IES-VE User Forum

Hi,

I am receiving an error when I try to archive a project.
The error is a Cabinet error with text 'Unknown error' with red circle white cross.

Does anyone know how to resolve this issue.

Hi,

Check there are no unusual (non-standard English) characters in the project name. Also the location where you are choosing to create the archive should be checked, ensure you have permissions to write to this folder

If you browse to your project folder you should check that you can zip up or archive the project manually outwith VE

Phil

The file is titled correctly (TESTING CASE 3).
The location and permissions do not seem to be a problem since there are cases 1 and 2 in the same location.
I can zip the file with no problems.

This is the largest simulation file I have (5gb), is there perhaps a limit ?

Hi,

Yes if you are trying to archive including 5GB of results then that is likely to be the problem

It is a limitation for creating CAB files. The VE uses Microsoft CAB files and their Cabinet.dll. The limitation of this is that the maximum size for files that Cabinet.dll can handle is 2 GB.

See: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/153 ... Extraction

Limitations
• The maximum size for files that Cabinet.dll can compress is 2 GB.
• The maximum size of one CAB file is also 2 GB. But you can create splitted CAB files of unlimited size. (Part1.cab, Part2.cab, see below)
• This project cannot compress or extract InstallShield CAB files. (see below)
• You cannot add files to or delete files from an existing CAB archive.
• For Windows 95/98/ME Microsoft's "Layer for Unicode" must be installed.

If you are over the 2 GB limit then you will have to look at seprately archiving the results files. There is nothing we can do about this until Microsoft address it.

Phil

Ooh Thanks a lot.