JAR vs. ZIP (was Re: RE: Bizarre Browser Behavior)

agree at carltonfields.com agree at carltonfields.com
Wed Jan 19 05:33:14 UTC 2000


Please take care that all relevant licenses are Squeak-license compatible.  I noted that the rules were different on a platform-by-platform basis.

Why not simply implement this functionality in Smalltalk or Slang?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIME :steve at reessl1.demon.co.uk > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 12:11 AM
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: JAR vs. ZIP (was Re: RE: Bizarre Browser Behavior)
> > > Attached is a changeset containing the plugin code which > calls routines in the INFO-zip unzip libraries available at > http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip.  Since I > actually use > internal routines within the library rather than the public > interface functions I built a custom version of the library > containing the module generated from my plugin.  I should say > that I have only tried this for Windows 98/NT, but infozip > offers support for many other platforms, including several > Unix ports, Mac, Acorn, BeOS and others, so I would be > hopeful that this could be got working in most Squeak environments.
> > I am not particularly proud of my Plugin code itself; it was > my first attempt at a plugin in Squeak.  In particular, I had > to code several calls to Runtime libraries as well as a call > to the internal INFOzip routine.  I am not too worried as all > the Runtime library routines are ANSI 'C' compliant and > therefore should work in most environments.  If anyone has > suggestions for how to improve the Plugin code I would be > delighted to hear them.
> > In any case, at the moment it works for me.
> > For those like myself in Windoze land, I attach a ZIP file > containing the DLL that I built containing the plugin module. >  File in the attached changeset and place the DLL in your > Squeak executables directory as per normal and you should be > good to go.
> > Any questions, you know where I am.
>   ----- Original Message -----  From: <JArchibald at aol.com>
>  To: <squeak at cs.uiuc.edu>; <steve at reessl1.demon.co.uk>
>  Cc: <JArchibald at aol.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 5:51 AM
>  Subject: Re: JAR vs. ZIP (was Re: RE: Bizarre Browser Behavior)
>    > => 1/17/00 5:54:08 PM, steve at reessl1.demon.co.uk =>
> > << I have also created a Plugin to call the unzip libraries > from Squeak.  I  > can post these if anyone is interested.  I > currently use them to access the  > content of ZIP and JAR > files from within Squeak. >>
> >  > Steve,
> > > Sounds neat!  >  > I'm interested in seeing whatever you > care to post.
> > > Jerry.
> >  > --------
> > Jerry L. Archibald
> > systemObjectivesIncorporated
> > --------
> > > 





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