Copyright: Copyright © 2000 SWE von Schleusen. All rights reserved.
Citation: Copyright © 2000 SWE von Schleusen. All rights reserved.


Overview

UltimateZip is a Program to work with Zip files and many other compression formates.

UltimateZip supports the following features:

Build-in support for:

ZIP archives (*.zip; *.pk3)

Blak Hole archives (*.bh)

Cabinet archives (*.cab)

JAR archives (*.jar)

LHA archives (*.lha; *.lzh)

GZIP archives (*.gz; *.z) (Unix, Linux compatible, only singel files)

TAR archives (*.tar) (Unix, Linux compatible)

TAR-GZIP archives (*.tar.gz) (Unix, Linux compatible)

UUEncode (*.uue) (only singel files)

XXEncode (*.xxe) (only singel files)

Build-in support for reading and extracting:

ACE archives (*.ace)

ARC archives (*.arc)

ARJ archives (*.arj)

PAK archives (*.pak)

RAR archives (*.rar)

ZOO archives (*.zoo)

Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 integration:

UltimateZip supports “Drag and Drop” from and to the Explorer. It‘s possible to create, extract or mail archives without leaving the Explorer.

Virus scanner support:

UltimateZip can be configured to work with most virus scanners. (extrnal program needed)

Support for Self-Extracting files:

UltimateZip Self-Extractor can create “Self-Extracting ZIP Archives”. For extracting these files, no extract program is needed.

Favorite Arcive Folders:

With the “Favorite Archive Folders” feature you are able to organize your favorite archives into a list.

Internet support:

Full UUE and XXE support.

Multible Disk spannig:

Automatic spanning over multible disks, if needed.

E-Mail support:

UltimateZip can send archives to your MAPI Compatible mail-client.

Archive and file encryption support:

UltimateZip en/decryptes archives or other files using the new AES Standard Rijndael.

Zip repair tool:

Repair dammaged Zip files.

Batch extract support:

Extract multible archives with only one mouse klick.

Checkout feature:

To examine or run files in an archive.

Zip comment featue:

View and edit Zip comments.

Integrity test:

Test you archives for errors.


Start UltimateZip

To start UltimateZip, please click the Windows Start button  and choose the UltimateZip icon from the program menu.


Exit UltimateZip

There are tree ways to exit UltimateZip:

1.  Choose Exit for the menu “File”

2.  Press ALT+F4

3.  Click the X button in the top right corner of the window.


Extract
Extracting with UltimateZip

1.  Click Open form the UltimateZip toolbar, or choose Open Archive from the File menu.    You will see the Open Archive dialox box now.

2.  In the Open Archive dialog box you can choose the archive you want to extract. After clicking Open the contents of the archive will be displayed in the UltimateZip window.

3.  To extract files from the archive choose Extract form the toolbar, or click Extract... from the Actions menu. The Extract dialog box will appear.

4.  Please choose the folder where you want to place the extracted files and click Extract.

5.  Now you have extracted the contents of the archive to the choosen folder.

Tip:You also can extract files from an archive by dragging them from the UltimateZip window and dropping the files on the desired folder or to the desktop.


Zip
Zipping with UltimateZip

1.  Click New in the UltimateZip toolbar, or choose New Archive form the File menu. Now you will see the New Archive dialog box.

2.  In this dialog box you can choose the location where to create the archive. After that enter the name you want to use for your archive. Then click OK and the Add dialog box will appear.

3.  In the Add dialog box choose the files you want to add to your archive and click Add.

Ok, you have created a new archive.

Tip:You also can add files to an archive by dragging them from the Explorer and dropping the files on the UltimateZip window.


Add and Extract without leaving the Explorer
Add and Extract Files without leaving the Explorer

To create an archive, select file(s) in the Explorer, right click, and choose Add to Zip form the context menu.

To extract file(s) from an archive, select the archive in the Explorer, and then right click and select Extract to... from the context menu.


Zip and E-Mail
Zip and Mail

To use this feature, you need a MAPI compliant e-mail client.

(Examples of MAPI compliant e-mail programms: Outlook, Outlook Express, and Eudora)

Mail an existing archive with UltimateZip:

You can send every open archive to your Mail Client by clicking the Mail button in the toolbar, or using Mail Archive... from File menu.

Mail an existing archive without leaving the Explorer:

Select the archive you want to Mail, click right, and choose E-Mail.... The archive will be send to your mail client and you will see your archive as attachment.

Zip and Mail files without leaving the Explorer:

Select the file(s) you want to Zip and Mail, and choose Zip and E-Mail.... The archive will be created and send to your mail client.


Double Clicking

Double clicking on a filename in the UltimateZip window will perform the same action performed when you double click on a file in the Explorer or the Windows Desktop. If the file has an executable extension like EXE, COM or BAT, UltimateZip will run it. Otherwise, UltimateZip will open the file with the associate program. For example, files with the extension of .BMP are opened by Paint (unless you have changed the .BMP association)


Windows Association

This is Microsoft’s definition for ”associate”:

To identify a filename extension as belonging to a certain application, so that when you open any file with that extension, the correct application is opened automatically.

For example, by default, Windows associates .BMP files with the Paint application, and .htm files with the Internet-Explorer application. Most Windows application installation procedures create associations. For example, Exel for Windows creates an association for .XLS files, while UltimateZip creates associations for files with the following extensions: ACE, ARC, ARJ, BH, CAB, ENC, GZ, HA, JAR, LHA, LZH, PAK, PK3, RAR, TAR, TGZ, UU, UUE, XXE, Z, ZIP, ZOO. To open these archivetyps by Double clicking UltimateZip must be propperly associated to them.

UltimateZip uses these associations when you Double Click on an archive file listed in an Explorer window.


Menu Tree

File Menu

New Archive...	Open a new archive

Open Archive...	Open an existing archive

Favorite Archive Folders…	Open the Favorite Archive Folders dialog

Close Archive	Close the open archive

Properties…	Display the open archive's properties

Create Shortcut	Add a shortcut to the open archive to the desktop

Move Archive...	Move the open archive to a different drive or folder

Copy Archive...	Copy the open archive to a different drive or folder

Rename Archive...	Change the file name of the open archive

Delete Archive...	Delete the open archive

Print…	Print a listing of the open archive's contents

Filemask...	Select Wildcards for UltimateZip

Mail Archive…	E-mail the open archive

Exit	Close UltimateZip

Actions Menu

Add...	Add files to the archive

Delete...	Delete files from the archive

Extract...	Extract files from the archive

View...	View the selected file in the open archive

Select All	Select all files listed in the main window

Invert Selection	Reverse selected and unselected file status in the archive

Virus Scan	Run a virus scan program against archive contents

Make .EXE File	Create a self-extracting archive (Exe file)

UUencode	UUEncode/XXEncode the open archive

Test	Test integrity of the archive

ZIP Comment…	View, add, edit, or delete a Zip comment

CheckOut...	Checkout files in the open archive

Refresh  	Refresh the main window

Options Menu

Configuration...	Change UltimateZip settings

Sort	Specify sort order for list of files in archive

Icons  	Icon view

Toolbar 	Hide/show the toolbar

Statusbar 	Hide/show the statusbar

View Last Output...	View output from the last command

Tools Menu

Archive Converter                       Converts from one archive type to an other. (e.g. Zip -> Tar)

Batch Extractor	Extract many files at one time

Encrypt	Encrypt archives or files with the new AES standard Rijndael.

Decrypt	Decrypt archives or files with the new AES standard Rijndael.

Help Menu

Contents	Start Help and display topics in UltimateZip help file

UltimateZip Home Page	Start your default browser and visit the UltimateZip web site

Info about UltimateZip...	Info about UltimateZip


Multible Disk Spanning

It‘s easy to create Zip archives that  “span” multible disks. This is useful if the files you are working with will no fit on one disk.

To create a Zip archive that spans multible disks, create a new Zip archive on a removable disk, then add files to your archive. If the disk is full, you will be prompted for a new disk, then insert the next disk and click OK.

Note: diskspanning is not available when adding files to an existing archive. Diskspanning is only available while creating new archives.


License
UltimateZip License

Copyright (C) 2001 SWE von Schleusen. All rights reserved.

UltimateZip END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

This product (UltimateZip) is released as freeware.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY

OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED  BY

APPLICABLE LAW, THE AUTHOR FURTHER DISCLAIMS ALL

WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED

WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE

OF THE PRODUCT AND DOCUMENTATION REMAINS WITH RECIPIENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY

CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,

PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING,

WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS

PROFITS, BUSINESSINTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS

INFORMATION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF

THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE

PRODUCT, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE

POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

DISTRIBUTION

The Software may be freely distributed provided that

it is not modified and  the   original   archive

remains  intact  with  all  accompanying files,

and  provided  that no fee is charged (except for

any reasonable fees necessary to cover costs

of distribution media).

You  may  not  reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble

UltimateZip.


Formates
About Archive Formates

What are Archives?

An archive is a file that contain other files. Normaly files in an archive are compressed. Archives make it very easy to backup, store, copy and transport these files.

Most files in the internet are distributed as archives to save webspace on the server.

UltimateZip supports the following archive formates:

ZIP archives (*.zip; *.pk3)

Blak Hole archives (*.bh)

Cabinet archives (*.cab)

JAR archives (*.jar)

LHA archives (*.lha; *.lzh)

GZIP archives (*.gz; *.z) (Unix,Linux compatible, only singel files)

TAR archives (*.tar) (Unix,Linux compatible)

TAR-GZIP archives (*.tar.gz) (Unix,Linux compatible)

UUEncode (*.uue) (only singel files)

XXEncode (*.xxe) (only singel files)

Build-in support for reading and extracting:

ACE archives (*.ace)

ARC archives (*.arc)

ARJ archives (*.arj)

PAK archives  (*.pak)

RAR archives (*.rar)

ZOO archives (*.zoo)


Configuration

View:

Listview: change the the style of the listview.

Listview icons: change the viewstyle and size of the icons.

Columns: change the columns displaed in the listview.

Program Locations:

Viewer: specify the pass of a viewer (Notepad.exe default).

Optional Virusscanner: pass and parameters of an external virusscanner.

File Formates:

Choose the archive typs you want to associate with UltimateZip

Miscellaneous:

Explorer Shell Extension: activate Explorer Shell Extension

Startup: show opendialog after program starts.

Other:Create/delete Startmenu or Desktop icons.

          Always have UltimateZip on top over all other windows.

Foldres:

Tempfolder: shows the path of the temp folder.

Checkout base folder: shows the path of the Checkout base folder.

Toolbar:

View: change the viewstyle of the Toolbar.

Customize Toolbar: choose Toolbar buttons.


CheckOut Feature

The CheckOut enables you to examine or run files in an archive. It creates a temporary directory, extracts all files into this directory, and creates a program group in the start menu showing the files in the directory. To run or view one of these files, you only need to klick the files icon in the program group. UltimateZip will close the open window and delete the temporary directory (including all extracted files) when you close the archive or exit UltimateZip.

The CheckOut base folder is the folder in whitch the files will be checked out.

You can specify this folder in the configuration dialog.

CheckOut Dialog

Please use the CheckOut button or the CheckOut menu entry to activate the CheckOut dialog.

The dialog lets you specify your CheckOut operation.

In the Folder edit field you can specify the temporary CheckOut folder name.

Use the Group name edit field to enter the name of the program group.

Use the Max. icons edit field to spcify the maximum number icons to be created in the program group.

Use the Create icons for programs and documentes only check box to control for whith files icons will be created. When the check box is checked, icons are created for executable files and files with associations.


Zip Comments

Use the Comment menu entry to activate the Comment dialog.

In this dialog you can view, create, edit or delete zip comments. A zip comment is an

Information text embetted in a zip archive.

When you open a commened zip archive a yellow icon will be displayed in the statusbar.

You can klick this icon to active the Comment dialog.

This featue is available for Zip archives only.


Install Feature

If an archive contains a setup program the Install feature is available.

Simply klick the Install menu entry and UltimateZip will extract all files to a temporary folder and launch the setup program. After the setup process UltimateZip deletes the temporary folder and files.


Zip Reapair
Zip Repair

If you have got a dammaged Zipfile, you can try to repair it.

Use the Zip Repair menu entry to start the Repair dialog.

Use the Corrupted Archive edit field to specify the filename of a dammaged zip archive.

Then klick Repair and UltimateZip will try to fix the errors in the archive.

The result of the repair operation is diplayed in the Log list.

The fixed file will be renamed to filename_UZFixed.zip.

In every case it’s better to get a new and valid copy of the dammaged archive.

This featue is available for Zip archives only.


Passwords and Encryption
Password Security and Encryption

You can protect files in archive with passwords. Becauce this standard archive encryption is not very strong we give you the possibility to en/decrypt archive with the new AES Standard Rijndael.

UltimateZip uses a secure 160 bit Sha 1 key to encrypt the archives.