SFXMaker is a tool used to create switchless installers. Perfect for your unattended needs, you might say.

0.8 Beta. Here it is. A lot of new features, rewritten coce, faster, smarter and, hopefully, bug free.
Still, a lot to do. Enjoy . And report any bugs, if found. Also, if you consider yourself capable of translating SFXMaker in your mother-tongue, please do it and post a translation. Just pick up English.lng and translate the strings after "=".

Features
-Supports *.exe, *.msi, *.bat and *.cmd;
-Supports multiple files installer
-Switchless Installer changeable icon;
-Switchless Installer with/without GUI;
-Silent Switches finder;
-Very fast.



Download SFXMaker 0.8 Beta Installer

Download SFXMaker 0.8 Beta Zip Archive

Softpedia Mirror


Changelog

16.08.2008 - 0.8 Beta
-Added Transparency to GUI while moving it
-Added Update Checker
-Added multi-language support
-Added About GUI
-Added Settings Tab
-Updated 7-Zip to 4.59
-Removed logo_.jpg from gfx directory.
-Some improvements in the silent switches finder engine
-Rewritten code. Faster, smarter and bug free (hope so)
-Fixed bug in installer. It was not overwriting new files
-Fixed bug in silent switches finder engine. When ExeInfoPE was not determinating installer type, it was returning 0.
-Fixed bug when initial installer path was typed. In this case, check for switches button was still disabled

28.07.2008 - 0.7 Final
-Some small bug-fixes
-A bit ofimprovement and rewritten code
-Added option to use icon from the initial installer

18.07.2008 - 0.7 RC1
-Updated Firefox 3 detection to Firefoc 3.0.1.
-Removed multiple files support. It was too unstable and unusual, since there will be aded support for an entire directory
-Fixed bug when "X" was pressed and SFXMaker was not responding
-Fixed bug when installer path was introduced from keyboard. In this case, switches controls were still disabled
-Fixed WMP11 detection bug. Now it works

08.07.2008 - 0.7 Beta
-Added support for multiple files. Now, multiple files can be included in the installer, that can be ran through a batch file. SFXMaker will automatically pick the Batch file. Multiple Batch files are not supported yet
-Added support for Batch files (.bat and .cmd)
-Added IE7, WMP11 and Firefox 3 detection
-Now switches controls are initially disabled
-Some improvements when compiling executable
-Fixed bug when ".exe" string was not specified when saving the new file. In that case, SFXMaker was crashing
-Fixed some misspeled strings in Message Boxes
-Fixed bug when plugins folder was missing. In this case, SFXMaker started to behave strangly
-Fixed bug when no switches were found. It wasn't showing any Dialog, like in previous version

24.06.2008 - 0.6 Beta
-Added posibility to make SFX Installer with or without GUI/Progress
-Added .msi support
-Added ExePeInf.exe, which replaces PEiD.exe
-Updated 7zS.sfx to the latest version ( 4.58 )
-Removed PEiD.exe because it was outdated
-Fixed bug when compiling the new executable and that executable already exists
-Fixed bug when updating progress
-Fixed bug when creating installer, but no switches specified.
-Fixed bug in switches finder engine

19.06.2008 - 0.5 Beta
-initial release

Enjoy ! Comments and criticisms are welcomed

Very useful software!

link brokekn!!!

I right clicked and save target as.. and it downloaded fine

looks real nice

Looks like a real cool tool but...would be nice if you used the new 7zip SFX which can do allot more than the old one

Thanks for this!

Ok, next version will have 7zs.sfx latest version. Also i'm working for PNG support for icons and fixed some minor bugs. I will come with an update soon.

@Everyone : Thanks !

good work. you should include the ability to run multiple files.

Updated to 0.6 Beta !

thanks for update

Thanks for quick update iuli_kyle,this is nice tool. It's really handy and useful. Well done!

Avast says the download link contains a worm any comments to that?

UPX compression duped that AV.

False-positive, most surely. Many antivirus products find UPX compressed executables to contain something malitious. Believe me that there is nothing to harm your PC.

Thanks for the quick reply will try this nice looking tool out then.

Thanks, very handy tool indeed.

---removed---

Did u read "license.txt" inside sfxmaker's Zip file..
there is written that :
You may not alter or modify SFXMaker in any way or create a installer for it.

so respect the creator and read license...

That's called violation of license. Next time please read more carefully and remove that link.

Updated to 0.7 Beta !

Thank you for the very nice piece of software and I will keep an eye out for updates.

Many thanks for this usefull soft :-)

great app!! extremely useful! thanks!!

here is a rapidshare mirror for this incase anyone wants it..

For those who think that SFXMaker is malware here is the proof that it isn't. Softpedia tested this application and found it malware free . Take a look here.

Updated to 0.7 RC1 !

Updated to 0.7 Final !

Thanks for the final version. Looks very cool.

thanks

0.8 beta is almost ready. A lot of new features were enhanced. Prepare for release

Updated to 0.8 Beta ! Huge update, check out the first post for more info.

I make a quick test and is a good tool right now. But how about making the switchless installer from a folder and then specifying the setup file to launch and its switches?

I tried to compress an entire folder using a folder as installer path and writing the setup.exe /switches in the switches. Your program compressed the files well but it couldn't launch the setup.exe file saying it wasn't found.

If you can work on this, it could be great for people like me that makes repacks or admin installs. This way, you can make your program to compress an entire folder and then launching a setup file.

There is a small tool quite old called SFX Tool http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#sfxtool that will allow you to repack folders just wish the author had kept it going.

Yea i would also like if iuli_kyle could incorporate some of the features as in sfx tool.

thanks for the info, but i'm looking to speed up the process of making 7-Zip SFX. With SFXMaker supporting compression of entire folders, this can be done in no time.

Meanwhile, i use WinRAR for my SFX.

I will add this feature ... maybe in the next version. It implicates some huge changes to code, that why i am "afraid" of implementing it. But it MUST be done, so i HAVE to implement in the near future. Thanks and happy that you like my little tool

I cant wait for that next version. Keep up the great work on SFXMaker.

I don't know if it's just me, but the installer is giving me "(Default)" as Start Menu -> Programs folder and if i leave like that the fould will be indeed (Default).

Doyou can add string for change (Extracting) in with progressbar section
example:Extracting name of program

Yes, little problem with Inno setup in DefaultGroupName.

A new version will be available soon. Working now on directory compression.





Hmm ... i'm still familiarizing with Inno Setup directives. Will try to fix that



It's possible . I will work on this feature as soon as i can.



@Everyone : If someone made a translation, please post the .lng file so i can add it to next version