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OS/2 - Technical => Applications => Topic started by: hausmaus on 2007.06.29, 04:18:40

Title: PM ZIP front-end
Post by: hausmaus on 2007.06.29, 04:18:40
Can anyone recommend a good free PM-based front-end for eCS?  I use it a lot when I program and need something that works.  I've tried what's on hobbes and most of them lock up or don't have features I need.  Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Sean
Title: Re: PM ZIP front-end
Post by: klipp on 2007.06.29, 22:02:22
You might try ZipControl (its not free, but does give you a free trial period to see if its got what you're looking for)!
http://www.rpfsoftware.com  -- Its Java based so it'll run on any platform that has JAVA installed.
Title: Re: PM ZIP front-end
Post by: RobertM on 2007.06.30, 04:51:16
I usually use eZip, which though isnt perfect, is pretty damn good. The only complaint I have with it is that when dragging files from it to a folder, you have to hold the mouse (and button) down until you get the dragged icons (which will take however long it takes to decompress the file to a temp directory). There are other options from within the Zip Shell to extract which dont delay what you are doing, but drag-n-drop is the easiest.

You can find it (and other apps) here:

http://www.subsys.de/eZIP/

HTH,
-Rob
Title: Re: PM ZIP front-end
Post by: rbri on 2007.06.30, 11:25:27
I use FM/2. It includes a generic frontend so you can configure as many archivers as you like. And Drag and Drop works sin both directions.
Title: Re: PM ZIP front-end
Post by: Ben on 2007.06.30, 20:32:49
I just use Object Desktops archivers which melt seamlessly into the desktop and which I purchased way back.

That's right, OD was commercial software, but has long since been discontinued.

You can find a copy of it floating around on the Internet easily enough.

Though I'd just like to say, for the record, that I can not condone such a practice...

... Ahmm...

::)   :o
Title: Re: PM ZIP front-end
Post by: Glenn on 2007.07.03, 17:59:59
I love AF/2 (Archive Folder). It is purely a front end for whatever archiver you use. AF/2 takes a little tweaking of the .BB2 file to get it to work with the latest info-zip versions. But it is HIGHLY customizable and integrates well with the WPS. It's getting a bit long in the tooth but still a worthy archive handler.

-Glenn