.7z Compression.

[Cosmonaut]

Hi All,

 

I'm updating my CDDS tutorial a little and I decided to produce two versions, one Light and a Heavy version that contains most of the plug ins and software you'll require. The problem is that when I embed the files into the PDF it becomes impossible to view them because Adobe Acrobat have black listed most of the useful file extensions i.e .exe, .zip, .rar etc. The only way around this is to alter the registry which makes it useless becasue the idea of embedding files is to make it easier for the end user, however I found a compression, .7z, that actually works great, in fact its far better than .zip or .rar and PDF haven't blocked it. Now if you have Winrar installed then you should be able to unzip the files but I'm not so sure if winzip users will able be to open .7z attachments so I've made a test PDF which you can download and test to see if it will work.

 

PDF Test

 

Its only 73kbs and if some of you have the time could you please download and follow the simple instructions to see if it works. It should only take about 30 secs to complete.

 

When you're done could you also please just leave a simple review like this;

 

I use Winrar/ Winzip or both: ( or just Winrar or winzip etc)

 

1. Y/N

2. Y/N

3. Y/N

 

Where Y= Yes it worked and N= No it didn't.eg:

 

Winzip:

1. N

2. Y

3. Y

 

Also any other comments are welcome.

 

Thank you for any and all help.

Test PDF.zip

[Argant]

I use Izarc

 

and yes, it worked ;)