Edit: Factor/Deployment/Single file Deployment on Windows

[[7-zip]] can be used to produce a small and unobtrusive single file executable for Windows users. The self-extracting archive will be unzipped into the user's temp directory (\%temp\%) and a simple configuration file can be used to specify the executable to be run. After the application is closed, all files and folders created in the temp directory are deleted. - Download 7-Zip Extras (4.60 or higher) listed as _7z Library, SFXs for installers, Plugin for FAR Manager_ from [[http://www.7-zip.org]] - Deploy your application - Move the deployed application folder to the %7-zip Extras\Installer% directory - Modify the included %cr.bat% (example below) - Modify the %config.txt% (example below) - (Optional) Change icon of %7zS.sfx% or %7zSD.sfx% using a resource editor - (Optional) Apply UPX compression to deployed exe/dlls and 7-zip sfx file [[http://upx.sourceforge.net]] - Run modified %cr.bat% and test generated executable Note: - This method causes two processes to appear in _Task Manager_ - Configuration options for %config.txt% are included in the readme.txt in the _Installer_ directory. This file must be saved as UTF-8. - %7zSD.sfx% requires the user to have the Microsoft C runtime library installed (msvcrt.dll) - Alternative documentation may be found under the _-sfx_ switch documentation in the full help CHM for 7-zip Command Line Version %cr.bat% [batch{del archive.7z del archive.exe cd "Boids" ..\..\7zr a archive.7z * move archive.7z ..\ cd ..\ copy /b ..\7zS.sfx + config.txt + archive.7z archive.exe}] %config.txt% [text{;!@Install@!UTF-8! Progress="no" RunProgram="hello-ui.exe" ;!@InstallEnd@!}]

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