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- This text file will explain what is new in the BW Zip Compress OCX -
- 3.0.0 - Final
-
- What is new
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- Final
-
- 1 - Fixed several bugs referred to UNC paths
-
- 2 - Fixed bug in the creation of long filenames , long directory names or filenames with spaces using UNC paths in the decompression
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- 3 - Fixed bug when compressing or decompressing files to the root of the UNC path
-
- 4 - Fixed a bug in the 'AutoUninstall' option
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- 5 - Fixed a bug referred to the destination path in the compression or decompression
-
- Beta - 3
-
- 1 - Added UNC support ( a UNC path looks like this
- '\\Myserver1\Mypath1' , where the 'Myserver1'is the machine and the
- 'Mypath1' is a shared folder ), and now you can compress and
- decompress files in your network , and mapped drives are support also
- , in order to write to a UNC path you need full access to that drive ,
- and in order to compress files from a UNC path you need at least read
- access , and if the network destination path dont exist then it will
- be created ( if you have the write access do to it )
-
- At this moment we cannot access UNC paths if the path requires
- password in order to be accessible
-
- 2 - Added the 'Status' function , with this function you can verify
- the actual status of the OCX , this can be usefull in order to wait
- for the end of the execution of the OCX , and during the execution of
- the OCX the only function that you can call is the 'CancelOperation' ,
- if you try to call any ther function that cannot be accessed during
- the execution mode then a BEEP will occur , and if the
- 'CancelOperation' function is called then the OCX will return the
- control to the application and it will close any process running in
- the OCX
-
- 3 - the Degubmode was changed in order to retrieve better the
- information about what is occurring inside the OCX , and more
- information can be retrieved at this moment
-
- 4 - Fixed a bug when the OCX need to create large paths like this
- 'c:\my first folder \ my second folder \ my third folder\' , the
- version 2.1 and 2.2 cannot create a folder so large like that , fixed
- in this version
-
- 5 - several bugs was fixed also
-
-
- Beta - 2
-
- 1 - Changed the distribution of the OCX to the BEP method (BEP -
- BinaryWork Easy Package) , (and this version of BEP is working also in
- the japanese version of Windows , this was a bug in older versions of
- the BEP method ) then now the only thing that you need is the OCX and
- you can forget about the mzip32.dll and munzip32.dll in your projects
- .
-
- 2 - Fixed the method of the termination of the execution of the OCX ,
- and now any process , thread , or handle referred to the
- applications atached to the OCX will be completely closed and any
- resource or memory will be released ( this was a bug since the version
- 1.0 of this OCX )
-
- 3 - Added the 'CancelOperation' method , this new function will stop
- the compression or decompression instantly and it will return the
- control of the OCX to the user , and ofcourse , any process running
- will be closed completely ( this was requested for many registered
- users )
-
- 4 - Changed the method that the OCX is executed , and now after the
- ZipCompress or ZipDecompress any function will be locked and this will
- be locked until the end of the execution or the intervention of the
- user by 'CancelOperation' , and a method called 'Status' to verify the
- status of the OCX was added also , this method will return whether the
- OCX is working or not , and if the user try to call the ZipCompress or
- ZipUncompress during the execution time then a Beep will occur
-
- 5 - Added a copy of the container (container is the object where the
- OCX is located ) in the memory , this copy will use more memory but
- it will give more power to the OCX and now the OCX can trace anything
- that the user is doing in the container , and due to this possibility
- the OCX can detect the destruction of the container instantly , to
- verify if it is working correctly , start compressing a large folder
- with the ocx and stop the project or close the form , you will see
- that the control of the project will return to the system instantly
- and the execution of the compression or decompression is stoped also
- ( this was a bug in 2.1 or 2.2 , if you try to destroy the container
- the OCX will be running in the memory until the end of the execution ,
- fixed in this version )
-
- 5 - Changed the temporary folder of the OCX , and now the OCX willnot
- create that folder 'Maqzip" in the Windows directory ( this folder is
- created in the version 2.1 and 2.2 )
-
- 6 - Added a autouninstall function to the OCX , if you set the
- 'AutoUninstall' method to true , then any folder or file created by
- the OCX (in the version 2.1 and 2.2 this folder was the Maqzipx in the
- windows directory ) in order to make it run will de deleted of the
- system in the termination of the OCX , and ofcourse this will be
- recreated in the next utilization of the OCX ( this was required by a
- large number of registered users also ) , then the temporary files or
- folders of the OCX only will be available and visible to the user
- during the execution of the OCX ( the default value of the
- AutoUninstall function is false )
-
-
- Beta - 1
-
-
- 1 - Added a debugmode , in this debugmode you can see what is occuring
- inside the OCX at runtime
- To enable the debugmode , insert an empty file in the same folder that
- the OCX is located ( normally c:\windows\system )
- The empty file to be inserted in the folder of the OCX is
- Maqlnfdebug.txt
- With this file in the same folder of the OCX the debugmode is
- activated , then a file will be created in the same folder , the name
- of the file that will be created is Maqlnfdebug.log , and this file
- will be created by the OCX in debugmode , and two messageboxes will
- appear in the beginning of the utilization of the ocx and in the
- termination of the OCX also
-
- Watch the Maqlnfdebug.log file during the runtime to see what is
- occuring in the OCX , and send this Maqlnfdebug.log to the developer
- in case of some errors occur
-
- With the Maqlnfdebug.log file the developer can see what is the
- problem in your project , and can solve the problem quickly
-
- This Maqlnfdebug.log file is limited to 65000 characters , and if the
- size past 65000 then the file will be recreated from the beginning
-
- To stop the debugmode , you only need to delete the Maqlnfdebug.txt
- file , then the messagebox will disapper and the OCX will not report
- anything in the Maqlnfdebug.log file , and the Maqlnfdebug.log file
- can be deleted also
-
- The debugmode will work in designmode and runtime , and you dont need
- to change anything inside your project to enable or disable the
- debugmode , and if your users report problems referred to the OCX ,
- then you can intruct your users to enable the degubmode in their
- machines and send to you the Maqlnfdebug.log file to be possible to
- fix the problem
-
- As you can see , with this new debugmode will be very dificult to
- appear problems that cannot be solved , indeed a lot of problems was
- already fixed after this debugmode was inserted in the OCX
-
- 2 - Added the 'Zip Information OCX' inside the OCX , and now you can
- list files in a given Zip file very easy , and you can develop a
- Winzip clone in a few minutes , and due to the possibility to list the
- files inside the Zip file , you can also select what file inside the
- Zip file you want to extract , this was required by a lot of
- registered users
-
- 3 - Ability to select how much processor usage the OCX will take at
- runtime , this option was stolen from our application 'BinaryWork CPU
- Controller' , and with this new possibility you can create and extract
- Zip files faster than ever , or you can make a Zip compressor to run
- in backgroung , using only the idle time of the processor to compress
- or uncompress Zip files , and this can make critical applications run
- smoothly and safety
-
- 4 - Added the principal utilizations of the OCX in the sample
- application , and now you can see what arguments you need to use to
- fit your needs , and a small list of the arguments available in the
- sample are:
-
- 4.1 - Compression options
- Fix damaged Zip file
- Force the fix of damaged Zip file
- Include system and Hidden files
- Compress with best compression
- Compress with fastest compression
- Store files - dont compress
- Delete files in Zip
- Compress folders and subfolders
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- 4.2 Decompression options
- Test Zip integrity - verify files in Zip
- Decompress files and junk patnames - and always overwrite if existing
- Decompress files and always overwrite
-
- 5 - Ability to get the information about the Zip file and list the
- files in the Zip file , and verify also the CRC32 of any entry in the
- Zip file , and any other relevant information about the Zip file
-
- 6 - Fixed the progressbar position , and now the value of the progress
- dont return to the beginning after 90 percent , but at this moment we
- are unable to reflect the perfect position of the compression or the
- decompression , but we are working to retrieve the position so close
- to the real position as possible
-
- 7 - Added the system errorcode event , this will report errors
- generateds outside the control , and with the description of the error
- also
-
- 8 - fixed the errocode event , and added the description of the error
-
- 9 - Added the possibility to add a especific long filename file like
- this:
- 'My file to be compress.txt'
- both versions 2.1 or 2.2 can insert specific files if these files are
- in the DOS 8.3 format but they are unable to add a especific long
- filename file unless you insert a wildcard , with the wildcard any
- file in the folder will be added , but you cannot select which file
- will be added if this is a longfilename file , this was fixed in the
- 3.0.0 version
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- What is expected to the next beta version :
-
- 1 - Ability to access a new OCX developed by us with the ability to
- format , check , verify , and mark bad clusters in removable disk (
- BinaryWork Disk Format OCX 1.0 ) , and split large Zip files in
- multiples diskettes , and recreate it also
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- BinaryWork Corp.
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