In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, François Van Emelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Roy wood schreef: >> Here is a little conundrum for you. >> >> I have a zip file which was sent to me by Jim Hunkins with QDT v 1.01 on >> it. It has sat on my downloads directory for ages since v1.02 is the >> current one. I was recently asked for a copy of it because the user had >> only v1.00 and you have to go through v1.01 to upgrade to v1.02. >> >> The zip file is the one I used to create the distribution of QDT that I >> sold for some time with complete success and no problems from customers. >> The archive contains three files : >> >> qdtinst.bas >> QDTINST.zip >> unzip >> >> OK. So far so good. I copies the whole archive to RAM2_ and unzipped it, >> using the QL Unzip program, to RAM1_ I then copies the three files to >> flp1_ and sent it out. >> >> When my customer came to use it he found he got and error message about >> the zip file having no end of file signature and called me to tell me. I >> repeated the first part of the above procedure and checked the >> QDTINST.zip file. This unzipped OK. I copied it to a floppy drive and it >> failed. >> >> I tried this several times, using a new floppy disk, using different >> methods of copying the file but always the same result. Finally I >> unzipped the original archive direct from the PC side to a QL floppy >> (Good thing QPC2 can see the PC hard drive so easily) and that works. >> >> Does anyone have any ideas on why this should be? >> >I think the signal extension has to be installed before unzipping with >the 'unzip' version found on the QDT cd. >I had some problems with it and I had to modify 'qdtinst_bas too. >François Van Emelen Yes, the user needs to have the signal extension loaded before the QDT installation will unzip properly. After that it is a very smooth and easy installation to do. Thanks to the dedicated installer software. -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
