Gemini RAR file?

[DelP]

My problem is that after a little while of using the demo my curiosity gets the better of me and I buy the damn thing....

..which explains why I cant use my plastic anymore....

Derek ;-)

[TSR2]

thats my point. If your releasing something to a windows audience then if you use the zip format, those that choose winzip can use it, those that would rather not can still use it. Personally, nowadays i find winzip (and other such programs) bloat ware as the OS does file and folder compression natively ro the zip format.

[blanston12]

I am not sure about vista but on XP any machine can make a zip file, using the windows explorer select the files you want to compress, right click and select 'Send To -> Compressed Folder'. The result will be a zip file containing those files.

[TSR2]

Thats right Joe... its been in the OS since Win2k

[RAF_Quantum]

Hi,

I've been using PowerArchiver for years. I'm using an unlicensed evaluation copy of PowerArchiver 2002 which allows you to use it indefinately. If you double click a zip/rar it opens two windows, one with the zip contents (reading directly without unzipping) and another with the license/evaulation agreement which you accept/quit. By right clicking on zips, rar's etc you get several options for unzipping directly without the 'nag' window. I always use right click on zips, rar's etc and it works a treat. For zipping, I right click and the zip options are there in the pop up.

Regards

John

[Myles]

7-Zip is free and will cope very nicely with RAR files. No nags or anything like that

Apparently RAR files are supposed to be more efficient than zip - but not if you can't open them! :think:

Best,
Myles

[Garry Russell]

They say RAR for archiving and they compress more but as far as opening then I see little difference.

Zips seem to work fine.

Garry

[TSR2]

Hi Guys, i think some of you are missing the point. The point is, zip is the native windows compression format, and doesn't need any aditional software to open it.

If I was running UNIX or Linux, then the reverse would be true, TAR or RAR are native, but as FS doesn't run on UNIX or Linux why use that format?

It is slightly more efficent (we're talking kilobytes) than zip, but only on certain file types.

[iainp93]

I struggle to understand why rar even exists on window when zip files are native

I can understand Linux etc.

Why make it complicated?

Iain

[DispatchDragon]

You know, its not really worth it

Ive changed the file to a zip

OK??

Leif