Packer.pb not working for me

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Feb 12, 2002 3:48 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Leigh.

I've just started looking at using the compression aspect of PB. When running the supplied example source (packer.pb), nothing happens after selecting which file to pack from the requester! I've tried running it from within the PB editor and as a compiled EXE as the same thing happens. I can see the app in the list of running tasks - It's just never compresses my file.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Leigh.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Feb 12, 2002 4:29 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Pupil.

Any ideas?

Here is one, the packer is very slow(unpacks fast though) so try on a small file for starters and see if you get some output. I tried on a 400k word file and it took aprox. 18 seconds to pack this..

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Feb 12, 2002 4:48 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Leigh.

Thanks Pupil - You're right!

I was trying to pack a 2.7Mb file and I was expecting pretty instantanious results. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction...

Leigh.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Feb 12, 2002 10:19 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Danilo.

I tried it with a 600MB file some time ago.

Took ages to compress the file, and at the
end the unpacked file wasnt the same - nice.

cya,
...Danilo

(registered PureBasic user)

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Wed Feb 13, 2002 1:34 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by MrVainSCL.

Danilo wrote:
I tried it with a 600MB file some time ago.
Took ages to compress the file, and at the
end the unpacked file wasnt the same - nice.

Ups... seems to be a bug in the packer lib? Why have nobody report this in the bug forum? Mhhh.. i have played a bit with the packer lib too when it was new and i havent had any problems... btw i tested only small files as i can remember...

PIII450, 256MB Ram, 6GB HD, RivaTNT, DirectX8.1, SB AWE64, Win98SE + Updates...

greetz
MrVainSCL! aka Thorsten

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Wed Feb 13, 2002 6:53 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Rings.

I`ve tested with files (bmps) up to 6 MB, with no problems.And of course
its a very slow compressor (You can use PackerCallBack for a progressgadget)
but also a very fast decompressor.I take heavy use this lib in my xTract.And for the Moment it works.But i will take a closer look at the bigger files.........

Getting better with a little help from my friends....thx Siggi