choose between multiple packer plugins

[nice]

if a single file can be opened with multiple packer plugins, how do i choose plugin?
it would be nice if it showed the used plugin, like in lister

in EXE file, can be resources, or self-extracting archive, or installer, or custom plugin like alternative streams
now it is possible only one plugins, but it would be nice to switch between plugins

[funkymonk]

Support++ for both:
* Show currently used packer plugin
* Possibility to select a packer plugin (when opening an archive)

[petermad]

Support+++

See also viewtopic.php?t=54952

[ghisler(Author)]

You can choose them via internal associations (via right click menu).
For example, I have 3 entries for *.7z:
Open: **7z
7zip internal: **internal_7z
Total7zip: **7z2

The externsion behind ** is the one shown in Files - Pack files in the dropdown list for that plugin.

[nice]

any example?

[petermad]

2ghisler(Author)

You can choose them via internal associations (via right click menu).
For example, I have 3 entries for *.7z:
Open: **7z
7zip internal: **omtermaö_7z
Total7zip: **7z2

The externsion behind ** is the one shown in Files - Pack files in the dropdown list for that plugin.

Great tip - I cannot make 7zip internal: **omtermaö_7z work, but 7zip internal: **internal_7z works



2nice
My [PackerPlugins] section in wincmd.ini looks like this:

[PackerPlugins]
bat=279,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\makebat\makebat.wcx
bz2=251,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\wcx_bz2\bzip2dll.wcx
bzip2=251,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\wcx_bz2\bzip2dll.wcx
blat=277,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Blat\blat.wcx
lst=21,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\diskdir\diskdir.wcx
CopyTree=277,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\CopyTree\CopyTree.wcx
sqx=607,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total SQX\TotalSQX.wcx
chm=479,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\CHMDir\CHMDir.wcx
its=479,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\CHMDir\CHMDir.wcx
icl=15,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\ICLRead\ICLRead.wcx
zpaq=535,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\zpaq\zpaq.wcx
png=327,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wlx\Imagine\Imagine.wcx
gif=287,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\GifWcx\GifWcx.wcx
xlst=31,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\DiskDirExtended\DiskDirExtended.wcx64
7zip=223,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx
7z_7z=223,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx
7z_jar=95,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx
7z=735,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
wim=735,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
xz=731,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
flv=964,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_7z=735,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_zip=735,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_tar=733,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_gzip=731,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_bzip2=731,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_jar=212,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_arj=196,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_rar=196,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_cab=708,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
iso=196,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
7zip_xpi=212,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
zip0=277,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Zip2Zero\zip2zero.wcx
setfolderdate=263,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\SetFolderDate\setfolderdate.wcx
Separate=263,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Mover\mover.wcx
lstW=21,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\diskdirW\diskdirW.wcx
GraphConv=263,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\GraphicConverter\GraphicConverter.wcx

So with these internal associations: https://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/7zassociation1.png - you will get these options in the top of the right-click menu: https://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/7zassociation2.png (the "Open" and the "Internal 7zip" entries a duplicates of each other).

[Hacker]

petermad,

Great tip - I cannot make 7zip internal: **omtermaö_7z work, but 7zip internal: **internal_7z works

You must shift your fingers on your keyboard appropriately to decrypt the message

Roman

[petermad]

2Hacker

[nice]

where the internal_7z is defined?

i made that for EXE, and it stopped entering into exe with Ctrl+PgDn
my settings:

[Associations]
Filter1=*.exe
Filter1_open=**internal_exe
Filter1_MultiArc=**exe_multiarc
Filter1_InstallExplorer=**exe_installexpl
Filter1_Total7zip=**exe_total7zip
Filter1_internal=**internal_exe

[PackerPlugins]
exe_multiarc=223,Plugins\wcx\MultiArc\Multiarc.wcx
exe_installexpl=324,Plugins\wcx\InstallExplorer\InstExpl.wcx
exe_total7zip=192,Plugins\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx

it was opened with totap7zip before

and context menu item "internal" does not work

[petermad]

I would use:
[Associations]
Filter1=*.exe
Filter1_open=*
Filter1_MultiArc=**exe_multiarc
Filter1_InstallExplorer=**exe_installexpl
Filter1_Total7zip=**exe_total7zip

Let TC itself control Ctrl+PgDn on a file.

[nice]

i realized that there are no packer plugins other than Total7zip, so therefore you can't choose between *multiple* packer plugins

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, it should be **internal_7z for the internal 7zip unpacker.

[AntonyD]

Honestly - from this explanation above I still do not understand - and why there is no automatic means of choosing the plugin used at the moment?
All of the above - leads to the fact that the user himself has to collect some favorite? necessary? list of extensions and for them to create a long lists of support for the possibility of opening them through various plugins. But as far as I know - every plugin has its own numeric flag, describing its features and a text box describing its support for extensions. So you can create automatically a list of support for X extension by A/B/C/D....
And when you open a file with extension X somewhere in the interface of the panel !do not need to overwrite the context menu! might appear a button/drop-down menu with already received list of plugins that can open this file. And so I use my mouse to choose another plugin that I want and voila! Everything works clearly, intuitively and conveniently.