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1. Total time 00 00 37 498 11 01 2007 12 02 35 Result 0 erroris l warningis Output and Messages window i EI Output e Product Tree window is used to navigate through Groups of software products software products versions of software products their differences and patches Available actions with tree elements can be made if you right click with your mouse on the appropriate element e Properties window is used to view edit properties of the corresponding Product Tree element such as Product Version Difference or Patch Select the appropriate node within the Product Tree to view modify properties of tree elements You can also switch between properties of available products within Group using tabstops at the head of the Properties window e Output log window is used to view output log of performed operations e Messages window is used to view output messages such as warnings or errors User Manual 25 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 2 Keyboard layout e Le image windows CA quememeemnes 0 User Manual 26 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 Menu 3 3 1 File menu Product Create new software product Group Create new group of software products Open existing software product product group Save Group As Save active Group to another file location Close Pro
2. Refresh Refresh Al Shift F5 ow delete on reboot Yes Delete Auto Explore Folder Properties 3 Desktop EI a My Documents d My Computer Hb 3 5 Floppy A 3 SYSTEM C Se Extended D 4 DVD RW Drive E zw BACKUP F H Archive H MP3 B My Software Product v1 0 via 8 Control Panel Name Ei app exe EI FMain cpp FMain dfm FMain h FMain obj 55 isbzip dll a islzma dll 55 iszlib dll main Ing Setup e32 E version lt llli Size 461 KB 1 KB 1 KB 1 KB 17 KB 36 KB 89 KB 18 KB 6 546 KB 642 KB 1 KB No Yes res Overwrite if be ow patch on reboot Overwrite read only Add Replace Options Check if older by If older If added file exists Df Build Options Comparing method Version only 5kip without us Replace if back Good 80 No Yes No 5imple Memory usage Ignore attributes diff Compress Test Out of date detection 1 item s selected e To get the description of all menu items please refer to the Version Files Editor Menu section of this manual e For more information on using Version Files Editor and for detailed description on the please refer to Version Files Editor section of this manual The next step after you re finished with New Version creation is Adding Child Version gt User Manual 55 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFact
3. User Manual 57 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 1 7 Creating Differences To add Difference s to the Version select the desired Version node within Product tree and select Differences node within Product tree and choose from menu Differences gt Differences Manager or right click on the appropriate Differences node within Product tree New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Differences View K db oe Location Repository Version Files Differences Manager New Patch 73 New Product New Product 2g 1 0 in wi 5 dl Components Version 1 1 Componenti Version Number Differences Release Date Time Version ID v6FBDB2A708 Parent Version 1 0 Components Program Type Shareware Componenti Release Status Minor Update Install and Uninstall Mone selected Compile All differences lt None selected gt Recompile All differences Build All differences Rebuild All differences This will invoke Difference Manager the screenshot you can see below Refer to the Concepts and definitions section for more information concerning Difference definition in terms of PatchFactory User Manual 58 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Version 1 1 11 01 2007 Differences Manager Update version 1 1 from versions Version Release date time
4. Column Modified in file panels now indicates local last modified date of the file was GMT Miscellaneous program interface bug fixes dfbuild exe replacement of existing file was not performed User Manual E 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 iss script for patch applying module Automatic save restore of file owner group access control and audit information for NTFS file system only while performing the backup rollback procedures Added patch option Save restore file security data using this option you can turn this automatic save restore ON or OFF New program main icon x Added Replaced files files with equal versions are replaced on the end user s machine x Possible problems concerning changing of the access rights data while file updating for NTFS file system only are corrected Major update Beta PatchFactory v3 is greatly differs from versions 2 x You can read about features of PatchFactory v3 in What is PatchFactory section of this manual This is a beta version intended for beta testing purposes only Context help calling enabled from Patch Building Wizard dialogs Czech Language Pack used to define the language of the output update program s dialogs Italian Language Pack French Language Pack German Language Pack Hungarian Language Pack Swedish Language Pa
5. EK a Patches Components Componenti Version ID Parent Version Program Type Release Status v6FSDB2A708 1 0 Shareware Minor Update E a pi Install Support Patches OS Supported Language Cost US Other Install and Uninstall lt None selected gt lt None selected gt Output n E Output 7 Messages This will invoke New Patch dialog the screenshot you can see below Patch name NewProduct vi 1 patch Patch type Version to version v2v v Version to version v2v Cumulative X JD ems Dialog options e Patch Name Enter the Patch Name you want to build Patch name cannot be changed after patch creation Patch Name must form a valid name of file thus using of such symbols as lt gt is not allowed e Patch Type Enter Patch Type Version to version or Cumulative 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved User Manual 60 www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Refer to the Concepts and definitions section for more information concerning Patch types in terms of PatchFactory Use Version to version patch type if you want to make a patch module that updates one old version to the current one Use Cumulative patch type if you want to make a patch module that updates several old versions to the current one After pressing OK button a New Patch is created Now you re ready to view edit essential pa
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7. Ancestor ID Select all Iw 1 0 01 12 2006 12 00 00 1431B0B008 Deselect All C Show ancestor versions only Here you can see all available Versions for this Product that you can make Differences Select appropriate versions from the list that you want to add a Difference You can sort available versions list by Version Number Release date Ancestor status or version GUID Tabs description e Version Indicates version number string Release date time Indicates version release date time e Ancestor indicates that this version is an ancestor to the active Version e GUID Automatically generated Version s unique identifier The next step after you re finished with New Version creation is Creating New Patch Module for the current Version gt User Manual 59 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 1 8 Creating New Patch To add Patch module select Patches node inside the desired Version node within Product tree and select Patches node within Product tree and choose from menu Patches gt New Patch F New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Version View Help qe h iod Sr L4 New Child Version Location Repository Version Files Differences Manager New Patch Preferences z 73 New Product New Product ge 1 0 FE T Version 1 1 E amp Components Component Differences Version Number Release Date Time
8. Clear Intermediate Files nstallation Move node Dee Tros User Manual 34 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 8 Patch es menu e Patches menu DEE Build All Patch modules of the current Version D Rebuild All Patch modules of the current Version New Patch AA Ce mmm mum Build All Patches Differences Manager Rebuild All Patches ew Product ID 6 EI Components Component Componenti Component Name Compo Differences Component ID Compa Patches Installation Required True e Patch menu uild Patch KE Build selected Patch module to Rebuild selected Patch module Shift Ctrl Up Move selected Patch node Up Shift Ctrl Down Move selected Patch node Down EN Delete selected Patch Build Patch Rebuild Patch onFiles Differences Manager Move node New Product 1 0 amp Co Delete Patch NewProduct v1 1 Componenti Patch name Differences Patch type Patches Allow df 1 1 Allow update on reboot L Carananar ke PET D ou D User Manual 35 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 9 Help menu Getting Started meet View Getting Started information De L esuerteietei Questions Flash Tutorial View local copy of PatchFactory interactive Flash based Tutorial Ordering Information Po How to register PatchFactory Homepage Visit PatchFact
9. PatchFactory User Manual 2002 2008 by AgenSotft All rights reserved Web www agensoft com Date 21 04 2008 Table of Contents PatchFactory v3 BR e a i TETT 4 1 1 What is PatchFactory geed EEN 4 1 2 About Software Patching eoo ento eorr o nates o eec c eene essi ssedet eec getenenceeten 6 1 3 What s new in this version uueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee enne nennen nnne nnn nnn nnn nnn nnns 7 1 4 Patching Engine E e 9 1 5 Acknowledgmentis eccceeseeeieseseiesesesessieee essa sasasasasa sn n aiana 10 PA I T 11 2 1 Concepts and definillons eece ence eee ce nente ene onem ce eere nnne aeneae ae cen nnns 11 MET Ioui ODD TT TTL 11 2 1 2 Component Falalmiblelsssdese danser daiaa eod pavid acit dicE auae ipn t dvd tc doncc ien M a tae d E SnUdS 11 2 13 Get 11 2 2 Binary Files Conmipat Iano os arcs ccc eee ee ee ce cece 18 2 3 Byte level Dee 20 m wEBsedDenB eere t 21 2 5 Installed Version Detection eeeeee ecce erreeeeeeee 23 CBE Ware eeben eegne 24 mE 17 e M 24 3 2 Keyboard E E 26 3 3 1 is ee fe cesta cece deen ame eile deci eu 27 EC MM ZI Aral UTERE 24 KE UE 24 3 3 3 Gro p unt EE 24 33 4 eje UTE MM PTUS 24 K ele VE 24 3 3 6 Component s WSU casecece se ccxcsi ca ca sestcs ce sccbaecateccasanieaeceveep
10. Product Name U Patch Name O Old version name empty string for Cumulative patch N New version name PID Product ID OID Old version ID empty string for Cumulative patch NID New version ID To include character use instead See also Patch definition in terms of PatchFactory v3 User Manual 17 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 2 2 Binary Files Comparing Preface Construction of a small size patch module is closely related to the number of changes brought to the new version versus an old one and also to the efficiency of the methods capable to determine these changes and present them in a compact form Well known algorithms of text data comparing cannot help in comparing of the binary data when the structure of files is completely unknown in advance and the nature of these changes can be poorly predicted Attempt to apply LCS search algorithms Largest Common Subsequence also have shown their incompetence Comparison of binary files requires a special approach which is successfully implemented in PatchFactory3 In comparison with the previous versions of the program 1 x and 2 x we have managed to greatly increase the quality and the speed of comparing process presented in version 3 of PatchFactory The basis of the algorithm is the ability to find concurrence in compared files at a level of octet byte subsequences Such byte oriented
11. Cards Cheque Cash Postal mail Bank Wire Transfer Fax amp Phone Ordering Purchase Order Language MultiLingual e RegSoft Atlanta GA USA Billing Currency USD EUR GBP AUD and others Payment options Credit Debit Cards Cheque Cash Fax Postal mail Fax amp Phone Ordering Bank Wire Transfer PayPal Language English Free minor version updates means that by purchasing version 3 0 you have also purchased 3 1 3 2 and all other 3 x versions but not version 4 0 and later However you will get free major version update if it has passed less than 3 months since the date of your purchase User Manual 91 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 6 3 Update and Support e Update As a registered user of PatchFactory v3 or less you will be able to receive all minor updates of PatchFactory free of charge It means that by purchasing version 3 1 you have also purchased 3 2 3 3 and all other 3 x versions but not version 4 0 and later However at the present time there we are not planning to release a new major version update and it is entirely possible that only minor versions will ever be published Just download the latest release of PatchFactory from our company s URL and install it without uninstalling the previous version This will preserve your registration You can also download the latest update module Update information www agensoft com updates Download information www ag
12. PatchFactory v3 7 Contact information Contacting AgenSoft Please refer to the E mail addresses below for further information info agensoft com General information and feedback Any suggestions and comments will be welcomed support agensoft com Customer technical support service or bug report sales agensoft com Purchase or registration code affairs We will be happy to help you Software distribution promotion in software compilations or business cooperation We are open to various levels of cooperation webmaster agensoft com Exchanging links or placing advertisement You can also use our online email form preferably to contact us Visit our public web site www agensoft com for further information User Manual 93 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com
13. This parameter defines the record from Location Repository which is used to detect the location of this component on the end user s machine The Parent version number This parameter can be changed later on Optional parameter List of components that affect the current one It is supposed that a component can be installed in the system only if all other components it depends on are also installed Currently Dependencies parameter is used only to check the correctness of setting the Required parameter for coherent components See also Component definition in terms of PatchFactory v3 User Manual 15 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 2 1 3 Patch Parameters Main patch parameters are listed in the table below Paran Description Patch Name Patch name must form a valid name of file thus using of such symbols as lt gt is not allowed It cannot be changed after patch creation Patch Type Currently there are 2 types of patches v 2 v and Cumulative 1 v 2 v Building of this type of a patch leads to creation of independent patch modules used to perform an update from one arbitrary version to another Contents of old versions to be updated using this patch is defined by differences which exist in the new version 2 Cumulative This patch type is used to generate an update module capable to perform the update from several versions up to one another version All
14. how you might compile link and or package your programs under no circumstances may the libraries Redistributables and or other files of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S including any portions thereof be used for developing programs by anyone other than you Only you as the licensed Customer have the right to use the libraries redistributables or other files of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S or any portions thereof for developing programs created with the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S In particular you may not share copies of the Redistributables with other co developers You may not reproduce or distribute any AGENSOFT documentation without AGENSOFT s explicit permission If you are an entity Company you must acquire and assign a license to each Customer within your organization using and or developing with the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S With written notification to AGENSOFT Company may transfer the license obtained for a Customer to another Customer employed or otherwise engaged by Company if the initial Customer is no longer employed or engaged by Company or is reassigned to another function within Company and no longer develops software applications using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S In addition with written notification to AGENSOFT Company may transfer its license of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S to a successor Company User Manual 87 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 5 TRADE SECRETS AND CONFIDENTIALITY a The Softwar
15. via email and free major version upgrades during lifetime of the product e Premium Corporate License NOTE All licenses include the royalty free distribution of created patch package both for you and your customers for an unlimited number of applications free minor version updates with special 50 discount for major upgrades during lifetime of the product and high priority technical support via email and public support forums User Manual 90 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 NOTE The price for Personal Commercial and Corporate licenses as well as other service terms are subject to change without any notice To get the latest information about our pricing and discounting policy and other services you can visit our public web site at www agensoft com If you do not receive your registration code within a reasonable amount of time usually two business days for credit card payments or two weeks for other payments please notify us by email at sales agensoft com We request your apologize for any inconvenience caused by those delays if any If you have any problems after you placed an order visit our Ordering Problem and FAQ pages or send an e mail to our Sales Support Team at sales agensoft com Please include your name e mail address and detailed description of your problem We make every effort to reply to all e mail inquiries within two to four hours with a maximum of 48 hours or
16. 1 3 Version 1 0 v2v Patch gt WI 1 0 1 3 v2v Patch 1 0 1 3 v2v Patch 1 1 1 3 USER 2 3 v2v Patch 1 2 1 3 e Update Server Cumulative USER 3 Patch 1 3 Publish Patches on CD DVD or other media USER 4 Figure 1 An example of an update cycle with different types of patches User Manual 13 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 2 1 1 Version Parameters Main version parameters are listed in the table below Version Number Can be changed after version is created Version number must form a valid name of file thus using of such symbols as lt gt is not allowed Release Date Time Version release date time Version ID Version Identifier It is set automatically when a new version is created and cannot be changed later Parent Version The Parent version number This parameter can be changed later on See also Version definition in terms of PatchFactory v3 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved User Manual 14 www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 2 1 2 Component Parameters Main component parameters are listed in the table below Component ID Required Location Parent Version Dependencies Version Identifier It can be set automatically or manually when a new version is created and cannot be changed later on Parameter which defines whether a component is required or not Default value YES
17. AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com User Manual 61 PatchFactory v3 e Allow uninstall on reboot Provides replacing of files to be uninstalled repaired at system restart most often if they are occupied by other processes e Uninstallable If set to YES the backup copy of all replaced modified files for which backup is allowed is saved and a record is added into Add Remove programs list If set to NO then rollback uninstall of the patch after its successful applying is impossible Backup copies of files are stored in the temporary folder during patch applying only to provide rollback if an error occurred during patch applying to maintain an old version operating e InnoSetup script Name of the InnoSetup script file used to generate the update module default iss by default e Directory Folder where the output update modules are saved to e File name Template Template of update modules names Refer to the Concepts and definitions section for more detailed description concerning Patch parameters in terms of PatchFactory And at last we are ready to build the Update Module To build the Update module select Patch module node inside the desired Version s Patches node within Product tree and click on the Build Patch button or select Patches node within Product tree and choose from menu Patch gt Build Patch You can also right click with your mouse on the Patch module node you want to build within Prod
18. Distribution uses files contained in the delta package to reconstruct each version file starting from the base file already installed on the target and applying to it the corresponding delta file contained in the delta package If any of the installed files to be reconstructed are not found on the target modified or locked the delta installation fails Read only files if any are overwritten The operations of loading and installing from a depository can also take advantage of the byte level differencing technology because only the delta package is loaded on the depository for a subsequent byte level differencing installation The delta package can be also unloaded from a depository Byte level differencing is the most efficient if the new version of a software package that you want to install contains few differences compared with the base version If the difference is very significant it can be more efficient to reinstall the new version User Manual 20 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 2 4 Location Repository Each Component of the Version can have its own location in the file system hierarchy on the end user s system To determine where exactly the particular Component should be placed PatchFactory uses a special table called the Location Repository This table is the integral part of the product description i e associated with each product and should be filled by user Each item of
19. Out of date detection Mo Auto Yes Yes Yes No Auto No Yes Yes Overwrite if be Version only Skip without us Replace if back Good 8095 No Yes No Simple 1 item s selected Select Version Key file s used to determine the version number on the end user s machine You can do it by selecting the appropriate file within selected Component and changing its Version Key property to Yes in the Properties subwindow to the right Files marked as Version Keys are underlined in the Version Image window Refer to the Installed Version Detection section of this manual for more information on Version Keys definition and possible usage hints 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com User Manual 53 PatchFactory v3 Product New Product Version 1 0 File Edit Select View Versions Version 1 0 Image id v7CE6142408 Properties E e 1 0 Name Old Version Side Componenti fMain j Version key 2 help Update method 5 isbzip Allow delete 3 islzma Backup For deleted Yes 3 iszlib Allow delete on reboot Yes main Delete read only No readme New ersion Side Setup Patch method Auto version Ignore df apply error No 4 Backup Yes Allow patch on reboot es File Browser HI Overwrite read only Overwrite if bz 8 Desktop Name siz TiS Add Replace Options S My Documents Mf app exe 461 K6 A Check if older by
20. codes of scripts used are available for free modification enhancement e Additional features of Patch applying Smart automatic version check to determine the installed version Ensure that no system is ever partially updated automatic Rollback function during patch applying guarantees that end user s system is successfully updated or not updated at all Capability of automatic backup of modified and deleted file s Rollback uninstall of the update after installation Delayed patching support for locked files Small size of base update modules without patch data Log errors at apply time Easy to use optimized interface that can be enhanced with the help of InnoSetup resources System requirements Minimum Microsoft Windows 98 NT4 2000 ME XP or above Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or later Display resolution 800x600 hi color 16 bits Processor 486 and above 32 Mb RAM Recommended Microsoft Windows 2000 XP or above Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or later Display resolution 1024x768 hi color 16 bits Processor Pentium II and above 128 Mb RAM User Manual CR 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 1 2 About Software Patching Preface Onrush of the modern software development and also wide Internet availability have made a standard practice the frequent release of new versions of software programs Prompt bugs mistakes correction and feature adding are th
21. corresponding software product the Update package size from the author the difference size built with the help of PatchFactory and the result compression ratio of the result difference size prepared by means of PatchFactory versus original installation package and uncompressed new version files of a software product From the Author Total DF DF compression factor vs Software z size bytes Versions Install Update ITA Product created with old version new version package package Install Uncompressed i i PatchF i files bytes files bytes bytes bytes atchFactory package new version Nero Ahead 70 798 812 29 974 779 NA 89 2 96 95 5 96 Software 151 files Adobe 145 355 437 108 219 719 14 813 584 98 0 98 3 GoLive CS 3 605 files Adobe 143 978 136 138 860 743 15 919 168 96 6 96 96 8 96 Acrobat CS 819 files Adobe 458 286 849 211754411 4905816 99 2 99 9 Acrobat CS2 1 942 files Adobe 458 286 849 26 598 760 94 9 96 97 7 96 Acrobat CS2 2 017 files K Lite Mega 27 233 341 25 195 329 NA 99 2 96 99 4 Codec Pack 147 files TheBat 26 596 977 9 742 336 NA 79 8 92 6 Professional 120 files TheBat 26 703 858 9 967 104 NA 77 9 91 9 Professional 120 files d User Manual 9 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 1 5 Acknowledgments PatchFactory includes the following sources which are used with the permission of their authors f
22. deletion of old folders or files ignore missing files Effective patch building for executable EXE or DLL files Easy and visual navigation through images of old and new versions of your files Utilizing of the registry INI files or a fixed path for smart file location Cumulative patch building to integrate several updates into one patch package Storage of difference building results in intermediate files helping significantly increase the speed of reiterated patch building e Patch applying module is based on the powerful InnoSetup engine which has the following features Support for all Windows versions in use today Windows 95 98 2000 2003 XP Me and NT 4 0 SP6 Powerful integrated Pascal based scripting engine providing lots of new possibilities to customize enhance update Install or Uninstall functionality at run time Silent install and silent uninstall Support for multilingual installs English default German Spanish Italian French and Russian Creation changing of registry and INI entries Run an external command or executable before during or after the patch process Support for passworded and encrypted installs Optional license information and release notes presented to your end user Apply Interface message management to customize messages presented to your end user All features of patch module installation except file update procedure itself are implemented using standard InnoSetup resources Source
23. it directly from AGENSOFT for a refund of your purchase price To return the Software you must contact AGENSOFT and obtain a return material authorization RMA number AGENSOFT will not accept returns of opened or installed software without an RMA number Returns are subject to the deduction from your purchase price of a 20 restocking fee and all shipping costs You agree that this limited warranty does not apply to a Software source code license as specified in section 5 e 8 TECHNICAL SUPPORT Technical support is usually provided via email only At any time if the unmodified SOFTWARE PRODUCT S fails to satisfy the performance described in the documentation AGENSOFT will try to issue a workaround to help the Customer solve the technical problems However it is understood that AGENSOFT may not always be able to solve such problems A service fee for such workarounds may be charged by AGENSOFT In such case AGENSOFT will notify the Customer with a quote in prior to issuing the workarounds 9 NO OTHER WARRANTIES AGENSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT S THE ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS AND ANY ACCOMPANYING HARDWARE 10 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN NO EVENT SHALL AGENSOFT OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING WITH LIMITATION INCIDENTAL CONSE
24. nature of the used algorithm allows to make the efficiency of its work independent of a file format The size of the resulting difference file in the view of time spent on its construction is assumed as the main criterion of patch building algorithm efficiency Key features of new algorithm e Significant improvement of algorithm quality parameters generated difference files are smaller work speed is greater Special optimization providing considerable raise of comparison quality for executable modules exe dll Comparing files with size up to 2 63 bytes Flexible control under ratio time result with the help of different comparing methods selection Setting utilized resources constraints memory size process priority Caching of comparing results Storage of comparing results in intermediate files allows to significantly reduce the time of patch building The comparing algorithm is implemented as a separate console program dfbuild exe In PatchFactory v3 Accepting as entrance parameters the file to be compared old and new dfbuild constructs a difference between them and saves it in a df file The table below contains the examples implemented for well known software products main exe files illustrating the efficiency of df files in comparison with LZMA compression Percentage values show the ratio of the LZMA compressed file and df file sizes to the size of a new file LZMA compression DF file size New file size User
25. of date detection Mo Auto Yes Yes Yes No Auto No Yes res Overwrite if be Version only 5kip without us Replace if back Good 80 No Yes No 5imple 1 item s selected To add files to the selected component navigate to the desired folder in the right bottom File Browser subwindow and drag and drop files to the Version Image id v window User Manual 52 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com Product New Product Version 1 0 File Edit Select View Versions PatchFactory v3 Version 1 0 Image id v7CE6142408 n Properties a 10 Componenti Name 4 Ext 173 Component File Browser 3 Desktop tj a My Documents fl My Computer HB 3 5 Floppy A HH SYSTEM CH sw Extended D i DVD RW Drive E Cw BACKUP F H Archive H MP3 My Software Product C3 v1 0 B vii e Ch Control Panel Size 461 KB 1 KB 1 KB 1 KB 17 KB 36 KB 89 KB 18 KB 6 546 KB 642 KB 1 KB name bp oo o a lt Old Version Side Version key Update method Allow delete Backup For deleted Allow delete on reboot Delete read only New Version Side Patch method Ignore df apply error Backup Allow patch on reboot Overwrite read only Add Replace Options Check if older by If older If added file exists Df Build Options Comparing method Memory usage Ignore attributes diff Compress Test
26. policy 1 8 Can I get the software on disk or CD media 1 4 Will get SPAM if give you my e mail address 1 5 Can order via fax machine or phone 1 6 Can purchase with a check 1 7 What are your product IDs at RegSoft RegNow or Sharelt 1 8 How long does it take to get my registration code after purchase a product online 1 9 Do have to license each patch file created 1 10 What is the policy on updates how much do they cost 1 11 How does PatchFactory can help prevent software piracy 1 12 Which development environments can use with PatchFactory 1 13 Does the PatchFactory client side patch program require any third party libraries to run 1 14 What are the advantages for distributing patches 1 15 What are the limitations of the evaluation version of PatchFactory v3 1 16 What is the difference between patching and incremental updating 1 17 ERROR 1 Limitation of evaluation version the number of files folders in the difference can not exceed 100 2 Technical Questions 2 1 am trying to compare two files which changed a bit used ASPack or other compression utility to reduce the file size When create the patch its size is larger which is not really what wanted 2 2 How can provide backup copy of old files on the end user s machine to prevent their loss at patch applying 2 3 need to update a database with things like adding columns or so Does your software could help me to patch the dat
27. progress of the current operation blue coloured progress bar indicates the similarity ratio of the current old version file versus new version file during their comparing e Job indicates execution progress of the current job e Priority indicates current system priority of the task To pause patch building process press Pause button User Manual 63 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 To cancel patch building process press Cancel button 4 2 Version Files Editor Version Files Editor can be used to Add Remove files from version s Components to set different file attributes necessary for difference patch building or update installation Product New Product Version 1 0 Fie Edit Select View Versions Version 1 0 Image id v143 11800006 Properties a e 1 0 Name Ext Old Version Side Componenti a Componenti Version key ho o coim de FMain cpp Allow delete E E FMain dfm Backup for deleted E fMain h Allow delete on reboot Yes B FMain obj Delete read only No S9 help chrr New Version Side isbzip d Patch method Auto 21 islzma di e Ignore df apply error No IA Backup es File Browser Allow patch on reboot Yes 3 Desktop HE Overwrite read only Overwrite if backuped el E E My Documents My Documents Add Replace Options l d My Computer 3 My Computer Check if older by Version only 3 My
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30. the Location Repository is a named record The parameters of each record define the way the full path to each component location is determined on the end user s machine The Location property of a Component defines which record from the Location Repository is used to detect this Component location Currently the following types of records are available 1 Registry The full path to component s files location is taken from one of the Registry keys HKEY CLASSES ROOT Root registry key HKEY CURRENT USER HKEY LOCAL MACHINE HKEY USERS HKEY CURRENT CONFI G Default value string Default value Used if Path value can not be taken from the Registry specified Registry value does not exist access is denied etc 2 INI file The full path to component s files location is taken from ini file ameter Pe Po De ion Name of a key within section Additional Additional part of the Path Default value string Default value Used if the Path value cannot be taken from INI file INI file cannot be found specified section value does not exist etc User Manual 21 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 Special folder The full path to component s files location is defined by one of the special folders Parameter Possible values Descriptio Program Files The path of the system s Program Files directory typically C Program Files Common Files The path o
31. the context of PatchFactory v3 e Product Let s assume a Product as a certain software program or simply any set of binary files which undergo some changes eventually For example we develop software product which is named PatchFactory A set of attributes associated with this product represents essential information global unique identifier GUID name of the product manufacturer of this product and others e Product Parameters Each product has two main parameters Product Name and Product GUID Product Name must form a valid file name thus using of such symbols as lt gt is not allowed Product GUID is generated automatically when new product is created and it is not changed later on Other parameters are optional and reserved for future use e Version The version is the change of the product supposed to be published and fixed at some stage The obligatory attribute of the version is the identifier of the version which should be unique among all version identifiers for this product To define the number of the version the line identifier is used for example 1 2b or 3 7 build 465 Restrictions on version number format and symbols are listed in the Version Parameters table To have an opportunity to present interrelation of versions among each other let s introduce one more important version attribute Parent Version or previous version which will designate the version the current version originated from For ea
32. you will have to pay only 50 of its total price for each license to be renewed for instance 50 USD for one license renewal if the price is 100 to renew your registration To renew your registration of PatchFactory software just send an email message with your previous registration information to sales agensoft com using your email client or using our online email form to get the instructions of how to renew your registration As soon as we are notified that your order has been processed a new registration key will be sent to you via email to unlock your copy of PatchFactory software 1 11 How does PatchFactory can help prevent software piracy PatchFactory helps to prevent the illegal distribution of your software by requiring that the software be properly installed at the time of the update The patching process demands that the original files be installed before they can be modified Files that have been tampered with will not be changed and the update will fail Pirated versions of your software that have files modified in them will not be updated 1 12 Which development environments can I use with PatchFactory PatchFactory is a stand alone application that does not require the use of a separate development environment Consequently you may use PatchFactory to provide updates for any type of Windows based application regardless of which programming language was used to develop it 1 13 Does the PatchFactory client side patch program re
33. Adding Componeni s to this Version gt 4 1 4 Adding Component s To create a new Component select the desired Version node within the Product tree and choose from menu Version gt Add Component s This will initiate Add Component s which you can see below There are two available choices You can either create a new Component or copy a Component and namely all its properties from selected version User Manual 46 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 New Product PatchFactory 3 3 Version Help New Child Version as it ER Add Component s y Differences Manager Mew Patch Preferences Differences Manager Move node gt irsion 1 0 Version Number 1 0 Release Date Time 01 12 2006 12 00 00 Version ID v1431B0D008 Parent Version lt No Parent gt Program Type Shareware Release Status Minor Update Install Support Install and Uninstall OS Supported lt None selected gt Language None selected Cost US Other Delete Total time 00 00 37 498 11 01 2007 12 02 35 Result 0 error s 1 warningis lt E Output Messages This will initate a Add New Component dialog User Manual 47 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Add component s to version 1 0 Ze New Component Name ID Componenti Generate JV Required C Copy from Versi
34. Componenti Hi app Refresh All Shift F5 E fMain fMain Refresh F5 User Manual 37 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Ctrl D Deselect All files and folders within active Version Image window Invert Selection ERBEN Invert file selection Product New Product Version 1 0 View Versions Select All Ctri 4 Deselect Ctrl D Invert Selection Small Icon FMain Tan Versions gt Dd Here you can select which Version Files you want to view add User Manual 38 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 File Edit Select View Versions a 10 User Manual 39 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 11 Version Difference Editor menus Synchronous selection Ctrl I Enable synchronous selection of files and folders in old and new version image windows Close DEN Close Version Difference Editor window E Version Difference Editor ily Synchronouse selection Ctrl I 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved User Manual 40 www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 4 Preferences By pressing Alt P or selecting menu lt View Preferences gt you can invoke the Preferences dialog Here you can configure a set of different program options Preferences At Startup Show splash window Load last p
35. Differences Manager New Patch Preferences 73 New Product New Product e 1 0 amp Components Component Componenti Componenti Name Componenti e Differences Component ID Componenti Patches Installation Required True Location Dependencies Files This will invoke Version Files Editor see screenshot below User Manual 51 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com Product New Product Version 1 0 File Edit Select Version 1 0 Image id v7CE6142408 View Versions D amp Q 1 0 Component1 Name Ext B Componenti File Browser 3 Desktop EI a My Documents My Computer HB 3 5 Floppy A See SYSTEM CH jw Extended D 4 DVD RW Drive E X BACKUP E H Archive H MP3 4 My Software Product v1 0 Owi wu Ch Control Panel Size 461 KB 1 KB 1 KB 1 KB 17 KB 36 KB 89 KB 18 KB 6 546 KB 642 KB 1 KB lt A mr pp pp on n iii PatchFactory v3 Properties Old Version Side Version key Update method Allow delete Backup for deleted Allow delete on reboot Delete read only New Version Side Patch method Ignore df apply error Backup Allow patch on reboot Overwrite read only Add Replace Options Check if older by If older If added file exists Df Build Options Comparing method Memory usage Ignore attributes diff Compress Test Out
36. Manual 18 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com RAR exe 3 40 beta3 3 42 297 472 Winamp exe 5 04 5 05 TheBat exe 3 4 0 933 3 5 0 1013 HelpMan exe 3 4 3 5 Help amp Manual SPECCTRA exe 10 2 15 2 SPECCTRA ShapeBased Automation Software Fireworks exe 7 0 0 288 7 0 2 295 User Manual 980 480 8 955 464 13 307 978 14 696 448 WER PatchFactory v3 1 493 827 284 577 1 245 494 400 728 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 2 3 Byte level Differencing Byte level differencing installs a software package using the byte level differencing technology The byte level differencing function compares a software package to be installed version package with the base version base package that already exists on the target On the source host a delta package is created for all the differences found between the version package and the base package where both the base package and the version package reside on the source host Because only the delta package which is typically much smaller than either the version or base packages is sent on the network network traffic is considerably reduced The new version of the software package is reconstructed on the target by applying the changes contained in the delta package to the base package e How Byte level Differencing Works Byte level differ
37. Network Places my Network Places IF older Skip without user prompt Si Recycle Bin zi Recycle Bin If added File exists Replace if backuped else iB Internet Explorer Df Build Options ij Add or Remove Programs Comparing method Good Memory usage 8095 Ignore attributes diff No Compress Yes Test No Out of date detection 5Simple 1 item s selected Version Files Editor main window consists of 3 subwindows e Version Image Browser window used to navigate through Version component image files e File Browser window used to navigate through files on your system and to add them to component images e Properties window used to set properties necessary for difference patch building or update installation Version Image Browser This window can be used to view version components folders files to set observe their properties or to add folders files to components To set file property select it in the appropriate Version Image and then change necessary property value in the Properties window File Browser Similar to Windows Explorer Use this file browser window to navigate to the appropriate file s or directory that you want to add to the active Version Image which you have selected in the Version Image Browser To add files or directories to the active Version Image select appropriate files folders as you do it in Windows Explorer and drag amp drop them to the Version Image window If you use ri
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40. Release Date Time Patches Version ID 1 Parent Version n L amnananbe User Manual 29 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 4 Product menu Co Function New Version Add new Version to the selected Product Location Repository Invoke Location Repository dialog Load from PAD file Import Product information from PAD file Move Up Shift Ctrl Up Move selected Product node Up Move Down Shift Ctrl Down Move selected Product node Down Move In Shift Ctrl Right Move selected Group inside Move Out Shift Ctrl Left Move selected Group outside Close Product Close selected Product MEER Delete selected Product New Version TT mmm Location Repository Load from PAD file Move node Close Product New Product Location Repository Components Company famnananki User Manual 30 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 5 Version menu Command Function New Child Version o Add new Child Version Add Component __ Add eomponenis tothe selected Veron Versionfiles Invoke Version Files dialog Differences manager Invoke Differences Manager dialog ES Movenode gt l oo MoveUp St ck Move selected Version node UP _Move Down Shift Ciri Down Move selected Version node Down C Lock Unlock iii Lock Unloc
41. Version only vu 3 4 m E A fMain cpp 1KB C If older Skip without us ee SEM Spam d n 1KB C If added file exists Replace if back cio P E Fmain h 1KB C Df Build Options ee t Fmain obj 17KB A Hy DVD RW Drive E Mod Comparing method Good 3 isbzip dll 36 KB Memory usage 8095 LE E F ux See BACKUP F S ag voe Z4 ie Ignore attributes diff No gt MP3 Jiszlib terum My Software Product main Ing 6 546 KB d O v1 0 Setup e32 642 KB i ut of date detection imple m EJ a version LKB pw Outof date detect 5impl x Ch Control Panel lt il 1 item s selected Then set Component s Key File s Right click on the desired file and select Set as Key in the drop down or select a file you want to make Key and then choose from menu Edit gt Set as Key Key Files are used to determine whether a whole Component is installed on the end user s machine or not Thus they must exist during all Version Component s life User Manual 54 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com Product New Product Version 1 0 File Edit version 1 0 Image id v7CE6142408 Select View Versions PatchFactory v3 af Properties n a 1 0 Componenti Mame Tan E FMain fMain 2 help 9 isbzip 5 islzma aS om d File Browser 173 Component1 Create folder Old ersion Side Version key io Auto Yes Yes
42. W2K XP 2003 on NTFS volumes with Administrator rights e Interface of the update program All features of patch module installation except file update procedure are implemented using standard InnoSetup resources Source codes of scripts used are available for free modification enhancement e Title bar The title shows the application name including version lt Setup Product name update gt e Update Installation Wizard Dialogs These wizard dialogs guide you to apply the patch package for updating your application software files or folders To apply the patch you should execute patch file and follow the instructions in Update Installation Wizard The maximum number of main Update Installation Wizard dialogs is 7 which include Select Setup Language dialog Here you can select the appropriate language for all wizard dialogs Select Setup Language f Select the language to use during the installation Engish iY Welcome dialog This is a welcome dialog that shows main installation instructions to your end user User Manual 75 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 ie Setup Sample Product Update Welcome to the Sample Product Update Setup Wizard This will install Sample Product Update 3 1 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Detection of insta
43. abase using sql or it can replace old files 2 4 How to create an update module that can run silently i e no user intervention pop up windows etc 2 5 How can localize PatchFactory client dialogs into my language 2 6 I m trying to build a patch for a Gigabyte sized file Can your product handle files of this size Any ideas on time per Gb and processor utilization 2 7 Error applying df file with EDF OLD MD5 ERROR code What is wrong 2 8 How can customize the Update Installation wizard images 2 9 How can I Register a DLL OCX library need to somehow register dll s after they are installed 2 10 How can write to the system Registry 2 11 How can run an executable or open another file after update is finished 2 12 How can specify the minimum user privilege required to run the update 1 General Questions User Manual 79 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 1 1 What is the main idea of building update modules The main idea of building patches is that patch file represents only information concerning changes made to an old version software product files relatively to a new version software product files And if these changes are not significant relatively to total size of new version files than such delivering of update module patch file patch module can become more effective method of update delivering Software has its bugs These bugs are often discovere
44. actory v3 Preferences Component Component1 Mame Component1 Component ID Componenti Required True Location Main_Registry Dependencies Files E output T messes Dialog options e Name Component name It can be changed after component creation e ID Generated automatically and cannot be changed after component is created e Installation e Required Values True or False Parameter which defines whether a component is required or not e Location This parameter defines the record from Location Repository which is used to detect the location of this component on the end user s machine Select record to be used from the drop down list e Dependencies Optional parameter Select components that affect the current component e Files Click to add files to the current component The next step after you re finished with New Version creation is Adding Files to the Component gt User Manual 50 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 1 5 Adding Component Files To add files to the Component select the desired Component node within the Product tree choose from menu Component gt Component Files or click the Component Files button in the main tollbar New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Component View Help A SAM 7 Location Repository Component Files
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46. ae orci at odio porta pretium Cras quis tellus eu pede auctor iaculis Donec suscipit venenatis mi Aliquam erat volutpat Sed congue feugiat tellus Praesent ac nunc non nisi eleifend cursus Sed nisi massa mattis eu elementum ac luctus a lacus Nunc luctus malesuada ipsum Morbi aliquam massa eget gravida fermentum eros nisi volutpat neque nec placerat nisi nunc non mi Quisque tincidunt quam nec nibh sagittis eleifend Duis malesuada dignissim ante Aliquam erat volutpat Proin risus lectus pharetra vel mollis sit amet suscipit ac sapien Fusce egestas Curabitur ut tortor id massa egestas ullamcorper Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes nascetur ridiculus mus Donec fermentum Curabitur ut ligula ac ante scelerisque consectetuer Nullam at turpis quis nisl eleifend aliquam Sed odio sapien semper eget rutrum a tempor in nibh User Manual 42 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 1 3 Adding New Version To create a new Version select the desired Product node within the Product tree and select from menu Product gt New Version or click the New Version button in the main tollbar New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Product View Help ler e amp New Version Location Repository Preferences Ima New Product New Product Product Product Name New Product Product GUID D1B944F6 8684 4851 BF1D 73CO7BCD38D7 Location Repository c
47. ameter S eii cece ance ek 73 LIU cars ET el es 75 5 Frequenlty asked Questions ccccccccccccccecceecceeeseeceeeceeeseeeeeeeaeeceeseeeseeeseaenes 79 6 Registration and SUDDOTLLT eonun oe esee Eu na See eu E ebnn an ee Cn ud car EE pEHEEEE EUER 86 6 1 License 1 1 Me n 86 6 2 HOW IO TOOISIOT suni oe cese idees 90 6 3 Update and SUDDOFPEL ciere eee ces LER EORR cet DEER CREER ates seco e DEOR 92 7 Contact information m 93 User Manual 3 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 1 Overview 1 1 What is PatchFactory PatchFactory version 3 3 Copyright 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved Contacting Agensoft PatchFactory for Windows is a full featured byte level patching system for bandwidth efficient software updating which is sold at a reasonable price comparing to systems of the similar class PatchFactory provides a robust feature set that gives software developers the ability to tailor the update process to their specific needs Keeping customers on the most current version optimizes the performance of your product and significantly reduces your end user support costs PatchFactory is a new and innovative software updating and delivery solution ensuring that end users always have the latest version of your software When integrated into your application PatchFactory performs almost any
48. an use to customize the Update Installation wizard images 1 Replace the original wizard images in PatchFactory Installation Folder Scripts folder where Setup bmp vertical installer image SetupSmall right top small installer image 2 Modify the default iss patch applying script file located in PatchFactory Installation Folder Scripts folder find the lines WizardlmageFile SCRIPT PATH Setup bmp and WizardSmalllmageFile SCRIPT_PATH SetupSmall bmp and replace SCRIPT_PATH Setup bmp and SCRIPT_PATH SetupSmall omp with the full or relative to the Scripts folder path to your installer images 2 9 How can Register a DLL OCX library need to somehow register dll s after they are installed To register unregister a DLL OCX library you can add several lines to the end of the default iss script file according to the example listed below default iss script file is located in the lt PatchFactory3 Installation Folder XScripts folder function GetMyAppPath new comp id String String begin Result GetPathForComp NewVer new comp id end Run User Manual 83 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Register app dll stored in the Component with MyComponent1 ID Filename sys regsvr32 exe Parameters code GetMyAppPath MyComponent1 app dll 3 Unregister app dll stored in the Component with MyComponent1 ID Filename sys regsvr32 exe P
49. arameters u code GetMyAppPath MyComponent1 app Replace MyComponent1 with the ID of the component specified in the Component ID property of your version component not its Name but ID where app dll is located For more information please read Inno Setup manual section How to use Setup Script Sections gt Run section Inno Setup manual location PatchFactory3 Installation Folder gt Inno lSetup hlp 2 10 How can write to the system Registry To add a record to the system Registry you can add several lines to the end of the default iss script file according to the example listed below default iss script file is located in the lt PatchFactory3 Installation Folder XScripts folder Been D Registry Root HKCU Subkey Software My Company My Program ValueType string ValueName InstallPath ValueData app For more information please read Inno Setup manual section How to use Setup Script Sections gt Registry section Inno Setup manual location PatchFactory3 Installation Folder gt Inno lSetup hlp 2 11 How can I run an executable or open another file after update is finished To run an executable you can add several lines to the end of the default iss script file according to the example listed below default iss script file is located in the lt PatchFactory3 Installation Folder Scripts folder eegenen D function GetMyAppPath n
50. catanddoucgaccibresantagealenecucts 24 SEWGNEU 1r c Bg 24 3 3 8 enc NM EE 24 E Help EE TREE E EUN 24 User Manual 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 33 10 Version Files Editor ROUER eege gCegeege Eege 24 3 3 11 Version Difference Editor mens 24 OT MEI 1 Tet 41 LES 1 1 d e 42 4 1 Getting E le Cia D 42 4 1 1 Creating New GIOUP t 42 AA Creating New e e 42 e A Eelere ge EE 42 4 1 4 Adding Componentiel ENEE 42 4 1 5 Adding Component Files A 42 4 1 6 Adding e UR extus daas ioaF entia aant a eus ususuui d 42 4 1 7 Creating Dtterences ENEE 42 4 1 8 Creating New Palch iiii ertt rne thesi ene enl un pn uude nuni lind nun Rune rn 42 4 2 IJI gdui s ng 64 4 3 Version Difference Editor ccc sacra sas cerca ta iesus ede scat esu E sS E cere 66 4 4 Old Version Side Properties group eeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeene 68 4 5 New Version Side Properties group eeeeeeeeeeeeneennnenn 69 4 6 Add Replace Options e eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene eene n nnne nennt 70 4 7 DESEN E 71 4 8 Update Command Generation ccccccccsssesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseneeeeees 72 49 Command line Par
51. ch version there can be only one previous version single inheritance In other words each version can have only one parent or not have it at all At the same time any version can be parental for any number of versions Such approach allows us to present the whole set of versions of a software product as a Versions Tree If versions have no previous one they are so called Root Versions or primary version Any version can be a Root Version Thus the number of primary versions is not limited From the above it follows that the Versions Tree does not contain a single root so a product can be assumed as a root of the Versions Tree View available Version parameters e Component All files included in a version are grouped into components Each version component may contain a set of folders and or files Components applying allows to easily allocate independent groups of folders files which can have separate location in the tree of the file system on the end user s machine and probably can have an optional installation property i e can be installed or not In general the concept of components corresponds to the term accepted in the majority of modern install generators The key parameters of a component are component identifier unique among all components of the given version name of this component and flag of optional installation of this component To detect whether a component is installed on the end user s machine or not we use the key f
52. ck Spanish Language Pack x Help system is updated and converted to chm format Patch applying SFP modules bug fixed concerned with reading patch applying parameters Patch applying SFP modules bug fixed occurred at patch applying for files with read only attribute Patch applying SFP modules miscellaneous bug fixes Patch Building Wizard Added splash window x Patch applying module Default sfp e Now it is a more powerful Update Installation Wizard with variety of professional interface and installation options e Author information included e License Agreement and Release Notes included e File comment is replaced by notes rtf e Size of the module Default SFP is increased up to 35KB Bug fixed that appeared at pressing Close in the building patch dialog for single and multiple files patches Default sfp Bug fixed that caused the error at patch applying if the full name of the patch file contained spaces User Manual 8 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 1 4 Patching Engine Efficiency To evaluate the performance of byte level patching engine used in PatchFactory to build a difference between two particular versions we have prepared a comparison table below for well known software products where you can see the original size of the new version files the full original installation package available from the author of the
53. d after the official release of the product You are getting bug reports from your users It s terrible that you spent your money to create fancy box to record CD ROM s and to distribute your software and several days after they appear So you should use patch which just contains description of changes you have made to your product since the official or just previous release What s more the difference between previous and current version to keep the patches as small as possible 1 2 What s the advantage of buying a Commercial or a Corporate License What is your licensing policy the discounted Personal License is offered as a service to the industry primarily for single person companies with little revenue Such as shareware authors The software is licensed to the name of the individual purchasing the license the standard Commercial License is intended for small companies The software is licensed to the name of the company purchasing the license Maximum number of employees using the software is limited to 5 It also entitles an organization to receive high priority support with guaranteed answer within 2 business days via email If you would like to obtain more extended services or more employees to use the software consider buying the Corporate license the premium Corporate License is intended for large companies and corporates with many employees The software is licensed to the name of the company purchasing the license And besides
54. d in one reliable self installing update module rather than the entire software installation package PatchFactory lossless byte level compression is not content dependent so it may be used whenever data is changed at one location and must be efficiently updated and or archived at another PatchFactory patch building engine NEW FILE s NEW FILE s Transmit Send Self installing patch package Self installing patch package NOTE PatchFactory does not deal with any specific data structures it operates with files as a binary data Databases or files of other formats can be updated only as binary files warning database update can be implemented only if it is not changed on the end user s machine Whatever you want to patch update or upgrade PatchFactory offers you the most comprehensive professional reliable easy and safe to use efficient and reasonably priced software update solution Make your customers always feel up to date User Manual 4 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Key features of PatchFactory v3 e Patch building Easily create self applying patch file executables with customizable GUI interfaces Powerful patch engine helping generate extremely small size patch packages Multiple version components support with different target location on the end user s machine Integrated compression technology Update of folders files structure addition of new
55. d that the script file is stored in the lt PatchFactory Root Folder gt Scripts folder Uninstallable Flag which defines whether backup information necessary to perform uninstall rollback of patch is saved If set to Yes the backup copy of all replaced modified files for which backup is allowed is saved and a record is added into Add Remove programs list If set to No default then rollback uninstall of the patch after its successful applying is impossible In this case backup copies of files are stored in the temporary system folder during patch applying only to provide rollback if an error occurred during patch applying to maintain an old version operating and after patch is succesfully apllied they are deleted Show Backup page Available values Yes default No If set to No then Update Installation parameters dialog page asking an end user to select whether to perform backup with further Rollback and to choose the backup folder will not be displayed to an end user during update installation Directory Folder where the output update modules are saved to If empty then it is User Manual 16 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 assumed that result patch files are saved in the lt Product Folder gt lt New Version gt patches lt Patch Name gt folder File name Template Template for update modules names To prepare a template you can use the following specificators P
56. ding the maximum speed dfbuild 1 mem 1 old file new file f the result is not acceptable df file size is too big try to increase the amount of system memory utilized using mem parameter And only after exhausting its potentialities try to change the comparing method parameter However the size of the result patch file and the speed of its building depends not only on the parameters set of the comparing algorithm but also on the nature and the similarity ratio of particular files to be compared 2 7 Error applying df file with EDF OLD MD5 ERROR code What is wrong In this case there was a mismatch of MD5 checksum for an old updated file which is stored on the end user s machine and MD5 checksum calculated during patch building i e the expected one i e these files were different by content If this occurrence is expected and normal i e if this file on the end user s machine can be changed then you should set the option Update method to the value Don t allow update by diff in the UPDATED OLD version You can also set option Patch method within the NEW version unequal to Auto value the particular value should be selected according to your specific requirements Otherwise if this file is not expected to be changed on the end user s machine then you should look for the reason of its modification by yourself 2 8 How can I customize the Update Installation wizard images There are two methods available which you c
57. duct I Close active Product Close All Close all Groups and Products Recent Products gt Display recent software products list Recent Groups gt MEE Display recent product groups list Alt F4 Exit PatchFactory New Product PatchFactory 3 3 Patches view Mew Open Ctr O Close Product New Product Ctrl w Recent Products Recent Groups Exit a amp Components Parent Version Caranananki User Manual 27 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 2 View menu Output 1 Cti4Al amp O Show Hide the Output window Messages Ctrl Alt M Show Hide the Messages window Preferences Alt P Invoke General Preferences Dialog New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Product e Output Ctrl Alt O New Version Messages Ctrl Alt M ima New Produc Preferences Alt P S 1 0 Components Differences Patches Product GUID e 1 1 Location Repository E amp Components Company SB cmi Product Product Name User Manual 28 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 3 Group menu Add Existing Product Add New Group Rename e Move node gt Move Down Shift Ctrl Down Move In Shift Ctrl Right Move Out Shift Ctrl Left Untitled Group PatchFactory 3 3 AddItem gt Rename New Product Version 1 0 Version Number 3 Components Y Differences
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59. e scelerisque consectetuer Nullam at turpis quis nisl eleifend aliquam Sed odio sapien semper eget rutrum a tempor in nibh 4 1 1 Creating New Group To create a new Group of Products select from menu File gt New gt Group The next step after you are finished with New Product creation is adding a New Product gt to this Group 4 1 2 Creating New Product Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elit Aliquam velit risus placerat et rutrum nec condimentum at leo Aliquam in augue a magna semper pellentesque Suspendisse augue Nullam est nibh molestie eget tempor ut consectetuer ac pede Vestibulum sodales hendrerit augue Suspendisse id mi Aenean leo diam sollicitudin adipiscing posuere quis venenatis sed metus Integer et nunc Sed viverra dolor quis justo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elit Duis elementum Nullam a arcu Vivamus sagittis imperdiet odio Nam nonummy Phasellus ullamcorper velit vehicula lorem Aliquam eu ligula Maecenas rhoncus In elementum eros at elit Quisque leo dolor rutrum sit amet fringilla in tincidunt et nisi Donec ut eros faucibus lorem lobortis sodales Nam vitae lectus id lectus tincidunt ornare Aliquam sodales suscipit velit Nullam leo erat iaculis vehicula dignissim vel rhoncus id velit Nulla facilisi Fusce tortor lorem mollis sed scelerisque eget faucibus sed dui Quisque eu nisi Etiam sed erat id lorem placerat feugiat Pellentesque vit
60. ed www agensoft com User Manual 66 PatchFactory v3 the Properties window By default Synchronous selection mode when pairs of files in old and new version images are highlighted selected synchronously is turned on You can switch it off by selecting the appropriate item in Files menu Tabstops header on the top of each window allows sorting of the file list by Name Date and Size by clicking on the appropriate header Clicking a second time on the same header reverses the order Arrow to the left of the header text shows the sort direction Properties Main properties that can be set are listed in Old Version Side Properties New Version Side Properties Add Replace Options and Df build Options sections of this manual Each property of difference elements has such implicit attribute as Source of the obtained value This attribute defines the method of determining the particular value of the Update command The value can be defined by e by the corresponding version s property values Defined by versions value is prefixed with symbol in the list e by version s property value only if the corresponding parent object s property value is defined by version s property values Defined by parents value is prefixed with symbol in the list e by parent s property value lt Inherit gt value is prefixed with symbol in the list e individual value which you can set by clicking with right mouse button on the approp
61. encing compactly encodes a version of a file as a set of changes from a previous version The delta file consists of any new files not in the base version and the differences between existing files in two versions A differencing algorithm finds and outputs the changes made between two versions of the same file by locating common strings to be copied and unique strings to be added The process can be represented as follows Version Fil Base File Delta File Reconstruction the inverse operation requires the base file and a delta file to rebuild a version Base File Delta File Version File e How Software Distribution Uses Byte level Differencing Any distributed application that updates data frequently should take advantage of byte level differencing to reduce the network traffic Software Distribution can use byte level differencing to distribute upgrades of software applications to a wide range of endpoints To upgrade an already existing software package base package to a new version version package Software Distribution applies the differencing algorithm to each file contained in the version package that is delta compressible and that is found in the base package with the same fully qualified path To apply the delta installation the base and the version packages must have the same nested structure The above operation is performed on the source host and generates a delta package that is sent to the target On the target Software
62. end your language file prior to contacting us required via email or via an appropriate Support Forum as a new version with exactly this language support can be already User Manual 82 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 under development 2 6 I m trying to build a patch for a Gigabyte sized file Can your product handle files of this size Any ideas on time per Gb and processor utilization The speed and quality of the comparing depends on the similarity of files to be compared Please have a look at the parameters description of the console program dfbuild exe see dfbuild txt or dfbuild exe and tuning recommendations prior to perform the comparing of such big files Additional recommendations Try to perform comparing directly using console program dfbuild exe in order to choose optimal comparing parameters Perform comparing with options 1 mem 10 set If the obtained results do not satisfy your requirements try executing without additional parameters i e with parameters set by default Add these files to version images as links dfbuild program has a set of parameters which provides control under speed amp quality of the comparing algorithm performance Here are brief tuning recommendations for setting of these parameters which can be helpful in some applications f you are processing large files 500Mb and more first try to use dfbuild with parameters provi
63. ensoft com download html Registration renewal Registration renewal to renew your registration of PatchFactory you can use the appropriate discounted upgrade link at http Awww agensoft com order html As soon as we check your registration info and your payment is processed a new registration key will be sent to you via email to unlock your copy of PatchFactory software Major version upgrade is offered to our current customers Personal and Commercial licenses at a discounted rate 50 discount Corporate customers receive any version updates amp upgrades free of charge during lifetime of the product If the registration code is no longer present on your system just re enter it like the first time and restart the program If for any reason your registration code becomes invalid or lost send an e mail to sales agensoft com with details of your previous registration You will receive a new code via e mail at no charge as soon as we validate your old registration data You can subscribe to our newsletter at our site www agensoft com to be informed of the latest information about product updates site news and corporate events e Support If you have a question regarding the operation of PatchFactory please take a moment to review the most common Frequently Asked Questions FAQs You may find there the answer you are looking for If there is no answer do not hesitate to contact us We ll help you and respond to your message as soon as po
64. er e mail to obtain the charge authorization and instructions In the unlikely event that your credit card is declined you will receive an e mail stating the reason If you do not receive any e mail within 48 hours there may be a problem with your order In that case kindly contact us by e mail at sales agensoft com with your name Tracking ID and the approximate date and time of your order to obtain the status of your order 1 9 Do have to license each patch file created To use PatchFactory software and to create as many patches as you wish you have to buy only one license if you are planning PatchFactory to be used by more than one user on one computer of the local network if applicable than you should order the corresponding number of licenses And furthermore you may distribute created patch packages to as many users as you want 1 10 What is the policy on updates how much do they cost All minor updates are free as of this writing subject to change Minor updates are those where the software version number to the right of the decimal change minor updates usually slightly differs from each other but the digit to the left of the decimal stays the same For example updates from 3 0 to 3 1 are free however 2 x to 4 0 will be on a cost basis Additionally if a new major version does get issued it is offered to our current customers at a discounted rate 50 discount it means that to register PatchFactory major version update
65. es Ki app Tan KE FMain I 471 552 676 651 Allow delete on reboot Delete read only Yes No FMain h 820 E Fain obj 16486 el 4 gt Added Deleted Updated No operation Key file Version key Legend Equal Replaced Version Difference Editor main window consists of 2 main subwindows e New Version Image window used to navigate through New Version Image components folders and files and to set their properties upper window e Old Version Image window used to navigate through Old Version Image components folders and files and to set their properties lower window Depending on the operation and status files and folders are highlighted with a certain color Legend Bar is placed at the bottom of Version Difference Editor window To change the default color double click on the appropriate item in the Legend Bar Each of those windows consist of two subwindows e Version Image file browser window used to navigate through New Version Image objects e Properties window used to set properties necessary for difference patch building or update installation Old New Version Image Browser This window can be used to select necessary Version Image or a Component inside it to set observe properties of selected objects To change object property select it in the appropriate Version Image and then change necessary property value in 2002 2008 by AgenSott All rights reserv
66. est Set the comparing method used to build file Normal difference Good WARNING Paranoid and Ultimate methods can Best be very slow for big size files Paranoid Ultimate Memory usage 5 100 80 by default Set limit of the memory available in the system usage Ignore attributes diff Ignore attributes difference during difference building Compress Yes No Compress the result difference file s Do not set to No without necessity eee if you want to build a cumulative patch module performing the update to selected version This option forces df file verification test via its simulation after df file building successfully completed Out of date detection Don t use Check whether df file rebuild is necessary Defines Simple df file out of date detection method MD5 Don t use always rebuild df file Test Simple simple detection method which includes comparing of file sizes last modified date time attributes and file names MD5 in addition to Simple method provides md5 checksum verification of both old and new files Test in addition to MD5 method provides df file verification test via its simulation Default properties values are marked with Bold font More detailed description of Df build options you can find in dfbuild txt or by executing dfbuild exe h NOTE Setting Memory usage limit can be used in conjunction with selecting of comparing algorithm to tune up the ratio of qual
67. ew comp id String String begin Result GetPathForComp NewVer new comp id end Run Filename code GetMyAppPath MyComponentlj Napp exe Flags nowait Skipifdoesntexist deeg Replace MyComponent1 with the ID of the component specified in the Component ID property of your version component not its Name but ID where app exe is located To open a file which is not a directly executable file an exe or com file add the shellexec flag Flags nowait skipifdoesntexist shellexec This flag is required if Filename is not a directly executable file an exe or com file When this flag is set Filename can be a folder or any registered file type including hlp doc and so on The file will be opened with the application associated with the file type on the user s system the same way it would be if the user double clicked the file in Explorer By default when the shellexec flag is used it will not wait until the spawned process terminates If you need that you must add the flag waituntilterminated Note that it cannot and will not wait if a new process isn t spawned for example if Filename specifies a folder For more information please read Inno Setup manual section How to use Setup Script Sections gt Run section Inno Setup manual location PatchFactory3 Installation Folder gt Inno lSetup hlp 2 12 How can specify the minimum user privilege required to run the update To check if the user is l
68. f the system s Common Files directory typically C Program Files Common Files Windows The system s Windows directory System The system s Windows System directory System32 on Windows NT platforms System Drive The drive letter where Windows is installed typically C On Windows NT platforms this directory constant is equivalent to the SystemDrive environment variable Fonts Fonts directory Normally named FONTS under the Windows directory Additional Additional part of the Path 4 Environment variable The full path to component s files location is defined by an environment variable Variable name lt string gt Name of environment variable Additional Additional part of the Path Default value lt string gt Default value Used if specified environment variable doesn t exist 5 Fixed path The full path to component s files location 6 Location ref The full path to component s files location is defined by another item of the Location Repository table Paramete Based on location Reference to another item of the Location Repository table Additional Additional part of the Path User Manual 22 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 2 5 Installed Version Detection Version detection method There are different methods to detect which version of a software product is installed on the end user s computer For example you can store version n
69. genSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 7 Difference s menu e Differences menu mand Shc rtcut Function Differences Manager Ce Invoke Differences Manager dialog Compile All differences MEME Compile All Differences of the current Version Recompile All differences Ec Recompile All Differences of the current Version MEI Build All Differences of the current Version NENNEN Rebuild All Differences of the current Version Differences Manager numm mmm Compile All differences Differences Manager Recompile All differences Build All differences ponent Componenti ame Compa omponent ID Compa Installation Required True Rebuild All differences Difference menu Edit difference Invoke Version Difference dialog Compile difference ne Compile selected Difference Recompile difference a Recompile selected Difference Build difference Build selected Difference Rebuild difference Rebuild selected Difference Clear Intermediate Files Clear all intermediate files concerned with selected Difference Move Up Shift Ctrl Up Move selected Difference node Up Move Down Shift Ctrl Down Move selected Difference node Down User Manual 33 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Edit difference Compile difference Recompile difference Build difference Compa Compa Rebuild difference
70. genSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Select this option to create empty components identical to the components of the parent version in the new version e Create diff to parent version Select this option automatically create difference to selected parent version e Diff s migration Don t migrate Do not copy or move any differences from parent version Copy all diffs from parent version All differences created in parent version will be copied to the new version Move all diffs from parent version All differences created in parent version will be moved to the new version e Copy parent patches Select version which is parent relative to this one Refer to the Concepts and definitions section for more information concerning Version definition in terms of PatchFactory and Version parameters list After New Version is created you can define additional optional Version parameters New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Version View Help K R New Child Version Location Repository Differences Manage Jew Patch Preferences 73 New Product Mew Product Components Version 1 0 Differences Version Number 1 0 Patches Release Date Time 01 12 2006 12 00 00 Version ID v5C79AA3608 Parent Version Mo Parent Program Type Shareware Release Status Minor Update Install Support Install and Uninstall OS Supported Mone selected Language Mone selected gt Cost US Othe
71. gensoft com As soon as we are notified that your order has been processed a registration key will be sent to you via email within 24 hours or one business day usually within 12 hours and depends on the country you reside in to unlock your copy of PatchFactory Ordering gives you the right to use PatchFactory after the 30 day trial period receive technical support and use features available only for registered users We offer a 30 day money back guarantee on all our software If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase we will refund its total price excepting shipping fees within 30 days of receipt gt To buy PatchFactory you can use one of our secure payment processing services RegNow or Sharelt services of Digital River which are industry leaders in E Commerce Payment Processing Services All data exchanged during the payment process is SSL secured and protected with a high level of encryption Our registration services currently accept the following bank cards Visa Mastercard Eurocard American Express Discover Novus JCB Diners Club You can also order by Cheque Cash Fax Postal mail Fax amp Phone Bank Wire Transfer Purchase Order or Paypal check links on the online secure order form Don t forget to supply exact personal information and a valid e mail address to which we can send your registration and update information The simplest and cheapest way to purchase PatchFactory software is to order it online Custo
72. ght mouse button then selected files folders are copied into the Version Image and if left mouse button is used then you can select from either you want to make User Manual 64 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 a hard copy move the selected files folders or to copy only references links to them Tabstops header on the top of each window allows sorting of the file list by Name Date and Size by clicking on the appropriate header Clicking a second time on the same header reverses the order Arrow to the left of the header text shows the sort direction Properties All properties are divided into 2 main categories Old Version Side and New Version Side Properties of the first category are used during compilation of the difference between versions when selected version is considered as an old one while properties of the second category are used during compilation of the difference between versions when selected version is considered as a new one Df build Options and Add Replace Options subgroups are covered by the 2nd category Each property can have its own value or it can inherit by default the value from a Parent object valid for all properties except Version Key If property Value is prefixed with symbol it means that this property inherits its value from a Parent object Select lt Inherit gt option in the list of available values for selected property to make this proper
73. his should never happen except under the most unusual of circumstances such as running out of memory or Windows resources User Manual 73 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 A fatal error occurred during the actual installation process Note Errors that cause an Abort Retry Ignore box to be displayed are not fatal errors If the user chooses Abort at such a message box exit code 5 will be returned 5 The user clicked Cancel during the actual installation process or chose Abort at an Abort Retry Ignore box 6 The Setup process was forcefully terminated by the debugger Run Terminate was used in the IDE Before returning an exit code of 1 3 or 4 an error message explaining the problem will normally be displayed Future versions of InnoSetup may return additional exit codes so applications checking the exit code should be programmed to handle unexpected exit codes gracefully Any non zero exit code indicates that Setup was not run to completion User Manual 74 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 10 Patch applying Patch module prepared with the help of PatchFactory is an executable module Windows GUI application that incorporates update data and apply parameters You can customize the appearance of update program by yourself at patch building step NOTE It is recommended to apply the patch created on systems under Windows NT4
74. il form preferably to contact us We ll get in touch with you as soon as possible usually within two business days Do not forget to provide us with necessary technical information Windows version Detailed description of your problem and your registration information if you are a registered user 2002 2008 by AgenSott All rights reserved User Manual 85 www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 6 Registration and Support 6 1 License Agreement END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT This END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA is a legal agreement between you either as an individual or a single entity Customer and AgenSoft Inc AGENSOFT for all AGENSOFT products which may include executable programs redistributable modules controls dynamic link libraries source code demos intermediate files media printed materials and online or electronic documentation SOFTWARE PRODUCT S or SOFTWARE AGENSOFT grants to you as an individual a personal nonexclusive license to install and use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S for the sole purposes of designing developing testing and deploying application programs which you create By installing copying or otherwise using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA If you do not agree to any part of the terms of this EULA DO NOT INSTALL USE EVALUATE OR REPLICATE IN ANY MANNER ANY PART FILE OR PORTION OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT S All SOFTWARE P
75. ile method The idea of this method is that one file of each component is marked as the Key Its presence in the system determines the fact that a component is installed or not Thus we have 3 main requirements for a component and a Key file each component should have at least one file each component should have one and only one Key file Key file should exist during all component s lifetime View available Component parameters e Version Difference Let s name a set of the information which defines the difference between two versions as a Version Difference Besides difference in files it can describe rules of update building and applying and other necessary data User Manual 11 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 e Update module Patch The program module which carries out the updating of the version of a software product already installed on the end user s side up to some other version Update is performed on the basis of difference s between versions Hereinafter let s assume when talking about a patch as a program object that version which this patch belongs to is new comparing to other versions of a software product and this new version contains at least one difference Using PatchFactory you can make patches of 2 types e v2v patch Using this type of patches provides updating of only one version up to one another Let s assume that you have three versions of y
76. ity and speed Increasing the memory usage limit will result first of all in the advanced comparing quality Be careful with setting of this parameter Setting the limit above total physical memory available in your system can result in significant slowing down of the comparing process User Manual 71 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 8 Update Command generation e Update command generation The result Update command is defined by the combination of the following properties Update Method and Allow Delete properties values of the old version element if exists Patch Method property value of the new version element if exists and the fact of presence absence of this element e Update method Parameter Update methoa is used to specify how the selected element is updated if this element is placed inside an Old Version image of a difference The result value of the Update command is defined in concordance with the value of Patch methoa of the same name element in the New Version image if exists and also by Allow delete parameter value e Patch method Parameter Patch methoa is used to specify how the selected element is updated if this element is placed inside a New Version image of a difference The result value of the Update command is defined in concordance with the value of Update methoa of the same name element if exists in the Old Version image The Update command
77. k selected Version New Product PatchFactory 3 3 Version New Child Version ae Add Component s v Version Files I TT mum Version Files Differences Manager rsion 1 0 Version Number Release Date Time Version ID Move node Parent Version User Manual 31 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 6 Component s menu e Components menu Command Shortcu Function Add Component s Add component s to the selected Version New Product PatchFactory 3 3 Components Add Component s AA Version Files Differences Manager gt New Product New Product lt gt 1 0 D Components Product Differences Product Name Patches Product GUID E e 1 1 Location Repository a s Components Company Caranananki e Component menu Component files Invoke Version Files dialog with selected component as active Weemdes MoveUp sid Shift Ctrl Up Move selected Component node Up MoveDown Shift Ctrl Down Move selected Component node Down New Product PatchFactory 3 3 Component Component Files M Move node t Files Differences Manage nennen mmm Delete Component Componenti Componenti Name Compo Differences Component ID Compa fh Patches Installation j e 1 1 Required True a BL Aamnanante a s Components User Manual 32 2002 2008 by A
78. level of octet byte subsequences Use of packing utilities to lower the file size most often leads to that the result archive files lose the similarity at the byte level Such behavior is peculiar for most of lossless compression algorithms In this case the most appropriate solution to achieve effective comparing results is not to use aspack or other compression utility at all Here are some recommendations to reduce the size of output patch file in this case Try to reduce files size by moving unchanged parts of the program viz their invariability from version to version or their insignificant changes to dll modules Do not apply Exe compression utilities to deflate executable files if there is no extreme necessity But nevertheless PatchFactory considers all these features of EXE and DLL files and provides optimal patch building in these cases 2 2 How can provide backup copy of old files on the end user s machine to prevent their loss at patch applying PatchFactory v3 provides such feature as Rollback Uninstall of the update module To provide Uninstall capability you should set Uninstallable property to Yes for your Patch module If set to Yes the backup copy of all replaced modified files for which backup is allowed is saved and a record is added into Add Remove programs list If you don t want a dialog window offering to select whether to perform backup copy or not to be shown to your end user set property Show Backup page
79. lled version Here you can observe which version number is determined If Installation Wizard is not able to determine the version that he can update the application to then you ll see a warning in this case installation will not continue iG Setup Sample Product Update Detection of installed version Autodetection of Sample Product version number installed Installation Wizard detected the following version is installed on your computer Sample Product 3 0 RC1 Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Cancel Update Installation parameters This dialog if enabled provides you with an option to be able to perform Rollback of the Update module installed You can specify a folder where all files necessary to perform a Rollback will be stored User Manual 76 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 ie Setup Sample Product Update Update Installation parameters Select additional tasks to be performed during installation If want to be able to uninstall this update later then files nesessary to perform such Rollback should be saved This action requires additional free disk space Do not pack files to archive Archive files folder C Program Files NS ample Product Updates 38B 6580 F 08 To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse Ready to Install Here you can see the summary of all update in
80. mer information is considered confidential and will not be shared or distributed to any third party To get more info on PatchFactory discounts and special offers visit PatchFactory order page at http www agensoft com order html To allow for all types of developers to use our software we offer three types of licenses offered as a service to the industry primarily for single person companies with little revenue such as shareware authors The software is licensed to the name of the individual purchasing the license e Discounted Personal License intended for small companies The software is licensed to the name of the company purchasing the license Maximum number of employees using the software is limited to 5 It also entitles an e Standard Commercial License organization to receive high priority support with guaranteed answer within 2 business days via email If you would like to obtain more extended services or more employees to use the software consider buying the Corporate license intended for large companies and corporates with many employees The software is licensed to the name of the company purchasing the license And besides this type of license entitles an organization to receive one copy of the distribution software and to duplicate the software for any number of people or workstations within the corporation It also entitles an organization to receive high priority support with guaranteed answer within 1 business day
81. ncremental updating Incremental update contains all the files which have been changed between two versions Update modules made with PatchFactory consists only of the changes from within each individual file with the User Manual 81 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 help of byte level differencing technology used by our patching engine resulting in a significantly smaller update size 1 17 ERROR 1 Limitation of evaluation version the number of files folders in the difference can not exceed 100 Evaluation version of PatchFactory which is available for download from our public web site contains a functional limitation and namely the number of files contained in either old or new version images for which you can build a difference is limited to 100 one hundred To request for a fully functional demo please use our online email form to contact us guarantees that your email will reach our Support Team Do not forget to fill in all necessary fields Only requests from our online email form are taken into consideration We request your apologies for any inconvenience 2 Technical Questions 2 1 am trying to compare two files which changed a bit used ASPack or other compression utility to reduce the file size When I create the patch its size is larger which is not really what wanted The basis of the comparing algorithm is the ability to find concurrence in compared files at a
82. necessary actions are taken to minimize the size of this patch module during the building process Contents of old versions which can be updated using this patch module is defined by differences which exist in the new version Flag which defines whether difference between files with the same name is used during the update procedure Value YES default allows such updating If set to NO then full copies of new files are used if they differ from old version files Allow update on reboot General flag Provides replacing of files to be updated at system restart often if such files are occupied by other processes YES by default Allow uninstall on reboot General flag Provides replacing of files to be uninstalled repaired at system restart often if such files are occupied by other processes YES by default Save restore file This option is useful only for NTFS file system and provides saving of file security data owner group access control and audit information The patch module must have necessary privileges in order to use this facility Processing of security data may decrease the speed of backup restore operation so please set this option to YES only if you understand its meaning and really need it in most cases security processing is not required for home users YES by default InnoSetup script Name of the InnoSetup script file used to generate the update module If only the name is specified not the full path then is it assume
83. oc Company Company Name My Company Web http www mycompany com Address 1 Address 2 City Town State Province Zip Postal Code Country Author 34 F Teen This will initiate a New Version Dialog which you can below User Manual 43 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Product New Product New Version New Version number En Release date time 11 01 2007 10 46 32 DI Inherit From Version E 7 Clone all components ri Copy component images v Create diff to parent version Diff s migration Dialog options e New version number Enter the New Version Number It can be changed later after version creation Version number must form a valid name of file thus using of such symbols as lt gt is not allowed e Release date time Enter the Version Release date and time here Click drop down arrow select date and time using a calendar Product New Product New Version New Version number ee o oO Release date time 01 12 2006 12 00 00 RS 01 12 2005 12 00 00 4 Aeka pe 4 2006 necunces d 2 3 9 10 6 17 3 24 031 m bre 12 00 00 34 e Inherit from version Select version which is parent relative to this one Parent version properties are inherited by the new version e Clone all components User Manual 44 2002 2008 by A
84. oftware product or even any other binary data update cycle as fully as it can be possible as our primary aim Hereinafter let s assume the certain set of operations including preparing of the update data its publishing on the web site and or direct transfer to end users and also patch applying as an update cycle Please refer to Concepts and definitions section of this manual Patch applying is a final stage of this update cycle which actually provides appearance of the required version of the software program or any other essential data on the end users side There are no doubts that a task set is not so simple as to find a completely universal decision is hardly possible However trying to offer a good enough decision covering the large class of subtasks of updating is quite feasible User Manual ET 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 1 3 What s new in this version PatchFactory v3 Version History Legend Added feature x Improved changed feature kel kel kel kel Bug fixed x InnoSetup compiler version updated up to 5 1 5 iss script for patch applying module Spanish Language Pack file Scripts Languages Spanish isl French Language Pack file Scripts Languages French isl Italian Language Pack file Scripts Languages Italian isl fixed the problem occurred when trying to replace a dll exe in use under Win98 miscellaneous bug fixe
85. ogged on as administrator and not run the patch if they are not please add the following line inside the Setup section of the default iss script file default iss script file is located in the lt PatchFactory3 Installation Folder gt Scripts folder Please find the following line PrivilegesRequired User Manual 84 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 inside default iss file and replace it with the desired value according to the example listed below PrivilegesRequired admin Valid values none poweruser admin Default value none Description This directive specifies the minimum user privileges required to run the update When set to poweruser or admin Setup will give an error message at startup e g You must be logged in as an administrator when installing this program if the user doesn t have at least Power User or administrative privileges respectively This only applies to Windows NT platforms For more information please read Inno Setup manual section How to use Setup Script Sections gt Setup section Inno Setup manual location PatchFactory3 Installation Folder gt Inno lSetup hlp If any question is not covered here ask us support agensoft com regarding technical issues such as bug reports feature suggestions etc and at sales agensoft com regarding sales issues ordering problems partnership suggestions etc You can also use our online ema
86. on sl New Component e Name Enter New Component name here It can be changed later after component creation e ID Generated automatically and cannot be changed after component is created e Required Select this option if a component to be added is Required Refer to the Concepts and definitions section for more information concerning Component definition in terms of PatchFactory and Component parameters list Copy from version User Manual 48 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Add component s to version 1 1 New Component Name Component2 D Komponent 3 en oe Here you can clone some components from one of the previous versions upon your selection Select a version from a drop down box In the field below check components which you want to transfer to the created Component According to the choice made empty components will be created with identical properties as the selected components from selected version After New Component is created you can define additional optional Component parameters User Manual 49 2002 2008 by AgenSott All rights reserved www agensoft com New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Component View 4 ch A Location Repository Component Files Differences Manager 73 New Product E e 1 0 E e Components Componenti Differences Patches Output New Product PatchF
87. or redistribution bsdiff Description bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to binary files Author Colin Percival Computing Lab Oxford University Web http www daemonology net bsdiff InnoSetup Description free installer for Windows programs Author Jordan Russell Web http www jrsoftware org bzip2 and libbzip2 Description Freely available patent free high quality data compressor Author Julian R Seward Web http sources redhat com bzip2 libxml2 Description XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project Author Daniel Veillard Web http xmlsoft org synedit Description SynEdit is an advanced multi line edit control for Borland Delphi Kylix and C Builder Author Michael Hieke Web http synedit sourceforge net The Graphics32 Library Description Graphics32 is a set of functions classes components and controls designed for high performance graphics programming Author Alex Denissov Web http graphics32 sf net And special thanks to Fedor Mishin Fairdell Software for his contribution to the development of the first public release of PatchFactory and for the idea of the first PatchFactory main icon image User Manual 10 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 2 Basics 2 1 Concepts and definitions For the subsequent statement it is necessary to define some important terms which have specific meaning in
88. ory Home page http www agensoft com PatchFactory Support Visit PatchFactory Support Forums Forums http Awww agensoft com forums Support Information PY Update and Support Contact Support Team Send your feedback bug report or other inquiry using the online email form guarantees that your email will reach our Support Team Buy PatchFactory Buy PatchFactory Online http www agensoft com order html displayed only in unregistered version AE Display the dialog box containing version A copyright information Contents FAQ PatchFactory Home Page Bug Report Send My Feedback 4851 BF1D 73CO7BCD38D7 Buy PatchFactory Now About Alt F1 User Manual 36 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 3 10 Version Files Editor menus Function Calculate Ctrl Q Calculate Occupied space of the selected folder or Component Occupied space Product New Product Version 1 0 Edit Select view Versions Caclulate occupied space Ctri Q Explore Folder Save Ctrl S Close Edit gt Create folder Create folder in the selected Component Rename folder HENRI Rename folder in the selected Component Set as Key Set selected file as Key Refresh Refresh selected window Refresh All Shift F5 Refresh All windows Product New Product Version 1 0 Select View Versions Create folder Rename Folder Name B
89. ory v3 4 1 6 Adding Child Version To create a new Child Version select the desired Version node within the Product tree and select from menu Version gt New Child Version or click the New Child Version button in the main tollbar New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Version View Help c A pus 7 New Child Versi r Location Repository VersionFiles Differences Manager New Patch Preferences New Product New Product C3 e D a UI Components Version 1 0 Componenti Version Number e Differences Release Date Time Patches Version ID v1431B0D008 Parent Version lt No Parent gt Program Type Shareware Release Status Minor Update Install Support Install and Uninstall OS Supported None selected gt Language Mone selected Cost US Other This will initiate a New Version Dialog which you can below User Manual 56 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Product New Product New Version New Version number e o ooo Release date time 11 01 2007 11 31 50 DI v Inherit from Version 1 0 01 12 2006 12 00 00 DI Iw Clone all components Copy component images Iw Create diff to parent version DifF s migration pont migrate e Copy parent patches The next step after you re finished with a Child Version creation is Adding Differences for the current Version gt
90. ory v3 4 9 Command line parameters The Update Installation program accepts optional command line parameters These can be useful to system administrators and to other programs calling the Setup program SILENT VERYSILENT Instructs Setup to be silent or very silent When Setup is silent the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is When a setup is very silent this installation progress window is not displayed If a restart is necessary and the NORESTART command isn t used see below and Setup is silent it will display a Reboot now message box If it s very silent it will reboot without asking LOG Causes Setup to create a log file in the user s TEMP directory detailing file installation and Run actions taken during the installation process This can be a helpful debugging aid For example if you suspect a file isn t being replaced when you believe it should be or vice versa the log file will tell you if the file was really skipped and why The log file is created with a unique name based on the current date It will not overwrite or append to existing files The information contained in the log file is technical in nature and therefore not intended to be understandable by end users Nor is it designed to be machine parseable the format of the file is subject to change without notice LOG filename Same as LOG except it allows you to specify a fixed path filename to use fo
91. ose major factors which oblige manufacturers to modify their software products and release updates on a frequent basis And if the overall size of the distribution package of a software product is quite sizeable then the necessity to download the full new version distribution package can become an expensive and tiresome procedure for end users Most often the size of brought changes from version to version is significantly smaller than the size of the full distribution package so many developers could thought that it would be really a good idea to have an opportunity to implement software updating by delivering to end users only those presumably small changes by size which distinguish the new version from the version already installed on the end user s machine Well an attempt to reduce the update data size as much as possible is praiseworthy However how to make it really effective In case of the text data everything is clear There are a lot of excellent algorithms for text files comparing And moreover the text data can be effectively compressed using well known algorithms But if you have to build an update package for executable files exe dll then you ll see that those algorithms are completely useless to make something worthwhile Effective comparison of executable files or any other binary files requires absolutely other approaches We ll use binary file to define files which structure is obviously unknown Such files are considered as an a
92. our software product 1 0 1 1 and 1 2 To update versions 1 0 and 1 1 up to version 1 2 using v2v patches you should prepare two separate update modules e Cumulative patch This type of patches provides updating of a one of several specified versions up to one other version by means of only one patch module For the example of the previous paragraph a cumulative patch applying provides building of only one update module which can be used to update both versions 1 0 and 1 1 up to version 1 2 View available Patch parameters e Patch Publishing The patch prepared by software developer should be delivered to end users It is obvious that taking into account its small size comparing to the full new version distribution package the most convenient way is to provide an access to these update modules via Internet In an elemental case Patch Publishing can be implemented via placing of a patch file on your company s web server Disadvantages of such approach are obvious both publishing and its delivering of a patch should be carried out manually User Manual 12 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 e Update Server Let s name the Update Server as a server on which update modules are published Access methods to server and protocols used are insignificant at the current stage A schematical sketch of the overall update cycle with different types of patches is shown in figure 1 Version
93. quire any third party libraries to run The PatchFactory Client side patch program is entirely self contained it does not use any 3rd party libraries and only requires libraries which are part of the base operating system With PatchFactory you have the assurance that customers with different hardware and software configurations will always be able to update your software 1 14 What are the advantages for distributing patches Distributing the changes as the patch has several significant advantages over distributing new version of the product First you don t have to make new CD ROM s or multiple floppy disks and new boxes The patches are usually small and easy to distribute on single floppy or over the Internet Due to the differential nature of the patches you can also distribute your patches freely from your web page for example because it is impossible to install patch without previous bought and registered version of product 1 15 What are the limitations of the evaluation version of PatchFactory v3 Evaluation version of PatchFactory has the following limitations 30 day trial period during which you can evaluate PatchFactory for free When this period expires you must either purchase our software or stop using it and remove it from your computer number of files contained in either old or new version images for which you can build a difference is limited to 100 one hundred 1 16 What is the difference between patching and i
94. r E Output 7 Messages Dialog options e Version Number Contains Version Number you have entered at the previous step e Release date Contains Release date of this version Optional parameter e Version ID User Manual 45 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 Generated automatically and cannot be changed after version is created e Parent version Indicates Parent version number relating to the selected version Optional parameter e Program type Indicates program type Can be defined as Shareware Freeware Adware Demo Commercial or Data Only Optional parameter e Release Status Indicates program release status type Can be defined as Major Update Minor Update New Release Beta Alpha or Media Only Optional parameter e Install Support Indicates program install support properties Can be defined as Install and Uninstall Install Only No Install Support or Uninstall Only Optional parameter e OS Supported Shows program s supported OS es list Choose OS es your software supports Optional parameter e Language Shows program s supported Languages list Choose Languages your software supports Optional parameter e Cost US program cost in US Other select the appropriate currency from the drop down list to specify program cost in other currency then US The next step after you re finished with New Version creation is
95. r Ignore df apply error during update installation If set to Yes and the file is updated with the Updated command then the old file will remain unchanged and no message will be displayed to an end user if update was not performed correctly due to some changes in the old file Allow patch on reboot Allow file folder patch after system reboot if selected file folder was locked during update installation Overwrite read only Overwrite if backuped else Overwrite selected file if is marked as user prompt read only on the end user s machine Overwrite if backuped else skip Overwrite without user prompt Skip without user prompt Defined by user Default properties values are marked with Bold font User Manual 69 2002 2008 by AgenSott All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 6 Add Replace Options Add Replace Properties define the replacement procedure of the file that already exists on the end user s machine this group do not affect Updated files i e when the update procedure is performed using a difference between two files If a file id defined as added or replaced in the update module then it can be necessary to prevent replacement of newer files To determine if existing file is newer the update program tries to compare last modified date and time or version information for PE files Thus if according to comparing results the file to be replaced is considered as older then it is replaced
96. r the log file If a file with the specified name already exists it will be overwritten If the file cannot be created Setup will abort with an error message NOCANCEL Prevents the user from cancelling during the installation process by disabling the Cancel button and ignoring clicks on the close button Useful along with SILENT or VERYSILENT NORESTART Instructs Setup not to reboot even if it s necessary RESTARTEXITCODE exit code Specifies the custom exit code that Setup is to return when a restart is needed Useful along with NORESTART Also see Setup Exit Codes LANG language Specifies the language to use language specifies the internal name of the language as specified in a Languages section entry When a valid LANG parameter is used the Select Language dialog will be suppressed PASSWORD password Specifies the password to use If the Setup section directive Password was not set this command line parameter is ignored When an invalid password is specified this command line parameter is also ignored e Exit codes 0 Setup was successfully run to completion 1 Setup failed to initialize 2 The user clicked Cancel in the wizard before the actual installation started or chose No on the opening This will install message box 3 A fatal error occurred while preparing to move to the next installation phase for example from displaying the pre installation wizard pages to the actual installation process T
97. rbitrary octet byte stream Aspects of the software updating problem A problem of effective comparing of binary files is not the only one in the view of the software update task The most important aspects which are really worthy of notice are automation of patch building and delivery of the update module to end users Let s assume that to some point of time the number of versions of your program has reached 21 It is obvious that a process of patch building for these 20 versions and the following publishing of those patches on the Internet will be quite complicated even if you have a files catalogues comparing tool like PatchFactory v2 Let s have a look what an end user should perform to update a software product e define the installed version number e go to your web site to make sure that a newer version exists e probably he would like to read the changes history for the newer version comparing to the version he already has e find in the published list the required version update e download and install the update package It is really impressing isn t it And moreover active users of your program would like to receive new versions as soon as possible having applied from their part to this process a minimum of efforts And this wish is really reasonable PatchFactory v3 as a solution of software updating problem Projecting PatchFactory v3 we have set the developing of such product which provides automating of all stages of a s
98. rial except that you may a make one copy of the Software solely for backup or archival purposes or b transfer the Software to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes You may not copy any printed materials that may accompany the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S 3 REDISTRIBUTION a In addition to the rights granted in Section 1 AGENSOFT grants you the right to use and modify the source code version of those portions of the Software designated as sample code for the sole purposes of designing User Manual 86 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 developing and testing your software product s and to reproduce and distribute the sample code along with any modifications thereof only in object code form provided that you comply with Section 3 c b In addition to the rights granted in Section 1 AGENSOFT grants you a non exclusive royalty free right to reproduce and distribute the object code version of any portion of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S along with any modifications thereof in accordance with the above stated conditions C If you redistribute the sample code or redistributable components you agree to i distribute the redistributables in object code only in conjunction with and as a part of a software application product developed by you which adds significant and primary functionality to the Software ii not use AGENSOFT s name logo or tr
99. riate file Available values and their descriptions are listed in the Update Command generation section of this manual User Manual 67 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 4 Old Version Side Properties group Old Version side Properties are used during compilation of the difference between versions when selected version is considered as an old one Old Version Side Update Method Auto Set the update method Don t allow update by diff Don t update Allow delete Yes No Allow old file folder deletion on the end user s machine Backup for deleted Yes No Backup file folder if it should be deleted on the end user s machine at patch applying Allow delete on reboot Allow file folder deletion after next system reboot i selected file folder was locked during update installation Delete read only Yes No Allow selected file folder deletion if it is marked as read only on the end user s machine Default properties values are marked with Bold font User Manual 68 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 5 New Version Side Properties group New Version side Properties are used during compilation of the difference between versions when selected version is considered as a new one New Version Side Patch method Auto Set the patch method Added or Replaced Always Added Always Replaced Don t patch Ignore df apply erro
100. roject On Exit Save main window position Save output log Confirm exit Batch Stop on warning Save Preferences OK Dialog options e At Startup e Show splash window Select this option if you want splash window to be displayed at PatchFactory startup e Load last project Select this option if you want to automatically load the project you last worked on e On Exit e Save main window position Select this option if you want to save main window position on program exit e Save output log Select this option if you want to save output log into file which will automatically loaded at next startup on program exit e Confirm exit Select this option if you want to be asked for confirmation before program exit e Batch e Stop on warning Select this option if you want to stop job processing on any warning If this option is not selected then warnings are collected and displayed in the Output and Messages subwindows User Manual M 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 Operation 4 1 Getting Started Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elit Aliquam velit risus placerat et rutrum nec condimentum at leo Aliquam in augue a magna semper pellentesque Suspendisse augue Nullam est nibh molestie eget tempor ut consectetuer ac pede Vestibulum sodales hendrerit augue Suspendisse id mi Aenean leo diam sollicitudin adipiscing posuere quis venena
101. s New option Copy component images added to the New Child Version dialog Setting this option results in that copying of the components images of the parent version without copying of the image files Additional patch option provides setting of the AppMutex parameter value in default iss Access violation when trying to edit OS Supported or Language version properties Bug fixed concerned with loading of differences for version which is not child thanks to Michael Boesch Bug fixed which occurred when starting the program after closing the program in minimized state x If Comparing method is set Ultimate then the value of Memory usage is ignored and is equal to 2GB x DevExpress components version updated 02 by internal number x Miscellaneous program interface improvements iss script for patch applying module German Language Pack file Scripts Languages German isl New graphics of the program interface File Version property added to Version File Editor and Version Differences Editor panels Warnings are displayed if compared versions contain files with equal file version numbers or old file version number is greater than the new one Warning 11 Version numbers of file s in old 96s and new s versions are identical 96s Warning 12 File s file version number 96s in the old version 96s is greater than file version number 96s in the new version 96s
102. ssible usually within 24 to 48 hours Support information http www agensoft com support You can use our online email form preferably to contact us Just fill all necessary fields and click on Send Email button Do not forget to select the correct Question Category for your message and write the detailed description of your problem it can significantly shorten the respond time All comments and suggestions concerning improvements to PatchFactory are appreciated If you can help us with implementing of other languages support for our web site PAD file descriptions of PatchFactory PatchFactory program interface or update installation dialogs please email us you can get a free registration But please don t send any translations prior to contacting us required because this language support can be already under development When asking for technical support please inform us about the following PatchFactory version installed from the About dialog including build number Full OS version installed including Service Pack installed and Localization Detailed description of your problem with a screenshot if possible Your registration information if you are a registered user NOTE before requesting technical support please ensure that you are using the latest version of PatchFactory available from http Awww agensoft com download html User Manual 92 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com
103. stallation tasks Click Install to perform the Update Installation ie Setup Sample Product Update Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing Sample Product Update on your computer Click Install to continue with the installation Sample Product Installed version 3 0 RC1 Update is performed to the following version 3 1 Location C temp TheBatl v3 0re1 Installation progress This page is shown during the actual installation process and displays all files that are being updated User Manual 77 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 ie Setup Sample Product Update Installing Please wait while Setup installs Sample Product Update on your computer Extracting files C Program Files S ample Product Updates v38B658D FO8 unins000 exe ie Setup Sample Product Update Completing the Sample Product Update Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Sample Product Update on your computer Click Finish to exit Setup Finish User Manual 78 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 5 Frequenlty asked questions To view the latest FAQs you can visit our public website at htip www agensoft com fag himl 1 General Questions 1 1 What is the main idea of building update modules 1 2 What s the advantage of buying a Commercial or a Corporate License What is your licensing
104. t the other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent jurisdiction located in Russian Federation Moscow The parties hereby consent to in personal jurisdiction of said courts The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically disclaimed In addition to any other relief granted the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its attorney s fees and costs THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY The parties acknowledge that any breach of this agreement may result in irreparable harm to AGENSOFT Inc thereby entitling AGENSOFT to injunctive relief for any such breach in addition to any other rights or remedies that AGENSOFT may have This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and AGENSOFT and supersedes any other communications or advertising with respect to the SOFTWARE PRODUCT S If any provision of this License is held invalid the remainder of this License shall continue in full force and effect User Manual 89 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 6 2 How to register AgenSoft s PatchFactory is try before you buy software You can evaluate it 30 days for free When this period expires you must either purchase our software or stop using it and remove it from your computer gt Please visit our public web site for the latest Ordering information http www a
105. tch options New Product PatchFactory 3 3 Fie Patch View Help amp e ZS amp gs E Location Repository Version Files Differences Manager New Patch Build Patch 73 New Product New Product E 1 0 Patch patch_ 1 1 Preferences a amp Components Componenti D Differences Patches B 14 E Ah Components Componenti AA Differences Patch name Patch type Allow df Allow update on reboot Allow uninstall on reboot Savejrestore file security data Inno Setup script patch v1 1 Version to version v2v Yes Yes Yes Yes default iss Inno Setup Settings 1 0 E ifs Patches F patch v1 1 AppMutex Wizard Uninstallable Show backup page Output Directory File name template P _ N O _update Output Total time 00 00 37 498 11 01 2007 12 02 35 Result 0 error s 1 warningi s EI Output Dialog options e Patch Name Patch Name which you have specified at the previous step e Patch Type Version to version or Cumulative e Allow df Set to YES default if want to use difference between files of the same name during update procedure If set to NO then full copies of new files are used if they differ from old version files e Allow update on reboot Provides replacing of files to be updated at system restart most often if they are occupied by other processes YES by default 2002 2008 by
106. te node is selected within the Product Tree Also Version Files Editor and Version Difference Editor have their own menus Select the appropriate topic to read about commands of a particular menu The next interface item is the control panel It is placed below menus You may use control panel buttons to e open save add Groups pfg files Products pfp files or Versions pfv files e compile build differences and patches e add files to version components e view edit differences view edit global program Preferences Main program window consists of four subwindows They are Product Tree window Properties window Output log window and Messages window User Manual 24 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Product View o 4 Mew Version Location Repository Preferences A ima New Product New Product EQ 1 0 EI amp Components o e Componenti Product Name New Product Differences Product GUID 1D1B94AF6 868A 4851 BF1D 73CO7BCD38D7 Patches Location Repository eU Product e Lal Company ES Components Company Name My Company al Component Web http www mycompany com A Differences 4 1 0 Address 1 i Address 2 E Dei Patches City Town i patch v1 1 ity Properties State Province window Zip Postal Code Product tree Country window Author tr Contact Info Support Info
107. the installed version therefore version keys must be specified only inside the required components or they will be ignored And besides try to minimize the number of version key files NOTE As the most simple and at the same time the most reliable method to provide the presence of unique file in each version we suggest placing a file named vernum for example which contains the number of the current version installed inside one of the required components So if you define the file vernum as a version key file you may be sure that problems with installed version detection will not arise anymore Hereinafter we suppose that only one version of a software product to be updated is installed In some case it is also possible to detect the installed version using the version key method if several versions are installed on the same computer though the correctness in this case is dependent on how the version keys are defined and what folder they are stored in User Manual 23 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 3 User interface 3 1 Overview This topic briefly describes the main elements of the PatchFactory interface PatchFactory v3 main window has the following menus File View Group Product Version Component s Difference s Patch es and Help File View and Help menus are always shown while Group Product Version Component s Difference s Patch es only when the appropria
108. this type of license entitles an organization to receive one copy of the distribution software and to duplicate the software for any number of people or workstations within the corporation It also entitles an organization to receive high priority support with guaranteed answer within 1 business day via email and free major version upgrades during lifetime of the product All licenses include the royalty free distribution of the PatchFactory Client for an unlimited number of applications free minor version updates with special 50 discount for major upgrades and priority technical support via email 1 3 Can get the software on disk or CD media You can include CD with installation file if you order PatchFactory software at Sharelt It is shipped via Air Mail within 2 business weeks CD ROM is free if buying a Commercial or a Corporate license and 9 95 value for Personal license At the subscription time in the future if you lose your copy of the software due to a hard drive failure you can download the latest trial version from our site If for any reason your registration code becomes invalid or lost just send an e mail to Sales Support with details of your previous registration You will receive a new code via e mail at no charge as soon as we validate your old registration data 1 4 Will I get SPAM if I give you my e mail address No We never ever give out customer information or e mail addresses in any manner 1 5 Can l order via fa
109. tis sed metus Integer et nunc Sed viverra dolor quis justo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elit Duis elementum Nullam a arcu Vivamus sagittis imperdiet odio Nam nonummy Phasellus ullamcorper velit vehicula lorem Aliquam eu ligula Maecenas rhoncus In elementum eros at elit Quisque leo dolor rutrum sit amet fringilla in tincidunt et nisi Donec ut eros faucibus lorem lobortis sodales Nam vitae lectus id lectus tincidunt ornare Aliquam sodales suscipit velit Nullam leo erat iaculis vehicula dignissim vel rhoncus id velit Nulla facilisi Fusce tortor lorem mollis sed scelerisque eget faucibus sed dui Quisque eu nisi Etiam sed erat id lorem placerat feugiat Pellentesque vitae orci at odio porta pretium Cras quis tellus eu pede auctor iaculis Donec suscipit venenatis mi Aliquam erat volutpat Sed congue feugiat tellus Praesent ac nunc non nisi eleifend cursus Sed nisi massa mattis eu elementum ac luctus a lacus Nunc luctus malesuada ipsum Morbi aliquam massa eget gravida fermentum eros nisi volutpat neque nec placerat nisi nunc non mi Quisque tincidunt quam nec nibh sagittis eleifend Duis malesuada dignissim ante Aliquam erat volutpat Proin risus lectus pharetra vel mollis sit amet suscipit ac sapien Fusce egestas Curabitur ut tortor id massa egestas ullamcorper Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes nascetur ridiculus mus Donec fermentum Curabitur ut ligula ac ant
110. to No 2 3 need to update a database with things like adding columns or so Does your software could help me to patch the database using sql or it can replace old files PatchFactory does not deal with any specific data structures it operates with files and directories Databases or files of other formats can be updated only as binary files warning database update can be implemented only if it is not changed on the end user s machine 2 4 How to create an update module that can run silently i e no user intervention pop up windows etc m By default the Update Installation is done in a wizard mode i e user s interaction during installation is required but nevertheless the capability to run installation in a silent mode is provided for To do a silent install you can use the following optional command line parameters of the update module SILENT VERYSILENT Instructs Installation to be silent or very silent When Installation is SILENT the wizard is not displayed but the installation progress window is When Installation is VERYSILENT this installation progress window is also not displayed These parameters can be useful to system administrators and to other programs calling the Update Installation program 2 5 How can I localize PatchFactory client dialogs into my language To localize patch module dialogs to your language please carefully read the Localization Instructions You can get a considerable discount Please do not s
111. two business days Competitive Upgrade up to 50 OFF for migration to PatchFactory If you have previously purchased an updating solution and have experienced any options performance or reliability issues AgenSoft offers you the chance to upgrade from your current vendor s software to PatchFactory Please forward a copy of the order confirming your purchase of that updating software at sales agensoft com and we ll gladly e mail you the special instructions to obtain your upgrade to PatchFactory Purchasing a PatchFactory license entitles you to the following Royalty free distribution of the PatchFactory Client for an unlimited number of applications Free minor updates with special 5096 discount for major upgrades during lifetime of the product Removal of the 30 day trial and functional if any limitations The registration reminder nag screen will never popup again Friendly and quick response Technical support currently only via email at support agensoft com Easy and efficient software updating tool to get the full control under your software versions Information about our registration services e RegNow Issaquah Washington USA Billing Currency USD EUR GBP AUD and others Payment options Credit Debit Cards Cheque Cash Postal mail Fax amp Phone Ordering Bank Wire Transfer PayPal Language Multilingual e Sharelt Koln Germany Billing Currency EUR USD GBP AUD and others Payment options Credit Debit
112. ty inherited from a parent object You can set properties values simultaneously for several elements which were selected in the Version Image User Manual 65 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 3 Version Difference Editor Version Difference Editor can be used to View files folders both in New amp Old Version Images to change various file attributes necessary for difference patch building or update installation or to change update commands and their parameters for particular difference Version Difference Editor New version 1 1 a e 1 1 Componenti Properties Size 4 Ignore df apply error C3 Componenti M app File id zl isbzip Z islzma iszlib Je main readme E Setup 4 lt dir gt 478 208 1 131 330 36 864 91 136 18 432 6 703 968 183 854 658 432 Backup Allow patch on reboot Overwrite read only Add Replace Options Check if older by If older If added file exists Df Build Options Comparing method Memory usage Ignore attributes diff Compression Test Out of date detection mOverwrite if back YVersion only Skip without user Replace if backupe Good B0 No Yes No Simple J Old version 1 0 id v1431B80D008 E e 1 0 Componenti Properties Name Size 4 Version key No 9 Componenti lt dir gt Backup For deleted Y
113. uct tree and select Build Patch from drop down list User Manual 62 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 New Product PatchFactory 3 3 File Patch View Ia a Wm Location Repository version Files Differences Manager Mew Patch Build Pat w Product New Product L Patch NewProduct v1 1 patch amp Components Patc ewProduct v1 1 patc Component Patch name NMewProduck v1 1 patch Differences Patch type Version to version v2v Patches Allow df Yes 1 1 Allow update on reboot Yes e Components Allow uninstall on reboot Yes Componenti o Inno Setup script default iss 3 Patches Inno Setup Settings b MewProduck v1 1 patch AppMutex Wizard Uninstallable Show backup page Output lt Diveckevii ee el Outpt Preferences Save restore File security data Yes Pressing the Build Patch button initiates the patch building progress dialog to appear Job 1 2 61 5 Job Build version difference 1 1 1 0 Operation Build df For main Ing 6 39 Mb gt 6 39 Mb comparing Operation 9 13 71 1495 44 07 lucc 1 CTC Job 1 2 61 595 Operation Job Priority Low Elapsed time 00 00 07 00 00 21 Time left 00 00 04 00 00 13 Errors Warnings 0 0 Shutdown after successful complete e Operation indicates execution
114. umber in the system Registry or obtain it from the resources of one of executable files It is impossible to list all the variety of available methods therefore we have implemented just one which in our opinion is the most universal method and will satisfy the overwhelming majority of PatchFactory s users We have named this method as the version key method But if its usage for any reason is impossible there is always an opportunity to use a custom detection method The idea of version keys method is based on the assumption that it is possible to observe changes both in structure of files and in their content from version to version of a software product The number of such files which are constantly being changed from version to version is usually insignificant To perform the accurate identification of the version PatchFactory uses the key defined by the set of version key files names and the MD5 values of their content MD5 is used to replace a content of a file thus to provide a small size of a version key with a high probability of its uniqueness Such files which participate in the version key composition let s name version key files or just version keys A set of files which form the version key must be defined by user There are two main requirements for version key files e none of those files can be changed deleted on the end user s side e version key files must be certainly present on the end user s machine to correctly detect
115. updating task including synchronizing files running an installer updating your software and even performing a custom action to keep your customers up to date and your technical support calls inquiries to a minimum The patch building engine is an innovative standard for producing version to version or cumulative software updates contained in one small reliable package Generated patch packages are small size self extracting executable update programs in a famous installer style with adjustable user friendly interface silent mode is also available Patches can modify or replace the installed files to add new features fix bugs or add new security features Unlike setup files which contain all files needed to run the software the result update program only contains information concerning modifications including changes in files folders structure made to old version software files relatively to new version files and has an easy to use interface with user friendly dialogs Using PatchFactory you can create a complete yet compact update installation package for the application and make it available for download or issue a media that contains the update package You can also use PatchFactory to keep up to date any important data that must be updated very often and which freshness may be critical for your business The idea behind PatchFactory is simple when modified file s must be transmitted send only the changes byte level differences store
116. value can take on the following values Updated new file will be created on the basis of an old file contents and binary difference between old and new files which is stored in the update module Therefore an old file must remain unchangeable on the end user s machine to perform the update procedure successfully Replaced Added the update module contains the full copy of the new file if it differs from an old file Command Added unlike Replaced usage assumes that there is no old file with the same name on the end user s side and the action in case of its presence is defined by the value of Check if older by and If added file exists properties Deleted deletion of an old file or empty folder No Operation no action with file or folder is made on the end user s side This command is set for identical files in compliance with the property Ignore attributes diff or can be manually set by user Particular value of the generated Update command for selected element is defined by the following table below Element does Update method not exist Auto O Don t allow update by diff Don t update Auto Added Updated Replaced Added or Replaced Added Replaced Replaced ven AWaysAdded Added Added Added No operation mehod Always Added Added Added Added No operation Always Replaced Replaced Replaced Replaced User Manual 72 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFact
117. without any confirmations similarly for Added files Otherwise property If older is used to define the action to be made in such situation Parameter Add Replace Options Check if older by Version only Defines method to determine if the file is Version or Date time newer older or not determine at all during update Date time only installation on the end user s machine If set to Don t compare Don t compare i e do not perform this check then replacement is always made Added files replacement is controlled by If added file exist property Skip without user prompt Defines action to be made if the file to be replaced Defined by user is newer and replacing file is older If added file exists Replace if backuped else Defines action to be made if the file that is set as user prompt added already exists on the end user s machine Replace if backuped else skip and the check which file is older or newer is not Replace without user prompt implemented Valid only for Added files and only if Skip without user prompt Check if older by Don t Compare or Defined by user identification which file is older or newer failed for instance if file resources do not contain version information Default properties values are marked with Bold font User Manual 70 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 4 7 Df Build Options Df build Options Comparing method Fast
118. x machine or phone Our sales agency now offers both a Toll Free Voice Registration Service and a Fax Registration Service for buying PatchFactory Software To order software using the Toll Free Voice Registration Service please check links within online secure order forms after selecting an appropriate license at our Order page You must have PatchFactory Product ID ready 1 6 Can I purchase with a check Our sales agency gladly accepts payment by check or money order However please allow adequate time for the funds to be processed by our bank For information about where to send your check or money order please check links within online secure order forms after selecting an appropriate license at our Order page You must have PatchFactory Product ID ready 1 7 What are your product IDs at RegSoft and Sharelt Please visit our online FAQs page at our public website www agensoft com faq html 1 8 How long does it take to get my registration code after purchase a product online After our sales agency receive your online credit card order it may take up to several hours to authorize your transaction As soon as your charge is authorized you will receive an authorization e mail with your Tracking ID as well as instructions on how to obtain the full registered version the product you ordered It is important that the User Manual 80 2002 2008 by AgenSoft All rights reserved www agensoft com PatchFactory v3 customer check his or h

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