deploying a file/folder structure on the fly
I have a few HTML/Javascript files that I need to package up on the fly (as the HTML file will contain details the user has submitted). I would like it to be extracting.
Deployment platform = Windows
Packaging environment = Java
Must not assume the user has winzip installed.
I was thinking of something that can zip on the fly (which is not too difficult to find I believe), but then another program that can convert a zip file into a self-extracting archive...
Unfortunately I don't know very much about this (else I would be answering questions, not asking them) so any help etc would be appreciated.
Deployment platform = Windows
Packaging environment = Java
Must not assume the user has winzip installed.
I was thinking of something that can zip on the fly (which is not too difficult to find I believe), but then another program that can convert a zip file into a self-extracting archive...
Unfortunately I don't know very much about this (else I would be answering questions, not asking them) so any help etc would be appreciated.
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Posted by:
cmonig
19 years ago
Look into the "*.rar" Archiving tool, which creates compressed archive files:
rarLab
If I remeber correctly, this tool has a command-line option to create self-extracting archives.
rarLab
If I remeber correctly, this tool has a command-line option to create self-extracting archives.
Posted by:
MSIMaker
19 years ago
Winzip can create self extracting exe files and doesnt require the user to have Winzip installed.
Also Winzip comes with a commandline utility for making the above.
Also Winzip comes with a commandline utility for making the above.
Posted by:
cdupuis
19 years ago
Winrar from rarlabs.com is free (for 40 days) also it is very cheap to buy, it is a great product. Be careful, if you use it for work, it is against the license agreement unless you register it. The free version (as with winzip as well) is not free for commercial use. One product that is is 7Zip http://www.7-zip.org/ It is open source and has pretty much all of the features of the above mentioned apps (minus the pretty GUI as it is fairly basic, the developers focused more on functionality).
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