new to forum like to say hi like to help if i can for 9xme projects

[rloew]

mspatchc.dll v5.2.3760.0 does load so it should be useable.

I extracted msdelta.dll 6.1.7600.16385 from Windows 7.

The unsatisfied dependencies are all related to Tracing.

Stubbing them with ACCESS_DENIED or NOT_IMPLEMENTED might work.

[Drugwash]

For the project at hand, PatchAPI would be the safest way since - at least for deploying the packed drivers - one may use a vanilla system where msdelta.dll would not load. For other projects where KernelEx and/or KStub (and/or other enhancements) are installed, MSDelta would be more suitable.

 

I'll look into patch creation with mspatchc.dll. In the mean time let's hear lloyd munga, the OP, as I feel we kinda hijacked his topic with our Delta talk.

[rloew]

I patched msdelta.dll so that it loads. I have not tested it yet. I do not use KernelEx.

[jaclaz]

I patched msdelta.dll so that it loads. I have not tested it yet. I do not use KernelEx.

Good , so I can ask Drugwash (still if he has nothing better to do, i.e. with a low-low priority) if he could try making an user program making use of the MSdelta.dll compression working in Win9x/Me WITHOUT any "special" provision for NT based systems but ALSO WITHOUT any intentional and artificially introduced incompatibility with them.

 

jaclaz 

[Drugwash]

I patched msdelta.dll so that it loads. I have not tested it yet. I do not use KernelEx.

That's good news. You may send it to me by mail if you want, for separate testing.

 

Good , so I can ask Drugwash (still if he has nothing better to do, i.e. with a low-low priority) if he could try making an user program making use of the MSdelta.dll compression working in Win9x/Me WITHOUT any "special" provision for NT based systems but ALSO WITHOUT any intentional and artificially introduced incompatibility with them.

 

jaclaz 

 

Yes sweetie, I could try that sometime.

[jaclaz]

 

Yes sweetie, I could try that sometime.

 

I have been called names before but this must be an absolute first.

 

Richard III (1:3): "That thou hadst called me all these bitter sweet names."

 

jaclaz

[Drugwash]

We (people) do need a smile every now and then...

[jaclaz]

We (people) do need a smile every now and then...

Well, it depends if we are all together (as people) or if there is still the wall between us , usually when people on this side of the wall feel a bit sad they simply have a peek on the poor guys on the other side and *somehow* feel better and smile .

 

Hey, I even had a "custom made" emoticon exactly for these occasions :

 

 

jaclaz

[Drugwash]

Can't see any walls... I guess that guy throwing the bricks took care of them.

OK, back on topic before some brick hits us both.

[rloew]

I patched msdelta.dll so that it loads. I have not tested it yet. I do not use KernelEx.

That's good news. You may send it to me by mail if you want, for separate testing.

 

I got mspatchc.dll and mspatcha.dll working. For some reason the File Name based routines (xxxA) gave me a problem, so I used the Handle Routines (xxxByHandles).

I did not get msdelta.dll to work. It kept reporting Error 13 (Invalid Data).

I have sent it to your AOL E-Mail.

It uses MSVCRT so you may want to experiment with newer ones.

[dencorso]

I've removed Drugwash's e-mail from the posts... all who need to know already know, so no reason to feed e-mail harvesters.

BTW, I confirm your MSPatchGUI works as intended. Thanks for yet one more useful tool.

[Drugwash]

I got mspatchc.dll and mspatcha.dll working. For some reason the File Name based routines (xxxA) gave me a problem, so I used the Handle Routines (xxxByHandles).

I did not get msdelta.dll to work. It kept reporting Error 13 (Invalid Data).

I have sent it to your AOL E-Mail.

It uses MSVCRT so you may want to experiment with newer ones.

Thank you, got it and replied.

Curious it wouldn't work by file name, I'm using exactly those routines in my tool since the handle-based ones are still incomplete in the wrapper and would just introduce unnecessary overhead obtaining and discarding handles. Maybe the flags weren't right? I'm using 0x3 (APPLY_OPTION_FAIL_IF_EXACT | APPLY_OPTION_FAIL_IF_CLOSE).

In previous tests when I first built the tool, the Test routines and/or flags wouldn't work for me but I haven't rechecked them now after fixing a few bugs.

@ den: Thank you for testing. I already fixed the progressbar option (which is disabled in current version due to some bugs) and will probably release a new version after I check a few more things. No worries about the e-mail address.

[dencorso]

In case you decide to release a newer version, please do consider adding an optional parameter on the .INI for the user to point the tool to 7z.exe, in case one already has it installed.

[Drugwash]

That would take a few changes in the code. I'll consider it. Thanks for the idea!

[rloew]

I tried the File Name Version again and it worked. Not sure what the problem was.

@Drugwash: I got the Patched msdelta.dll, that I sent to you, working, so you should be able to use it.