"PTE" and "Paquet Builder"

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"PTE" and "Paquet Builder" - Protect your files

Many members are using PB program to make a Setup for their PTE show. It is very useful especially when you have some external files used by your PTE show (like running HTML or TXT, running another show, video, Flash, or using a utility) and you want to make a single exe file which includes all your files, but you don't want users to be able to have access to those files, including your show. Your files can be stolen if user knows where to search = Windows Temp folder (in my win98: "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\Media"). Another reason to use PB is to present a single exe file to your user, which looks much more professional then having many files. Yet another reason is that when user close your show, files are not auto-delete from the temp folder and stay there for no reason.

Follow these steps when compiling your show and other files to one exe by using "Paquet Builder Standard Package":

1) Put all files in a new folder including your show.

2) In "General / Manage Files to Compress" add all your files.

3) In "General / Set Destination Folder" check the: "Do not prompt end user for destination folder".

4) In "Functionality / Manage Custom Actions" select "Before File Extraction" and add the custom action: "Execute a Program".

5) In Action properties window use:

"dwNormal" in Display line.

%ARCPATH%\FlashVideoExe.exe in Filename line. (see remark below)

Leave empty the Parameters line.

Select TRUE in WaitUntilEnd line.

6) Add a second custom action: "Exit Package".

Remark: I wrote "FlashVideoExe.exe" to show you example when you are using a utility which runs before the show. If no such utility is used, write the name of "YourShow.exe" instead.

The End !

Granot