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  {
    "Id": "210209",
    "ThreadId": "61924",
    "Html": "<p>Would it be possible to write code that would give any self extractor stub (rather than your DotNet one)<br>so that a regular .exe would work as well?</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2009-07-08T17:00:08.593-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "210219",
    "ThreadId": "61924",
    "Html": "<p>??&nbsp; Not sure what you mean.&nbsp; Could you elaborate a little on what you want?</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2009-07-08T17:26:22.423-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "211349",
    "ThreadId": "61924",
    "Html": "<p>If I understand correctly, your self extractor is a stub program which is connected to the zipped information. <br>When the user finishes downloading the file, they can run it, since it has a .exe extention.&nbsp; <br><br>But the Exe of the stub is actually a DotNet application, correct?&nbsp; So the user must have DotNet installed in order for the self extractor to work.<br>I would like to be able to add a C++ compiled non managed .Exe, which needs not anything except the PC with Windows to run it.</p>\r\n<p>Is that possible?</p>\r\n<p>Thanks, as usual!<br>Moshe</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2009-07-13T02:30:41.993-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "211395",
    "ThreadId": "61924",
    "Html": "<p>Yes, the self-extracting EXE that is created by DotNetZip in a SaveSelfExtractor() call relies on the .NET Framework.&nbsp; The user must have .NET Framework installed in order to extract.</p>\r\n<p>Using DotNetZip, you cannot produce an SFX that does not rely on .NET.</p>\r\n<p>There are other ZIP libraries and toolsets that &quot;do&quot; SFX, and have SFX stubs that do not require .NET.&nbsp; I haven't evaluated them, so I can't make a recommendation.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2009-07-13T10:33:53.213-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  }
]