same goes for execution list.
- The final installer will be pretty big. Its size will exceeds two times the size of your plug-in dll plus all included files. This is due to how VB (yep it's pure VB) stores strings in the memory (multi-byte). I'm working on some compression technique but for now just manually make a silent self-extractor out of it using WinRAR, ok?

Enjoy! If you find any bugs don't hesitate to post it here. Constructive comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

P.S. Please don't mind if my English is not perfect.


RE: Plug-X : A GUI Plugin Installer by Millenium_edition on 07-13-2004 at 05:23 PM

i've done one like this too, and believe me mine was compacter (size, no compression) and offered more possibilities (like installing of multiple plugins) but had some security limitations that yours hasn't... i don't know if yours does, but in mine the plugin list was instantly refreshed and the directories were gotten from the registry. uninstaller was included and a log file next to it. entry in add/remove programs was there too.

hey, I've found a link! :o http://www.nsrtech.net/~millenium/mppsgen.exe

problem is and will stay it's in VB, that's why TB's one in the plugin section is the most recommended one.