PatchFactory generates self-extracting executable update programs in familiar installer style with adjustable user-friendly interface. Patches can modify or replace installed files to add new features, fix bugs or add new security features.

Pros: PatchFactory provides software developers with a comprehensive solution for creating compact and reliable full-history software update modules, ensuring that end-users always have the latest version of your software or other all-important/critical data. It provides the ability to tailor the update process to specific needs and to significantly reduce end-user support costs. Create secure full history software patches and updates using visual development environment. PatchFactory ensures availability of latest version software to improve performance. It creates complete update installation package for application and make it available for download or issue media that contains update package. A self-applying patch file executables with customizable GUI interfaces and support of integrated compression technology is generated. Easy and visual navigation through images of old and new versions of files ensures creation of a proper patch.

There’s a Pascal-based scripting engine integrated that helps to customize, enhance, update, install or uninstall functionality at run-time. This package keeps up-to-date any important data that must be updated very often and whose freshness may be critical for business. This is capable of any updating task, including synchronizing of files, running an installer, updating your software, and even performing a custom action to keep your customers up-to-date and to significantly reduce your end-user support costs. Designed for use on all Windows desktop and server platforms in use today, these compact, self-installing patch files can be distributed on a diskette or CD-ROM or sent via email, web or LAN.

Cons: Being a specialized product this may take a little learning time, particularly it’s Pascal like scripting.

Overall: Offers a very useful set of functionality for a necessary part of software distribution operations. This is rated at 4 star level.