[delphizip] Re: SFX - Autorun

  • From: RPeters <rpeters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:34:07 +1000

Peter Gore wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The online help says of SFXAutoRun
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> If True, extraction of the SFX contents will be performed automatically,
> no user actions are required.  NOTE: This works only if the SFX's
> filename starts with an exclamation mark ( ! ) -for security reasons-
> For example: !AUTORUN.EXE  WARNING: Use this only in rare cases! We
> advise you NOT to use this because files will be extracted onto the
> user's disk without his knowledge.
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> For me, setting autorun to true seems to work irrespective of whether
> the filename starts with an ! or not. (which is what I actually want).
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> Can I rely on this changed behaviour?
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> Regards
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> Peter Gore
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I will have to have a look to see how it changed (accident or design) to 
know that.
But remember how dangerous it is and that quite possibly it could have 
problems under Vista or beyond.
Russell Peters
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