daddydave Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 (edited) DrivercabHelper Version 1.2Now handles Unicode files!The new version can be found here:http://www.freewebs.com/daddydave/drivercabhelper.htmThis contains both the compiled DrivercabHelper.exe and the equivalent DrivercabHelper.au3 for those who currently have Autoit3 installed. Target audience: HFSLIP users.What it doesCopies files from the source folder to the destination folder, including subdirectories, deleting the destination folder at the beginning. For each file that is an INF file, it does the third step of the DRIVERCAB integration method described here by Oleg_II and clarified here by Tomcat76, preserving comments in the INF files. Note that Oleg_II says "it's not for every user because some INF editing is involved." DrivercabHelper aims to solve the problem of having to do all that INF editing. The files that are not INF files are just copied. The third step appears to be the only required step; I am getting my drivers using a driver backup utility and I am not using subfolders.How to useSet a source and destination folder, verify ISOTITLE (see IMPORTANT UPDATE below), hit the big button. Source and destination folder may be specified on the command line. To be cautious, it is recommended that you use a temporary folder for the destination folder, then copy the result to your DRIVERCAB folder.How to find bugsThe interface contains a detailed log window to assist in finding possible bugs. In addition, the excellent program CSDiff is highly recommended if you care to do any bug testing, you can do a folder compare first, note any missing or added files (there shouldn't be any of either), then double-click on any modified file for a quick file comparison.IMPORTANT UPDATE: DrivercabHelper 1.2 now supports Unicode files. Please let me know if this works for you.DrivercabHelper 1.1 has been corrected to use the default ISOTITLE of HFSLIPCD and is now user configurable. If you are not using HFANSWER.INI, use the DrivercabHelper 1.1 default, and if you are using HFANSWER.INI, change the ISOTITLE field to whatever your ISOTITLE is in that file.ScreenshotGratitude ToJon Bennett for adding Unicode support to AutoItOleg_II for coming up with this methodTommyP and Tomcat76, obviously, for all the hard work they put into coding and supporting HFSLIPTim Fehlman at Daily Cup of Tech for the article "Folder Recursion in Autoit" including source code, from which DrivercabHelper borrows heavily to process subfolders.Any bug reports, feature requests, or interface suggestions are welcome.Bug ReportDrivercabHelper does not currently support Unicode files. This might not be an easy fix, since AutoIt3 doesn't support Unicode either. Edited September 12, 2007 by daddydave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiki Burgh Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 would this be included in HFSLIP cmd eventually? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddydave Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 (edited) Kiki:would this be included in HFSLIP cmd eventually? thanks!As far as tommyp and tomcat76 and tommyp including it in HFSLIP, I see at least a couple of obstacles. The main one is that unfortunately, I wrote this as an .au3 file and not a .cmd file...writing in .cmd more difficult for string manipulation. And the utility is probably too interactive in its current form for that purpose.EDIT on 1/22/07 Not to mention the fact this only has to be run once, vs. multiple runs of HFSLIP. Edited February 1, 2007 by daddydave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddydave Posted December 27, 2006 Author Share Posted December 27, 2006 First bug found (more to follow?)...WINCD should be HFSLIPCD, at least if you are using the HFANSWER.INI from the hfslip.org site.See original post, which has been edited, for details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddydave Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Updated to version 1.1. Now uses the default ISOTITLE of HFSLIPCD and is user configurable. See first post for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddydave Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 Added screenshot to first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddydave Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 I know it's early, but is anyone using this besides me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiki Burgh Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 i've downloaded it but have yet to try when i hopefully could already create new ISOs ... hopefully soon (as since my sys crashed, i have been able to even participate neither in the test releases nor in the recent finals) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindiro Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 The wording in my INF file for my marvell LAN driver was replaced with unreadable symbols. I've attached a copy of the file so you can see what I mean. I manually edited the file and will test it tonight along with my other drivers.yk51x86.inf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddydave Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 @Lindiro: Thanks for the bug report. Could you attach the original inf file as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Is it possible that the original was in Unicode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Magician Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Yes, this problem occurs for me too. The file was in Unicode as Tomcat76 suggested, so I had to replace the copy and modify it myself later. That should be the only issue with your program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddydave Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 (edited) This might not be an easy fix, since AutoIt3 doesn't support Unicode either.EDIT: Or not http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...&hl=unicode Edited February 1, 2007 by daddydave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg_II Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 daddydave Wow! Just come by this topic! You rock! By the way. It is easy to convert INF files from Unicode and they only loose the characters from some languages. The work around is still manual editing of INF file - change the strings in that language to English and then convert from Unicode.Don't have an idea how to do it with your utility but maybe it's possible it checks if INF is in Unicode and worns a user about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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