ANNOUNCE: freeWrap 5.6 released

From: Dennis LaBelle (labelled_at_nycap.rr.com)
Date: 02/24/04

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    This message announces the release of freeWrap version 5.6

    The freeWrap program turns TCL/TK scripts into single-file binary executable
    programs. freeWrap can wrap TCL/TK applications that consist of multiple
    script and binary files. freeWrap combines all the files together into a
    single executable file.

    freeWrap 5.6 is based on TCL/TK 8.4.4

    freeWrap executables are freely available for both Linux and Windows.

    Instructions and source code for building freeWrap on both Windows and UNIX
    platforms is also freely available.

    The following additional variation of freeWrap is also available for
    download:

         freewrapBLT a windowing application that includes TCL/TK and
    the BLT extension (Linux only)
         freewrapTCLSH a console-only application which includes only TCL.

    Please visit the freeWrap home page:

              http://freewrap.sourceforge.net

    Changes implemented in version 5.6
    ------------------------------------

    1) A new freeWrap command line option has been added to specify the Windows
    program icon to use for the wrapped application.

    2) A generic ZIP file creation capability has been added with a
    new ::freewrap::makeZIP command. This command incorporates the capabilities
    of the Info-ZIP ZIP2.3 program directly into the freeWrap code.

    3) FreeWrap no longer uses a separate ZIP program to do its work. ZIP
    capabilities have been compiled directly into freeWrap.

    4) The WINICO extension for Windows has been added back into freeWrap.

    5) The ::freewrap::getStubSize command now returns a correct, non-zero value
    under Linux. This fix also enables the ::freewrap::reconnect command to
    work under Linux since ::freewrap::reconnect called ::freewrap:getStubSize.

    6) FreeWrap no longer performs source code encryption. This "protection" is
    rather weak when used in script-wrapping applications. Therefore, this
    feature has been removed.

    7) You no longer need write permission to script files you will be wrapping.

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