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0002611Double CommanderFile operationspublic2021-02-27 18:57
Reporterkroysoft Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
ProjectionnoneETAnone 
PlatformWindowsOSWindows 10OS Versionx64 Pro 2004
Product Version1.0.0 (trunk)Product Build9692 
Summary0002611: Can't create self extracting archives
DescriptionI was unable to create self extracting zip or 7z archives with built in archiver (didn't even try with external archivers, though)

This is a pretty useful, and for me, als o a heavily used feature of TC - but I'm really keen to change to DC as it progress lighning fast, recently.
Steps To Reproduceselect some files, invoke cm_PackFiles -> select "create self extracting archive" and chose either zip or 7z format (other formats I just didn't tried with), then start compression. Close to the finish, an error message appears.
Additional Information7z gives somewhat different message like the one attached, it claims that "Cannot find specified SFX file 7z.sfx" If I press then OK, it'll show the similar message like I've attached, too.

I tried to solve this latter and it's quite easy, though: I've just put some 7z.sfx found elsewhere on my computer (from TC, actually) to DC executable path, and it worked (only with 7z, not with zip) - however, I still miss the similar option as in TC: the SFX could have been selected under 7z archiver configuration via a dropdown list, showing me the available .sfx files. See my second picture attached, please.

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SelfPackArchiveError.png (4,172 bytes)   
SelfPackArchiveError.png (4,172 bytes)   
SelfPackArchiveSelect.png (29,140 bytes)   
SelfPackArchiveSelect.png (29,140 bytes)   
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Operating systemWindows
WidgetsetWin32
Architecture32-bit

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kroysoft

2021-02-27 18:57

reporter   ~0003699

Oops. Sorry, I had to apologize here: I've just realized that maybe that dropdown list of selectable archive SFX executables was, most probabyl, my own extension to TC's 7zip plugin back in 2010... :)

Nevertheless, Alex, do you think it could be, perhaps, added to DC as well? Sadly, I'm a C/C++ developer, and I don't know a thing neither about Free Pascal nor Lazarus, so I'm afraid I can't really help. Only giving this feature request, at most - I hope you don't mind. :S

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2021-02-27 18:52 kroysoft New Issue
2021-02-27 18:52 kroysoft File Added: SelfPackArchiveError.png
2021-02-27 18:52 kroysoft File Added: SelfPackArchiveSelect.png
2021-02-27 18:57 kroysoft Note Added: 0003699