Re: Problem with streamed ZIP file and Windows XP

Robbie wrote:

> The ZIP contains 1 or more PDFs but when using Windows XP's built-in
> ZIP viewer, the ZIP appears empty. However, WinZip shows the contents
> correctly.
[...]
> But in our case filenames do not have semi-colons in the name.

How about backslashes (\) or other "special" characters (< > * ? : | or ") ?

If you have access to a Unix box, or a Windows port of zipinfo (such as that
included with Cygwin), then using
zipinfo -v filename
may give you some useful pointer. As might using the "verify" option in WinZip
(I don't have a copy of WinZip, so I don't know how to invoke that option. I'm
confident that it has one, though).

-- chris


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