Compressing files

I have a question on how to compress files so that you can submit them onto the add-ons page. I have stuff-it expander I think 7.0 and 7.1. Can some one tell me how to do this?

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RoLLeY49

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Originally posted by rolley49:
**I have a question on how to compress files so that you can submit them onto the add-ons page. I have stuff-it expander I think 7.0 and 7.1. Can some one tell me how to do this?

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You need DropStuff. It comes with Stuffit Standard, which you can fin at (url="http://"http://www.aladdinsys.com")Aladdin's website(/url)

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(This message has been edited by Mantaray (edited 04-28-2003).)

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Originally posted by rolley49:
**I have a question on how to compress files so that you can submit them onto the add-ons page. I have stuff-it expander I think 7.0 and 7.1. Can some one tell me how to do this?

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You need DropStuff or StuffIt Standard to compress files. Just drag a file on it to compress.

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Originally posted by Mantaray:
**You need DropStuff. It comes with Stuffit Standard, which you can fin at Aladdin's website

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But it costs $ 50. If he rather not paid that, I can give him a link to old version for free.

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I believe you can use it for 30 days for free. BTW, 7.0.3 is out, if you all hadn't noticed yet.

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Originally posted by SpacePirate:
**I believe you can use it for 30 days for free. BTW, 7.0.3 is out, if you all hadn't noticed yet.

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But what if he wants to use it for eternity instead of just days? Yes, I noticed. I have been on Aladdins site.

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I am eager to try to ansver mission questions

I figured you had noticed, of course... If you want to use it for an unlimited amount of days, I guess you could use the old dropstuff. It may not have as good compression as the newer versions, but I'm sure it works.

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Originally posted by SpacePirate:
**I figured you had noticed, of course... If you want to use it for an unlimited amount of days, I guess you could use the old dropstuff. It may not have as good compression as the newer versions, but I'm sure it works.

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Yeah, that was what I was saying. It may not be as good as the new versions, but you dont need to pay half a hundred dollars. I did this myself.

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How do I get the old one? Also, after I compress it, how do I encode it?

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RoLLeY49

Hey, I just found ZipIt on the internet, could I just use that to compress stuff, then just submit them, or would it not work or would after compressing them have to do something else them submit?

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RoLLeY49

I'm not sure if ZipIt will preserve the resource forks, as it is a generally windows file format. Go (url="http://"http://www.stuffit.com/cgi-bin/stuffit/n-login_stuffit.cgi?stuffitlite")here(/url) to download demos for DropStuff, DropZip, and DropTar, as well as for Expander.

If that link does not work, go (url="http://"http://www.stuffit.com/stuffit/lite/index.html")here(/url) and click on the big, blue, circular button labeled "Dowload stuffit standard edition and try ALL 4 products!". Fill in some random info, and then click download.

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Originally posted by rolley49:
**How do I get the old one? Also, after I compress it, how do I encode it?

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Its such a bother to find a link... I dont remember where I found myself. Ill just send it to you at rolley49@yahoo.com. About encoding, do you mean generally (such as MacBinary)?

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Originally posted by General Cade Smart:
**Its such a bother to find a link... I dont remember where I found myself. Ill just send it to you at rolley49@yahoo.com. About encoding, do you mean generally (such as MacBinary)?

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I think so. I wen to the addons page and with submitting it said something like that.

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RoLLeY49

An older version may be better than a current one. I have seen several mentions on the webboards of problems with StuffIt 7. I am still using 5, and it seems to work fine.

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