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COMPRESSED FILE VIEWER
Version 1.0
Written by: Chris Lonsberry
Copyright 1995
Fido 1:132/311
A.C.T.S. 238:3900/100
S.I.N.G. 93:4603/253
Compuserve 71700,3260
AOL CLONSBERRY
Internet 71700,3260@compuserve.com
DISCLAIMER ----------------------------------------------------------------
By using this program, you assume all risks and responsibilities and the
author, Chris Lonsberry, is not responsible for any problems encountered.
If you encounter problems with the program, I'll try to help you, with the
understanding that it's not my job, purpose in life, or reason for being. If
you have suggestions, I'll be more than grateful but no promises. Using this
program constitutes your acceptance of these terms.
WHY ------------------------------------------------------------------------
After buying Wildcat 4.1, I found that most of the utilities for it are
either commercial software or pay-for-me-or-I'll-shut-down-after-30-days
shareware. Being a hobbiest with a family to feed, I can't justify paying
for most of them. So I decided to write as many utilities as I can with the
idea of putting them out there for free. Why not? I need to write them anyway.
And if there's a project that turns into months of effort, perhaps donations
would be appropriate. Computers were a ripe area for hobbiests and hackers (I
refer to the basement programmers not the malicious types) before they became
a money industry. Perhaps it's time to advance the sport and get back to that
kind of mentality. So... This is the first of my offerings.
WHAT -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Compressed File Viewer lists the files in archives while online.
HOW ------------------------------------------------------------------------
This program is really a little more than a smart batch file. In Wildcat,
when you select V to view an archive, Wilcat calls a batch file named
VIEWCOMP.BAT. This batch file runs a program called VZ which views the file
list inside a zipped file. The problem I ran into was that VZ wasn't working
with the version of PKZip that I was using. And there were the other types of
archives such as ARJ and LZH. So here's what happens now...
- Wildcat calls the VIEWCOMP.BAT and passes the compressed file name.
- VIEWCOMP.BAT runs CFV and passes the file name.
- CFV parses the compression type...ZIP, ARJ, EXE, or LZH.
- CFV shells out to the appropriate compression program with the right
command line switch to view the file and saves that to a temp file.
- CFV reads the temp file, trims some 'fat' off of it, and displays it to
the screen
- The screen output is redirected to the VIEWCOMP.DAT file which Wildcat
displays to the caller.
* You MUST HAVE the correct compression programs in your path for this to work.
I use PKZIP.EXE, ARJ.EXE, and LHA.EXE
* You must also have sufficient rights in the current directory to create the
temporary file.
PRICE ----------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a pretty basic program. There are others out there that do the same
thing but variety is nice. Besides, this one's free. I would like to hear
from you if you decide to use it. I just want to know if it's being used.
And it gives you the chance to get the latest version. I expect ALOT of
improvements. But in the meantime, you could be using it so I chose not to
hold back until they were in place.
HISTORY --------------------------------------------------------------------
1.0 - 06/18/95
First version. Supports ZIP, ARJ, and LZH. Also supports self-extracting
Zip files (EXE).