Create Self-Extracting EXE

Perl script to create a self-extracting executable.

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# file: SelfExtractExe.pl

use chilkat;

# How to create a self-extracting executable in Perl.
$zip = new chilkat::CkZip();
$zip->UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial");

# Calling NewZip does not actually create a file on disk.  The filename
# argument indicates the name of the zip file name to be created when
# WriteZip is called.  However, in this example, WriteExe is called instead,
# so the zip filename is meaningless.
$zip->NewZip("notUsed.zip");
$zip->AppendFiles("exampleData/*",true);

# Write the self-extracting EXE
$zip->WriteExe("example.exe");