Archive support
Note
- This information is valid only for MultiArc plugin which comes with the standard distribution of FAR Manager!
For specific archive formats support, MultiArc plugin uses second-level plugins (subplugins) - the
so called FMT-modules. These are all the
*.FMT files contained within Formats subfolder of
MultiArc (but not in subfolders of Formats).
Functions exported by FMT-modules
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CloseArchive | Close archive. |
| GetArcItem | Get the information about the next archive element. |
| GetDefaultCommands | Get archiver command strings used by default |
| GetFormatName | Get archive format name. |
| GetSFXPos | Get the position of the beginning of the archive. |
| IsArchive | Check whether the specified file is an archive. |
| LoadFormatModule | Called when a subplugin is loaded. |
| OpenArchive | Open an archive and prepare it for reading. |
| SetFarInfo | Passes global settings to the plugin. |
Structures used by FMT-modules
| Structure | Description |
|---|---|
| ArcInfo | Common information about an archive |
| ArcItemInfo | Information about a specific archive element |
Remarks
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You can use subplugin technology in your own plugins. Examples of such plugins:
- Expression Calculator (Alexey Torgashin)
- Search and Replace (Ivan Sintyurin)
- Address Book (Pavel Kostromitinov)
- Mr.Ripper (Vladimir Kubyshev)
See also: