PEBundle is a Tool that claims to be capable of packing a number of files into one single Executable, that can be run and the Exe still can access the other files, using some kind of virtual Host in Memory. Ok, sounds very nice. However.
I installed it. Unfortunately it seems it is not capable of packing eg. Images with an Exe. It probably can pack DLLs to an Exe, but not mediafiles. It can include URLs to external Files, even Files on the web. While some people might think this is a nice feature to be able to autoupdate some plugins or something, I think this simply sucks. I don't want an application to download files each time I start it.
and this is exactly what PEBundle is doing by its own as well: every other time I start the TOOL, it tries to connect to the web and wants to install some "latest features". I suspect this is one of the new "cool" .NET features.
NO THANKS!!! This Tool really sucks. 5 Days evaluation, 39$. I knew it after 20 Minutes: I don't need this, a tcp-based downloader for some silly plugins can be done in Blitz as well, in 20 lines of code.
And it even has no uninstall link...
An other tool I didn't test yet, which is probably better, but is also much more expensive, is the following: "Thinstall". This tool claims to be capable of packing several Files and Folders into one Exe, that will run a specified Exe inside the package and let it access the packed mediafiles as well, I tend to believe them what they say, also because of the price: 749$
Any other solutions around? (I mean,without to flush the files to the disk, of course)
I installed it. Unfortunately it seems it is not capable of packing eg. Images with an Exe. It probably can pack DLLs to an Exe, but not mediafiles. It can include URLs to external Files, even Files on the web. While some people might think this is a nice feature to be able to autoupdate some plugins or something, I think this simply sucks. I don't want an application to download files each time I start it.
and this is exactly what PEBundle is doing by its own as well: every other time I start the TOOL, it tries to connect to the web and wants to install some "latest features". I suspect this is one of the new "cool" .NET features.
NO THANKS!!! This Tool really sucks. 5 Days evaluation, 39$. I knew it after 20 Minutes: I don't need this, a tcp-based downloader for some silly plugins can be done in Blitz as well, in 20 lines of code.
And it even has no uninstall link...
An other tool I didn't test yet, which is probably better, but is also much more expensive, is the following: "Thinstall". This tool claims to be capable of packing several Files and Folders into one Exe, that will run a specified Exe inside the package and let it access the packed mediafiles as well, I tend to believe them what they say, also because of the price: 749$
Any other solutions around? (I mean,without to flush the files to the disk, of course)