Dennis Bareis - Software Products

MAKEMSI

Create or update MSI (Windows Installer) based installers for files, registry etc using an XML like script. Can use in unattended builds (NMAKE, ANT, NANT builds etc). It builds a HTML report by default (with a "file verify" button). For both beginners and advanced users. Common processes can be defined once and reused in multiple projects (templates). Has extensive documentation and a large user group. A MSI compare or disassemble tool is available which generates MAKEMSI output, this is commonly used by people wishing to automate tasks they currently use ORCA for. Also has a framework for easy MSM (merge module) and CUB (MSI validation suite) building.

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MSIDIFF

MSIDIFF is freeware to compare or disassemble Windows Installer databases (a "MSI to TEXT" utility). While it is a command line based tool, the installer creates shell extensions so that the decompile operations can be invoked by right clicking on a file in Explorer. The output is very easy to read and can be processed by my MAKEMSI tool or can be further processed via my PPWIZARD preprocessor.

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PPWIZARD - HTML PREPROCESSOR

Free powerful but easy to use multiplatform html preprocessor. Includes external files. Imports SQL (and delimited text files). Useful for automated web site development and ensuring a common look and feel. Supports extremely powerful macros and conditional compilation. Has #define, #include, #import, #if, #AsIs, #AutoTag and many other commands. Useful for Text to HTML processing. Many options. Has CGI mode. Example of if test is "#if left(GetEnv("ENVVAR"), 4) = 'ASDF'". Supports all Windows versions, OS/2, unix and DOS and can actually preprocess any text file types (rexx, ASP etc).

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