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Opening of SFX 's through drag 'n drop
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It would be great to be able to open an SFX archive just by dragging and dropping it from explorer. When I do this, PA doesn’t open the archive and says “You must create new….”. When I d&d an archive into PA’s window, it opens it, so why not have the same for executable files? I don’t want to have to use Open to keep opening these files!
Implementing this feature should be quick and easy! What do you guys think?Thanks!
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good idea
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Well. remember not every .exe is an SFX file.
I can see where you might want to “check” an exe file without running it - so a simple answer - when drag & dropping always give the option “open” - does not matter what the file extension/type is.This way the open/uncompress is under user control and PA does have to do any examination to determine the real file type.
E.g I drag & drop “example.tbg” - PA ALWAYS offers two options:-
Add to archive (compress)
Open (assuming it is an archive - or a renamed exe)If user selects Add - then open “options dialog” assuming action “compress”.
if user selects “open” then do compatability checking (type of archive).Initially, there is no checking of the filetype or contents of “example.tbg” required.