Subj : Re: Sync v3.x compatible external file viewer
To   : All
From : Jas Hud
Date : Mon Jun 29 2009 12:04 am

Hellion wrote:
> Hey all -- I am a sysop running Sync v3.13. I am looking for a good external
> file viewer for .ZIP files. I would like for users to have the ability to
> view .txt and .nfo files that are inside archives. A bonus feature would be
> the ability to download files that are inside the archive but that is not a
> necessity.
>
> I've tried using Syncview, an app written for Sync v2 and it does work with
> Sync v3 but it has a bunch of nag screens and that sort of thing. I've tried
> some other file viewing apps but they app use PKUNZIP (v2.04g, dos APP) to
> extract files, and while I have pkunzip, these other programs are ruled out
> because they extract every file you choose to view. Optimally the file
> viewing program would only read header information from the .ZIP file to
> determin it's contents and would not need to extract the file unless the user
> has chosen to view files within the archive.
>
> If anyone has any suggestion for a good Sync v3 external file viewer I'd be
> interested in hearing about it.
>
> I have thought about coding one myself in Baja but I do not know how to use
> Baja to read the .ZIP file format.
>

all you would need to do is have your baja script shell out and then
dump the pkzip file display to console and redirect to a text file and
then display it to the user.

you can do this with .diz, nfo's etc.

i made a simple one because i wanted some of the features that other bbs
softwares had.

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