wcx - ReadHeader - support of Cmt arguments

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wcx - ReadHeader - support of Cmt arguments

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Hi,

the Cmt.. items of THeaderData in ReadHeader() is still not supported?

I develop wcx plugin for explore Power Builder pbl files and export objects from that, but showing objects without comments is not "comfortable". Is a chance that comments will be implemented in next TC version?

Another way for me is write lister plugin, but it this more work (and time and time is money :-)).
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

No, the packer plugin interface doesn't currently support the comment fields, sorry.
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Post by *czRoPa »

Thanks for reply.
Why cmtBuf is not used, the packer plugin api is not designed by You (for TC)? Or is planed?
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

Actually the plugin interface is an extension of the interface used by unrar.dll. I kept the comment fields for future enhancements. TC didn't support comments at that time, so the fields were unused. Now there is a danger that the fields contain random uninitialized data, which would crash TC if it read the fields...
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