NHOCSUNG
10th November 2004 01:59 UTC

unrar.dll how to use ???
i loaded unrar.dll for winrar site but don't know how to use, it's hard to use with sysytem.dll help please ...

kichik
11th November 2004 19:20 UTC

If you have any specific problems, I'm sure someone will be able to help.

NHOCSUNG
17th November 2004 01:00 UTC

thanks anyway...

o_owd
17th November 2004 06:44 UTC

if you want to extract from a winrar archive use unrar.exe. you have it in your winrar folder.
i used it. use it with nsExec plugin.

OJi.

Brummelchen
19th November 2004 23:13 UTC

dll + docu here
http://www.rarsoft.com/rar_add.htm

erundil
19th December 2011 01:10 UTC

I'm no programmer and have no idea about programming (I thought so, but then I started to learn, and realised, I know nothing).

What I want to do, is to extract a RAR file via NSIS installer.
There were plugins for ZIP files with a commands like:
nsisunz::Unzip "$PLUGINSDIR\myzipfile.zip" "$INSTDIR"
ZipDLL::extractall SOURCE DESTINATION

Brummelchen have linked the unrar.dll, I think it could be great, but I have no idea, what command should I use to extract the files. I could probably find the command name by browsing the DLL, but I wouldn't know how many parameters does it use, or in what order.

(Also, there is a BioWare's DLL, named nsisUnRar2.dll, used in Mass Effect 2 DLC installers which also unpacks RAR archives.)

So if anyone could post a short instruction, like
1. Put <list of files> in <directory>
2. Include <filename> in your script
3. Use the command <command>

Thank's in advance.

Oh, by the way I think there should be an archive support implemented in NSIS, dunno, zip, 7zip or rar, whatever.

MSG
19th December 2011 05:02 UTC

I've always found unrar.dll to be severely lacking in documentation. I would recommend using 7za.exe instead, but I don't think it supports rar archives. Zip and 7z it can do, so if you're free in chosing your archive format, I'd go 7z.

Afrow UK
19th December 2011 12:27 UTC

7-zip supports unpacking of RAR (but not packing).

Stu

Anders
19th December 2011 13:09 UTC

Originally posted by Afrow UK
7-zip supports unpacking of RAR (but not packing).

Afrow UK
19th December 2011 13:40 UTC

Ah yes you are correct.

Stu

LoRd_MuldeR
19th December 2011 16:49 UTC

Just a note: WinRAR has a CLI unpacker (aka "UnRAR") too.

It's probably easier to use from NSIS (e.g. via nsExec), compared to the plain DLL version.

MSG
19th December 2011 18:17 UTC

I was under the impression unrar.exe couldn't be redistributed for commercial applications, but its license.txt just states it's free without further specification. So looks like I was wrong.