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"External Files" not working in 1.63?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:14 pm
by iaanus
Hi,
I used to use the "checkup of external files" feature in my projects, but since I upgraded to 1.63, it doesn't seem to work anymore. I am able to protect my executable, but as soon as I run it I get the "file has been modified after installation" message although the file has not been modified at all. I use to check "File checksum" only, but the problem seems to occur even if I select file size or file version (didn't try dates and attributes).
Is this a bug or did something in the feature change that I'm not aware of?
Thanks in advance,
Alberto
Re: "External Files" not working in 1.63?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:12 pm
by Enigma
Alberto, this was a bug, my apologies... Please redownload full version of Enigma 1.63 (with the same link), I've solved this error!
Re: "External Files" not working in 1.63?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:26 pm
by iaanus
Thanks a lot for the very quick response! It works perfectly now.
Compliments for this very good product!
Alberto
Re: "External Files" not working in 1.63?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:54 pm
by Enigma
Thanks
Re: "External Files" not working in 1.63?
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:18 pm
by iaanus
The option doesn't seem to be working properly. I am attaching a zip file showing the problem. The zip contains:
- helloworld.exe: an exe that just prints the string "hello, world"
- externalfile.txt: an external file (contents are irrelevant)
- helloworld.enigma: an enigma project using the "external files" check on externalfile.txt
Protect the exe with Enigma using the attached project and copy both protected_helloworld.exe and externalfile.txt in a folder, say C:\DirToExe. Open a command prompt. If you launch the protected exe with a full pathname
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C:\DirToExe\protected_helloworld.exe
the program executes correctly and prints "hello, world". However if you do
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cd C:\DirToExe
protected_helloworld.exe
then you will get the following error message:
The installation package had been modified! File: \externalfile.txt is corrupted! Please reinstall application!
The message is actually correct, because there is no \externalfile.txt file. It seems that the protected exe is deducing the exe path name from the command line, but the command line might contain no path!
Hope it helps,
Re: "External Files" not working in 1.63?
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:40 am
by Enigma
Hm... really... Thanks for the information, will be solved today! Very soon (within 3-4 days) will release new version!
Thanks!
Re: "External Files" not working in 1.63?
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:56 am
by Enigma
The message is actually correct, because there is no \externalfile.txt file. It seems that the protected exe is deducing the exe path name from the command line, but the command line might contain no path!
Bug is solved, thanks you very much for such detailed information! New version will be released soon!