Hi Paul I got affected by that and other win revzip issues too. I ended up parsing them through a shell script and using windows built in unzipper. Of course the downfall with that is a lack of feedback on progress which, for large files like this, requires a great deal of time to process and feedback is almost a necessity. I made the shell visible just so that the customer was aware of its progress. It was ugly in terms of UIX but it got us out of a short term hole. I hope you can get a more long term solution.
I’m sure you’re capable of building the shell script but let us know if not. All the best Sean > On 11 Oct 2022, at 20:37, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > We just got bit by a 4+ year old bug (See > https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20859) where the revZIP library > on macOS can create and read ZIP archives over 2GB, BUT the Windows library > can not. > > We distribute our desktop research application as "cross-platform" for macOS > and Windows and just had a researcher on macOS build a "package" (our term > for a custom ZIP archive our LiveCode app can make of the researcher's data > files) over 2GB and sent to their Window colleague who can NOT open it. > > Yes, we walked the Windows researcher through unzipping the archive with > WinZIP and accessing all the data files manually, but so much for the > "elegance" of our app being cross-platform due to using LiveCode. > > Now, do we add code to check the size and prohibit macOS users from creating > "packages" over 2GB so if they are sent to a Windows researcher, they can be > opened OR do we just warn the Windows researcher if the archive is over 2GB > that they will not be able to open it? Neither is a good option. > > This just makes us look bad. > > Paul Dupuis > Researchware > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
