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HWUN v0.50a - Heuristic Wise UNpacker (VirtualPascal)

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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