------------------------------------------------------ HWUN v0.50a - Heuristic Wise UNpacker (VirtualPascal) ------------------------------------------------------ HWUN is designed for the purpose of extracting WISE setup files, made with WISE Installmaster or other compatible applications. To get in knowledge of your file being in this format there are a few things which tell you that those big EXE file installer you've got, really is a WISE file. 1. Splash screen with the text "Initializing WISE Installation Wizard" 2. Splash screen with altered text, but with graphics in blue, containing "WISE" 3. The executable icon showing a desktop PC with a blue-lined package on the left and a floppy disk on the right with a yellow label 4. The executable icon showing a floppy disk with a blue arrow pointing to the red led of another device But nevermind, even if you are not sure, just let HWUN run over your installation exe file. For further information about commandline options and format please start HWUN without any parameter. Just some words to the data displayed during the whole process: Approximated offset stands for the offset within the file, of which HWUN thinks that at this position the packed data and so the single - to be installed - files exist. Real archive offset displays the address within the file containing the VERIFIED, so working packed data. Last file start displays the start address within the installation exe file for the last extracted file. Last file end is the same except not the start, but the end address is shown. Last file CRC32 is a checksum, which can be found behind the packed data of each single file within the big installation exe. It is used to verify the extracted files. Files extracted shows the number of files which are extracted right now. Resolved filenames shows the number of files for which a filename has been found. Multifiles counts the number of files which have the same filename as a file extracted before the current one. WISE installations sometimes have different files with the same name for language or operating system purposes. Dialog & bitmap files are files which are userdefined (i.e. the person who compiled the installation program added these files or dialogs himself to the installation system). Full job completed just shows the progress. Some words to the users of older HWUN versions: You'll recognize a speed loss of about 50%-75% which is simply caused by my selfmade inflate routines. They were needed to avoid those access violations / runtime errors caused by the 1:1 copied inflate unit. But: HWUN is still much faster than E_WISE and I can't say about ExWise because I still have no WISE executable compatible with that one. I think the speed is still okay, so the price for more stability. And another great thing which comes along: Whenever an error occurs, it's my fault, not the one of Oliver Fromme or some other person. I have written every line myself, so I understand the whole program. Now you can blame everything on me! ;-)) J„germeister Markus