htct-build

Copyright © 2019 by DKY (Ryan Lam)

The files in this repository comprise the core materials that are necessary to build the Hazard Team Compile Tool. They have been provided here, free of charge, for anyone's use in building their own htct.exe executable.

Current version: 0.6.0 BETA

Requirements

• Python 3.7
• PyInstaller 3.4
• PySide2 5.11.2 or equivalent
• psutil 5.4.8

A requirements.txt file has been provided in this repository for (optional) convenient dependency installation with pip.

Optional Requirements

• UPX 3.91 or equivalent (for PYD and executable compression)

To Build

1. Ensure that the above requirements are installed.
2. Run build_htct.bat.
3. A new folder dist will appear with htct.exe inside.
4. Done!

Known Potential Errors

If you get DLL load errors when running your custom-built htct.exe, that is due to UPX corrupting the following DLLs when PyInstaller packages the executable:

• vcruntime140.dll
• msvcp140.dll
• qwindows.dll
• qwindowsvistastyle.dll

To fix these errors, you have a couple of options. You can either:

1. Disable UPX. To do this, add the --noupx option to the pyinstaller invocation in build_htct.bat.

... or:

2. Install a development version of PyInstaller that can accept the --upx-exclude option. Specifically, you will need a version of PyInstaller that includes pull request #3821. You will then need to add the following options to the pyinstaller invocation in build_htct.bat:

   • --upx-exclude vcruntime140.dll
   • --upx-exclude msvcp140.dll
   • --upx-exclude qwindows.dll
   • --upx-exclude qwindowsvistastyle.dll