═══ 1. AF - The Archive Folder, v. 0.32. ═══ AF Archive Folder, v. 0.32. Thomas Olsen, 1996 CONTENTS  The menus  The keys  The container  Using AF  Options ═══ 2. The menus. ═══ THE MENUS Main menu Object menu ═══ 2.1. Main menu ═══ MAIN MENU (Right mouse click in the container) View Options Help Exit ═══ 2.1.1. Exit ═══ Exit - Exit AF. ═══ 2.1.2. View ═══ View Icon - Icon view. Not rather informative. Only the file icon and filename. Details - Details view. ═══ 2.1.3. Help ═══ Help Help index - The main help index. General help - General help about AF. Keys help - The shortcut keys usable in AF. Using help - Shows the standard page about using the help system. Help contents - All the help topics. About - Information about the program and the author. ═══ 2.2. Object menu ═══ OBJECT MENU (right mouse click on a file object) Open... Properties... Help... Extract... Delete... ═══ 2.2.1. Open ═══ Open The open menu has two submenuitems: "Default" and "View". "Default" is also used when you doubble click on an object. The WPS will select how the object will open just as if you doubble click on a normal object. If you select "View" the object will be opened by the viewer you define in the properties notebook. ═══ 2.2.2. Properties ═══ Object properties Open the settings notebook for the selected file. ═══ 3. The keys ═══ THE KEYS Key Result DEL - Delete selected files ALT+X - Exit AF F3 - Exit AF ═══ 4. The container ═══ THE CONTAINER In the container you can view the files in two different views: Icon and Details view. In Icon View you simply see the files with icons and file names. In Details view some more information is provided:  Icon - The same icons as used in Icon view, just smaller.  File name - The name of the compressed file.  Date - The date the file was created  Old size - The size the file had before it was compressed.  New size - The size of the compressed file. At the bottom of the screen is two small status areas. The leftmost will display information about program events such as what files are currently being (un)compressed and how many files there is currently selected. The rightmost displays which compression program that is used to view the archive. ═══ 5. Using AF ═══ USING AF  Creating new archives  Extracting files  Adding files  Deleting files  Drag'n'Drop ═══ 5.1. Creating new archives ═══ CREATING ARCHIVES When AF is installed a folder with archive templates is created on your desktop. To create a new archive simply drag of a file from an achive template, optionally rename it, and then double click on it. The Archive Folder will open and you will be able to select the archive to use. Use Drag'n'Drop to add files to the archive. ═══ 5.2. Extracting files ═══ EXTRACTING FILES Work in progress ═══ 5.2.1. Adding files ═══ ADDING FILES Use Drag'n'Drop to add files to the archive or select "Actions->Add files" from the main menu. ═══ 5.2.2. Deleting files ═══ DELETING FILES Select the files you want to delete in the archive container, click on one of the selected files with mouse button 2 (usually the right button) and select delete. The selected files will then be removed from the archive. ═══ 5.3. Drag'n'Drop ═══ DRAG'n'DROP (Direct manipulation) You can use direct manipulation several ways. To extract files from an archive select them in the archive folder and drag them to a WPS folder. In the titlebar you can see when the files are ready to be dragged. When dragging files from the archive folder any archived paths will be skipped. To archive files drag them from a WPS folder to an open archive folder. ═══ 6. Options ═══ Options Settings - See Settings Edit Archiver - This opens an editor with the ARCHIVER.BB2 where you can edit the archiver settings. The changes will first be available when you shut down and restart AF. Save settings - Save the window size, the font etc. ═══ 6.1. Settings ═══ SETTINGS NOTEBOOK Archive Viewer ═══ 6.1.1. Settings - Archive ═══ Settings - Archive Archive path and file name Archive stats ═══ 6.1.2. Settings - Archive path and name ═══ Settings - Archive path and name. This page shows the type of archiver used for creating the archive, the path where the archive is located and the physical name of the archive. ═══ 6.1.3. Settings - Archive stats ═══ Settings - Archive information. This page shows information about the archive. The first box shows the creation date, the date of the last change and the date of the last access. The second box shows the number of objects (files) in the archive, the old size (uncompressed) and the new (compressed) size. If the information in this box is inaccurate it is because you have opened the properties notebook before the file objects have been created. Simply flip to another page and back again and the information will be updated. ═══ 6.1.4. Settings - Viewer ═══ Settings - External file viewer. On this page you can change the viewer you wish to use when you select "Open->View" from an object popup menu. You do not need to close the notebook for the changes to take effect. Currently the viewer has to be a PM program.