Pkzip has a command line version for self-extracting files. We use it to distribute to non-literate users. No problems.
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Gurfein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 April 2002 01:14 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip 1st, why not zip it all up in an .exe to unzip itself 2nd winzip has a command line zip (check their site) works like a charm and can be scheduled or run with cfexecute ... I'm not sure if it has an .exe version that's self extracting Good luck in a sticky problem At 07:20 PM 4/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: >At 02:53 PM 4/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >Thanks ... that's my feeling, but the programmer is giving me push back, so > >I'm trying to make sure I have all of my facts before I become too obstinate > >about the rule. > > > >I'm searching google for COM objects now to see if any thing might be > >available to do what the programmer wants. Nothing I can find. > > > >Since I posted my original message, the developer and I have exchanged more > >messages and he has dug in his heels a bit "no zip." I've asked him why, > >with no answer so far. > > > >It's getting close to time, with permission from my boss at this point, for > >me to become obstinate and say the "zip way or the highway" (I could just > >finish all the rest of my parts of the site and let the programmer figure it > >out from there). > > > >I'm still open to suggestions, however, if any developers reading this no of > >a non-file-compression solution. > >Fire the programmer. > >I get pretty stubborn myself sometimes, but I've done enough support/piece >contract work to know the difference between what TPTB wanting being A) >stupid and B) inconvenient. This is a B-sounding situation. > >btw, if you're searching for ZIP compression/decompression code for >COM's... there's code all over the place just not necessarily related to >COM's. Try looking at GZIP (it's compatible patent-free GNU). The ZIP >compression algs aren't exactly fun to work with (well, for me they are -- >but I'm weird that way) but there's enough preexisting source code and >library's out there you should be able to cobble something together in a >few days (longer if starting from complete scratch). > >Also, as I mentioned before, if we're talking mp3's or any other highly >compressed audio file, then ZIPping it up almost negligble compression >benefits, so a simple non-compressed TAR of the file will work just as >well. And TAR is trivial to code. > >--min > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
