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WinZip for Windows/NT BETA TEST VERSION #2
Copyright (C) 1991-1993 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Welcome to the pre-release version of WinZip for Windows/NT! This
version is functionally equivalent to the 16 bit version, but
because it is a native Win32 application it does not run into the
incompatibilities in Windows/NT's Windows emulation, multi-tasks
better, and is faster than the 16 bit version (in particular unzip
operations are noticeably faster).
This version has two fixes to the 8-Apr-94 beta, most notably a
workaround for an apparent bug in Windows/NT 3.5 build 612 beta.
See the WHATSNEW.TXT file for details.
Requirements:
This version of WinZip requires Windows/NT. You can also run this
version if you have Win32s installed, however, Win32s is not
distributed as part of the pre-release package because the files
take over a megabyte of disk space. Note that Win32s is _not_
part of Windows for Workgroups. Win32s is a separate operating
system extension that allows some Win32 applications to run under
Windows 3.1.
Notes:
- Since the Win16 and the Win32 versions look almost identical I
temporarily put an asterisk in the title bar of the Win32
version to make it easier to determine which version is running.
- This version of WinZip always uses the short 8.3 format of any
long filename you pass to it. Long filename support will be
implemented in a future release.
Known Problems Under Win32s 1.15:
- Due to bugs in Win32s you may not be able to work with filenames
and directory names containing characters above ascii 127.
- Drag and drop from the 32-bit WinZip under Win32s to a Norton
Desktop "desktop item icon" does not work. Drag and drop to
other applications (e.g. a running copy of Notepad) works fine.
- Norton Utilities 8.0 installs symevnt.386 in your system.ini
which can cause problems for WinZip. On a Windows for
Workgroups 3.11 system with 32-bit File Access enabled it
prevents a Win32 program from changing the current drive and
results in the WinZip message Could not change to d:\directory.
- Old versions of Win32s (prior to version 1.15 dated 4/15/94) can
cause WinZip (and other Win32s applications) to fail. Win32s
1.15 is available for download from CompuServe as WIN32S.ZIP in
the WUGNET forum.
Known Problems Under Windows/NT:
- There are some anomalies in how the the Add dialog box handles
long filenames and files with blanks. Note that the Add dialog
box is based on the standard Windows "multi-select" open dialog
box, so this behavior is common to _all_ applicationsthat use
this common dialog box. The dialog box shows the short form of
long NTFS filenames with blanks, but does not list 8.3 files
with blanks (e.g. the filename "nico mak computing.txt" is
listed as "nicoma~1.txt" while the filename "nico mak.txt" isnot
shown at all) . HPFS filenames with blanks are never shown.
- Some of the 16-bit Windows virus scanners listed in the Program
Location dialog box do not work or are not available under
Windows/NT.
Comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome. Please let me know
right away if you find any bugs by sending email to 70056,241 on
CompuServe or Internet mail to 70056.241@compuserve.com.
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