PatchFactory is a full-featured byte-level patching system for bandwidth-efficient software updating which is sold at a reasonable price comparing to systems of the similar class.
PatchFactory provides a robust feature set that gives software developers the ability to tailor the update process to their specific needs.
Keeping customers on the most current version optimizes the performance of your product and significantly reduces your end-user support costs.
PatchFactory is a new and innovative software updating and delivery solution, ensuring that end-users always have the latest version of your software. When integrated into your application, PatchFactory performs almost any updating task, including synchronizing files, running an installer, updating your software, and even performing a custom action to keep your customers up-to-date and your technical support calls/inquiries to a minimum.
The PatchFactory patch-building engine is an innovative standard for producing version-to-version or cumulative software updates contained in one small, reliable package.
Generated patch packages are small size self-extracting executable update programs in a famous installer style with adjustable user-friendly interface. Patches can modify or replace the installed files to add new features, fix bugs, or add new security features.
Unlike setup files, which contain all files needed to run the software, the result update program only contains information concerning modifications (including changes in files/folders structure) made to old version software files relatively to new version files and has an easy-to-use interface with user-friendly dialogs.
Using PatchFactory you can create a complete update installation package for the application and make it available for download, or issue a media that contains the update package.
PatchFactory is an application that can also be used to keep up-to-date any important data that must be updated very often.
Here are some key features of "PatchFactory":
Patch building:
· Easily create self-applying patch file executables with customizable GUI interfaces
· Powerful patch engine helping generate extremely small size patch packages.
· Integrated compression technology.
· Update of folders / files structure: addition of new/deletion of old folders or files, ignore missing files.
· Effective patch building for executable EXE or DLL files.
· Easy and visual navigation through images of old and new versions of your files.
· Utilizing of the registry, INI files or a fixed path for smart file location.
· Cumulative patch building to integrate several updates into one patch package.
· Storage of difference building results in intermediate files helping significantly increase the speed of reiterated patch building.
Patch applying module is based on the powerful Inno Setup engine which has the following features:
· Powerful integrated Pascal-based scripting engine providing lots of new possibilities to customize / enhance update Install or Uninstall functionality at run-time.
· Silent install and silent uninstall.
· Support for multilingual installs: English (default), German, Spanish, Italian, French and Russian.
· Creation / changing of registry and .INI entries.
· Run an external command or executable before, during, or after the patch process
· Support for passworded and encrypted installs.
· Optional license information and release notes presented to your end-user.
· Apply Interface message management to customize messages presented to your end-user.
Additional features of Patch applying:
· Smart automatic version check to determine the installed version
· Ensure that no system is ever partially updated (automatic Rollback function during patch applying guarantees that end-user's system is successfully updated or not updated at all)
· Capability of automatic backup of modified and deleted file(s)
· Rollback / uninstall of the update after installation
· Delayed patching support for locked files
· Small size of base update modules (without patch data)
· Log errors at apply time
· Easy-to-use optimized interface that can be enhanced with the help of Inno resources
Requirements:
· Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
· Display resolution 800x600 hi-color (16 bits)
· Processor 486 and above, 32 Mb RAM
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· InnoSetup compiler version updated up to 5.1.5
· ISS-scripts for patch applying module ---
· Spanish Language Pack (Scripts\Languages\Spanish.isl)
· French Language Pack (Scripts\Languages\French.isl)
· Italian Language Pack (Scripts\Languages\Italian.isl)
· Fixed: the problem occured when trying to replace a file in use
· under Win98
· Miscellaneous bug fixes
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