HFEXPERT

[Squeeto]

I'm here late again

If you can think of other worthwhile folders other than anything in the program files folder, I'm sure I can incorporate it.

Is this not possible or just unadvised? I had thought to put my new Media Player in the traditional location in Program Files.

[x-pert]

Personally I don't like xchm, because xchm can't correctly show ebooks in .chm format

And great utility for checking are HTML Help runtime DLLs installed and registered correctly http://helpware.net/downloads/MJsDiag.zip B)

Edited January 10, 2006 by x-pert

[tommyp]

@Squeeto - Since I asked that question a few months back, HFSLIP was updated (thanks to Yzowl) for some great slipstreaming of additional folders, but the folders will only get copied to the %windir% folder. It's not possible to copy files to the Program Files at that stage of the game. Once I slipstreamed Firefox just to say I did.

[Oleg_II]

x-pert

Interesting program. You can locate which files you need exactly for reading CHM.

But none of the needed DLL and OCX are on my system - I removed them from SOURCESS folder using reducing method of HFCLEANUP folder

There are also two 3d party files - one DLL and one OCX that may be helpfull but I can't open the sites Will experiment.

[Squeeto]

No Program Files is ok. There is a lot of room on WINNT

Thanks for all the diligent work on HFSLIP.

S.

[x-pert]

TommyP,

In HFEXPERT\WIN\SYSTEM32\ I put files addprog.cpi & addprog.cpl, after cabing process will be only addprog.cp_

Is any possibility to fix this ­misunderstanding?

[tommyp]

x-pert - Thanks for the info. I never really thought about filenames like that. Give me a few days to incorporate this request (if I can think of a good way).

Edited February 22, 2006 by tommyp

[murvun]

I stumbled too upon this: updates.cpl requires updates.cpi

and if I rename updates.cpl into updates2.cpl then updates2.cpi is required. :-(

solution could be: because every file in HFEXPERT should be an additional file (and no replace - for replace we use FIX) we can give makecab an ascending target filename as HFEXP1.tx_, HFEXP2.tx_ (to seperate 2 files like *.cpi and *.cpl)

REM SPECIAL FOLDERS 
DIR WORK\I386E /A:D /B >HFFLD.TXT
 FOR /F %%I IN (HFFLD.TXT) DO (
 REM PREPARE FOLDERS IF NOT EXIST
 IF NOT EXIST SOURCESS\I386\%%I MD SOURCESS\I386\%%I
 REM GET NAMES OF HOTFIXES IN DIRECTORY
 DIR WORK\I386E\%%I /A-D /B /ON >HFFILES.TXT
  FOR /F %%J IN (HFFILES.TXT) DO (
  IF NOT EXIST SOURCE\I386\%%I\%%J MAKECAB /D CompressionMemory=21 /D CompressionType=LZX WORK\I386E\%%I\%%J /L SOURCESS\I386\%%I
  IF EXIST SOURCE\I386\%%I\%%J COPY WORK\I386E\%%I\%%J SOURCESS\I386\%%I
  )
 )

should be changed into

REM SPECIAL FOLDERS 
set /A PROBLEM=1
DIR WORK\I386E /A:D /B >HFFLD.TXT
 FOR /F %%I IN (HFFLD.TXT) DO (
 REM PREPARE FOLDERS IF NOT EXIST
 IF NOT EXIST SOURCESS\I386\%%I MD SOURCESS\I386\%%I
 REM GET NAMES OF HOTFIXES IN DIRECTORY
 DIR WORK\I386E\%%I /A-D /B /ON >HFFILES.TXT
  FOR /F %%J IN (HFFILES.TXT) DO (
  IF NOT EXIST SOURCE\I386\%%I\%%J (
IF NOT EXIST SOURCE\I386\%%I\%%~nJ.??_ MAKECAB /D CompressionMemory=21 /D CompressionType=LZX WORK\I386E\%%I\%%J /L SOURCESS\I386\%%I
IF EXIST SOURCE\I386\%%I\%%~nJ.??_ MAKECAB /D CompressionMemory=21 /D CompressionType=LZX WORK\I386E\%%I\%%J HFEXP!PROBLEM!.tx_ /L SOURCESS\I386\%%I
)
  IF EXIST SOURCE\I386\%%I\%%J COPY WORK\I386E\%%I\%%J SOURCESS\I386\%%I
  set /A PROBLEM=!PROBLEM!+1
  )
 )

perhaps... but there is more to be done

targetname should only adress hfexpert-files...

don't know, if there are thousands of problems...

updating the setup-files TXTSETUP.SIF DOSNET.INF and so on...

ok, no solution - just a hind

Better solution would be a special hfexpert.cab... I think after editing this post again and again

Edited March 9, 2006 by murvun

[Tomcat76]

There are several solutions, yes. The easiest would be to not compress these files. Do you want them to be compressed?

[murvun]

no - we don't want them to be compressed. Therefore: could we get our own hfexpert - subfolder WIN_UNCOMPRESSED ? (or similar)

[Tomcat76]

I think that's making things too complicated (script-wise). If it's only cpl/cpi files then it's easier to filter them out. Do you know of any other "collisions" like this one?

[murvun]

no, only this one .cpl with its .cpi

btw: cpl means Control Panel Library

what is cpi? Cycles per Instruction, Cour pénale internationale, Corruption Perception(s) Index,

Characters per inch, Carbon Preference Index or Continuous Process Improvement

[Tomcat76]

Try this experimental release:

HFSLIP_60309-exp1.7z

(see below for newer version)

Edited March 9, 2006 by Tomcat76

[murvun]

new error:

pagedfrg.GID could not be copied (is named in TXTSETUP.SIF, but is not present in I386)

resides in my HFEXPERT\WIN\system32, is hidden so it's my fault

setup doesn't enter the gui-state - I have to rerun hfslip.

(new antivir complained about pskill, the hidden file in HFEXPERT\WIN\system32... something went wrong)

I'm back in 2 hours

[Tomcat76]

Those "false positives" are really becoming a nuisance. AVG is the king of that. Avast (apart from winning another award very recently) seems to be one of the best at filtering reals from fakes.

This one should be able to handle hidden files: HFSLIP_60309-exp2.7z

Edit: Not quite. This one does: HFSLIP_60309-exp3.7z

Edit 2: See March 9 release.

Edited March 9, 2006 by Tomcat76