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    PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files
    Brian GregoryB

    PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
    I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
    Discovered:
    a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
    b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.

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    Convert archive is incorrect for some WinRAR 5 archives
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    WinRAR 5 has a rather useful option in some cases, which is to be able to create an archive by replacing identical files with a reference to the first occurrence (hardlink) within the archive.
    In case you choose to convert the file with PowerArchiver to another format, however, the resulting archive does not have all the files. It does not consider those that were present as hardlinks.
    If you do a normal extraction of the RAR archive instead, even with PowerArchivier, all the files are extracted correctly.

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    Some bugs on Advanced options
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    When adding to a file archive, and selecting for example PA format, strong optimization method, extreme compression. In the Advanced Options section you change to Automatic, EXE Filter and PDF filter . You return to the main section and save the Profile. When you then reload the profile you do not have the Automatic options of EXE Filter and PDF saved there.
    I noticed that instead if you change other options they are saved correctly (except for the Filter box values).

    Also among the various changes to the advanced options you click the “Calculate RAM usage” button the value seems to be added to the previous one. You can see it for example just by clicking the button twice in a row, the value changes. Edit: actually after many attempts now it seems to write a stable value (it does not change with each click). Maybe a synchronization problem in the calculation?

    Used PowerArchivier 2023 but there is the same behavior with the 2022

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    Vista Drag and Drop

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    • R
      rev23dev
      last edited by

      I’ve noticed in PA2007b5 when trying to drag and drop a file from the archive to the Windows desktop, it gives you the “not-allowed” cursor.

      If you try a second time, it will work fine.

      Also, may I recommend the DevExpress VCL components. Their new ribbon control looks perfect and gives glass and all that.

      Thanks :P

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        rev23dev
        last edited by

        just me?

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        • spwolfS
          spwolf conexware
          last edited by

          try b6 and let us know… devex is for .Net, and their Delphi version isnt out yet and wont support glass on the ribbon…

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            rev23dev
            last edited by

            we use old devexpress vcl stuff in our delphi applications :) but i didn’t realize the haven’t updated ExpressBars vcl yet.

            When are you gonna redo PA in C# like every other delphi shop is doing? :P hehehehe

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            • spwolfS
              spwolf conexware @rev23dev
              last edited by

              @rev23dev:

              we use old devexpress vcl stuff in our delphi applications :) but i didn’t realize the haven’t updated ExpressBars vcl yet.

              When are you gonna redo PA in C# like every other delphi shop is doing? :P hehehehe

              5 years after Borland closes shop? :-)

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                rev23dev
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                technically they did :P what’s their new name now for ide’s? codegear or something? my CTO wrote them a pretty nasty letter. hehe

                anyhow, same problem exists in b6.

                If you drag a file from the archive to the desktop i get the “No-no” cursor. When I let go of the mouse button it goes back to normal, then when i highlight over the PA window, it’s back to the “No-no” cursor. A second attempt at dragging to the desktop is successful.

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                  rev23dev @rev23dev
                  last edited by

                  same problem in beta 7

                  open an archive, select a file and start to drag it. instantly you get the denied cursor. try it again and it works fine.

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                    rev23dev
                    last edited by

                    hate to be a bastard but it’s not fixed in beta 8 either.

                    i do a lot of dragging and dropping from archives during the day. any chance of this one getting fixed?

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                      rev23dev @rev23dev
                      last edited by

                      same in b9…

                      is this on your radar to fix? can you reproduce it?

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                        popman83 @rev23dev
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                        The issue I have is that when I drag and drop in Vista, it goes through the actions of extracting but nothing appears in the folder I’m dragging to. I’m using b9, and it is reproducible

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                        • spwolfS
                          spwolf conexware @rev23dev
                          last edited by

                          @rev23dev:

                          same in b9…

                          is this on your radar to fix? can you reproduce it?

                          we will be checking it out for b10…

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                            rev23dev @popman83
                            last edited by

                            @popman83:

                            The issue I have is that when I drag and drop in Vista, it goes through the actions of extracting but nothing appears in the folder I’m dragging to. I’m using b9, and it is reproducible

                            i’ve seen that on XP, too.

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                            • spwolfS
                              spwolf conexware @rev23dev
                              last edited by

                              @rev23dev:

                              i’ve seen that on XP, too.

                              well in XP it works fine in general, so please report specific situation (there are hundreds of them possible). It is hard to troubleshoot if it works fine on general document…

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                                rev23dev @spwolf
                                last edited by

                                oh, this problem i haven’t seen on XP…

                                the problem where you will drag and drop a bunch of files to the desktop or an explorer window. it goes through the motions of extracting everything, but nothing shows up in the window you dragged it to, and seemigly it’s gone… almost like it never copies from a temp folder or something… i haven’t reproduced that one on Vista yet since I’m having the problem that this whole thread is about :)

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                                • spwolfS
                                  spwolf conexware @rev23dev
                                  last edited by

                                  @rev23dev:

                                  oh, this problem i haven’t seen on XP…

                                  the problem where you will drag and drop a bunch of files to the desktop or an explorer window. it goes through the motions of extracting everything, but nothing shows up in the window you dragged it to, and seemigly it’s gone… almost like it never copies from a temp folder or something… i haven’t reproduced that one on Vista yet since I’m having the problem that this whole thread is about :)

                                  we will be checking it out over the weekend and I will let you know how it goes…

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                                    rev23dev @spwolf
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                                    @spwolf:

                                    we will be checking it out for b10…

                                    does that mean it may have been fixed in 10, or post beta 10?

                                    no change in b10 :)

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                                    • spwolfS
                                      spwolf conexware @rev23dev
                                      last edited by

                                      please check with RC1… thanks

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                                        rev23dev @spwolf
                                        last edited by

                                        no change unfortunatley.

                                        edit: correction. slight change.

                                        now, when dragging to the desktop you still get the ‘don’t allow’ cursor, but when you drop it, it kind of hangs on that cursor for a while, then it actually does extract it to the desktop.

                                        better than previous builds, but still not quite right.

                                        are you able to reproduce this on your vista copy?

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                                          rev23dev @rev23dev
                                          last edited by

                                          anything i can supply you with to help get this resolved before the final?

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                                            rev23dev
                                            last edited by

                                            actually, this does appear to be a vista issue, but something that can be fixed…

                                            http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=736086&SiteID=1

                                            http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=788540&SiteID=1

                                            i think that will explain the issue pretty well. i might try and put together a test app tomorrow.

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                                              rev23dev @rev23dev
                                              last edited by

                                              just wrote a quick test app in delphi 6 doing nothing special. works fine. must be something PA is doing.

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                                              • spwolfS
                                                spwolf conexware @rev23dev
                                                last edited by

                                                @rev23dev:

                                                just wrote a quick test app in delphi 6 doing nothing special. works fine. must be something PA is doing.

                                                we couldnt figure it out for the final, but we will check it again for 10.01… Sorry!

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                                                  rev23dev @spwolf
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                                                  no worries. just don’t let it fall off the radar and i’m happy.

                                                  also, i’m a delphi developer (it’s my job) if you need any help with it at all.

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                                                  • spwolfS
                                                    spwolf conexware
                                                    last edited by

                                                    Download latest version (english only) via website or via web update and see if this issue has been fixed.

                                                    thanks,

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                                                      rev23dev @spwolf
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                                                      YAY! it’s fixed!

                                                      thanks a lot!!!

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