Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!pejacoby From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: System 7 and Compactor Pro self-extracting files Message-ID: <1991May22.130845.3937@mmm.serc.3m.com> Date: 22 May 91 13:08:45 GMT References: Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 US Lines: 20 In article jblue@mwunix.mitre.org (Jason D. Blue) writes: > >Has any one encounter problems with Compactor Pro self extracting files under >System 7? > [memory problems described] >Jason If all else fails, you can just use Compact Pro to extract the files from the archive--the program will still recognize the SEA file as one of it's own. You can either extract the contents and toss the SEA, or do a 'Save As...' and save without the auto-extraction code. I've never found a reason to put things in SEA form, what with Compact Pro and/or Extractor readily available. -- | Paul E. Jacoby, 3M Company, 3M Center, 235-3F-27 | | Maplewood, MN 55144-1000 .-----------------------------------| | => pejacoby@3m.com | I am _not_ the editor of | | (612) 737-3211 | the Radio Times. |