See content of a compressed files (ZIP/RAR etc...) in Quick View

[leo007]

Hi all,
There are many handy listers to view various types of content inside Quick View.
I was unable to find one for viewing compressed files so when I try to "cm_SrcQuickview" on zipped file I only get garbage text.

The use of "Cm_TransferRight" is not ideal since the right panel will change its directory location, requiring me to switch tabs and then click go back to the previous location directory ("cm_GotoPreviousDir").

It would be great to be able to see the content of the compressed file in Quick View without having to open it, Is this possible?
Many thanks for help in advance

[petermad]

2leo007
Quickview for archives will try and display the content of any FILE_ID.DIZ inside the archove, or the first .txt file it finds.
That applies to for example zip, exe, tar, arj, lzh , jar archives but not rar and 7z archives.

For .lst archives Quickview shows the file list as tabulated text.

[Horst.Epp]

Ulister shows the file list in Quick View for Zip and 7z files.
Unfortunately not for RAR.

[tuska]

Unfortunately not for RAR.

Maybe not every .rar file.

I found one exception by accident:
The plug-in Clear History TC 1.5 offers the file “CH4TC_1.5.rar” for download.

The file list can be displayed using the “uLister” plug-in.

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uLister Plugin (wlx): Step-by-step guide (German)

[Gral]

Look here - viewtopic.php?p=403695#p403695

And here - viewtopic.php?t=78870 - (REQUEST)

[nsp]

It is not consistent as for many archive, it show by default the content of a txt or md file if found in the root of the zip.
After you have some plugin like total7Zip or Ulister which can get some informations or the listing...

[leo007]

many thanks for all responses

I have Ulister installed however it's doesn't detect Zip files.
Once I adjust the [ListerPlugins] by adding to %COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\ulister\ulister.wlx

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EXT="ZIP" 

Ulister Quick view will show following error for zip files:

Error
A viewer for this format is not currently available.

Solution suggested by the following link viewtopic.php?p=403695#p403695 also doesn’t change a thing unfortunately.
As I strictly followed the instructions
1. Install Anycmd lister plugin - https://totalcmd.net/plugring/anycmd.html
2. Install RAR console program - http://www.rarlab.com/
3. edit ANYCMD.INI in plugin directory, change "command" line to looks like: command=C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe l -scA "%s"

Initially it was:

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[AnyCmd]
command=sort %s
DetectString=EXT=TXT
Stream=3

I adjusted it to be:

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[AnyCmd]
command=C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe l -scA "%s"
DetectString=EXT=TXT
Stream=3

Update
when I also adjust a string DetectString=EXT=ZIP then AnyCmd Lister will be trigger
but it will show information about the zip archive and not the inner content.


Would be happy to hear any other ideas and suggestion

[Horst.Epp]

There is no special setup required for ULister.
I associated nothing to it and put it as the last entry of the Lister plugins.
This way it handles all extensions which are not matched by another plugin above.
According to its formats.txt, ULister handles the following archives this way
1802 - .ZIP/JAR File
1803 - Self UnZIPping .EXE
1804 - .ARC File
1805 - MS Office Binder
1806 - UNIX Compress

[tuska]

uLister
Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.7 Supported Formats (October 2024)

This is what I have...
(However, I use "Define view method by file type..." for several file extensions...).

wincmd.ini - section [ListerPlugins]

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0=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\ulister\ulister.wlx64

0=   ... In my case, the uLister plugin is at the top of the list of Lister plugins.
The plugins are processed from top to bottom.

2leo007
Please remove this entry:
EXT="ZIP"

[joe910]

I have no special view methods defined nor special set up of ULister.

Like Horst.Epp:

I associated nothing to it and put it as the last entry of the Lister plugins.
This way it handles all extensions which are not matched by another plugin above.

I am able to see all Zip, 7-Zip and RAR except RAR version 4 archives, which is not listed in the document that tuska listed.

[leo007]

I associated nothing to it and put it as the last entry of the Lister plugins.
This way it handles all extensions which are not matched by another plugin above.

2Horst.Epp, 2tuska, 2joe910 Thank you very much it helped