PA can't extract; xxx does :|

[manuangi]

download the new version of PerfectDisk, the defrag utility:
http://ftp.raxco.com/pub/download/pd70/pd70ds.exe

then try to extract it with PA (9.0.2.1)…it will fail, saying: “Error in ZIP structure. Continue?”
the operation won’t go on.

when you use xxx, it will smoothly extract the file…

bug?

[spwolf]

Please try not to advertise our competitors… :p

and thanks, we will check it out…

p.s. this is possibly zip sfx with bad (non-updated) header that PA can not read due to… bad header… we will still check it out

[manuangi]

@spwolf:

Please try not to advertise our competitors… :p

and thanks, we will check it out…

p.s. this is possibly zip sfx with bad (non-updated) header that PA can not read due to… bad header… we will still check it out

come on, spwolf! we’re on PA forum…surely, I’m not going to go on TV saying that!
how else could I have said that?

anyway…check it out and fix the bug!

[By-Tor]

It’s a SFX, CAB file and it does work with the latest alpha.

[manuangi]

@By-Tor:

It’s a SFX, CAB file and it does work with the latest alpha.

happy to hear that…unfortunately I’ve got no access to alpha builds…so I must wait for the bug to be fixed in a public release…

[manuangi]

another similar issue found.

download the latest eTrust EZ antivirus here:
ftp://213.35.101.4/pub/myeTrust/apps/EZAntivirus.exe

it’s again a self extracting cab archive.

try to extract it wit PA…and the operation will fail.
Win***, on the contrary, makes it smoothly.

are you going to fix it in the next release?
check it out…and thank you!

[By-Tor]

Not to worry, it’s already been fixed in the alpha.

[manuangi]

just to state that with the latest 9.10.06 the two files I mentioned here are correctly decompressed!

[By-Tor]

@manuangi:

just to state that with the latest 9.10.06 the two files I mentioned here are correctly decompressed!

See, good things come to those who wait.

[spwolf]

@By-Tor:

See, good things come to those who wait.

Dont they really

[davidsplash]

an ealier version of pa before it was shareware had a feature which detected the struction of a archive and told you what it was. i tried it on the file and it correctly told me ir was a cab sfx

thought this feature should be included with pa again

[By-Tor]

@davidsplash:

an ealier version of pa before it was shareware had a feature which detected the struction of a archive and told you what it was. i tried it on the file and it correctly told me ir was a cab sfx

thought this feature should be included with pa again

Isn’t that just under properties? Although, I do agree there should be more information listed. But, that’s on the wishlist.

[spwolf]

@By-Tor:

Isn’t that just under properties? Although, I do agree there should be more information listed. But, that’s on the wishlist.

Yes, it is unrelated post, however FYI that feature was removed because it did not support a lot of newer archives not did that component have support for Delphi 5 when we moved to it long, long, long time ago :-).

Problem has been solved, I am closing the thread.

thank you,