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All 5 phases of the open-source Decal rebuild: Phase 1: 14 decompiled .NET projects (Interop.*, Adapter, FileService, DecalUtil) Phase 2: 10 native DLLs rewritten as C# COM servers with matching GUIDs - DecalDat, DHS, SpellFilter, DecalInput, DecalNet, DecalFilters - Decal.Core, DecalControls, DecalRender, D3DService Phase 3: C++ shims for Inject.DLL (D3D9 hooking) and LauncherHook.DLL Phase 4: DenAgent WinForms tray application Phase 5: WiX installer and build script 25 C# projects building with 0 errors. Native C++ projects require VS 2022 + Windows SDK (x86). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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How to make a new Decal installer:
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Update from CVS (or make sure you have the version of the code you want to release)
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Update readme.rtf to reflect the current state of Decal
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Open the provided VSI project files (DecalInstaller.sln and DecalInstaller.wip)
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Change the Product Name, Product Code, Version, Version string in the registry, and whatever else needs to be changed in the installer (but NOT the filename)
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Build a new installer
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Open Install.vbs
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Add a new uninstall entry for the current Product code using the others as an example (AllProducts.Add "<version>", "<GUID>")
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Change the ThisVersion constant to reflect the new version number
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Save and Close Install.vbs and VSI
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Open EnZip 3.00 ( freeware: http://www.cpam.freeserve.co.uk/ )
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Choose File, New Archive... (or hit Ctrl-N)
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Give a filename such as "Decal_2000.zip" for Decal 2.0.0.0
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Add Decal.msi and Install.vbs to the files, using maximum compression (available on the Options tab)
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Choose Tools, Create Self-Extractor... (or hit Shift-X)
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Click Next to customize the extractor
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Click Next to NOT have a message box
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Click Next to have it extract to the TEMP folder
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Change the Tile Caption to "Decal Installer" and Click Next
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Type "Install.vbs" in the Command box, leave the Parameters box empty, then hit Next
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Click the Change Icon... button and select the Decal.ico from the source/Installer/Res folder
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Select the first icon and Click Ok, then Click Next
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Uncheck Display Run Command Checkbox
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Check Unzip Automaticly
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Make sure Default to overwrite files without prompting is selected
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Click Next, then Click Yes to bypass the warning
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Verify your options in the displayed listbox and then hit Create (this may look like it's not doing anything, but it is)
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When it completes, hit Test Self-Extracting ZIP file now
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If everything went ok, it should display a command prompt window while previous Decal versions are uninstalled, then close and start the Decal installer MSI
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Click Close, then close EnZip
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VERIFY!!!!!!!!
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Make sure there is only ONE add/remove entry for Decal
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Make sure there is only ONE Decal group in the Start Menu
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Make sure there is only ONE Decal icon on the Desktop
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Make sure ALL the file versions are correct
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Load up Decal and make sure it runs properly (to verify things such as registry values)
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Attempt to delete all of the shortcuts, then open IE. If the installer starts and repairs the shortcuts something is wrong.
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Test the FavIcon creation
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Generally kick it around and attempt to break it
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COMMIT!!!!
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Commit your new changes with a tag (so that the installer can be rebuilt in it's current state at any time)
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If this is a release version (not BETA), create a branch for bugfixes
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Upload the binary to SourceForge (see sf.net instructions)
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Test the download and verify you get the same file you uploaded
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Change the homepage of decaldev.sf.net to point to the new download
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