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+-------------------------
+
+7-Zip is a file archiver for Windows NT/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7/8/10.
+
+7-Zip for installers is part of LZMA SDK.
+LZMA SDK is written and placed in the public domain by Igor Pavlov.
+
+It's allowed to join 7-Zip SFX module with another software.
+It's allowed to change resources of 7-Zip's SFX modules.
+
+
+HOW to use
+-----------
+
+7zr.exe is reduced version of 7za.exe of 7-Zip.
+7zr.exe supports only format with these codecs: LZMA, LZMA2, BCJ, BCJ2, ARM, Copy.
+
+Example of compressing command for installation packages:
+
+7zr a archive.7z files
+
+7zSD.sfx is SFX module for installers. 7zSD.sfx uses msvcrt.dll.
+
+SFX modules for installers allow to create installation program.
+Such module extracts archive to temp folder and then runs specified program and removes
+temp files after program finishing. Self-extract archive for installers must be created
+as joining 3 files: SFX_Module, Installer_Config, 7z_Archive.
+Installer_Config is optional file. You can use the following command to create installer
+self-extract archive:
+
+copy /b 7zSD.sfx + config.txt + archive.7z archive.exe
+
+The smallest installation package size can be achieved, if installation files was
+uncompressed before including to 7z archive.
+
+-y switch for installer module (at runtime) specifies quiet mode for extracting.
+
+Installer Config file format
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Config file contains commands for Installer. File begins from string
+;!@Install@!UTF-8! and ends with ;!@InstallEnd@!. File must be written
+in UTF-8 encoding. File contains string pairs:
+
+ID_String="Value"
+
+ID_String Description
+
+Title Title for messages
+BeginPrompt Begin Prompt message
+Progress Value can be "yes" or "no". Default value is "yes".
+RunProgram Command for executing. Default value is "setup.exe".
+ Substring %%T will be replaced with path to temporary
+ folder, where files were extracted
+Directory Directory prefix for "RunProgram". Default value is ".\\"
+ExecuteFile Name of file for executing
+ExecuteParameters Parameters for "ExecuteFile"
+
+
+You can omit any string pair.
+
+There are two ways to run program: RunProgram and ExecuteFile.
+Use RunProgram, if you want to run some program from .7z archive.
+Use ExecuteFile, if you want to open some document from .7z archive or
+if you want to execute some command from Windows.
+
+If you use RunProgram and if you specify empty directory prefix: Directory="",
+the system searches for the executable file in the following sequence:
+
+1. The directory from which the application (installer) loaded.
+2. The temporary folder, where files were extracted.
+3. The Windows system directory.
+
+
+Config file Examples
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+;!@Install@!UTF-8!
+Title="7-Zip 4.00"
+BeginPrompt="Do you want to install the 7-Zip 4.00?"
+RunProgram="setup.exe"
+;!@InstallEnd@!
+
+
+
+;!@Install@!UTF-8!
+Title="7-Zip 4.00"
+BeginPrompt="Do you want to install the 7-Zip 4.00?"
+ExecuteFile="7zip.msi"
+;!@InstallEnd@!
+
+
+
+;!@Install@!UTF-8!
+Title="7-Zip 4.01 Update"
+BeginPrompt="Do you want to install the 7-Zip 4.01 Update?"
+ExecuteFile="msiexec.exe"
+ExecuteParameters="/i 7zip.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus"
+;!@InstallEnd@!
+
+
+
+Small SFX modules for installers
+--------------------------------
+
+7zS2.sfx - small SFX module (GUI version)
+7zS2con.sfx - small SFX module (Console version)
+
+Small SFX modules support this codecs: LZMA, LZMA2, BCJ, BCJ2, ARM, COPY
+
+Small SFX module is similar to common SFX module for installers.
+The difference (what's new in small version):
+ - Smaller size (30 KB vs 100 KB)
+ - C source code instead of Ñ++
+ - No installer Configuration file
+ - No extracting progress window
+ - It decompresses solid 7z blocks (it can be whole 7z archive) to RAM.
+ So user that calls SFX installer must have free RAM of size of largest
+ solid 7z block (size of 7z archive at simplest case).
+
+How to use
+----------
+
+copy /b 7zS2.sfx + archive.7z sfx.exe
+
+When you run installer sfx module (sfx.exe)
+1) It creates "7zNNNNNNNN" temp folder in system temp folder.
+2) It extracts .7z archive to that folder
+3) It executes one file from "7zNNNNNNNN" temp folder.
+4) It removes "7zNNNNNNNN" temp folder
+
+You can send parameters to installer, and installer will transfer them to extracted .exe file.
+
+Small SFX uses 3 levels of priorities to select file to execute:
+
+ 1) Files in root folder have higher priority than files in subfolders.
+ 2) File extension priorities (from high to low priority order):
+ bat, cmd, exe, inf, msi, cab (under Windows CE), html, htm
+ 3) File name priorities (from high to low priority order):
+ setup, install, run, start
+
+Windows CE (ARM) version of 7zS2.sfx is included to 7-Zip for Windows Mobile package.
+
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+1) To create compressed console 7-Zip:
+
+7zr a c.7z 7z.exe 7z.dll -mx
+copy /b 7zS2con.sfx + c.7z 7zCompr.exe
+7zCompr.exe b -md22
+
+
+2) To create compressed GUI 7-Zip:
+
+7zr a g.7z 7zg.exe 7z.dll -mx
+copy /b 7zS2.sfx + g.7z 7zgCompr.exe
+7zgCompr.exe b -md22
+
+
+3) To open some file:
+
+7zr a h.7z readme.txt -mx
+copy /b 7zS2.sfx + h.7z 7zTxt.exe
+7zTxt.exe
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