How to use get rid of the yellow box icon for packer plugins

[petermad]

In TC 7.50rc1 a new feature is described in the help file (not in history.txt though):

Dialog box: Edit file type (internal associations)

Open
**ext Use packer plugin defined for extension "ext" to view contents of file

I have some observations concerning this feature:

1. If the extension of the file is already associated with a packer plugin, then this feature only has an effect when [Packer] ZIPlikeDirectory=0.

2. It seems that already defined packer plugin extensions takes precedence when defining the internal association:
Type name: *.aes
Open: **7z
results in TC opening the file with aes-plugin not the 7z-plugin.

3. If the filetype is not in the list of defined packer extensions then TC tries to use the internal associated plugin:
Type name: *.æøå
Open: **7z
then TC tries to open the file with 7z.

4. in the latter example it is possible to change the icon for the file type.


5. So the yellow box icon for .7z files for example can be changed like this:

Change:

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[PackerPlugins]
7z=95,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx
to:
my_7z=95,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx

Make this internal association:

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[Associations]
Filter1=*.7z
Filter1_open=**my_7z
Filter1.icon=%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7zFM.exe

Paths and filter number has to be adapted to the current system. TC has to be restarted.


A drawback doing this is that you have to manually change the extension from my_7z to 7z for files that you pack with the plugin from now on.

[Postkutscher]

Change:

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[PackerPlugins]
7z=95,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx
to:
my_7z=95,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx

drawback: doing this is that you have to manually change the extension from my_7z to 7z for files that you pack with the plugin from now on.

Change:
7z=95,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx
to:
7z=351,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\WCX\7zip\7zip.wcx

and you will not have any drawback.

(While I still don`t understand why do you want to get rid of the yellow box icon.)

[petermad]

7z=351

Great, why didn't I think of that

While I still don`t understand why do you want to get rid of the yellow box icon.

I don't - but apparantly a lot of people do.

[Balderstrom]

What do the 95|351 represent in the above examples...

And I don't see how this will help if you want WinRar to handle your archives and not let TC internally w/ "plugins". As I do not want TC to handle archives for unpacking, about the only use I have usually, is to browse into an archive prior to winRar unpacking.

[fenix_productions]

2Balderstrom
Those numbers are the sums of values:

1: Can create new archives
2: Can modify existing archives
4: Can handle multiple files in one archive
8: Can delete files from archive
16: Supports the options dialog
32: Supports packing in memory
64: Detects archive type by content
128: Allows searching for text in archives
256: Don't open with Enter, only with Ctrl+PgDn
512: Supports encryption

So:

95 + 256 (don't open with Enter) = 351

[ghisler(Author)]

2. It seems that already defined packer plugin extensions takes precedence when defining the internal association:
Type name: *.aes
Open: **7z
results in TC opening the file with aes-plugin not the 7z-plugin.

This happens when a plugin cannot open a file of the specified type (here, 7z cannot open aes plugin).