open an image file in a zip file

ulao · Post by **ulao** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:55 pm

I know this is not related to irrlicht at all but I have to admit I really don't want to register on some programming forum just to post one question.

Ok, so here is the deal. I'm trying to program in the world of delphi, not my cup of jo... And the author of this application did something like this.
'R:\temp\zyx.zip=zxy.png'

So my question is, is this = business related to delphi, or is it a common way to open from within a zip. Because it sure does not work in code or from the rum menu. Searching the net for this is impossible.

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:22 am

I have no idea, but if it works in Delphi then I'd guess it's something to do with whatever library is loading the image.

Using an equals sign is arbitrary and ugly IMO (then again, so is Pascal), and I've never seen it before. Any sane implementation would just use a forward slash.

ulao · Post by **ulao** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:29 am

tnx bitplane, my guess is zipmaster a package they use.

nespa · Post by **nespa** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:19 am

see 02 example, Quake3Map;

the .pk3 archive is a zip archive;
rename your archive from .zip to .pk3 and see the steps in 02 example;