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QuickZip 5 allow you to perform powerful archive operations over a wide range of archive types using a familiar explorer like interface.

The product is not completed, but I need more tester to test the product.

If you are interested, please head to the forum and download the product.

Right after I posted last update, when I uploading files to my google mirror, I got this message :

Your pages will be moved to Google Sites soon. [Learn more]

So, all google pages will be moved to google sites, and it does not support html files, it will be too time consuming if I have to re-work all my pages on google sites. Because of this, I am looking to move to another host next month.

30-04-09 : The pages are moved, and forum is re-opened.
I ve add some web ads to fund the web hosting.

The google mirror of web page is updated, it's still hosted on google sites, but I compile my html from xml instead of using the integrated editor.

QuickZip5 is still under development, a new page is added for this product.

A new component is added : Html text block for WPF, these components are used in my QuickZip5 project.

Happy New Year!

I completed two components for WPF, and wrote WPF Tutorials for them :

• AutoComplete Folder TextBox
• Filename To Icon Converter
• Breadcrumb Folder TextBox (not completed yet)

These are just beginner tutorials, I am writing down what I learned before I forget them.

But if you found them useful, feel free to use them in your application.

I have updated From The Author sections of Contact page with a new article.

If you don't have time to read, here's a summary :

From QuickZip 5

The Navigator mirror (http://home.quickzip.org) is updated to Radiant CMS 0.6.9

I have updated Install Builder to 0.8, which added command line support and fixed a crash if non {app} directory is used.

Binary and source is available here and here

I have updated qzLite3 to 3.1.0.2 (was build 3151), some bugfixes is included in this build, include the crash when adding empty folder to zip.

I have completed a tutorial that describe how to use CAKE3 to develop an archiver.

(CYOA - Craft Your Own Archiver)

• Archive Operations
• File List, Directory Tree and Drag n Drop
• Threading support

I have updated CAKE3 to 1.0.3183, which fixed the crash when adding empty directory to a zip, for a list of fix please check here.

qzLite3 will be updated soon as well.

I have updated qzLite3 to build 3072 (was 2943).

The build number is based on build date, the only changes in this build is some context menu related bugfixes.

ListViewSelectionHelper is a simple WPF component that enable your WPF ListView to support multiselect via dragging.

I have updated qzLite3 to build 2943 (was 2900), this update improve the tray mode and include some bugfixes.

As I am working on something else, the update of qzLite3 may slow down in next couple months.

02-19-08 Translation update for Finnish and Dutch(new).

I have updated qzLite33 to build 2900 (was 2877), this update implement archive converter and sfx (SelF-eXtract executables) creations.

Currently sfx support lha only, so it will convert your archive to lha before creating the sfx.

I have updated qzLite33 to build 2877 (was 2844), this update enable Win9x support, with some small updates.

One of the new features is xml file list generator, it can be opened by most modern browser just like the html version. However, as data and template are separated, you can customize the layout and style of file list. One template can be reused in multiple archives.

I have updated qzLite33 to build 2844 (was 2812), this update include some bugfixs and new features, you are suggested to update to latest version.

Currently qzLite3 do not support Win9x Systems (will crash when start), I hope this can be fixed in next version.

Ive updated Quick Zip to 4.60.019 (from 4.60.018), this update fixed the following.
Qze AES 128 bit encoding not working.
Open crash sometimes.

After one year of development, most coding is completed, and I am going to release it to the public.

The most interesting new feature is full drag and drop support for both directory and file list. There are some other new features as well, although it is not as powerful as qz460, qzLite3 is more stable as it uses completely new code.

As building archive product is getting more and more complicated, some new archive products is released under open source license. As for qzLite3, the engine part is already open source, while the interface is not. I hope this encourage other programmer to create new archive product, while prevent people with bad intention from injecting code to the product.

Download qzLite3

More Info

Screenshots

Cake3 and CakCmd is updated as well.

I am working on my next Quick Zip, qzLite3, it will provide only basic archive operations. Most coding is completed, I hope to release a beta version in next couple months.

More information related to qzLite3 can be found here.

I have updated CAKE3 to 1.0.2714.172, which fixed some bugs, for a list of fix please check here.

As the dll update, CakeCmd is updated to 0.2 as well.

Ive updated Quick Zip to 4.60.018 (from 4.60.017b), this update fixed a statusbar display problem.

Ive also received report that the context menu (both v4.50 and v4.00) does not work with Windows XP 64bit version, no fix is available for that at this time.

I have to take down my web server for a period of time. I have uploaded a mirror of the website to Google Pages, please use that one at this moment.

(PS:My web server can still be accessed via here if it's online.)

To make Cake3 easier to use, I have documented the project cake3.

You can now view the ImmDoc.Net generated help file here.

I have updated Install Builder to 0.6, which fixed a bug that will create invalid shortcut when installing. Install Builder Addin for #Develop is updated as well.

After a year of development, I believe Install Builder line is now stable enough, so I released the source, both Install Builder and Install Builder Addin (for #Develop) is now under GPL License, if you want to improve the software, you are welcomed.

Binary and source is available here and here

• 100KB_Zipper - OK! (Help file not supported.)
• Archive Folder - Untested
• Cake Command Line 0.1 - OK!
• CavPlugin 0.2 - OK!
• Install Builder 0.5 - OK! (use Windows Mobile Device Center 6 instead of ActiveSync in WinVista)
• Quick Zip 4.60 - OK!, (enable "Run as Admin" or disable UAC if you want to enable/disable Context menu or Associate archive files, Help\Help is not working. Setup generated by InstBuilder in Quick Zip does not support Vista.)
• Quick Zip Lite - Untested

Visitor count is going and going down since the re-open, from peak 14k to 9k per months, thats a huge drop for a small site like this one. If the trend continues, by next year there will be zero visitor visiting this site.

I was wondering the reason of visitor count loss, Perhaps because of the lack of updates, or the Quick Zip become obsolute, as the user found a better compression programs. Perhaps the old site have better design, Perhaps because the site no longer part of IFroggy, and the lack of link exchange.

If these are the cause of the visitor decline, maybe I should update to the "blog site" daily, and update the software weekly. I can revert the site to old design. I can make the site full of link exchange like the old design as well. And if nothing helps, perhaps I shall close the site and do something else.

But now I am not going to do any of the above, because I just noticed the major reason is caused by my site no longer searchable via the big search engine like Google, which is caused by the change of hosting method, and it can only be fixed unless I change the hosting method (an I am not going to change it)

Anyway, this site exists because I want to share softwares written by me, not because of the amount of visitors (Although more visitors make me happy =D ), so the site will continue as normal, and yes, Happy April first!

Btw, this is just a news section, not a blog, and no, no advertising on this site, I link sites that I like only.

Install Builder Addin is updated to 0.06, it's updated for supporting latest version of #Develop (2.1 build 2429, Release), nothing else is changed.

I have added my addin to #Develop Third Party Addin page as well.

(05-10-07, Addin page upated to here)

Cake Command Line is a command line interface for CAKE3, it allow you to list, test, extract and compress files in supported archives. This is a sample project of CAKE3, if you need archive support for your application you can download the source.

You can download the binary and source here. This software is require dotNet2 framework

Please noted that initial support zip only, support for other archive types require additional dlls, read Dlls.txt for more info.

CAKE (Common Archiver Kit Experinment) act as an interface between your application and archiver DLL. QuickZip, qzLite and Archiver Folder use CAKE to provide archive support. CAKE2 is based on DelphiVCL, but CAKE3 is based on dotNet2, so CAKE3 is not an update for CAKE2.

qzLite150 was used to test the CAKE1 component, qzLite200 was used to test the CAKE2 component. To test the framework and CAKE3, I am working on a new version of qzLite based on CAKE3, it will be more stable (because it's built on dotNet framework and it's based on new code), The download size will be smaller (the major binary + CAKE3.dll below 300kb at this time), but may support less features.

The major problem now is that WindowsXP users have to download a 24mb dotNet2 framework to run these applications. But in future, Windows Vista will have dotNet3 framework built-in.

Source code will be available in next few weeks.

(01-27-07, I have uploaded a Sqx only implementation of CAKE3 for users that require sqx only, under BSD License.)
(01-30-07, CAKE3 build 2583 with source is available for download now, under GPL License with some exception.)

I have uploaded qzMiniHtml.Net2 to the download page, there's just some small changes compared with the demo released few months ago, the major reason is that I am busy in last couple months, and I am working on another new project.

Because I cannot spend the time to develope this component in next 2-3 months, so I release it now. If you found any bug please report them to me, Editing is not working too well, but it should display html properly.

100Zipper is now under GPL license, you can download the source code here

Delphi W32 and couple components is required to compile the source.

Ive updated Quick Zip to 4.60.017b (from 4.60.017), this is just a translation update, which included the following translations:

Nothing else is changed.

I am going to update the dns record of quickzip.org to my new web server, users who typed www.quickzip.org should be redirected to the new web server. I havent did this before so anything can go wrong.

The web site address will still be http://www.quickzip.org, Please make sure your bookmark pointed to the correct location (instead of an ip address).

I have installed the forum software and imported the old posts as well, this forum is for reference purpose only, please use the new forums (QuickZip for software, QuickZipDev for components) if you have any question or comment.

I know the web site is not as good as the old one (dont remind me!), but thats all I can offer for 2 months, plus this one is a lot easier to maintain as well.

Hope you enjoy the new site.

The web design is much easier than the old days, I no longer need to update every pages just to update a style, or menu entry, so it cost me much less time than I thought to complete the pages (with text editor...).

Most web design is completed and Im now hosting it on my new mac mini. As my bandwidth is very limited, and I dont want to manage myself, large images and message board will be hosted on Picasa and Google Groups.

I will install a mirror of the old message board for reference but no new post will be allowed. The news page will be replaced by a blog once I have time to code it.

(25/10/06, The web page is now updated to use Radiant CMS system.)

Compilied demo of qzMiniHtml.Net2 is now avaliable for download in the Components page, this demo compiled with the most updated version of the source code, it demonstrate the following components : Label, Editor, Dialog and EditorDialog.

Assembly version (or dll version, which you can use in your developement) is not avaliable yet, its not stable and feature-rich enough for this purpose.

Install Builder Addin is updated to 0.04, it's updated for supporting latest beta version of #Develop (2.1 build 1825), nothing else is changed.

The Softwares and part of Components page done, so now I have some free time to implement a counter, I used Sitemeter's counter between 2000 to 2003, in around 2004, the site used a internal counter, then Sitecounter's in mid 2005, Id say I prefer Sitemeter the most, so I just decided to switch back to the old counter, in case you noticed the magical 739,912 value, it's the visit count from Sitecounter, however the count from 2004 to mid 2005 is still missing, as I am unable to access the internal counter (it's removed..)

New web design of Quickzip.org started, it may not be as good as the iFroggy one, but I will keep the site simple, and there will be no advertising on the site. If you are reading this, that means you are reading the new design, and the new server is up.

Please note that most images (except a few) are hosted on ImageShack.us, and they do advertise when you open the full image. Once I am sure my bandwidth is enough, I will move those images back to my server.

If you wish to read the old page now, you can use The Wayback Machine, they keep a copy the old pages (2001, 2002-2006), please tell me if you found a mirror of the site before 2001.

This message was posted on QuickZip.org support forum

I would like to inform everyone that, as of Nov 1, 2006, Quick Zip will no longer be part of iFroggy network.

I would like to thank iFroggy network for hosting the site for over 5 years, without them, I may have to spend a lot of time on the web site, and end up do not have enough time to develop the software. I am a bit shocked when I was informed, I know some of you may feel the same, but this site will continue, as long as I write softwares.

The site may be interrupted anytime after Nov 1, 2006. If you need to access the site (forum, help etc), please do it before the deadline. I am working on the new server and new web page, quickzip.org will be pointed to a temporary site until everything is ready.

The down time will take a while, as my web design skill is outdated (I designed my last web site using frames 5 yrs ago, and I dont have experience setting up web server) however, I am sure it will be finished, if I cannot complete it in one month, then 3 months, half year, one year, I am sure it will be completed one day.