InstallShield CAB

From Just Solve the File Format Problem
(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
(Sample files)
 
(2 intermediate revisions by one user not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
 
|subcat=Archiving
 
|subcat=Archiving
 
|extensions={{ext|cab}}, {{ext|hdr}}
 
|extensions={{ext|cab}}, {{ext|hdr}}
 +
|wikidata={{wikidata|Q28758102}}
 
}}
 
}}
'''InstallShield CAB''' is a compressed archive format used by some versions (at least versions 5 and 6) of the InstallShield installation software. It is the successor to [[InstallShield Z]] format. It reportedly uses [[zlib]] compression. It is not the same as Microsoft's [[Cabinet]] format.
+
'''InstallShield CAB''' is a compressed archive format used by some versions (at least versions 5 and 6) of the [[InstallShield]] installation software. It is the successor to [[InstallShield Z]] format. It reportedly uses [[zlib]] compression. It is not the same as Microsoft's [[Cabinet]] format.
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Line 10: Line 11:
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[InstallShield Z]]
+
* [[InstallShield]]
* [[InstallShield installer archive]]
+
* [[InstallShield Z]] (predecessor)
* [[Cabinet]]
+
* [[Cabinet]] (for comparison)
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [https://github.com/twogood/unshield Unshield]
 
* [https://github.com/twogood/unshield Unshield]
* [ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/i5comp21.rar i5comp21.rar], [ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/i6cmp13b.zip i6cmp13b.zip], [ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/i6comp02.zip i6comp02.zip]
+
* [{{SACFTPURL|pack|i5comp21.rar}} i5comp21.rar], [{{SACFTPURL|pack|i6cmp13b.zip}} i6cmp13b.zip], [{{SACFTPURL|pack|i6comp02.zip}} i6comp02.zip]
 
* [[Konvertor]]
 
* [[Konvertor]]
 
* [http://legroom.net/software/uniextract Universal Extractor]
 
* [http://legroom.net/software/uniextract Universal Extractor]
Line 24: Line 25:
 
* {{CdTextfilesURL|cdaction/cdaction42a/DRIVER/}} → *.CAB
 
* {{CdTextfilesURL|cdaction/cdaction42a/DRIVER/}} → *.CAB
 
* {{CdTextfilesURL|cdaction/cdaction43a/CODE/}} → *.CAB
 
* {{CdTextfilesURL|cdaction/cdaction43a/CODE/}} → *.CAB
 +
* {{DexvertSamples|archive/installShieldCAB}}

Latest revision as of 15:03, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name InstallShield CAB
Ontology
Extension(s) .cab, .hdr
Wikidata ID Q28758102

InstallShield CAB is a compressed archive format used by some versions (at least versions 5 and 6) of the InstallShield installation software. It is the successor to InstallShield Z format. It reportedly uses zlib compression. It is not the same as Microsoft's Cabinet format.

Contents

[edit] Identification

Files begin with ASCII characters "ISc(".

[edit] See also

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox