4 The Merge7z DLL files provide WinMerge its seamless handling of compressed files.
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5 For WinMerge to be able to open compressed files, it requires a Merge7z DLL file,
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6 (for example, Merge7z430.dll), through which it calls 7-Zip archive code.
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8 7-Zip is a Free and Open Source program handling many compression formats,
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10 http://www.7-zip.org/
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12 The Merge7z DLL files are available in two forms:
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14 (1) A Windows installer is available, which puts the files into the
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15 correct place for you. For example, "Merge7zInstaller0017-311-430.exe"
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16 is a Merge7z installer which will install Merge7z DLL files which are
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17 compatible with 7-Zip releases 3.11 through 4.30. (The 0017 indicates
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18 that this is build 0017 of the installer.)
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20 (2) A simple binary bundle is available, from which you should copy
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21 all files into the same directory as your WinMerge.exe and WinMergeU.exe
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22 programs (typically this would be C:\Program Files\WinMerge).
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23 Merge7z0017-311-430.7z is an example of a binary bundle distribution.
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24 This binary bundle is so named because it is build 0017 and contains DLLs
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25 compatible with 7-Zip versions 3.11 through 4.30.
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29 The WinMerge User's Manual contains a chapter on 7-Zip and archive support.
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30 http://winmerge.org/docs/manual/Install.html
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32 Configuration information about your current system, and its presence or
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33 absence of archive support, is available from the WinMerge Help/Configuration
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34 menu, which will create a long text file containing configuration information.
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35 The section beginning "Archive support" has details about Merge7z and
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36 7-Zip files discovered by WinMerge.
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