TurboPower Abbrevia
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2.
Package names
3. Installation
4. Version history
4.1 Release 3.04
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1. Introduction
Abbrevia is a compression toolkit for Borland Delphi, C++Builder, &
Kylix. It supports PKZIP 4, Microsoft CAB, TAR, & gzip formats & the
creation of self-extracting archives. It includes visual components
that simplify the manipulation of ZIP files.
This is a source-only release of TurboPower Abbrevia. It includes
designtime and runtime packages for Delphi 3 through 7 and C++Builder
3 through 6.
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2.
Package names
TurboPower Abbrevia
package names have the following form:
BNNNKKVV.*
| | |
| | +------ VV
VCL version (30=Delphi 3, 40=Delphi 4, 70=Delphi 7)
| +-------- KK Kind of
package (R=runtime, D=designtime, CD =
CLX designtime,
| CR =
CLX runtime, VD =
VCL designtime,
| VR =
VCL runtime)
|
+----------- NNN Product version number (e.g., 304=version 3.04)
For example, the Abbrevia designtime
package files for Delphi 5 have
the filename B304_D50.*.
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3. Installation
To install TurboPower Abbrevia into your
IDE, take the following steps:
1. Unzip the release files into a directory (e.g., d:\abbrevia).
2. Start Delphi or C++Builder.
3. Add the source subdirectory (e.g., d:\abbrevia\source) to the
IDE's library path.
4. Open & compile the runtime
package specific to the
IDE being
used.
5. Open & install the designtime
package specific to the
IDE being
used. The
IDE should notify you the components have been
installed.
6. Make sure the PATH environmental variable contains the directory
in which the compiled packages (i.e.,
BPL or DPL files) were
placed.
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4. Version history
4.1 Release 3.04
Bug Fixes
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- Problem with redundant checks for Central Directory Tail on spanned archives.
- Removed AbZipTyp dependency on Dialogs
unit.
Enhancements
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- Delphi 7 Support Added
- Added Support for Archive Save Progress