Customize Titles and Captions on Self-Extracting EXE Dialogs

Customize titles and captions on all self-extracting EXE dialogs.

Download Chilkat Perl Module

use chilkat;

$zip = new chilkat::CkZip();

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $zip->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Initialize the zip object.  Because we're creating
#  a self-extracting EXE in this example, the filename
#  passed to NewZip will never actually be created.
$success = $zip->NewZip("notUsed.zip");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Append a directory tree.  The AppendFiles does
#  not read the file contents or append them to the zip
#  object in memory.  It simply appends references
#  to the files so that when WriteExe (or WriteZipAndClose,
#  or WriteZip, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
#  and added to the archive.
$recurse = 1;
$zip->AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",$recurse);

#  The zip.ExeTitle and zip.ExeUnzipCaption properties can be
#  set to customize the title and caption for the main dialog
#  presented by the self-extracting EXE.
#  A new method (SetExeConfigParam) provides the ability
#  to set the titles and captions for all dialogs:
$zip->SetExeConfigParam("MainTitle","This is the main title");
$zip->SetExeConfigParam("MainCaption","This is the main caption");

#  A finish notification dialog is displayed if the
#  ExeFinishNotifier property is set:
$zip->put_ExeFinishNotifier(1);
$zip->SetExeConfigParam("FinTitle","This is the finish notifier title");
$zip->SetExeConfigParam("FinCaption","This is the finish notifier caption");

#  A password challenge dialog is shown if the EXE is encrypted.
$zip->put_Encryption(4);
$zip->put_EncryptKeyLength(128);
$zip->SetPassword("test");
$zip->SetExeConfigParam("PwTitle","This is the pasword dialog title");
$zip->SetExeConfigParam("PwCaption","This is the password dialog caption");

#  During the EXE self-extract, a progress dialog is displayed *if* the main dialog
#  is suppressed. In this example, the main dialog is not suppressed, so the
#  progress dialog is not displayed.  (A progress bar shows in the main dialog during
#  EXE extract.)
#  If a progress dialog was displayed, this is how the title and caption would be customized:
$zip->SetExeConfigParam("ProgressTitle","This is the progress dialog title");
$zip->SetExeConfigParam("ProgressCaption","This is the progress dialog caption");

#  Write "mySfx.exe"
$success = $zip->WriteExe("mySfx.exe");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print "EXE Created!" . "\n";