Lead Technologies archive

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File Format
Name Lead Technologies archive
Ontology
Extension(s) .lta
Released 1994?

Lead Technologies archive (official name unknown) is a compressed installer-archive format used in some Lead Technologies software. The file is usually named "SETUP.LTA".

Format details

Multi-part archives are common, with multiple "SETUP.LTA" files comprising a single archive. The byte at offset 4 reflects the volume number.

The compression method is unknown.

Software using LTA usually includes an LTEXPAND.DLL file, which presumably contains decompression library code.

Technical note: The format is not as simple as it may look at first. It does not evidently contain the offsets, or sizes, of the compressed form of the member files. (Possibly uses "solid" archiving?)

Identification

File start with ASCII "LTEC".

Sample files

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