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<p>Wfr: Add link to decompression algorithm</p> <hr /> <div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|z}}<br /> }}<br /> '''InstallShield Z''' format is a compressed archive format used by version 3 of the InstallShield installation software. Documentation is lacking but it has been partially decoded and implemented by open source projects.<br /> <br /> It uses PKware's proprietary &quot;implode&quot; compression algorithm.<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> Files begin with bytes {{magic|13 5D 65 8C 3A 01 02 00}}.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[InstallShield CAB]] (successor format)<br /> * [[InstallShield installer archive]]<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * [http://legroom.net/software/uniextract Universal Extractor]<br /> * InstallShield File Compressor: Official compressor/decompressor utility (Windows command-line). Several different versions of it can be found on the internet (as icomp.zip, icompx.zip, icomp95.zip, ...). Included with Universal Extractor.<br /> * [https://github.com/wfr/unshieldv3/ Open source InstallShield v3 extractor (C++)]<br /> * [https://github.com/DeclanHoare/stix/ Open source InstallShield v3 extractor (Pascal &amp; Assembly)]<br /> * [https://github.com/madler/zlib/tree/master/contrib/blast Free implementation of PKware &quot;explode&quot; algorithm (C)]<br /> <br /> == Sample files ==<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction24b/GOLF/ → *.Z<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction40/DEER/ → *.Z<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/hotgames/KidsEMail/ → *.z</div>

Wfr http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/InstallShield_Z 2019-02-21T05:01:39Z

<p>Wfr: </p> <hr /> <div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|z}}<br /> }}<br /> '''InstallShield Z''' format is a compressed archive format used by version 3 of the InstallShield installation software. Documentation is lacking but it has been partially decoded and implemented by open source projects.<br /> <br /> It uses the proprietary &quot;implode&quot; compression algorithm by PKware.<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> Files begin with bytes {{magic|13 5D 65 8C 3A 01 02 00}}.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[InstallShield CAB]] (successor format)<br /> * [[InstallShield installer archive]]<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * [http://legroom.net/software/uniextract Universal Extractor]<br /> * InstallShield File Compressor: Official compressor/decompressor utility (Windows command-line). Several different versions of it can be found on the internet (as icomp.zip, icompx.zip, icomp95.zip, ...). Included with Universal Extractor.<br /> * [https://github.com/wfr/unshieldv3/ Open source InstallShield v3 extractor (C++)]<br /> * [https://github.com/DeclanHoare/stix/ Open source InstallShield v3 extractor (Pascal &amp; Assembly)]<br /> <br /> == Sample files ==<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction24b/GOLF/ → *.Z<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction40/DEER/ → *.Z<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/hotgames/KidsEMail/ → *.z</div>

Wfr http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/InstallShield_Z 2019-02-21T05:00:50Z

<p>Wfr: Added links to open source extractors; updated information</p> <hr /> <div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|z}}<br /> }}<br /> '''InstallShield Z''' format is a compressed archive format used by version 3 of the InstallShield installation software. Documentation is lacking but it has been sufficiently decoded by several open source projects.<br /> <br /> It uses the proprietary &quot;implode&quot; compression algorithm by PKware.<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> Files begin with bytes {{magic|13 5D 65 8C 3A 01 02 00}}.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[InstallShield CAB]] (successor format)<br /> * [[InstallShield installer archive]]<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * [http://legroom.net/software/uniextract Universal Extractor]<br /> * InstallShield File Compressor: Official compressor/decompressor utility (Windows command-line). Several different versions of it can be found on the internet (as icomp.zip, icompx.zip, icomp95.zip, ...). Included with Universal Extractor.<br /> * [https://github.com/wfr/unshieldv3/ Open source InstallShield v3 extractor (C++)]<br /> * [https://github.com/DeclanHoare/stix/ Open source InstallShield v3 extractor (Pascal &amp; Assembly)]<br /> <br /> == Sample files ==<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction24b/GOLF/ → *.Z<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction40/DEER/ → *.Z<br /> * http://cd.textfiles.com/hotgames/KidsEMail/ → *.z</div>

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