I am not sure if it is possibe to properly repair CAB files, while there might be utilities for it, CAB archive format is solid, which means single file data is not saved inside of archive. Simply there is no CRC data for single files so you cant extract ones that were not damaged…

SFX Maker is out of date, I agree. However, I have been working with David Cornish on version 2.6, which will support CAB compression (as well as ZIP). 7zip and RAR may come later.

it would be nice and is possible to 7zip or zip or cab directly in microsoft word via a pa plugin?

any chance of this coming in 9.2? I have about 500+ folder in need of this operation.

@davidsplash: … why do we really need an internal viwer… Well, normally using associated applications would lauch an application which can do other things besides just show the contents. Remember the problems caused by the simple change to file extensions caused by the ILOVEYOU “virus” (.txt.vbs). If everyone used a simple file viewer for email attachments as well as archive contents, it would have made this a non-event. By default graphic files (gif jpeg) are associated with InterNet Explorer. This opens you to various virus/trojan attacks. And the various “helper objects” such as .scr/.vbs files are even more likely to be dangerous. Using a simple viewer which cannot/does not perform any running/launching of the file is usually much quicker, safer and less wasteful of system resources.

@klumy: … if you want to distribute something you should use ZIP for compatibility reasons if you want to distribute something it is better to use SFX Archives (ZIP or CAB) because PA can create ZIP - archives, which are not supported by all archivers… I recommend using CAB SFX, because “With CAB format, you can get much better compression rates than ZIP format.” Thanks!

I like this idea !!

a new checkbox in the archive converter Delete sourcefile after converting maybe this option shouls also be added to the other relevant windows like Write Multi Volume ZIP…

p.s. bug with improper path / pa canceling has been reported on official bug list. thanks,

@NTFS: When extracting files from spanned archives I can’t modify the path or name of the next volume… Can you add ability to change the source path in “Insert Next Volume” dialog? WinRAR has this feature… Why PA hasn’t ?.. Both WinRar and PowerArchiver have several hundred features that other one does not. We try to simplify our dialogues so we dont add extra features that we think that people might not use. I am not even sure if we can change the name of next multivolume via unrar.dll. BTW Please do not post xxxx has, PA doesnt kind of threads, if you wish some feature added, let us know. Otherwise it makes us defensive about what we do or dont do, which is pretty silly. And due to this being PowerArchiver’s forums we appreciate not mentioning of other utilities, in good or bad sense. Most of other commercial software programs do not have public forums and we would appreciate not giving good or bad advertising to anyone on our own forums… thanks,

when will any plugins be avaliable and how can we make our own

this would be great and it would be good if this feature is on archive convert section as well.

Nope, as much as I know none of the compression components have special support for A64’s or HT…

automatically add date to archive filename this would be a very useful function. Maybe this could be integrated in a checkbox in the add window

it would be great if you create a new archive and then while it is adding file decide to cancel the archive that it asks you if you want to save the archive from that point in time instead of it just deleting the achive or not creating it. This feature would be excellent as some times drive get too big and especally usefully whaen your using a laptop and you know your just about to lose power in a minute and its a large archive you want to save before the power goes.

thanks ;)

definetly one the wishlist, hopefully 9.5 will have it!

It is randomly generated SHA-1 key, so there is not much to worry about on that end. It is not your password. It was meant to be there, and can be seen via txt editor. As to extensions, you cant change it and I dont really know how well would that work - I mean then your end user wouldnt be able to open it via PA right? In the future, we might make it so filename of encrypted file is not seen for privacy reasons - we had made pae to work similar to compression encryption formats in which it was usual to see name of the file that is encrypted…

@zjys: If u can’t wait,just use another archiver instead. look: I can wait. It’s what I’ve been doing 4 several years. But the creators of PA are always saying that they’re translating 2 spanish, and it’s not true. Of couse I’m using another program. I’m tired of waiting, and I already think that PA is not as good as they say. Thanx zjys :D 4 recommending me WinR**, I’ve discovered a really good program. And with a spanish interface. It deserves 2 B called “the best”.