Shell Ext. - Creating SFX

[Serhiy]

Can you add a new option to Shell Ext. menu (for archives)
e. g. “Create self-extracting archive + Options” ?

It should work like standart “Create self-extracting zip”
but before creating EXE
it must show “PA SelfExtractor” dialog
(like PA main wnd > Actions menu > Make EXE file")
or SFX Wizard
(tools menu > SFX Wizard)

As for me , Make EXE dialog is better then the Wizard
But you can add an option to the Configuration Dialod
so users can select what they want to use:
dialog or Wizard

[klumy]

I support this idea ;)

[davidsplash]

at the moment if you come across a zip or cab file ythe shell extensions if selected will give you the option to creat a sfx file.

what i think you want is to be able to sauy zip or cab in one go to a sfx file even if you don’t have a archive already

[Serhiy]

Sorry, maybe I don’t understamd your reply properly…

I want to be able to set advansed SFX options (like Overwrite options, default extraction directory, sfx caption etc) when creating EXE file with shell extensions…

Thanks, :)

[davidsplash]

now i understand you want more advance features with the sfx shell extensions we already have avaliable.

[Serhiy]

Yes

With current “Create Self-Extracting zip/cab” option in shell extensions
we can convert archives to sfx without setting up any options…

[steje]

Just came across this post, and I wasn’t confused at all:

• the current shell extension does not let you set any of the important options for a SFX like the Default “UnZip To” Folder which are possible in the interface driven method to create the EXE

I would definitely like to see this improvement in the shell extension to create SFX as well. Whatever default options are being used this way are things I would never actually use unless I was only ever creating and recreating the same exact SFX :rolleyes:.