IronWrap Host Tab

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## Host

This section is used to declare the host file to be protected.

It is required to declare both the root folder of the host file and the file path to the host file relative to the root directory.

The Host Root Directory must be a complete copy of the source directory in the exact structure it would be deployed on the target computer if it were not protected.

For example, if you would deploy your program to: <Program Files>\MyProg\ and the folder MyProg containing prog.exe, a couple dll's and two sub-directories containing data files, you should construct that directory exactly as it will be deployed (as described above) and have the Host Root Directory point to the folder \MyProg. You then would point the Host File Name to prog.exe, and you may choose to embed the dll's (Embed Binary File) and any or all of the data files (Embed Data File) in the sub-directories because they are contained within the Host Root Directory.

On this tab, you will also choose to encrypt and compress your host program (the final linked output of the IronWrapping procedure).

For more information see: IronWrap Host Settings