[Starkit] Re: SDX string customization of Windows, starpacks

[Gerald W. Lester]

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> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:34:18 +0100 From: Jean-Claude Wippler 
> <jcw at equi4.com> Subject: Re: [Starkit] Re: SDX string customization of 
> Windows starpacks To: starkit list <starkit at equi4.com> Message-ID: 
> <6fd3eb68ce32a4e573283513023d3715 at equi4.com> Content-Type: text/plain; 
> charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Gerald, David, et al [David]
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>>> Anyway it works for me with all upx tclkits I tried (8.4.6 to 8.5.a2) 
>>> for
>>> linux and windows. But like Gerald, it fails with all tclkitsh :
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>>> david at david:~$ sdx wrap test.exe -runtime tclkitsh-win32.exe
>>>  customizing strings in executable
>>> no stringfileinfo found
>>>     while executing
>>> "error "no stringfileinfo found" "
>>>     (procedure "::stringfileinfo::writeStringInfo" line 11)
>>>     invoked from within
>>> "::stringfileinfo::writeStringInfo $out strinfo"
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>Thanks for verifying.  This is what I get too.  The tclkitsh.exe does 
>not have the required string resources.  I'll need to look into that, 
>it's an issue with the tclkitsh build, not SDX.
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Aaron sent me a new SDX last night which, while not adding the strings, 
does not die.

>As for UPX files: they do contain resources in uncompressed form, so 
>AFAIK they can be customized with the new SDX.
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>[Gerald]
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>>> I tried the following:
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>>>    FileDescription "Database Monitoring Utility"
>>>    FileVersion 2.0
>>>    ProductName DbMonitor
>>>    Company "HMS Software, Inc."
>>>    LegalCopyright "Copyright (c) 2005 by HMS Software, Inc. All Rights
>>>    Reserved."
>>>
>>> But only the FileDescription shows up in the "balloon".  Any ideas?
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>I'm not sure what parts *should* show up in the balloon.  You'll need 
>to check with MS docs for that.  All of your strings should be visible 
>from the properties dialog (or through a right-click, at least on 
>Win98).
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Aaron set me straight on that issue, your  initial writeup seem to 
indicate otherwise.

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