Why don't you create a winbuilder project and take advantage of the built-in tools along with the growing repository of app scripts that add all sort of components?
Most likely because I don't really know what winbuilder can do, or because I am illiterate in Delphi and are helpless if I cannot fix a Delphi program problem myself... For me, WinBuilder is a tool to add third-party apps (like your favourite browser, antivirus, etc.) to a live cd and to burn that CD. But I don't want to add third-party apps to Livista Rescup, but use the tools that are already on the Vista DVD (like Internet Explorer, or Paint/WordPad, or the games, or the .NET framework). And I don't think there are many modules available for winbuilder that do that (correct me if i am wrong please).
For a third party app, I can eihter try to integrate "Foo" to LiVista Rescup and store that one on USB, or put "PortableFoo" onto my USB and can as well use it in lots of more situations (like when I'm in an inet cafe or at friends). So the "PortableFoo" solution is IMHO preferrable to adding lots of "Foo" to Livista Rescup. On the other hand, scripts to add IE or .NET framework are a few kilobytes of settings only, since you can extract the original files from the install.wim on the vista dvd.
In addition, using 7zip to extract files takes a lot of time to scan the archive, and only very little time to extract the files (in other word, extracting 20 files takes about the same time as extracting one file), which is the reason I had to abandon my idea to use just batch files for everything: every batch file extracts one or two dlls. With rescman, all the extract commands are collected and passed at once to 7zip so that it extracts all the files at once.
Now you know why I invented a component format for my own. And now I want to know in what way winbuilder can help me here
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I'm very open to other's ideas, it's just that I cannot see the benefit currently
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- would allow downloading updated files
while running from the live system? Nice idea
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That reminds me that I need to figure out a way how to load (network) drivers while the system is running
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Most LiveCDs just add the drivers to the Windows directory as far as I know, but that is not an option for me because Windows does not recognize new drivers there automatically (if it already recognized the hardware before). And there is no add hardware wizard in the vista setup either - would be very inconvenient anyway because when you install vista there is no need for installing sound and network drivers just for the installation
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- easier to sort which scripts to run or not
- dependencie checks to enable a script
At runtime? BTW my dependency checking works as well
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I can help you with the initial project design if you wish as it would be good to work together and could surely boost the functionality as winbuilder.exe is also standalone and sized in ~800kb
I'm open to your suggestions.
The only obstacle is likely the need for IE to be installed for downloading files but I'm already working to remove this dependency on version 075.
Getting IE running should be possible as explorer is already running.
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If not, just extract the components you need from install.wim, they are surely in there.
mihi