Thanks for the info. The test data that I quickly grabbed has a 1.8gb file in it - and that's considered medium-large. Unfortunatly that seems to rule LHA out. So i've started testing abbrevia (orginally from TurboPower).
Currently hunting thru my PC for a > 2GB file. Cheers, Nahum. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2004 15:24 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [DUG] Replacement comperession component needed urgently > > > Nahum asked: > > > Currently spanning is not within the requirements :o( and > 2gb+ files are > > allowed on NTFS, not sure about FAT32 but definatly sure > about not for FAT16 > > :o) > > > > How standard is this format for reading in with thirdparty apps? > > LZH compression and the LHA archive format itself is bog standard; > e.g. Winzip supports it by having the public domain LHA utility > defined in a known location and just calls that. Use of spanning is > NOT LHA compatible however; it's something we added for our users. > Similarly, if you encrypt the archive for any reason, LHA won't be > able to decompress it. > > That aside, TCompLHA provides LHA-compatible archives, with the same > limitations -- max 2GB (*original* filesize) per individual > compressed file in the archive, but no max archive size per se other > than any OS-specific limitations. > > http://spis.co.nz/complha.htm > > > > > > > > > Thanks rob, > > > > Nahum. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert martin > > > Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2004 13:14 p.m. > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NZ Borland Developers Group - > > > Delphi List > > > Subject: Re: [DUG] Replacement comperession component > needed urgently > > > > > > > > > Hi Nahum > > > > > > We have used Lzh archiving with TCompLha from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] who > > > frequents these groups. It works great although I have not > > > tried it on 9GB > > > of data. Isn't there an OS issue in relation to 2GB + files > > > (like you cant > > > have them). Not sure if this is only applies to Win 9x or > > > also the rest NT > > > / 2000/ XP. My guess is your 9GB of data compresses to a 2+ > > > GB file. You > > > could try creating multiple archives with your current > > > component (TCompLha > > > can also do this). > > > > > > > > > Rob Martin > > > Software Engineer > > > > > > phone 03 377 0495 > > > fax 03 377 0496 > > > web www.chreos.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Nahum.Wild" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:27 AM > > > Subject: [DUG] Replacement comperession component needed urgently > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > We are current using the latest version of DynaZip Max 5 > > > and have started > > > > encountering major problems when trying to zip up 9GB of > > > data. CRC errors > > > > and the like. We believe its the component set causing the > > > problem so I'm > > > > urgently trying to find a replacement for it. > > > > > > > > Can anyone recomend a replacement component set that they > > > think is fab and > > > > can handle 2GB plus compressed files? It doesn't have to > > > be a zip based > > > > format, but does need to be generally accepted and viewable with > > > thirdparty > > > > utils etc... Such as WinRar. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > > > Nahum Wild > > > > Software Innovator, Process Consultant > > > > IFE > > > > PayGlobal > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------- > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Delphi mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Delphi mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Delphi mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > > > > cheers, > peter > > =========================================== > Peter Hyde, Development Director, SPIS Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand > * TCompress/TCompLHA component sets for Delphi/Kylix/C++ > * TurboNote+: http://TurboNote.com -- top-rated onscreen sticky notes > Find all the above and MORE at http://spis.co.nz > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
