7z Attachment Format

[TheBashar]

I searched this forum before I posted this and didn't find any. I suggest making 7z one of the accepted attachment formats. I posted some logs a couple minutes ago that took up 50% less space in 7z format than the zip archive I had to upload.

Cheers!

[Sirber]

I agree. 7z is the best :D

[IgorC]

yep , Igor Pavlov dev of 7-zip spent a lot of time on improving compression rate and compability.

[scharfis_brain]

I don't like it.
Its Packer is almost unusable.

With WinRAR I only need two clicks for extracting into a subfolder.
the 7zip GUI doesn't offer this easy functionality.

[SeeMoreDigital]

With WinRAR I only need two clicks for extracting into a subfolder.
the 7zip GUI doesn't offer this easy functionality.Actually, yes it does!

After installing 7-Zip you should be able to "right click" on any chosen file(s). And see this option: -

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/650/7zipaddtoarchive2gc.png


Which you follow by pressing "OK": -

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/7546/7zipsave5pp.png


Two clicks... One 7-Zip compressed file....


And for de-compressing it's just as easy: -

http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/3475/7zipextraction0rj.png


Cheers

[stephanV]

heh? you can just right click on a file, select "extract to" and it automatically suggests to extract the files in a subfolder named after the archive...

[Doom9]

both rar and 7zip are supported attachment formats. Personally I use winrar to extract 7zip archives.

[Sirber]

cool! thanks! :D

[TheBashar]

both rar and 7zip are supported attachment formats. Personally I use winrar to extract 7zip archives.

Doom9,

Can I suggest you add 7z to the list of valid file types. It is the default 7zip extension instead of "7zip".

Thanks!

[Sirber]

I can confirm, it's "7z" :D

[Doom9]

I already changed it this morning.

[scharfis_brain]

ahh, okay. got a new version of WinRAR, which supports 7zip.

so I deny all my claims and affirm the opposite ;)

[SeeMoreDigital]

I already changed it this morning.Nice one :)

Can you remind me/us what the current file size limitation is please?


Cheers

[Doom9]

200K, for all types of attachments.

[TheBashar]

Thanks Doom9! 200k of 7z is a lot of logfile!

[SeeMoreDigital]

ahh, okay. got a new version of WinRAR, which supports 7zip.

so I deny all my claims and affirm the opposite ;)Yep.... WinRAR v3.42 can de-compress 7-Zip files too: -

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3789/winrar0sh.png


Cheers

[Sirber]

@SDM

You need a wallpaper ;)

[Shinigami-Sama]

@SDM

You need a wallpaper ;)
-agrees-