lurk&jerk Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I noticed in the tools subdirectory, there's an executable for 7z. But I've found nothing in the user manual to explain its use.So my question is: is it possible to compress installations to that file format (any others file formats supported too?) to save space, instead of making an SFX and then use some command line in WPI to extract the 7z files to a particular directory and then run setup. I've never used 7z so I'm not sure that if this is possible. Thanks in advance for any advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 v5.6 Updates - Released November 19, 2006-------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Lawrenca wrote a script to use 7-Zip to extract archives via a new command called %extract%. Use like:"%extract% z:\archive.rar t:\"Its right in the changelog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurk&jerk Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 v5.6 Updates - Released November 19, 2006-------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Lawrenca wrote a script to use 7-Zip to extract archives via a new command called %extract%. Use like:"%extract% z:\archive.rar t:\"Its right in the changelogThanks. I shudda looked there first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmshah Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I noticed in the tools subdirectory, there's an executable for 7z. But I've found nothing in the user manual to explain its use.So my question is: is it possible to compress installations to that file format (any others file formats supported too?) to save space, instead of making an SFX and then use some command line in WPI to extract the 7z files to a particular directory and then run setup. I've never used 7z so I'm not sure that if this is possible. Thanks in advance for any advice.You could simply make 7z sfx installer which will save you a whole lot of trouble. I have seen references to Fully silent installers for a wide array of software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurk&jerk Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 I noticed in the tools subdirectory, there's an executable for 7z. But I've found nothing in the user manual to explain its use.So my question is: is it possible to compress installations to that file format (any others file formats supported too?) to save space, instead of making an SFX and then use some command line in WPI to extract the 7z files to a particular directory and then run setup. I've never used 7z so I'm not sure that if this is possible. Thanks in advance for any advice.You could simply make 7z sfx installer which will save you a whole lot of trouble. I have seen references to Fully silent installers for a wide array of software.Without the sfx installer, the 7z file, or any compressed file is smaller. Also, I'm mostly using this for configuring directories, installing shortcuts or installing software that doesn't need an installer, i.e. runs from a simple executable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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