Cabinet - Revision history

Polluks: /* Software */ XAD

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‎Software: XAD

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‎Sample files

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Wikidata

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‎Sample files

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add ForensicsWiki entry link (all details already included)

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‎Links

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 * [https://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/ libmspack] and [https://www.cabextract.org.uk/ cabextract]
 * [[7-Zip]] can decode at least some CAB files
 == Sample files ==

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 == Sample files ==
 * http://libxad.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libxad/testfiles/CAB/
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/cab/
+* {{DexvertSamples|archive/cab}}
 == Links ==

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 '''Cabinet''' ('''CAB''') is a compressed archive format created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is [[LZX]], a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products.
-The [[PUZ]] format used by [[Microsoft Publisher]] for its "Pack and Go" feature is a Cabinet file with a '''.puz''' extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links.
+The [[PUZ]] format used by [[Microsoft Publisher]] for its "Pack and Go" feature is a Cabinet file with a '''.puz''' extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links. Same goes for PowerPoint's [[PPZ]] "Pack and Go" feature.
 The [[Windows Installer]] (.msi) format is more-or-less the successor to this format.

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 |mimetypes={{mimetype|application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed}}
 |pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/414}}
 |released=1995
 }}

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 == Sample files ==
 * http://libxad.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libxad/testfiles/CAB/
 == Links ==

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 * [[Wikipedia:Cabinet (file format)|Wikipedia article]]
 * [https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1019811 Discussion of CAB file size limits]
 [[Category:Microsoft]]
 [[Category:Windows]]

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 :''"CAB" redirects here. For another CAB format, see [[InstallShield CAB]].''
-'''Cabinet''' is a compressed archiver created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is [[LZX]], a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products.
+'''Cabinet''' ('''CAB''') is a compressed archive format created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is [[LZX]], a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products.
 The [[PUZ]] format used by [[Microsoft Publisher]] for its "Pack and Go" feature is a Cabinet file with a '''.puz''' extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links.
-The [[Windows Installer]] (.msi, .msp) format was extended from this.
+The [[Windows Installer]] (.msi) format is more-or-less the successor to this format.
 == Identification ==

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	The [[Windows Installer]] (.msi, .msp) format was extended from this.		The [[Windows Installer]] (.msi, .msp) format was extended from this.
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		+	== Identification ==
		+	Files begin with the ASCII signature "{{magic\|MSCF}}".

	== Software ==		== Software ==