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LiquidCode · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:36 pm Post subject: ZipList Command

Here is another command. It is to be used with VDSZip.dll. It will zip a list to a file.

Garrett · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 8:25 pm Post subject:

Don't you have a diaper to change or a bottle to warm up or something
like that??? Wink

Or are you hiding at your computer because your wife
is now going through Post Partum Syndrome (PPS, similar to PMS!) Wink

-Garrett

LiquidCode · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 8:33 pm Post subject:

Hehe. I made this at work. It is the only "free" time I have had lately! Laughing

vtol · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 7:57 pm Post subject:

Will the VDSZip.dll extract from a ZIP SelfExtracting EXE?
And who is the VDSZip.dll made by please?
Will do most the zip command line options?
Does it require the user to have ZIP installed?
Sorry for all the question, I get excited Laughing

Garrett · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 10:47 pm Post subject:

The VDSZip.dll is no longer available. The integrity of the author of the
dll was brought into question and the site team felt it was best on their
part to remove the listing for the dll.

The dll itself seems to have no issues of concern as many have checked
it out and used it and there have been no problems reported.

-Garrett

vtol · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:43 am Post subject:

sorry to hear Shocked

Maybe someone else will make one someday Wink

Thanks for your response Garrett..

jules · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject:

What was the latest version of this DLL?

I have version 1.4. When I use the command:

Skit3000 · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:19 pm Post subject:

Julian, if you really need that, I might have some old non-vds dll lying around here which can do the same... Smile

jules · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks.

I've since found by trial and error that there is an extra parameter between the file path and the True value, whose purpose isn't described in the docs. (Even the example VDSZip doesn't work.) Sticking an extra comma in solved the problem.

But I then found another issue that I remember commenting on before. This DLL seems to have a problem with files that don't have an extension. They appear not to exist to the unzip function. This is definitely a bug, and presumably it isn't going to be fixed. Sad

I've looked at various DLLs in the past with a view to creating a VDS Zip extension, but they all had horribly complicated APIs and it seemed like an awful lot of work. I was very pleased that someone else bit the bullet and did the work for me. Unfortunately if I have to write a new extension to do this then it just isn't going to be worth it. If I could justify the effort, then I might as well write the whole thing in Delphi. Given the way support is going for DLLs, not to mention VDS itself, that might not be such a bad idea anyway. Crying

vtol · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:46 pm Post subject:

Does ALLOY have its own commands and zip technology that we can use instead of a new ZIP DLL?

It would be nice to unzip a normal zip by way of VDS programs without using Window SEND - etc..

A way to open ZIP SelfExtracting files would be nice too. Smile

LiquidCode · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:59 pm Post subject:

Try using MTZip.

http://www.vdsworld.com/index.php?page=search&keywords=mtzip&extend=1