Re: Pocket UnZip

I can assure you that the .vcp project files did work with embVC++ 3.0.
I have run test builds for all punzip targets with the source as contained
in the distributed archive.

But, did you remember to apply unzip's "-a" option to convert the extracted
files to MSDOS/Windows text format (CRLF row separators)?
The source archive stores all text files in UNIX format (LF line endings).

The MS compiler tools may not work correctly with unix format source files.
(I know that there are some problems with Visual Basic, there may be other
incompatibles present with the C++ IDE tools...).

Cheers,

Christian Spieler

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Gould" <[email protected]>
To: "Christian Spieler" <Christian.Spieler-S0/[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: [Info-ZIP] Pocket UnZip


Hello Christian,

I just downloaded the latest beta code for Info-ZIP, but when I try to
open the .vcp files in EmBedded Visual C++ 3.0 it gives me a message
telling me that:
"This makefile was not generated by Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++.
Continuing will create a new Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ project to
wrap this makefile.  You will be prompted to save after the new project
has been created."

Then when I tell it to continue it errors out when I try to do a build
with an error "Error executing NMAKE"

Do you have any suggestions on how to get this to work.  I would love to
test this against some actual devices.

Thanks,

MATTHEW H. GOULD
software engineer
altiris, inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Spieler [mailto:Christian.Spieler-S0/[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 4:52 PM
To: Matt Gould
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Info-ZIP] Pocket UnZip


Hello Matt,

> Sorry about the previous HTML message.  This is what I meant to send.
>
> Has anyone done any work on porting Pocket UnZip to the newer Pocket
> PC OSs?

Yes, I have recently...

In the next beta distribution UnZip 5.51c (to be released during next
two weeks?), you will find an updated pUnZip port. The port has been
"revitalized" with the current core code, using Microsoft Visual C
embedded V 3.0. However, I do not own a Pocket PC device. So the port
has only been tested against the i386 emulation environment that can be
run under Windows NT 4. The pUnZip port does not support palm-size
devices (besides other issues, the screens of palm-size organizers are
simply too small for the pUnZip GUI user interface). But the "hand-held"
systems are "larger" hardware containing a "mini-PC" like screen. On the
hand-held emulator (for WinCE 2.11), I was successful to run the revised
pUnZip program. As far as I have understood the Microsoft terminology,
"Pocket PC" is the successor of the older "Palm-size" devices.

So, to get pUnZip ready for Pocket PCs (like Compaq IPAQ or alike), you
may need some more development in adapting the GUI design to the limited
screen dimensions.

But basically, with UnZip 5.51, you will get a Windows CE port that
should be "almost" ready for providing UnZip support on newer Pocket PC
systems.

Best regards,

Christian Spieler
(UnZip maintance)