| Description |
PatchFactory is a comprehensive and innovative software updating and delivery solution, ensuring that your end-users always have the latest version of your software. 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 to significantly reduce your end-user support costs, and thus can become an efficient money and time saving solution to use.
In its latest release, PatchFactory v3, AgenSoft developers have taken a truly innovative approach making it possible not just to create an update module for a certain version, but also monitor all your software products, versions and version components that may have different target location on the end-user's machine. This innovation is based on the advanced functionality of the new release that includes improved byte-level patch building algorithm and innovative program interface.
The innovative features of patching engine include cumulative patching to bring all in-field versions up-to-date using a single self-extracting executable, comparing files with size up to 2^63 Bytes (8589934592 Gb), improved high-speed of patch generation and flexible control under ratio "time/result" with the help of different comparing methods selection.
Among the new patch applying features are customizable dialogs, a familiar wizard-style runtime interface, use of key files and MD5 checks to ensure accuracy, international language support, silent install / uninstall with no user interaction required, smart automatic version check to determine the installed version, support for passworded and encrypted installs, automatic Rollback at patch applying to guarantee that the end-user's system is successfully updated and Rollback/Uninstall of the update after installation, and lots more.
Free download of the evaluation version and flexible license options are available. |
| Supported languages: English |
| Supported OS: Win95, Win98, WinME, WinXP, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, Windows2003 |
| Installation: Install and Uninstall |
| Requirements: None |
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| Release info |
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05/18/2005
Major Update
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Changes:
New program interface making it possible not just to create one patch for a certain software version, but also monitor all the software products;
- Improved patch-building algorithm and patch installation wizard;
- Comparing files with size up to 2^63 Bytes (8589934592 Gb);
- Cumulative patch building to integrate several updates into one patch package;
- Support for silent install and silent uninstall;
- Support for multilingual installs;
- Run an external command or executable before, during, or after the patch process;
- Support for passworded and encrypted installs;
- Smart automatic version check to determine the installed version;
- Ensure that no system is ever partially updated;
- Rollback / uninstall of the update after installation.
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| Permissions |
| An unregistered, evaluation version of Patch Factory may be freely distributed, provided that it is not modified and the original archive remains intact with all accompanying files, and provided that no fee is charged (except for any reasonable fees necessary to cover costs of distribution media). You may not remove any product identification, copyright, proprietary notices or labels from the program. You may not copy, clone, emulate, sell, rent, lease, modify, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, nor transfer the program, except as provided for in this agreement. |
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| End user license agreement |
| The present license agreement is a legal document, it is concluded between you and AgenSoft. By installing or using the program, you agree to be bounded by the terms of this license. If you do not agree to the terms of this license, do not use this program and remove the program from your system. You may use this program during a trial period of 30 days on one computer of a local network (if applicable). Following this trial period, if you wish to continue to use the program then you must register. To register, you must complete the registration form and send it, with the registration fee, to one of the authorized registration sites. A registered user is granted a non-exclusive license to use the program according to the license type (Shareware, Commercial or Corporate). A registered user is also eligible for free e-mail support, free minor-version updates and bug-fixes and a special upgrade price for the next major version update. |
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