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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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    Bug in 7z archives properties

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    • manuangiM
      manuangi
      last edited by

      when you create a 7z archive and then check its properties via PA, sometimes PA will fail to tell its compression, stating 0% when it’s not true…

      For example, download this 7z archive:
      [http://greg79.altervista.org/sw/debian jigdo-win-0.7.1a.7z](http://greg79.altervista.org/sw/debian jigdo-win-0.7.1a.7z) (right click and save)

      Then open it with PA (I’m using 9.11.01), and see that it states it has a 0% compression, while it hasn’t obviously.

      Open it with WinRAR, for example, and it’ll correctly say
      Uncompressed size: 2.515.893
      Compressed size: 781.091
      Compression ratio: 31%

      If it worked, PA would say 69% (to 100).

      Can anyone of you confirm that, and check with some 7z files of your own?
      Thanks!

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        Serhiy
        last edited by

        I can confirm this!
        I have downloaded your archive and I have tha same problem (0%)
        Also I created my own 7z archives… the same problem…

        Thanks,

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        • manuangiM
          manuangi @Serhiy
          last edited by

          any news about this, spwolf? :rolleyes:

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          • spwolfS
            spwolf conexware @manuangi
            last edited by

            @manuangi:

            any news about this, spwolf? :rolleyes:

            Hi,

            As mentioned in another thread, current PA does not display this info for 7zip files (under filelist either). Once we implement new 7zip code, you will be able to see this info, where available (unless it is solid archive I assume). We will have to redesign the properties window in any case, as mentioned on the wishlist.

            thanks,

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            • manuangiM
              manuangi @spwolf
              last edited by

              @spwolf:

              Hi,

              As mentioned in another thread, current PA does not display this info for 7zip files (under filelist either).

              this is not true…
              in fact, I have that issue only with some 7z files, not with all of them!!

              look!

              with the above file, all works perfectly…and it’s a 7zip file!

              so,I think this is a bug, not a missing feature…

              by the way…both files, are files I compressed to 7zip with PowerArchiver…and my settings for compressing include the “solid archive” option…so both files are solid archives.

              what do you think?

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              • spwolfS
                spwolf conexware @manuangi
                last edited by

                Well, you are correct - 7zip saves original file size anyway.

                Upon checking it a bit more - it is because of using Explorer view. It works just fine under Classic view. It seems that for 7zip, PA displays current archive path compression size info, while for other formats it shows overall info (size) at all times.

                So reason % doesnt work in this case is because its compressed size is bigger than original file size and it really does not know what to do then.

                thanks,

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                • manuangiM
                  manuangi @spwolf
                  last edited by

                  @spwolf:

                  It seems that for 7zip, PA displays current archive path compression size info, while for other formats it shows overall info (size) at all times.

                  So reason % doesnt work in this case is because its compressed size is bigger than original file size and it really does not know what to do then.

                  I can’t understand…

                  what is bigger than original file size? the 7z archive’s uncompressed size is 2.515.893, its compressed size is 781.091…

                  what do you mean by “current archive path compression size”?

                  anyway, you’re right…under classic style view compression properties are correctly shown.

                  but, eventually, don’t you think this is a bug? I sure do.

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                  • spwolfS
                    spwolf conexware @manuangi
                    last edited by

                    If you check at the status bar, you will see that it shows current uncompressed data for FILES in the PATH that you are currently in. This means when calculating % in the properties, it comes out to negative since uncompressed size is less than compressed size. If you check at the status bar, you will see what I mean. When you go throught paths, you will notice how the values change and they should not for this purpose.

                    I think it is actually useful since you can now see current path info however it really should work as in Classic mode and that way compression % would be correct as well. It will be our priority to fix this BUG for next version.

                    thanks,

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                    • manuangiM
                      manuangi @spwolf
                      last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      If you check at the status bar, you will see that it shows current uncompressed data for FILES in the PATH that you are currently in. This means when calculating % in the properties, it comes out to negative since uncompressed size is less than compressed size. If you check at the status bar, you will see what I mean. When you go throught paths, you will notice how the values change and they should not for this purpose.

                      ooh, ok, now I understand!

                      I think it is actually useful since you can now see current path info however it really should work as in Classic mode and that way compression % would be correct as well.

                      right! :)

                      It will be our priority to fix this BUG for next version.

                      thanks

                      thank you!

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                      • manuangiM
                        manuangi @manuangi
                        last edited by

                        at least, for the file in my first post!
                        I’ll be checking with some other ones!

                        in the meantime, very well done, guys!! :)

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