HelpAndManual_illegal_keygen PatchFactory User Manual © 2002-2008 by AgenSoft. All rights reserved. Web: www.agensoft.com Date: 21.04.2008 PatchFactory v3 Table of Contents 1. Overview................................................................................................................... 4 1.1. What is.................................................................................................................. PatchFactory? 4 1.2. About ..................................................................................................................Software Patching 6 1.3. What's.................................................................................................................. new in this version? 7 1.4. Patching.................................................................................................................. Engine Efficiency 9 1.5. Acknowledgments.................................................................................................................. 10 2. Basics................................................................................................................... 11 2.1. Concepts.................................................................................................................. and definitions 11 2.1.1. Version Parameters.................................................................................................................11 2.1.2. Component.................................................................................................................11 Parameters 2.1.3. Patch Parameters.................................................................................................................11 2.2. Binary.................................................................................................................. Files Comparing 18 2.3. Byte-level.................................................................................................................. Differencing 20 2.4. Location.................................................................................................................. Repository 21 2.5. Installed.................................................................................................................. Version Detection 23 3. User................................................................................................................... interface 24 3.1. Overview.................................................................................................................. 24 3.2. Keyboard.................................................................................................................. layout 26 3.3. Menu.................................................................................................................. 27 3.3.1. File menu.................................................................................................................24 3.3.2. View menu.................................................................................................................24 3.3.3. Group menu.................................................................................................................24 3.3.4. Product menu.................................................................................................................24 3.3.5. Version menu.................................................................................................................24 3.3.6. Component(s).................................................................................................................24 menu 3.3.7. Difference(s).................................................................................................................24 menu 3.3.8. Patch(es).................................................................................................................24 menu 3.3.9. Help menu.................................................................................................................24 User Manual - 2 - © 2002-2008 by AgenSoft. All rights reserved. www.agensoft.com PatchFactory v3 3.3.10.Version Files.................................................................................................................24 Editor menus 3.3.11.Version Difference.................................................................................................................24 Editor menus 3.4. Preferences.................................................................................................................. 41 4. Operation................................................................................................................... 42 4.1. Getting.................................................................................................................. Started 42 4.1.1. Creating .................................................................................................................42New Group 4.1.2. Creating .................................................................................................................42New Product 4.1.3. Adding New.................................................................................................................42 Version 4.1.4. Adding Component(s).................................................................................................................42 4.1.5. Adding Component.................................................................................................................42 Files 4.1.6. Adding Child.................................................................................................................42 Version 4.1.7. Creating .................................................................................................................42Differences 4.1.8. Creating .................................................................................................................42New Patch 4.2. Version.................................................................................................................. Files Editor 64 4.3. Version.................................................................................................................. Difference Editor 66 4.4. Old Version.................................................................................................................. Side Properties group 68 4.5. New Version.................................................................................................................. Side Properties group 69 4.6. Add/Replace.................................................................................................................. Options 70 4.7. Df Build.................................................................................................................. Options 71 4.8. Update.................................................................................................................. Command generation 72 4.9. Command.................................................................................................................. line parameters 73 4.10.Patch.................................................................................................................. applying 75 5. Frequenlty................................................................................................................... asked questions 79 6. Registration................................................................................................................... and Support 86 6.1. License.................................................................................................................. Agreement 86 6.2. How ..................................................................................................................to register 90 6.3. Update.................................................................................................................. and Support 92 7. Contact................................................................................................................... information 93 User Manual - 3 - © 2002-2008 by AgenSoft. All rights reserved. www.agensoft.com PatchFactory v3 1. Overview 1.1. What is PatchFactory? PatchFactory™ version 3.3 Copyright © 2002-2008 by AgenSoft. All rights reserved. Contacting Agensoft PatchFactory for Windows 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 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