SB6 TOOLS Create ZIP

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Friedrich

Using sb6.9.2309 and WinXPPro

I tried using the Tools/"Create zip Archive" today and found a couple of problems.

1: If I select the [x] Include sub folders - the generated .zip does not include the
sub-folders or any files from the sub-folders. Just has the files in the dir I
specified.

2: If I add a password and check [x] use encryption - then my password is not
accepted when I try to extract a file (using PKZip for Wndows).

Not a big deal, as i do not need to use that feature, but thought you should know.

John Griffiths

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Hi John,

> Using sb6.9.2309 and WinXPPro
>
> I tried using the Tools/"Create zip Archive" today and found a couple of
> problems.
>
> 1: If I select the [x] Include sub folders - the generated .zip does not
> include the sub-folders or any files from the sub-folders. Just has the
> files in the dir I specified.
>
> 2: If I add a password and check [x] use encryption - then my password
> is not accepted when I try to extract a file (using PKZip for Wndows).
>
> Not a big deal, as i do not need to use that feature, but thought you
> should know.

I can reproduce the subfolder issue in SB6 and SB7. Fixed now, thank you.

But the encryption works fine here (tested with WinZip and PKZIP).

Thanks again for bringing this to my attention.

Friedrich

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Hi Friedrich

Great that subfolders is fixed.

OK, some more info on the encryption problem I had...

It seems this is a problem within the version of PKZip for Win I was using.
I tested some more, and if I do not check the [ ] sub folders the password works fine.
If I check the [x] sub folders and the [x] encryption, then my old PKZip (v
5.00.01.134) will not recognise the password. But I can successfully open the archive
with several other .zip tools I have.

So that problem is clearly within PKZip.

John Griffiths