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post Aug 22 2004, 12:51 PM
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ALL UTILITIES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THIS FORUM

THANK YOU MSFN. smile.gif


This post has been edited by jcarle: Aug 14 2006, 02:28 PM
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post Aug 22 2004, 12:55 PM
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OMG this is just wot i Need! thnx
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post Aug 22 2004, 01:23 PM
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Nice. This will come in handy. smile.gif
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post Aug 22 2004, 02:02 PM
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Very nice indeed, good job!
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post Aug 22 2004, 02:47 PM
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OMG!!! VERRY NICE utilite for lazy people like me thumbup.gif thumbup.gif
I LOVE it!!!!

Thank you dude!!!!
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post Aug 22 2004, 02:48 PM
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If anyone finds any bugs and such, please let me know. smile.gif

Now, to think of another util to make. newwink.gif
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post Aug 22 2004, 04:04 PM
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WOW, great tool!
Can I put this in my rightclick-menu?
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post Aug 22 2004, 04:27 PM
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Found a bug, was curious what it would do with makecab unchecked, this happens with any file:

CODE
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
  at CBin.formMain.OpenFiles(Array a)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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CBin
   Assembly Version: 1.1.4235.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4235.0
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/jcarle.com/Compression%20Bin/CBin.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
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System
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
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System.Drawing
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
   <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.
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post Aug 22 2004, 06:35 PM
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QUOTE (Aaron @ Aug 22 2004, 06:27 PM)
Found a bug, was curious what it would do with makecab unchecked, this happens with any file:

I was going to ask a question about this but I really don't know anything about .net framework. Think I'm going to check out the SDK...
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post Aug 22 2004, 06:40 PM
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dude thats EXACTLY what needs to start happening, instead of manual stuff we need programs for the n00bs. Heres some ideas to get you guys going

1) A Program with a big database of switchs
2) Better way to make an answer file with more options
3) Program to install drivers easily, including things like ATI Control panel, etc...
4) Easier ways to do anything!

GREAT ideas, good start jcarle!
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post Aug 22 2004, 07:09 PM
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QUOTE (battleangel3222 @ Aug 22 2004, 06:40 PM)
dude thats EXACTLY what needs to start happening, instead of manual stuff we need programs for the n00bs. Heres some ideas to get you guys going

1) A Program with a big database of switchs
2) Better way to make an answer file with more options
3) Program to install drivers easily, including things like ATI Control panel, etc...
4) Easier ways to do anything!

GREAT ideas, good start jcarle!

1) I've just started on that today (as well as for registry tweaks).
2) Hmm, the sp2 deployment tools work pretty nice, and a search an fix the couple issues left pretty quickly
3) Well, drivers ARE already easy to install, unless you mean unattended in which case, all your PCs need to have the same hardware (to require the same drivers) or it would have to determine your HW first... I've been thinking about taking care of making a ATI/NVIDIA detection app - so it installs one or the other accordingly. Wouldn't be hard...
4) Erm, I think we're basically all open to good suggestions smile.gif
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post Aug 22 2004, 07:19 PM
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I can't seem to reproduce the bug. I think it could be because modifype.exe is not in your path?
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post Aug 22 2004, 07:43 PM
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is that http://www.theultimateguide.ca/ is down or something?
I cannot dl it sad.gif
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post Aug 22 2004, 08:01 PM
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Nope, maybe just a bad route to host from your location.
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post Aug 22 2004, 09:27 PM
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Bug should be fixed now. New build posted.
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post Aug 22 2004, 09:41 PM
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1) A Program with a big database of switchs


i would be interested in helping build the database if someone would make the gui part tongue.gif


example:

in section 1, there could be a browse button, 2 look 4 the file

in section 2, there could be a list of switches, then it outputs it 2 an inf/ini file & u have it run from inside the program with a switch like /silent or something?

programname.exe /silent /loadinf=whatever

? maybe a thought
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post Aug 22 2004, 10:21 PM
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I notice you say:
QUOTE (jcarle @ Aug 22 2004, 02:51 PM)
This utility allows you to drag and drop any file to it's window and have it run modifype and makecab with the LZX compression at it's highest setting (equivalent to the compression used on the Windows CD) on the file. The file is compressed and written to the same filename in the same location with an underscore replacing the last character in the filename. IMPORTANT: modifype.exe and makecab.exe MUST be in your path (preferably \windows\system32).

But when I attempted to use ModifyPE.exe to compress a .bmp or a .jpg file for inclusion into the i386 folder, (fyi, I was trying to replace the default files for the wallpaper,) it only gives an error that it wont work with them. Are you able to overcome this with this utility? Does the .jpg and .bmp files not need to use the ModifyPE.exe program to compress them? Mind you, I used it seperately and not using your program, as I have just now found it. TIA.

*EDIT*
Also, will using the LZX compression actually benefit those files?

One more thing inref:

QUOTE (jcarle @ Aug 22 2004, 04:48 PM)
Now, to think of another util to make. newwink.gif


How about a way to do them in batch form? Such as multiple files at a time.
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post Aug 22 2004, 10:32 PM
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QUOTE (DisabledTrucker @ Aug 23 2004, 12:21 AM)
But when I attempted to use ModifyPE.exe to compress a .bmp or a .jpg file for inclusion into the i386 folder, (fyi, I was trying to replace the default files for the wallpaper,) it only gives an error that it wont work with them.  Are you able to overcome this with this utility?  Does the .jpg and .bmp files not need to use the ModifyPE.exe program to compress them?  Mind you, I used it seperately and not using your program, as I have just now found it.  TIA.

*EDIT*
Also, will using the LZX compression actually benefit those files?

Compressing a bmp seemed to work fine for me, with and without modifype.

LZX will give you better compression than the Makecab default which is MSZIP.
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post Aug 22 2004, 10:38 PM
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I dont think I mentioned that I didn't use this to do anything with the ModifyPE, I was just using the ModifyPE program itself, and it refused to work with all the .bmp's and .jpg's I tried it with, (about 5 of each). Maybe I was using it wrong, or didn't use the correct switches when using it, but I couldn't make it work. I knew that the LZX compression was better than Makecab alone, but I didn't notice much in size difference than using it alone when I was compressing them all last night. (About 30 in all.) Could be the files I was attempting to compress were already compressed quite a bit to start with being the reason, as I used Jasc PSP to assure they were as small a file size as possible before I included them.
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post Aug 22 2004, 11:09 PM
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QUOTE (MCT @ Aug 22 2004, 09:41 PM)
QUOTE

1) A Program with a big database of switchs


i would be interested in helping build the database if someone would make the gui part tongue.gif

I've already made a similar database, and I'll be working on the GUI (front end) soon (as soon as I'm done with registry tweaks lol)
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