Directory Packer

[Benicle]

I'm using the Directory Packer Extension by Jam, I can manage to pack a folder, but I can't seem to unpack the file I've created. Can anyone make me a quick example?

EDIT: May as well explain a little better, I've said

"Upon clicking button"
Unpack file "./file.bdb" to "./test"

And I figured it would work, absolute paths seem no different either.

[Nifflas]

1: You're writing "./file.bdb" rather than ".\file.dbd" - remember that MMF2 is not for Linux

2: How about using Apppath$ rather than ".\" anyway? Directory Packer always works for me, so I doubt that the problem is in the extension.

[James]

Perhaps you could upload an example demonstrating the bug.

[Benicle]

Ah darn I'll try that Nifflas, I'll tell you guys if it works out.

EDIT: Argh ok that's weird... I have the following event set up for open pressing space bar in a new application in the same folder as the file.



And I get nothing.

DOUBLE EDIT: Well I managed to fix it, not quite sure what it was that I did since I did a load of things.

[Nifflas]

Your event says C:/ but you're still not on Linux - it should be C:\

[Sphax]

Nifflas: Windows, by default, support both "/" and "\" but maybe not the object (if it don't use Windows functions)

[Nifflas]

Yeah, but the whole thing about supporting "/" is only for correcting user mistakes, and should not be used.

I tested it though, extracting to "c:/" actually worked fine to me too.

Benicle: I'm starting to suspect that the problem is that you never waited for Directory Packer to finish compressing or uncompressing. Remember that it operates in it's own thread, you should wait until a "packing finished" or "unpacking finished" condition triggers. Have you tried displaying the progress in a counter?

[Benicle]

I said that I fixed it in an edit, and I noticed that my slash was wrong, force of (bad) habit, but changing that didn't correct it anyway. I'm pretty sure it was my packing that was wrong, I think I had a corrupt file :P.

But anyway thanks all of you ^^

[Gustav]

At first, thanks for this great object to Jam and Nifflas.

In my current project I'm using Binary object to pack some files. The application has to stop while (un)packing. Much as I would like to use Directory Packer, I really need this function: Operate in own thread (0=no, 1=yes)
Is it possible to create this function for (un)packing like in the Named Variable object?

Please have a look at this... Thanks

Gustav