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Patch Maker

Create small and efficient patches/updates for your programs!

The life of a software product is usually marked by the release of different versions. One version differs from the previous one by a small number of changes. Some sections of code in the executable files are different, new files may be added, some even deleted. What the author of the product usually does, is provide a new version of the files either as a new re-installable product or just the modified files, compressed.

The above procedure is very wasteful though. For example, if a file of 1Mg has only had say 10Kb altered within it, then why create an update patch that requires the full 1Mb. It would be far more efficient if just the altered data were used.
This is the purpose of Patch Maker. This utility saves a huge amount of bytes by storing just the differences between files and even compressing this data.

Patch Maker's approach has two distinct advantages:

• Very small update patches, independent of the size and number of files of the original installation.
• Ultimate protection of the update.
  As most of the data is not stored in the update patch, it is impossible to steal your software unless you already possess a previous version of the software.

The freeware version

A complete version of Patch Maker with unlimited rights to produce patch updates for both commercial and non commercial products. Each patch will contain an advertisement page for Clickteam when the update is complete, with a button to connect to our web site.

The registered version

The same version as above, without any advertisement. Here, too, you get unlimited rights to create installers for both commercial and non-commercial products.
Purchase a registered version in the online store. Fax and postal mail registration also available.

Product features

• Create your first patch fast using the wizard
• Fast and powerful compression system. Only the differences in the files are stored
• Creates very small and professional executables. Only 50Kb for the extractor itself
• The extractor's interface is 100% configurable, including all text, error messages and images
• Preview the final look at any time during development
• Produce multi-lingual updates. Make your own language templates
• Patch files in the system directory
• Update several versions within the same executable
• Display a report when patch is completed
• Retrieve installation directories from INI files or the registry base
• Exclude several zones from the files to update, allowing you to preserve user-related data which is
  stored within files (like software protection, registration numbers etc.)
• As with Install Maker, Patch Maker produces an all-in-one executable instantly.
  These executables have a surprisingly small size : the minimum size is only 50Kb, which equates to 10 seconds with a 56K modem connection. You save your customer some valuable connection time.
• Compared to similar software, Patch Maker is by far the fastest.
  It also has one of the best compression ratios available.
• Patch Maker produces updaters with a professional and easy to use interface, very similar to those
  used by installation programs.
• Patch Maker handles upgrades from multiple previous versions to a final version, for example you can
  have in the same patch upgrades from V1.0 to V1.2 and V1.1 to V1.2...