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DISTRIBUTING SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AS AN EXECUTABLE CONTAINING SCRIPT LOGIC WITH EXTERNAL RESOURCES

  • US 20100242034A1
  • Filed: 06/07/2010
  • Published: 09/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method to be executed at least in part in a computing device for installing a software product, comprising a program file, using a single executable file, comprising:

  • generating, by the computing device, an installation script for managing installation operations;

    if the installation operations are associated with the program file, combining, by the computing device, the installation script with the program file associated with the installation operations;

    generating, by the computing device, the single executable file that includes the combined installation script and the program file;

    distributing, by the computing device, the single executable file; and

    executing, by the computing device, the single executable file, wherein executing the single executable file comprises querying a manifest within the single executable file, the manifest comprising a list of a plurality of resource files external to the single executable file, wherein the plurality of external resource files are utilized by the single executable file to install the program file.

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