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TurboPower Abbrevia Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Package names 3. Installation 4. Support 5. Bug Reporting 5.1 Known Bugs 5.2 Current Plans and Priorities for Known Bugs (Everyone should read this section!) 6. Version history 6.1 Release 3.05 -Bug Fixes and Enhancements Beta #1 6.2 Release 3.05 -Bug Fixes and Enhancements Beta #2 6.3 Release 3.05 -Bug Fixes and Enhancements Beta #3 6.4 Release 3.05 -Bug Fixes and Enhancements Beta #4 6.5 Release 3.05 -Bug Fixes and Enhancements Beta #5 6.5 Release 3.05 -Bug Fixes and Enhancements Beta #6 (Everyone should read this section!) ============================================== 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 and Kylix 3. ============================================== 2. Package names TurboPower Abbrevia package names have the following form: BNNNKKVV.* | | | | | +------ VV VCL version (30=Delphi 3, 40=Delphi 4, 70=Delphi 7, K3=Kylix 3) | +-------- 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., 305=version 3.05) For example, the Abbrevia designtime package files for Delphi 5 have the filename B305_D50.*. ============================================== 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. ============================================== 4. Support Support for Abbrevia can be obtained through the "turbocontrol.abbrevia" newsgroup at news://news.turbocontrol.com. Outlook express can be setup to read these newsgroups if you don't already have a newsgroup reader. Access the support newsgroups with a browser: http://delphi.newswhat.com/geoxml/forumlistgroups?area=TurboPower ============================================== 5. Bug Reporting All bugs and feature requests are handled via the SF.NET trackers. If you have a found a bug please post it here so it does not get lost. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=71001 Please post complete steps, with code that duplicates the problem. Please note we can not read your mind, unreported bugs will not be fixed. ============================================== 5.1 Known Bugs Below is a list of all reported bugs as of this release, not all bugs have been verified, or duplicated. If you run into a bug listed below please add a comment with code needed to duplicate, and and attach any associated archive files. If you find a fix to any of these bugs please attached the fixed code, so it can be integrated in to future builds. NOTE: If you are running into a bug that is Not reported here, it won't be fixed! Please report all bugs here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=71001 698165 Issues with Compound File Class 698167 No provision for setting compression level 698168 Abbrevia not handling self extracting ZIPs created by SFX 698169 Abbrevia not handling Mac created .ZIPs correctly 698172 Abbrevia doesn't archive empty folders (other ZIP utilities do) 698174 Abbrevia handling of read-only media inadequate 698175 Improvements to ZIP identification and interpretation 698176 Problems with CAB and LZX compression 698179 Abbrevia 3 COM object not exposing "WithEvents" interface 763286 No Addition of USES Files (Documentation Bug) 783613 Corrupt archives when disk spanning 822243 GZip decompress problem 874025 AV during InflateDynamicBlock 891156 Wrong disk # request while testing spanned archive ============================================== 5.2 Current Plans and Priorities for Known Bugs I (Robert Love) went through all of the current reported open bugs and commented on each. I have identified only 4 bugs that are critical for 3.05, if you disagree you need to let me know by adding a comment to the specific bug in question on the SF.NET Tracker. 698165 Issues with Compound File Class Comment: I personally don't use the Compound File Class so I have no unit tests for it. Target Version: 4.0 698167 No provision for setting GZIP compression level Comment: This is really a feature request Target Version: 4.0 698168 Abbrevia not handling self extracting ZIPs created by SFX Comment: I can not duplicate this problem, and I will be closing this bug with the status "Works For Me" after the release of 3.05 unless someone can reproduce it and give me some idea on how to reproduce it. 698169 Abbrevia not handling Mac created .ZIPs correctly Comment: I can not duplicate this problem, and I will be closing this bug with the status "Works For Me" after the release of 3.05 unless someone can reproduce it and give me some idea on how to reproduce it. 698172 Abbrevia doesn't archive empty folders (other ZIP utilities do) Comment: This could be considered a feature request. Target Version: 4.0 698174 Abbrevia handling of read-only media inadequate Comment: This is a basic design problem, Handing has been improved for 3.05 but it is still inadequate. Target Version: 4.0 698175 Improvements to ZIP identification and interpretation Comment: This is a design problem as well, Abbrevia is too dependant on File Extensions for determining this. Target Version: 4.0 698176 Problems with CAB and LZX compression Comment: I can not duplicate this problem, and I will be closing this bug with the status "Works For Me" after the release of 3.05 unless someone can reproduce it and give me some idea on how to reproduce it. 698179 Abbrevia 3 COM object not exposing "WithEvents" interface Comment: I don't work with the Abbrevia COM Interfaces. Target Version: (When someone else does it) 763286 No Addition of USES Files (Documentation Bug) Comment: This is a very small documenation problem. Target Version 4.0 783613 Corrupt archives when disk spanning Comment: I have duplicated this problem and I am trying to resolve this now. Target Version 3.05 822243 GZip decompress problem Comment: I have duplicated this problem and I am trying to resolve this now. Target Version 3.05 874025 AV during InflateDynamicBlock Comment: I have duplicated this problem and I am trying to resolve this now. Target Version 3.05 891156 Wrong disk # request while testing spanned archive Comment: I have not tried to duplicate this problem but it is well documented Target Version 3.05 ============================================== 6. Version history Below you will find the history of the 3.05 Beta Releases ============================================== 6.1 Release 3.05 -Bug Fixes and Enhancements Beta #1 Bug Fixes --------- [ 698173 ] Abbrevia doesn't handle filenames containing non-ASCII characters cleanly [