On 9/1/05, Razvan Adrian Bogdan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/1/05, Razvan Adrian Bogdan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 9/1/05, Bogusław Brandys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Tony Maro wrote:
> > > > Andrew Haines wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Tony Maro wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I'm in the middle of rewriting it to be more more flexible. So it
> > > >>> will soon be something that anyone can use, not just the guy who
> > > >>> wrote it ;-)
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I'm looking to possibly make it compatible with innosetup .iss files
> > > >>> on a VERY basic level, so that it can be built on later to be more
> > > >>> in-depth.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I've developed an object system for the files that will be packaged
> > > >>> that includes a header and file management system. The same unit can
> > > >>> be used for both the packer and the extractor, and it will
> > > >>> conditionally drop out all the code that isn't needed in the
> > > >>> extractor. I'm considering NOT having built-in gzip support, but
> > > >>> instead using exepak to compress the entire installer image once
> > > >>> created. That should help reduce the footprint even more without
> > > >>> requiring a working gunzip on the end-user's computer.
> > > >>>
> > > >> I've been working on a TZlibArchiveReader and TZlibArchiveWriter
> > > >> recently that uses paszlib so there are no external requirements. If
> > > >> you'd like to use it I'd be happy to email it to you.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sounds interesting. I've used the gzio unit in FPC, but I've run into
> > > > issues with the ansistring causing crashes after the application hits a
> > > > certain size (about 2.5 MB stripped.) In my own build I changed gzio to
> > > > use pascal strings (I could see no reason for ansistrings when passing
> > > > the filename) and the crashing stopped. Unfortunately it only happens
> > > > in a commercial app I'm developing, so I couldn't contribute the sources
> > > > for other people to test. It has left me shy of using gzio / paszlib
> > > > though.
> > > >
> > > > Can your components decompress directly in a memorystream, or from a
> > > > memorystream to a filestream with ease? What the installer does is it
> > > > rips the embedded file out of the install image into a memorystream,
> > > > which then gets saved to disk during extraction.
> > > >
> > > > -Tony
> > > >
> > > > _________________________________________________________________
> > >
> > > LZMA compression http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html could be very efficient
> > > as it's multiplatform.However I don't know if any Delphi/FPC code exists
> > > for this.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Boguslaw Brandys
> >
> > Hmm, isn't InnoSetup using it ?
> >
> > Razvan
> >
>
> Seems google finds something, i didn't think of looking before, this
> would be great.
> http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&q=lzma+delphi&btnG=C%C4%83utare+Google&meta=
>
> Razvan
>
I was wrong, there are no units/comps for LZMA on the web but
InnoSetup does have a translation of the headers for the lzma.dll, is
there such dynlib for Linux too ?
Razvan
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