[REQUEST] ZIP Object update

[Ran_TH]

Some condition on ZIP object are not working, i.e. Is Zip Open, Error : Corrupt Archive etc. Does the extension are going to be updated? I need this object for my application.

Well I can do a trick to check if ZIP file is open, but condition to check errors are not working.

[James]

Is it at all a possibility you could use Directory packer (or a combination of Directory packer and Binary array for compression) instead of the zip object?

[Stephen]

Is it at all a possibility you could use Directory packer (or a combination of Directory packer and Binary array for compression) instead of the zip object?

I recommend doing it this way as well.

stephen1980

[Ran_TH]

Is it at all a possibility you could use Directory packer (or a combination of Directory packer and Binary array for compression) instead of the zip object?

Yeah I used to use Directory Packer but when extracting it always return an error "Possible Exploit".
Btw I thought I was sent you a PM about this, Jamie?

[James]

Possible exploit? That's strange - can you send me an example pack file which generates that error?

[Ran_TH]

I tried to packing my application http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/12/2046142/Apps/TweakXPlorerv281.zip. It can pack the directory, but it can't unpack the directory and gives the Possible Exploit error.

[Nico]

I push up this thread, because it is very important to remake a de/compression object as ZIP object like.
Too buggued, not really simple ...

EDT: CAB could be a better format at compression and handling of files ...

[Atom]

I push up this thread, because it is very important to remake a de/compression object as ZIP object like.
Too buggued, not really simple ...

EDT: CAB could be a better format at compression and handling of files ...

7Z is a another good compression format, it seems to lower the size quite a lot in some cases. The License could cause problems for commercial use maybe though (GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions).

http://www.7-zip.org

[Nifflas]

It's completely possible to create this with Jamie's "Binary Array" extension (and the file extension is needed to create the directories). Since you can load individual files into workspaces, all you need is pretty much only to have a system to keep track of which workspaces that are there (since Binary Array doesn't have a way to iterate through them), but a little "table of content" workspace would sort that out.

[UrbanMonk]

I've never had any problems with the zip extension.
I'm using it right now with no problems.

Would be nice to have support for other compression methods though.

Nifflas, care to make an example of that?