http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Jayman 2026-04-21T21:51:42Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/InstallShield_Z 2021-09-23T23:31:45Z

<p>Jayman: /* Sample files */ Add .LIB files</p> <hr /> <div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|z}}, {{ext|lib}}<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;[[PKWARE DCL Implode|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 /> * [https://github.com/OmniBlade/isextract isextract]<br /> <br /> == Sample files ==<br /> * {{CdTextfilesURL|cdaction/cdaction24b/GOLF/}} → *.Z, *.LIB<br /> * {{CdTextfilesURL|cdaction/cdaction40/DEER/}} → *.Z, *.LIB<br /> * {{CdTextfilesURL|hotgames/KidsEMail/}} → *.z, _SETUP.LIB<br /> * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/installShieldZ/</div>

Jayman http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/InstallShield_Z 2021-09-23T23:11:21Z

<p>Jayman: Add .lib extension</p> <hr /> <div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|z}}, {{ext|lib}}<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;[[PKWARE DCL Implode|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 /> * [https://github.com/OmniBlade/isextract isextract]<br /> <br /> == Sample files ==<br /> * {{CdTextfilesURL|cdaction/cdaction24b/GOLF/}} → *.Z<br /> * {{CdTextfilesURL|cdaction/cdaction40/DEER/}} → *.Z<br /> * {{CdTextfilesURL|hotgames/KidsEMail/}} → *.z<br /> * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/installShieldZ/</div>

Jayman