Re: Why zip everything?

Logan Shaw wrote:
> Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
>> It is alleged that Phil claimed:
>>
>>> Why are palm applications usually zipped, I am thinking of site
>>> such as palmgear etc. The files are rarely huge and zipping does
>>> not save very much bandwidth.
>>
>> Because MOST people are downloading them to a Windows PC and
>> installing from there. And even if you don't have a third party zip
>> util, such as Winzip or ZipGenius, WindowsXP has built-in zip
>> handling.
>
> ... which has a total crap implementation that makes it *look*, to
> Windows Explorer only and not to other applications, like the things
> inside the zip file are regular files that could be accessed like
> any other file. But when you double-click on them, Hotsync Manager
> Explorer will tell Hotsync Manager to open them, but Hotsync Manager
> can't see them since they only exist in Windows Explorer's mind, not
> in the real filesystem.

They should exist in your Temp folder.


> Consequently, you have to drag them to the
> desktop. Yay.
>

This does not occur with the version of Hotsync I use with my Treo 650:
I can easily install a PRC within a zipped file without "officially"
unzipping it using XP's built-in zip handler. Immediately after
double-clicking the PRC is located--unzipped--within the Temp hierarchy
(in a folder named after the zip file). It is then copied to the
QuickInstall\HandHeld folder for my device. Even if I close the zip
file, which "should" remove the Temp folder, the file will still install
as it's sitting in that QuickInstall folder by then.

However, installing applications that have a number of files to deal
with during installation will often fail if launched via a zipped
Explorer window (e.g., Windows applications). But that's a different
ballgame.


--
Mike


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