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- lastupdate 5.19.2001
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- Common Archiver Kit (CAK)
- Frequently ask Question (i guess!)
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- Whats CAK?
- Common Archiver Kit, a kit which act as a frontend
- of a few components.
- - not a few now... you dont have to install them all thru, check cakdir.inc
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- Why shouldn`t i use those component directly?
- Each component have their interface, e.g. Delphi Zip
- uses Add to add files, but another component may uses
- AddArchive to add files and the third may use Decode.
- The aim of CAK is to simplify your work, you just need
- one set of command to deal with all components.
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- What archive do CAK support?
- ZIP(PK3,JAR,WSZ,SIT), ZIPSFX, CAB, LZH(LHA), TAR, TGZ(TAZ,GZ,Z), BZ2, BZA(GZA),
- YZ1, UUE(UU), XXE, CZIP, RS, PAK, WAD, ARJ.
- - note that PAK, WAD support is wrote by me... =)
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- Why is it free?
- Well debug are more easier if it's open-source, and there are
- better component if people willing to pay (but well...99 bucks).
- In future i will use this component on my Quick Zip software,
- If you like this component, please link my site http://qzip.cjb.net too.
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- What other function do CAK provide?
- Beside providing frontend, CAK does provide a few more
- features to simplify the job.
- > CAK will check the archive type, and use proper component for it.
- > CAK will find and get the icon, file type of file in archive.
- > CAK included Archive Finder, Archive Converter for all supported archive.
- > CAK provide a Listview that can fill up the file list by a single command.
- > CAK can sort filelist, provide Directory list.
- > CAK enable your program to load script.
- > CAK let you load multiple archive.
- > CAK provide a filetype finder which can recongnize about 500 file types.
- > CAK provide a big sum of function to work with registry, inifiles.
- > If CAK provide support a new archive type later, all you need to do
- is to replace Cakdir.pas, instead of dealing with new interface again.
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- How to Load an archive?
- (more detail in demo)
- 1. Make a new application.
- 2. Drop a CAKListview (CakListview1) and CakDir (CakDir1) onto the form
- 3. set CakListview1 property : Cakdir to CakDir1
- 4. Add the archive to Archive_List using Set_Archive_List
- 5. Call CakDir1.List_Archive(0,0) command
- - (which list from first archive to first archive)
- 6. Call CakListview1.ReloadCAK;
- - If you dont want to use caklistview, try CakDir1.Archive_Contents[0]._Filename
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- How to Extract files?
- (more detail in demo)
- 1. Add the archive to CakDir1.Archive_List using CakDir1.Set_Archive_List
- 2. Set "where to extract" by CakDir1.ExtractOptions.extr_to
- 3. Call CakDir1.Extract command.
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- How to sort the file list?
- (more detail in demo)
- Cakdir1.Sort_Archive_List(accending,_FName);
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- How about Adding?
- (more detail in demo)
- 1. Open the archive first..
- 2. CakDir1.Addoptions.strings.add('c:\demo.txt'); (it's tstrings)
- 3. Call CakDir1.Add command;
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- How to know if CAK can do what action to specific type of archive?
- 1. if CakDir1.Cando(_ZIP, _ADD) then...
- - the function will check if it support and if dll exist.
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- What is processfrom and processto?
- CAK provide multiarchive loading, processfrom and processto tell
- CAK which archive to start and where to stop processing, this is useful when
- you provide Multi-Extract.
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- What if i still have questions?
- Please post on Qzip's Message board.
- http://quickzip.ifroggy.com/support/boards.php
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