pack files: test archives

[salva]

if there any way to test archives after creating it?
i tend to use the option "creates separetes archives, one per selected dir" and i'd like to test each of the created files

[Hacker]

salva,
Select the files and click Files - Test Archive(s).

HTH
Roman

[salva]

i'd like to be tested as it is created, because i also use "Move to archive". it happened a few times that the archive was corrupted, but as the folder was deleted after the archive was created, the data could not be recovered

[Hacker]

salva,

i'd like to be tested as it is created

Try

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wincmd.ini
[Packer]
VerifyZIP=1

I guess it only works for ZIP archives.

HTH
Roman

[sky66]

Select the files and click Files - Test Archive(s).

By the way, currently after the test completes successfully, there is only a brief flash on the screen with no other prompts, unless there is an error with the archive file.

Is it possible to display a screen after the test is completed, stating that the test is successful, and then prompt for confirmation by pressing "OK".
I know an alternative way is to use an external program, such as 7zip. I'm wondering if there is a way to achieve this functionality without relying on external program.

[Sir_SiLvA]

Select the files and click Files - Test Archive(s).

By the way, currently after the test completes successfully, there is only a brief flash on the screen with no other prompts, unless there is an error with the archive file.
Is it possible to display a screen after the test is completed, stating that the test is successful, and then prompt for confirmation by pressing "OK".
I know an alternative way is to use an external program, such as 7zip. I'm wondering if there is a way to achieve this functionality without relying on external program.

afaik it sadly is not.

[petermad]

there is only a brief flash on the screen with no other prompts

The flash is a dialog that looks like the Copy progress dialog - you can see it if you test a very big archive (several gigabytes).

[ghisler(Author)]

The new unpacker with libdeflate is just a lot faster than the old unpacker, that's why you only get a quick flash. You will only get a message when there is a verification error.

[Sir_SiLvA]

By the way, currently after the test completes successfully, there is only a brief flash on the screen with no other prompts, unless there is an error with the archive file.

Is it possible to display a screen after the test is completed, stating that the test is successful, and then prompt for confirmation by pressing "OK".

Support+ for this suggestion or make it so that the dialog does not auto close

[Horst.Epp]

As we get a message if errors occur, what is the benefit to see every successful result ?

[Sir_SiLvA]

As we get a message if errors occur, what is the benefit to see every successful result ?

well I suggest also to make it via ini-switch.

2Horst.Epp
tbh there is none, I personally just dont like a dialog poping up and closing without me seeing nothing but a flicker of the dialog
(and yes thats no a tc but a me flaw and I am well aware of that )

[Hacker]

Horst.Epp,
Well, the one benefit I can see is that if there is a bug in the unpacker or in TC which would cause the progress dialog to crash and close silently under some circumstances (I dunno, e.g. some strange unicode control character in a filename in the archive), one would think the archive tested OK.

Roman

[sky66]

As we get a message if errors occur, what is the benefit to see every successful result ?

Just like today's update to version b9, after the program update is complete, we can expect to see the message: "Installation successful!"
If the screen only flashes briefly, I would probably run the test again to confirm if the archive file is correct.

This is also related to the display of colors. For example, if there is a folder with 20 files. I select 3 of them, which are then highlighted in selected color.
Then I run a test on these archive files. If the test results are all OK, the selected files return to unselected color.
I might not be sure which files I have tested before.