HTML Executable can help you distribute websites as e-books. Fortunately, there is a wizard to guide you through all the steps because it would be too difficult to configure your project otherwise. Moreover, you can get excellent help from the accompanying documentation.
The tool supports generating three types of publications. If you choose to create an IE publication, the program takes advantage of the WebBrowser ActiveX Control that is part of Windows. However, the source website has to be compatible with Internet Explorer. Another possibility is to create an HTML viewer, which works by itself without the need of an external browser. A self-extracting site, in turn, just packs the contents into an executable file that can then extract and display them on your default web browser.
If you are a proficient user, you can take advantage of the program's advanced features. These include customizing the publication's splash screen, the table of contents and the search engine. Likewise, the tool allows you to use scripts and applets, as well as a PDF viewer.
In fewer words, HTML Executable can create excellent e-books. Fortunately, the program also compresses the source data and protects them from theft. The product is shareware and can be evaluated with all its features, but the created publications expire a week after their compilation. It is sold in three editions: personal, professional and commercial, with varying prices and features.
v4.9.4 [Nov 13, 2016]
New compression method to bring more responsive ebooks: this method doesn't unpack data to memory fully but by chunks, which increases the loading speed of large files and the ebook's responsiveness. It is automatically selected by HTML Executable for compressing source files larger than 1 MB. You can also enable it for any source file thanks to the new file property: "Use streaming-compatible compression method".
Improved loading speed and memory usage when playing large audio and video files compressed in EXE files and not in external files.
Fixed random thread deadlock when compiling or starting a new project on some computers.
Removed the anti-debugger option which triggered some antivirus false positives.
Increased length of the "what's new" text in Web Update and tip about inserting multiple lines.
Improved scanning of source files when starting a new project.
Changed system ID method that uses the hard disk's manufacturer serial ID. Warning: this can break existing hardware-locked keys, you will have to provide your end users with new hardware-locked registration keys.
New global variable "herestartwebupt" for Web Updates: now you have a way to notify users that their publication has been updated after a successful web update. Check the documentation for an example.
Fixed: the red cross button of the PDF viewer's toolbar was always visible in HTML viewer publications.
Fixed: "Could not register tab" error at startup on Windows PC tablets.
Fixed: the built-in HTTP server was always started at publication startup although it wasn't necessary.
Improved: in some cases, a simple error message box is displayed now rather than the full error report dialog box.
Updated virtualization engine, PDF viewer engine.
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