Using the trial, the zip action, that works fine in FB3 isn't working in FB5. When I try to open a zip file created by FB, it won't, giving me a "Can not open file '...zip' as archive" error (using 7-Zip). Also tried to open with Windows built in zip thing, and whilst I could open it, it wouldn't let me delete a file saying the zip file was corrupt.
Hi Jeremy
FB5 uses a newer version of the VCLZip library and FB3, unfortunately it seems the vendor has stopped responding to email or forum posts, so I’m not sure if we will be able to resolve this. I would recommed using the 7zip actions, you will need to download and install 7zip, it’s open source and works very well, with more file formats supported.
I will attempt to get the zip action fixed but at this stage it’s not looking promising and we may have to depricate it.
I wish I hadn't got so many zip actions in my build project to change, but I have tested one which worked fine.
The trouble is that I had been happily running my builds doing various things with zip files without realising they were all duds because of course they didn't actually fail.
If you cannot fix it, is it not possible to simply replace the zip action with the 7-zip ones?
Jeremy
PS I do use 7-zip rather than WinZip anyhow.
Hi Jeremy,
The only catch is that the 7-zip actions require 7-zip (naturally.) We’d recommend using the 7-zip actions where possible though.
Were the broken zip files created in FB 3 or 5? How big are they?
Regards,
Angus
Also, 7-Zip can be quite fussy when there are minor deviations from the zip file specification (many zip products have minor deviations.) If you use the Extract Zip File action in FinalBuilder, does the file extract properly?
If the zip file is not too big, is there any chance you can email it to support at finalbuilder.com?
Regards,
Angus
Angus, E-mail sent with test case to show it. Not sure what you can do though! Jeremy
I came across another discussion elsewhere about VCLzip and its current support status and outstanding issues. It seems likely that a fix posted by the author in the VCLzip forum last March might also fix the problem described here.
The link is http://vclzip.proboards7.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1163449350&page=1#1163891417
Thanks Tim
I will test this first thing monday morning.
Any joy?
Hi
Sorry, haven’t gotten to it yet, well I did check out the file and apply the change but haven’t run any tests yet. I will endeavour to get it tested today.
Hi Jeremy
Here is a test build with the above VCLZip patch applied. This seems to work fine for me here… please retest where you were seeing a failure before and let us know if this now works for you.
https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/550/FB550_477.exe
Vincent
Good job, many thanks, worked perfectly!
Jeremy
Thanks for testing Jeremy… we’ll make sure this change gets in to the next official build (Paul has been tasked to do this next week while I’m at TechEd in Barcelona).
In case you had not noticed, I discovered that the VCLZIP library has come back to life and there is a new release (which includes the ‘patch’ referred to above) available at the changed URL www.vclzip.com.