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SHEZ
The Compression Companion
Copyright (c) 1989-1994
| Release 10.4
| California Software Design
| October 19, 1994
By: Jim Derr
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page -2-
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS NEEDED (4)
QUICK START (6)
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS (8)
MOUSE SUPPORT (9)
ZOOMING DIRECTORY WINDOW WITH MOUSE (10)
USING THE MOUSE WITH VERN BUERG'S LIST PROGRAM. (15)
INTERNAL QUICK-VIEWER (15)
EDITING KEY DEFINITIONS (15)
FUNCTION SUPPORTED WHEN A DOS DIRECTORY WINDOW IS DISPLAYED (16)
NOTES ON CREATING SFX FILES (18)
FUNCTIONS WHEN VIEWING CONTENTS OF ARCHIVE FILE: (27)
OPTIONS AVAILABLE ONLY VIA THE MENU SYSTEM (38)
VOLUME LABEL SUPPORT (40)
FLOATING EXTRACT LOCATION (40)
Ultravision Support (41)
FORMATTING FLOPPIES (41)
KEYSTROKE RECORDING/PLAYBACK FACILITY (42)
CREATING NEW COMPRESSED FILES (45)
CONVERTING FILES (46)
SUPPORT FOR SELF EXTRACTING FILES (47)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES (48)
SETTING ALTERNATE FILE VIEWERS (50)
SETTING USER DEFINED PRINTER (50)
SETTING UP USED DEFINED MENU ENTRIES (50)
PERFORMING A VIRUS SCAN (50)
VIRUS SCANNING A DIRECTORY (51)
THE SGREP PROGRAM (53)
THE DUMPMAC PROGRAM (55)
THE SHEZCFG PROGRAM (56)
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page -3-
CONFIGURING FOR VIRUS SCANNING (56)
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES (56)
DESQVIEW COMPATIBILITY (57)
WINDOWS AND OS/2 COMPATIBILITY (57)
SWAPPING SHEZ OUT OF MEMORY (58)
USING EMS/XMS MEMORY IN SHEZ (58)
SPEECH FRIENDLY INTERFACE (60)
4DOS AND NDOS SUPPORT (60)
USING 4DOS INTERNAL LIST COMMAND (61)
SUPPORT FOR SPANNED ZIP FILES (62)
SUPPORT FOR UC2 COMPRESSED FILES (62)
| SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS TYPE COMPRESSED FILES (62)
| SUPPORT FOR INFOZIP ZIP AND UNZIP (63)
| WHERE TO FIND THE MOST CURRENT VERSION (64)
| OVERSEAS AGENT (64)
| SUPPORT FOR SHEZ AND QUESTIONS (66)
| COMMANDS SORTED BY DESCRIPTION (67)
| CORPORATE SITE LICENSING FOR SHEZ (69)
| APPENDIX - 1 - ERROR CODES (70)
CRITICAL SYSTEM ERROR CODES (73)
APPENDIX - 2 - SHEZ.INI FILE (74)
INDEX (80)
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -4-
LIMIT OF LIABILITY
SHEZ is distributed as-is. The author disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied. The author will assume no liability for damages
either from the direct use of this product or as a consequence of the
use of this product.
SHEZ is a shell program to make viewing and working with archive files
user friendly. It provides the user with a friendly, consistent
interface for all supported compressed file operations.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS NEEDED
You will need, at a minimum, at least one file compression program,
and optionally a file browser program. Vern Buerg's LIST program is
an excellent, full featured file browser program, and has been
thoroughly tested with SHEZ. You will also need one of the file
compression programs supported by SHEZ. These include PKZIP, PAK,
| ARJ, LZH or LHA, PKPAK, ZOO, SQZ, UC2, and RAR. When installing these
required programs, be sure to install them into a directory that is in
your path statement. If you are installing the PKZIP package be sure
to install the following three programs: PKZIP.EXE, PKUNZIP.EXE, and
ZIP2EXE.EXE.
All of the programs mentioned in this section, with the exception of
Central Point Software Virus Scan, can be found on most Bulletin
Boards, and on Cserve. They are all available on the Directory
Assistance BBS that is mentioned at the end of this document.
PKZIP, PKUNZIP by Phil Katz for ZIP files.
PKUNPAK, PKPAK by Phil Katz for ARC files.
LHARC, LHA by Haruyasu Yoshizaki for LZH files.
ZOO by Rahul Dhesi for ZOO files.
PAK by NoGate Consulting for PAK files.
ARJ by Robert Jung for ARJ files.
PKWARE, INC. LIST.COM by Vernon Buerg
7545 N Port Washington Rd. 139 White Oak Circle
Glendale, WI. 53217 Petaluma, CA. 94952
(707) 778-8841 - BBS
PAK by NoGate Consulting ARJ by Robert Jung
P.O. Box 88115 2606 Village Road West
Grand Rapids, Mi 49518-0115 Norwood, Mass. 02062
If you want to use the virus scan option of SHEZ you will also need
the virus scan program by McAfee Associates called SCAN.EXE. The SCAN
program from McAfee Associates has been extensively tested with SHEZ
and is highly recommended. This program can be found on most major
BBS's or you may obtain it by calling the McAfee BBS. You must obtain
version 39 or greater of this program in order for SHEZ to use it
correctly.
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -5-
McAfee Associates
4423 Cheeney St.
Santa Clara, Ca. 95054
(408) 988-3832
BBS (408) 988-4004
The virus scanning program from Central Point Software has also been
tested with SHEZ.
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -6-
QUICK START
Installing SHEZ is a very straight forward procedure, simply copy or
extract from the compressed file, all the .EXE, .COM, and the SHEZ.HLP
files into a directory that is defined in your DOS PATH. Optionally
you may create a new directory to hold the SHEZ files. If you choose
this option you must either add the new directory name to your DOS
PATH, or ALWAYS start SHEZ from the new directory.
After installing the files run the SHEZ configuration program. At the
DOS prompt type in SHEZCFG and press the enter key. The configuration
program is menu driven with full help screen available for each
option.
THE SHEZCFG PROGRAM MUST BE USED TO CREATE AN EXTERNAL CONFIGURATION
FILE. SHEZ WILL NOT RUN WITHOUT A CONFIGURATION FILE!!!!!
To start-up SHEZ simply enter "SHEZ [d:\path\filespec]". You may
specify wild cards in the filespec. If you use wild cards in the
filespec SHEZ will present you with a scrollable list of files that it
found matching the filespec. SHEZ recognizes the special
filename.fileext of $.$. If you specify a filespec of $.$ SHEZ will
list only the files having an extension of .ARC, .ZIP, .LZH, .ARJ,
| .ZOO, .SQZ, RAR, and .UC2 or the files having extension matching the
extensions that where set using the configuration program. SHEZ will
also recognize just the $ file extension along with a DOS wildcard
filename. For example if you start SHEZ by entering SHEZ C:\UTY\P*.$
SHEZ will display a list of files that have a filename beginning with
the letter P and that have a file extension of
| .ARC,.ZIP,.LZH,.ZOO,.PAK,.ARJ.SQZ.RAR,UC2, or what ever you set the
extensions to using the config. program.
You may also start SHEZ and specify a sub-directory name of the
directory you are currently in. For example, if you are currently in
the C:\UTILITY directory and you want to work on the files in the
C:\UTILITY\PGMS directory start SHEZ by entering the following: SHEZ
PGMS\
Also included in the file list will be any directories that SHEZ
found. The directory names will be enclosed in greater than and less
than symbols. I.E. <DIR1>. You can position the highlight bar on a
directory name and press the enter key to view the files and
directories that are contained in that directory. To move up one
level in the directory tree highlight the directory entry that appears
as <..>. As you change directories the full disk:\pathname will be
displayed on the main screen. In addition the disk:\path that will
receive extracted files is also displayed on the main screen. You can
than choose the file you wish to work on by moving the highlight bar
with the cursor keys and pressing the enter key. SHEZ will then
present you with a screen showing the contents of the archive file.
To perform a function, simply position the highlight bar and press the
key(s) that corresponds to the function you want to perform on that
member. Pressing the F1 key will open a window giving you context
sensitive help.
SHEZ also has a built-in menuing system. To activate the menu system
press the forward slash key. A menu bar will appear at the top of the
screen. Using the left and right cursor keys you may select major menu
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -7-
item. Press the enter key to view the choices under the menu item.
Using the up and down cursor keys you may choose an action item and
then press the enter key to perform that item. Pressing the ESC key
will take you back one level. Keep pressing the ESC key to exit the
| menu system. The menu system can also be navigated using the
| highlighted "HOT KEYS". The hot keys will appear in reverse video
| colors. The top menu bar will have the hot key highlighted. The drop
| down menus hot keys will also be highlighted and will appear on the
| left side of the drop down menu box. Below is an example of the menu
| display. On the top menu bar the hot keys appear as capital letters
| or numbers.
| View Cnvt Misc File Dirs mAc Opts
| ╒══════╞════╧══════════════════════════════╕
| │ <..> │0│~-V │Convert the highlighted file│
| │ SHEZ │1│^-V │Convert all Tagged files │
| │ SHEZC│2│F8 │CVT highlighted file to SFX │
| │ SHEZ1│3│S-F8│CVT tagged file(s) to SFX │
| │ SHEZ1│4│A-F8│UUENCODE hilighted file │
| │ │5│C-F8│UUDECODE hilighted file │
| │ ╘═══════════[^=CTL ~=ALT]═══════════╛
There are two functions that can only be activated via the menuing
system. Printing a file contained in an archive file, and setting the
default compressing factor. There are no hot keys associated with
these functions.
SHEZ will optionally swap 90% of its code out of memory when you:
1) Shell to DOS
2) Execute the edit function.
3) Run a program contained in a compressed file.
This allows you to run most programs from within SHEZ without running
out of memory. The default for SHEZ is not to use this swapping
function. However this can be changed via the configuration program.
The swapping function will swap as much of SHEZ as possible out of DOS
memory and into either EMS (3.2 or 4.0), XMS memory, if available, or
to the currently active default disk.
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE RUNNING A SYSTEM WITHOUT A HARD DISK OR
WITHOUT EMS or XMS MEMORY DO NOT ACTIVATE THIS OPTION.
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -8-
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
The command line format when starting SHEZ is as follows:
SHEZ [filespec] [/Exxx] [/PLAY=xxx] [/LCD] [/Cfilespec] [/4]
Please note all command line options are optional. You may enter a
filespec pattern for SHEZ to use when searching for a file. All legal
DOS wild card specifies are allowed, as are Drive and Directory
information.
In addition relative pathnames may also be entered on the command
line.
For example:
SHEZ C:\UTY\*.ZIP
This will startup SHEZ and will only list the files on the C:
drive in the UTY directory that have a file extension of .ZIP.
SHEZ ..\DATA\*.*
This will startup SHEZ and will list the files one directory back
from the \DATA directory.
The /E parameter tells SHEZ to set its default extract location to the
Drive and directory specified immediately following the /E parameter.
DO NOT ENTER A SPACE AFTER THE /E parameter.
I.E. /EC:\WORK This specifies an extract location of the E: drive
and the WORK directory.
If you start SHEZ with this parameter it will over-ride all other
default extract location. Once SHEZ is started you may alter the
extract location by using the ALT-P command.
The /LCD parameter tells SHEZ you are running SHEZ on an LCD display
monitor. SHEZ will adjust its screen color set to make the display
more readable on LCD displays.
The /PLAY= parameter tells SHEZ to load the previously saved macro
file and playback the recorded keystrokes immediately upon startup. If
the macro file does not exist, SHEZ will ignore the request.
Example: SHEZ C:\UTY\*.ZIP /PLAY=C:\DATA\MY.MAC
This will start SHEZ looking in the C:\UTY directory for all files
with an extension of .ZIP and will playback the recorded keystrokes
contained in the file C:\DATA\MY.MAC.
For more information on keystroke recording and playback see the
section KEYSTROKE RECORDING/PLAYBACK FACILITY on page 42 later in this
document.
The /C parameter allows you to specify the location of the SHEZ
configuration file on the command line. The filespec immediately
following the /c will be used as the configuration file. This will
over-ride the SHEZCFG environment variable if it has been specified.
The /4 parameter allows you to activate the 4DOS description display
via the command line.
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -9-
MOUSE SUPPORT
Shez offers full mouse support in any of it's supported screen modes.
When mouse support is active a mouse action bar will appear on the
last line of the display.
LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON
Pressing or releasing the left mouse button on one of the action
items will perform the action as described below. If there is a
Yes under the REPEATABLE column, this indicates that the action
will repeat as long as the left mouse button is held down. All
the actions shown on the action bar are active anywhere within
SHEZ.
ACTION-ITEM ACTION WHEN REPEATABLE?
[] Scroll-up Button-down Yes
[] Scroll-down Button-down Yes
[] Scroll-left Button-down Yes
[] Scroll-right Button-down Yes
[PUp] Page-up Button-down Yes
[PDn] Page-down Button-down Yes
[Enter] Enter-key Button-release No
[Esc] Escape-key Button-release No
[MM] Mouse-Menu Button-release No
[Sp] Space-key Button-down Yes
[Y] Y-key Button-release No
[N] N-key Button-release No
[F9] F9-key Button-release No
[Help] Help Button-release No
[Home] Home-key Button-release No
[End] End-key Button-release No
[Exit] Exit-Shez Button-release No
[Tab] Tab-key Button-release No
In addition any item on the function key line can be selected by
positioning the mouse cursor on the desired function key and
pressing and releasing the left mouse button.
RIGHT-MOUSE-BUTTON
Pressing and releasing the RIGHT mouse button is the same as
pressing the ESC key.
ACTIVATING THE MENU SYSTEM
To activate the normal menu system in SHEZ, move the mouse cursor
to the top line of the display and press and release the LEFT
mouse button. The normal menu bar will appear after releasing
the button. The mouse cursor may now be positioned over any of
the menu items, and pressing and releasing the LEFT mouse button
will cause the selectable menu box to appear. When a drop down
menu box appears you may then position the mouse cursor on a menu
item. Pressing and releasing the LEFT mouse button ONCE will
cause the menu item to be highlighted. Pressing and releasing
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -10-
the LEFT mouse button on a HIGHLIGHTED item will cause the
indicated item to be executed.
ZOOMING DIRECTORY WINDOW WITH MOUSE
The DOS directory window can be zoomed to full screen width and
unzoomed to normal mode. The ZOOM/UNZOOM the window using the
mouse, position the mouse cursor to the [■] located at the bottom
left position of the windows and press and release the left mouse
button.
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -11-
NAVIGATING A SCROLLABLE DIALOGUE BOX USING THE MOUSE
When a scrollable dialogue box appears the mouse cursor can be
positioned on the scroll bars, or within the dialogue box to
perform the following actions:
1) Scroll the box up and down.
2) Scroll the box right and left.
3) Move the highlight bar to an item.
4) Tag an individual item.
The sample screen display below shows the areas of a scrollable
dialogue box where the LEFT mouse button performs an action.
╒E══E:\APPS\TC\ZIP\$.$════════════════╕
│ <..> <----Scroll-UP
│ SHEZ EXE 05/10/93 09:53 237264▒<-+
│ SHEZCFG EXE 05/10/93 08:42 59230▒ |
│ SHEZ89D ZIP 03/13/93 22:41 84419▒ |
│ SHEZ89S ZIP 04/26/93 07:44 260032▒ +--Page-UP-area
│ SHEZ90S ZIP 04/26/93 07:44 261740▒ |
│ SHEZ91S ZIP 05/10/93 10:07 291251▒ |
│ SHEZCD2 ZIP 02/19/93 07:10 199738▒ |
│ V V▒<-+
│ | |█<----Position-indicator
│ |----------------------------------|▒<-+
│ +-------------------------+--------+▒ |
│ | ▒ +--Page-Down-area
│ | ▒ |
│ | ▒ |
│ | ▒ |
│ | ▒<-+
│ | <----Scroll-Down
╘══════════════════════ | ════════╛
VV |
|| |
++---Mouse-Tag-area +Mouse-position-highlight-bar-area
To move the highlight bar to an item, position the mouse cursor
on the item and press and release the LEFT mouse button.
Pressing and releasing the LEFT mouse button on a currently
highlighted item performs the same action as pressing the ENTER
key.
To TAG/UNTAG an item, position the mouse cursor to the LEFT of
the item and press and release the LEFT mouse button.
To perform a PAGE-UP or PAGE-DOWN position the mouse cursor on
the scroll bar either above or below the position indicator and
press the LEFT mouse button. To scroll the items up and down
position the mouse cursor on the Scroll-up or Scroll-down arrows
and press the LEFT mouse button. Both paging and scrolling are
repeatable. Holding the LEFT mouse button down will repeat the
action until the button is released.
MOUSE SELECTABLE ITEMS IN A DIALOG BOX
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -12-
Some dialog boxes allow you to enter options via the mouse. When
a dialog box has mouse selectable items they will appear on the
bottom line of the dialog box enclosed in braces. To respond to
the dialog box place the mouse cursor on one of the items
enclosed in braces and press and release the left mouse button.
╒════════════[Sort by Name, Extension, Date, Size,orUnsort?]═════════╕
│Enter N,E,D,S,U or ESC to exit==> │
╘{UNEDS}═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
│
└──This is the mouse selectable area.]
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -13-
ACTIVATING THE QUICK MOUSE MENU
In addition to the normal menu system, SHEZ also contains a QUICK
MOUSE MENU SYSTEM. This menu system contains a few frequently used
commands that can be accessed quickly. There are three ways to
activate the QUICK MOUSE MENU:
1) To display the MOUSE MENU, position the mouse cursor on the
[MM] item on the mouse action bar at the bottom of the
screen. Press and release the left mouse button and the
MOUSE MENU will appear.
2) Press and hold the right mouse button, then press and hold
the left mouse button, then release both bottons.
3) If you have a three button mouse press and release the
middle mouse button.
One of two mouse menu's will appear depending upon where you are in
SHEZ. If the DOS directory window in displayed the first menu will
appear, if you are looking at the contents of a compressed file the
second menu will appear.
MENU WHEN DOS DIRECTORY IS DISPLAYED
╒═══════[CHOOSE]═══════╕
│ View A File │
│ View FILE_ID.DIZ │
│ QuickView A File │
│ External Viewer │
│ Convert File │
│ Convert to SFX │
│ Copy File │
│ Move File │
│ Rename File │
│ Delete File(s) │
│ Convert Tagged │
│ Make Tagged SFX │
│ Copy Tagged │
│ Move Tagged │
│ Rename Tagged │
│ Specify Extract Path │
│ Create new │
│ Sort list │
│ Exit to Extract │
╘══════════════════════╛
MENU WHEN LOOKING AT THE CONTENTS OF A COMPRESSED FILE
╒═══════[CHOOSE]═══════╕
│ View File │
│ QuickView File │
│ Freshen Files │
│ External Viewer │
│ Extract File │
│ Delete File(s) │
│ Add File │
│ Edit File │
│ Execute File │
│ Convert From SFX │
│ Extract All │
│ Extract Tagged │
│ Specify Extract Path │
│ Create New │
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -14-
│ Sort list │
│ Exit to Extract │
╘══════════════════════╛
When the mouse menu appears pressing and releasing the RIGHT button
will cancel the mouse menu. To perform one of the item position the
mouse cursor on the item to be performed and press and release the
LEFT mouse button TWICE.
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -15-
USING THE MOUSE WITH VERN BUERG'S LIST PROGRAM.
I have had numerous questions on how to allow the mouse to function
when viewing a file via Vern's list program. In order to allow the
mouse to function within list you must "CLONE" the mouse option into
the list program. You must be using LIST PLUS version 7.2 in order to
use the mouse. To clone the mouse option change to the directory that
contains the LIST.COM program, then start the LIST program from the
DOS prompt and include the mouse command line option /M. I.E. LIST
/M. When the first screen appears press ALT-C to modify LIST.COM to
always startup with the mouse option. If you need further information
on cloning the list program please see the documentation included with
LIST.
INTERNAL QUICK-VIEWER
Shez also contains it's own internal file browser called QUICKVIEW.
QUICKVIEW has full mouse support and will allow you to view any size
file using a minimum of memory. While it is not substitute for a full
featured browsing program such as Vern Buerg's LIST program, it is
very fast and allows you to view any file in ASCII or HEX modes. If
you don't have an external browsing program QUICKVIEW will allow you
to use SHEZ as it was intended.
EDITING KEY DEFINITIONS
When you are prompted to enter information the following editing keys
can be used:
Home: Go to beginning of input line.
End: Go to end of input line.
Backspace: Go back one character and delete.
CTL-END: Erase to end of line.
Cursor Right: Move right one character.
Cursor Left: Move left one character.
ESC: Cancel input.
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -16-
FUNCTION SUPPORTED WHEN A DOS DIRECTORY WINDOW IS DISPLAYED
DOS directory Speed Search
When the DOS directory window is displayed you may quickly
position the highlight bar to a directory or file by pressing a
single letter or number. Pressing an UPPER CASE A-Z or 0-9 will
be position you to the first directory that begins with the
pressed letter or number. Pressing the same letter or number
again will position the highlight bar to the next matching entry.
If no entry begins with the entered letter or number the
highlight bar will not be moved.
Pressing an lower case a-z or 0-9 will be position you to the
FILES that begins with the pressed letter or number.
Extract location - ALT-P
This option will prompt you to enter a drive and directory of where to
place files that you extract from the archive. This location will
remain in effect until you enter the ALT-P command again and clear the
drive and directory or you change to another archive file. This
command is used when you want to place extracted files in a location
other than the current drive and directory.
If you specify a directory that does not exist a
ERROR/INFORMATION window will appear indicating that the
directory does not exist. You may press the F10 key to create
the directory.
This command may be issued at any time.
When the input window appears pressing the F9 key will open
another window which will display a scrollable list of
directories. To display a list of directories other than on the
current drive, enter the drive letter followed by a colon, then
press the F9 key. Scroll the list using the up and down cursor
keys, and press the ENTER key to select the directory you wish to
extract files into.
Create a new archive file - F7
This option allows you to create a new compressed file. For
further information see the section titled, CREATING NEW
COMPRESSED FILES on page 45.
Show help screen - F1
This will display a help screen showing all currently supported
commands. Any command can be entered while the help screen is
displayed.
Temporary exit to DOS - F10
This will temporarily clear the screen and exit to DOS. You can
then execute and command you want. To return to SHEZ type in
EXIT at the DOS prompt and press return. (Not available when
running under DESQVIEW)
Temporary exit to DOS into Extract Directory - ALT-F10
This will temporarily clear the screen and exit to DOS into the
currently defined extract directory. You can then execute and
command you want. To return to SHEZ type in EXIT at the DOS
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -17-
prompt and press return. (Not available when running under
| DESQVIEW)
Select a new archive file - F2
This option will prompt you to enter a new disk, directory, and
filespec to find another archive file to work with.
If you enter a filespec of $.$ SHEZ will only list directory
entries and file that have extensions of .ARC, .ZIP, .LZH, PAK,
| ARJ, ZOO, SQZ, RAR, and UC2.
When the input window appears pressing the F9 key will open
another window which will display a scrollable list of
directories. To display a list of directories other than on the
current drive, enter the drive letter followed by a colon, then
press the F9 key. Scroll the list using the up and down cursor
keys, and press the ENTER key to select the directory you wish to
change to.
View a file - F3
This option will allow you to view any file that is listed in the
main file window. Simply highlight the file you wish to view by
using the cursor keys then press the F3 key. The list program
will be invoked allowing you to view the contents of the file.
(ALSO SEE CTL-ENTER FOR ALTERNATE FILE VIEWERS)
Delete a DOS file or empty directory - F4
This option allows you to delete the file that is currently
highlighted in the file window. Please note will be asked if you
want to delete the file. Respond Y if you wish to delete the
file, anything else will abort the delete. The deleted file name
will not be removed from the displayed list. Instead it will be
flagged with an # to the left of the filename and a 'd' to the
right.
If the highlighted entry is a directory, SHEZ will remove the
directory only if there are no files or sub-directories under
this directory.
Sort the file list - F9
This option will sort the file list that appears on the left side
of the screen. You will be asked if you want the list sorted by
filename, file extension, file date, file size, tagged status,
or unsorted. When sorting by filename any directory found will
also be sorted. When sorting by extension, date, or size the
directories will be sorted at the top of the list. When sorting
by date the file time is also included in the sort.
A dialog box will also appear asking you if you wish to sort in
Ascending or Descending order.
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -18-
Convert highlighted file - ALT-V
This option will convert the highlighted file to another archive
method. A list will appear showing the available compression
alternatives that SHEZ has been configured for. Using the mouse
or cursor keys highlight the compression method you wish to
convert to, then press the enter key. You may also press the ESC
key to cancel the conversion process. The converted file will
be placed into the same directory as the original file, and the
original file will remain intact. When a compressed file also
has directory information stored along with the filenames, and
the file is being converted to a compression method that supports
pathnames, SHEZ will retain the directory information. In
addition, if the compressed files being converted has volume
label information stored, SHEZ will attempt to retain the volume
label information. (PLEASE NOTE: THE VOLUME LABEL PROCESSING WILL
ONLY WORK IF YOU ARE CONVERTING FROM A ZIP OR ARJ FILE FORMAT TO
A ZIP OR ARJ FILE FORMAT. ALSO THE VOLUME LABEL PROCESSING WILL
NOT FUNCTION WHEN RUNNING SHEZ IN THE DOS BOX UNDER OS/2.)
Convert all tagged files - CTL-V
This option will convert all tagged files to another archive
method. A list will appear showing the available compression
alternatives that SHEZ has been configured for. Using the mouse
or cursor keys highlight the compression method you wish to
convert to, then press the enter key. You may also press the ESC
key to cancel the conversion process. The converted file will
be placed into the same directory as the original file, and the
original file will remain intact.
Convert highlighted file to a SFX file - F8
This option will convert the highlighted compressed file into a
Self extracting file.
(Currently only files in the ZIP,LZH, and PAK formats may be
converted)
If you are converting a ZIP file that was created using version
1.1 of PKZIP, SHEZ will first attempt to create a MINI Self
extracting file. If that fails than a normal Self extracting file
will be created. See the PKZIP documentation for more on MINI
self extracting files.
NOTES ON CREATING SFX FILES
To convert a ZIP file to self extracting file the program,
ZIP2EXE.EXE, must be in the current directory or in a directory that
is defined in your PATH.
When a PAK file is converted the PAK file is replaced by the self
extracting file. For example: If tell SHEZ to convert a file named
TEST.PAK in the directory C:\TEST the TEST.PAK file will be deleted
from the C:\TEST directory and will be replaced by the file TEST.EXE.
This is not a function of SHEZ it is a function of the PAK compression
program.
When an LZH file is converted to a self extracting file the LHARC
program will created either a .COM file or a .EXE file, depending on
the size of the LZH file.
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Convert Tagged files to SFX files - SFT-F8
This option will convert all tagged compressed files into Self
extracting files. See the F8 option above for additional
information on creating SFX files.
Write out configuration information - ALT-W
This option will write out a file named SHEZ.CFG. This file will
contain the current SHEZ configuration options. This file can
then be used as your default configuration file. This file
should be copied to a directory that is named in your path
statement.
Copy highlighted file CTL-F2
This option allows you to copy the highlighted file. When
prompted for
the location to copy to you may enter the target directory
name along
with an optional filename and extension. If the filename and
extension
are not supplied SHEZ will use the original filename and
extension.
You may also use the * wildcard character for either the
filename
and/or the extension. If you use the * character SHEZ will
use the
original filename and/or extension when copying the file.
I.E. From: = C:\UTILITY\ANY.ZIP
To: = C:\WORK\NEW.*
This will create a file named NEW.ZIP in the \WORK directory.
The new file will have the original file's time and date
stamp.
Move highlighted file CTL-F3
This option allows you to move the highlighted file. When
prompted for the location to move to you may enter the target
directory name along with an optional filename and extension. If
the filename and extension are not supplied SHEZ will use the
original filename and extension.
The moved file name will not be removed from the displayed list.
Instead it will be flagged with an # to the left of the filename
and a 'm' to the right.
If you move a file from one directory to another directory on the
same drive, SHEZ will simply modify the file pointers instead of
performing a copy and delete function.
Rename highlighted file CTL-F6
This option allows you to rename the highlighted file. You must
at least provide a filename and extension.
Toggle the Tag status - SPACE
Pressing the space bar will toggle the tagged status of the
currently highlighted file. A check mark to the left of the
filename indicates that it is tagged.
As files are tagged and untagged a count of the number of files
tagged along with the total size of all tagged files is updated
on the main screen.
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Tag All Files - CTL-SPACE or CTL-T
This option will tag all files
Untag all Files - CTL-U
This option will untag all tagged files.
Add/Update compressed file comments - ALT-C
This option allows you to add/update the file comment records in
all tagged compressed files. To use this option first create an
ASCII file that contains the file comments you wish to add to the
compressed files. Then tag the files you wish to update, and
press the ALT-C keys. You will be prompted for the ASCII file
that contains your comment record(s). SHEZ will then execute the
appropriate compressed file maintenance program to add/update the
file comments in each tagged compressed file.
Immediate Exit ALT-Q
This option will immediately exit SHEZ.
Test tagged compressed file(s) for viruses - ALT-Z
Using this option SHEZ interfaces with the virus scan program
(SCAN.EXE) that is produced by McAfee Associates. You must have
version 39 or greater of this scan program in order for SHEZ to
use it correctly.
First tag all the compressed files in the directory window that
you wish to test. Then press the ALT-Z keys, or use the drop
down menus. SHEZ will extract all .COM, .EXE, and .OV? files
into its working directory for each tagged compressed file, and
will execute the virus scan program to determine if any of the
program files have been infected. If an infected program is found
SHEZ will temporarily suspend its processing allowing you to see
which programs are infected. You may then press any key to
continue scanning the rest of the tagged files. (See the
configuration section of this manual for more information on
configuring SHEZ for this option).
If there are any nested compressed files, SHEZ will also search
the nested compressed files for .COM, .EXE, and .OV? files for
viruses. The nesting level search is limited only by the amount
of free disk space in the work drive assigned to SHEZ.
Test for viruses and strip comments out of .ZIP files - CTL-Z
This option perform exactly the same function as the ALT-Z
command, with the added feature of stripping the master comment
record out of any .ZIP files that are scanned.
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Copy all TAGGED DOS files - SFT-F2
Move all TAGGED DOS files - SFT-F3
Delete all TAGGED DOS files - SFT-F4
Rename all TAGGED DOS files - SFT-F6
These options allow you to copy,move,delete, and rename the DOS
files that are tagged in the file window. Please note will be
asked if you want to delete the files. Respond Y if you wish to
delete the files, anything else will abort the delete.
The deleted,moved and renamed files name will not be removed from
the displayed list. Instead it will be flagged with an # to the
left of the filename and a 'd', 'm', or 'r' to the right.
When copying or moving files the new files will retain the
original file's time and date stamp.
Alternate file viewers - CTL-ENTER
Pressing the CTL-ENTER command will allow you to view the
currently highlighted file using a user specified alternate file
viewer.
(SEE THE SECTION "SETTING UP ALTERNATE FILE VIEWERS" ON PAGE 50
FOR MORE INFO)
Toggle authenticity mode in PKZIP - ALT-1
Pressing the ALT-1 keys will toggle the authenticity mode when
using PKZIP. If the authenticity mode is active an ! will appear
on the file list heading line to the right of [FILE LIST] box.
When processing files in the authenticity mode SHEZ will instruct
SHEZ to EXCLUDE a file named AVEXTRA.TXT. This will allow you to
add additional comments to a authenticated ZIP file without
actually adding the file that contains the comments to the ZIP
file.
Edit highlighted file - ALT-E
Pressing the ALT-E key tells SHEZ to invoke the user defined
editor on the highlighted file.
Tag highlighted file - (Plus key +)
Pressing the + key will tag the highlighted file and move the
highlight bar down one line.
Untag highlighted file - (Minus key -)
Pressing the - key will untag the highlighted file and move the
highlight bar down one line.
Tag highlighted file - ALT-+
Pressing the + key will tag the highlighted file and move the
highlight bar up one line.
Untag highlighted file - ALT--
Pressing the - key will untag the highlighted file and move the
highlight bar up one line.
Exit SHEZ goto EXTRACT dir - CTL-X
Pressing the CTL-X key will immediately exit SHEZ and will place
you into the EXTRACT disk and directory.
Macro Pause - ALT-5
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Start/Stop recording keystrokes - ALT-6
Playback recorded keystrokes - ALT-7
Cancel recording/playbak - CTL-Q
Save recorded keystrokes - ALT-9
Load and Execute keystroke file - ALT-8
See the section entitled KEYSTROKE RECORDING/PLAYBACK FACILITY on
page 42 for a full explanation of the keystroke record/playback
facility.
Activate volume label processing - ALT-4
Pressing the ALT-4 key will activate the automatic volume label
processing option in SHEZ.
See section titled VOLUME LABEL SUPPORT on page 40 further
information.
Browse any file - ALT-B
Pressing the ALT-B keys will allow you to view the contents of a
user specified file. A window will open asking you to enter the
file specification of the file you wish to view. Pressing the
Enter key will invoke the file browsing program. Pressing the
ESC key will cancel the request.
Wild card Toggle - F6
Pressing the F6 key will toggle the wild card specification
between *.* and $.$. If SHEZ was started with a wild card
specification other than *.* or $.$ this command has not effect.
4DOS/NDOS file description display - ALT-D
If you are running under 4DOS or NDOS and there is a DESCRIP.ION
file in the directory you are looking at, pressing the ALT-D keys
will display the 4DOS/NDOS description file contents to the right
of the filenames, (First 23 characters only), and in a dialog box
in the lower right corner of the screen. The dialog box will only
appear when the DOS directory window is NOT zoomed full screen.
Pressing the ALT-D again will display the file time, date, and
size.
(PLEASE NOTE: SHEZ CAN ONLY HANDLE DESCRIP.ION FILES THAT ARE
30,000 BYES OR LESS)
HOT DIRECTORY display - TAB KEY
Pressing the TAB key will open a second DOS directory display
window. Before the window is opened SHEZ will prompt you for the
DISK and Directory to display. (Be sure to include the trailing
backslash. I.E. C:\MINE\) If no file specification is included,
a *.* file specification will be used. When the directory window
is open you may perform all supported file operations, such as
copying, deleting, moving, single and/or groups of tagged files.
You can close the directory window by pressing the TAB KEY again,
or exit SHEZ by pressing the ALT-Q keys or the CTL-X keys.
Delete highlighted / tagged file(s) - DEL KEY
Pressing the delete key, will delete the highlighted file, if no
files are currently tagged. If there are files tagged then all
tagged files will be deleted.
Run PKZIPFIX against highlighted file - ALT-F
Pressing the ALT-F key will run the PKZIPFIX program against the
currently highlighted file. It will create a PKFIXED.ZIP file in
the same directory that the highlighted file exists in.
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Format Floppy - ALT-O
The ALT-O hot key sequence will allow you to format a floppy disk
in the A: or B: drives. See the section titled FORMATTING
FLOPPIES later in this document.
Update/Add 4DOS/NDOS file description - ALT-U
If you are running under 4DOS or NDOS pressing the ALT-U key will
allow you to Update and/or Add a file description line to the
currently highlighted file. If a DESCIPT.ION file does not exist
one will be created, if it does exist it will be updated.
Execute highlighted program - F5
Pressing the F5 key, will execute the currently highlighted file
if the file is a .EXE or .COM file.
Modify file attributes - ALT-A
Pressing the ALT-A keys will allow you to modify the highlighted
file's attributes. First an information box will appear showing
you the files current attributes. To modify the file's
attributes press the ENTER key and a selection menu will appear.
Using the space bar, tag the new attributes you wish to set
and/or reset and press the ENTER key to perform the modification.
Right and Left cursor keys
The Right and Left cursor keys will now scroll the directory
display windows RIGHT and LEFT allowing you to see the files
attributes or the remainder of the 4DOS description text.
QUICKVIEW a file - CTL-Q
The CTL-Q command will activate SHEZ'S QUICKVIEW feature allowing
you to view the currently selected file.
Strip Comments from ZIP files - CTL-S
The CTL-S command will remove the master comment records from ZIP
comressed files. This command will perform it's function on all
tagged files, or only the currently hightlighted file if no files
are tagged.
Strip Comments from ZIP files - CTL-S
The CTL-S command will remove the master comment records from ZIP
comressed files. This command will perform it's function on all
tagged files, or only the currently hightlighted file if no files
are tagged.
Create Directory - CTL-F4
Pressing the CTL-F4 keys will pop-up a dialog box allowing you to
enter the name of the directory you wish to create. This feature
allows you to create an entire directory tree in one pass. I.E.
When the dialog box appears you can enter the following:
D:\ONE\TWO\THREE\FOUR
Of course you can still specify a single directory name when the
dialog box appears.
Delete Directory Tree - CTL-F5
USE THIS COMMAND WITH CAUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The CTL-F5 command will delete the hightlighted directory and ALL
FILES AND DIRECTORIES UNDER IT. This is a fast way to remove a
directory, but please use it with extreme caution.
Print Functions - CTL-P
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This command will bring up a print function menu. When a printer
| is selected SHEZ will print either the TAGGED files, or only the
| currently highlighted file depending on the response to a dislog
| prompt. The following menu items will always appear:
Change printer port
This option allows you to direct the print to an LPT port or
to a file. To direct to an LPT port enter LPT1-9 when
prompted for location to print.
DOS printer 80col
This will print the tagged or currently highlighted file in
a generic 80 column print mode.
DOS printer 132col
This will print the tagged or currently highlighted file in
a generic 132 colume print mode.
DOS printer HEX print
This will print the tagged or currently highlighted file in
hex mode.
HPLASER II-IV 2up print
This will print the tagged or currently highlighted file in
landscape mode, two logical pages per physical page. NOTE:
Thie print function will only operate on LASER printers that
support the HP LASER PCL 4 printer control codes. IT WILL
NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY ON A HPLASER IIP.
HPLASER II-IV land/bar
This will print the tagged or highlighted files in
compressed landscape mode shading every other line. Up to
166 characters can appear on each print line.
In addition to this menu items, if the user has defined
additional printer in the SHEZ.INI file their names will appear
after the HPLASER 2up print menu item.
Virus scan directory - ALT-S
This command will scan the currently highlighted directory for
viruses using the user defined virus scanning software.
Zoom / Unzoom window - ALT-M
When the DOS directory window is displayed, pressing the ALT-M
keys will ZOOM or UNZOOM the window to full screen width. When
operating under 4DOS, if the user has 4DOS description display
enabled, the 4DOS file descriptions will appear in the ZOOMED
window to the right of the filenames.
View FILE_ID.DIZ - ALT-F1
| Pressing the CTRL-D keys will cause SHEZ to search the
| highlighted compressed file, or all tagged files,for either of
| two files, FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDI. If either of these two
| files are found SHEZ will display the contents of the found file
| in a pop-up window on the right side of the screen. After the
| popup screen is displayed pressing the ENTER key will remove the
| popup screen and will position the highlight bar one item down in
| the DOS directory list. Pressing the CTRL-ENTER key will remove
| the popup screen and will display the contents of the compressed
| file in the compressed file screen display. If the FILE_ID.DIZ
| file does not exist the user will be asked if they wish to create
| one. If they respond Y the users defined editor will be
activated allowing the user to create a FILE_ID.DIZ file. After
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the user saves the newly created file it will be saved back into
| the compressed file.
| Change sort order - ALT-F9
| Pressing the ALT-F9 allows you to change the sort order of the
displayed file list. You may change the sort order to Ascending
or Descending by pressing the A or D key in the dialog box.
Smart copy - ALT-F2
Pressing the ALT-F2 keys will activate the smart copy function.
The smart copy function performs the same function as the COPY
TAGGED function with the additional feature of optimially filling
the target drive. SHEZ will scan the tagged file list and will
select combinations of files to maximally fill the target drive.
If all files will not fit on the target drive, SHEZ will untag
the files that it could copy leaving the files that could not be
copied tagged.
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UUENCODE - ALT-F8
Pressing the ALT-F8 keys will UUENCODE the tagged or highlighted
file(s). If no files are tagged then only the highlighted file
will be UUENCODED. Before UUENCODING the file(s) a dialog box
will appear prompting you for the disk and directory of where to
place the UUENCODED files. The ENCODED files will have the same
filenames as the orginial file(s) with a file extension of .UUE.
UUDECODE - CTL-F8
Pressing the CTL-F8 keys will UUDECODE the tagged or highlighted
file(s). If no files are tagged then only the highlighted file
will be DECODED. Before DECODING takes place a dialog box will
appear prompting you for the disk and directory of where to place
the DECODED files. The DECODED files that are created will have
the same name as when they were orginially encoded.
DISK-FREE-SPACE - CTL-F
Pressing the CTL-F keys will display a dialog box in the upper
right corner of the screen which will show the amount of free
space on the current default drive. The cursor will be
positioned on the drive letter and the user can enter a new drive
letter, press the ENTER key and obtain free space information on
any attached drive. Pressing the ESC key will remove the dialog
box.
Smart move - ALT-F3
Pressing the ALT-F3 keys will activate the smart move function.
The smart move function performs the same function as the MOVE
TAGGED function with the additional feature of optimially filling
the target drive. SHEZ will scan the tagged file list and will
select combinations of files to maximally fill the target drive.
If all files will not fit on the target drive, SHEZ will untag
the files that it could move leaving the files that could not be
moved tagged.
| Extract all - ALT-X
| The ALT-X keys will extract all files from the highlighted or all
| tagged files. If files are tagged the user will be asked if they
| want to perform the function on the highlighted file or on the
| tagged files. The user will also be prompted at the beginning of
| the operation for the extract location. During this extraction
| operation the Overwrite and restore directory options are always
| in effect.
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FUNCTIONS WHEN VIEWING CONTENTS OF ARCHIVE FILE:
Viewing a file - V
Simply press the return key or the V key. This will temporarily
unpack the file and will invoke the LIST program allowing you to
view the file on your screen. The temporary copy of the
extracted file will be placed in the current disk and directory
unless you specified a work disk to be used by using the
configuration program.
SHEZ will allow you to operate on compressed files that are contained
within compressed files. I.E. A zip file that contains zip files. To
view the contents of the embedded compressed file simply move the
highlight bar to the compressed file and press the ENTER key. The
embedded compress file contents will now be displayed on the screen.
You may view any of the files and/or extract any of the files
contained in the compressed file. However you may not add, delete, or
update the embedded compressed file.
Extracting a single file - E.
This will extract the file that is being pointed to. The
extracted file will be placed on the current disk in the current
directory. You may optionally use the ALT-P command to direct the
extracted files to a different disk and/or directory.
Testing archive integrity - T
This will test the integrity of the archive file and will report
the results on the screen.
Display Info about archive file - I
This will display information about the archive file in a small
pop-up window at the top of the screen. The information will
include the number of files in the archive, the date of the
newest file in the archive, the total size of all the files in
the archive including the total expanded size and total
compressed size. It will also display the current default
compression factor.
Delete a file from the archive - D
This will delete the selected file from the archive file. Before
the file is deleted a prompt will appear asking for verification
of the delete. In addition any files that were previously tagged
will have the tag cleared.
Delete a tagged files from an archive - CTL-D
This command will deleted all tagged files from the archive file.
Before the files are deleted a prompt will appear asking for
verification of the delete operation.
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Add file(s) to archive - A
Update files(s) in archive - U
Move files(s) to archive - M
Freshen file(s) in archive - F
Each of these options will cause a small window to open at the
bottom of the screen. The window will prompt you to enter one or
more file specifications. These filespecs can include drive,
path, and a filespec with wild cards. All files matching the
indicated filespec will be added, updated, moved or freshened in
the current archive file depending on which option you initially
picked. Any files that were previously tagged will have the tag
cleared.
For example if you enter a U to update files in the archive and
you enter c:\source\*.c d:\batch\*.c when prompted to enter a
filespec, than all files on the C drive in the source directory
that have a file extension of C, and all files on the D drive in
the batch directory that have an extension of bat, will be
updated in the current archive file.
List of files to add to archive - ALT-A
List of files to freshen in archive - ALT-F
List of files to move to archive - ALT-M
List of files to update in archive - ALT-U
Again each of these options will cause a small window to open at
the bottom of the screen. The window will prompt you to enter a
filespec. This filespec can include drive, path, and a filespec
with wild cards. When you press the return key another window
will pop-up on the left side of the screen showing you all the
files that were found that matched the filespec you entered. You
can then use the cursor keys to scroll the file list. Pressing
the space bar will toggle the tagged status of the current
highlighted file. When you are done tagging file press the return
key and all files that you tagged will be added, freshened,
moved, or updated in the current archive file. END GROUP
Specify where to put extracted files - ALT-P
This options will prompt you to enter a drive and directory of
where to place files that you extract from the archive. This
location will remain in effect until you enter the ALT-P command
again and clear the drive and directory or you change to another
archive file. This command is used when you want to place
extracted files in a location other than the current drive and
directory.
If you specify a directory that does not exist a
ERROR/INFORMATION window will appear indicating that the
directory does not exist. You may press the F10 key to create
the directory.
This command may be issued at any time.
When the input window appears pressing the F9 key will open
another window which will display a scrollable list of
directories. To display a list of directories other than on the
current drive, enter the drive letter followed by a colon, then
press the F9 key. Scroll the list using the up and down cursor
keys, and press the ENTER key to select the directory you wish to
extract files into.
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Extract all files from archive - ALT-X
This command will extract all files from the archive file and
place them in the current disk:\directory unless you specified a
different extract location by using the ALT-P command.
Delete all extracted files - ALT-D
This command will delete all files in the current
disk:\directory, or the one specified by the ALT-P command, that
are also contained in the archive file. The files will only be
deleted if the file time and date are equal to or less then the
file time and date of the same file that is contained in the
compressed file. NOTE: it does not delete anything from the
archive file. This is useful when you extract file from the
archive file and then you want to quickly delete all the
extracted files.
Execute a file in an archive file - R
This command will execute the EXE or COM file that is currently
highlighted on the archive file list. The EXE or COM file will
be extracted from the archive file and will be placed on the
current disk in the current directory. You will then be prompted
to enter any optional command line parameters that the program is
expecting. The selected program will then be executed. After the
program is run the extracted file will be deleted. NOTE: You can
specify a different disk drive to place the extracted file on by
using the SHEZFG program. This is useful when working with
archive files that are on floppy disks. If you specify disk C as
the work disk in the SHEZFG program the extracted file will be
placed on the C drive, will be executed from the C drive, and
then will be deleted from the C drive.
Speed search - ALT-S
This option will allow you to quickly find a file in an archive.
A window will pop-up asking you to enter a match pattern. This
pattern follows the standard DOS wildcard specifications. The
list of files on the screen will then be scrolled to the first
file that matches the pattern. Pressing ALT-S again and pressing
the ENTER key will position the highlight bar to the next file
that matches the pattern.
Immediate Exit - ALT-Q
This option will immediately exit SHEZ.
Extract all tagged files - CTL-E
This option will extract all files that you tagged in the archive
file. To tag a file simply press the space bar to toggle the
tagged status. When a file is tagged it will be highlighted on
the screen.
Toggle the Tag status - SPACE
Pressing the space bar will toggle the tagged status of the
currently highlighted file. A check mark to the left of the
filename indicates that it is tagged.
Untag all tagged files - CTL-U
This option will untag all files that you previously tagged.
Tag All Files - CTL-SPACE
This option will tag all files
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Update the archive files time and date - CTL-T
This option will change the archive file's time and date to match
the time and date of the newest file in the archive file.
Create a new archive file - F7
This option allows you to create a new compressed file. For
further information see the section titled, CREATING NEW
COMPRESSED FILES on page 45.
Show help screen - F1
This will display a help screen showing all currently supported
commands. Any command can be entered while the help screen is
displayed.
Temporary exit to DOS - F10
This will temporarily clear the screen and exit to DOS. You can
then execute and command you want. To return to SHEZ type in
EXIT at the DOS prompt and press return. (Not available when
running under DESQVIEW)
Temporary exit to DOS into Extract Directory - ALT-F10
This will temporarily clear the screen and exit to DOS into the
currently defined extract directory. You can then execute and
command you want. To return to SHEZ type in EXIT at the DOS
prompt and press return. (Not available when running under
DESQVIEW)
Select a new archive file - F2
This option will prompt you to enter a new disk, directory, and
filespec to find another archive file to work with.
If you enter a filespec of $.$ SHEZ will only list directory
entries and file that have extensions of .ARC, .ZIP, .LZH, .PAK,
| ARJ, ZOO, SQZ. RAR, and UC2.
Sort the archive file list - F9
This option will allow you to sort the archive file list by Name,
Extension, Date, Size, or Path name. A small window will open up
asking you how you want the list sorted. Enter a N, E, D, S, or
P. When sorting by Path name the files will be soted by name
within pathname. A dialog box will also appear asking if you
want to sort in Ascending or Descending order.
Edit the selected file - F8
This option will extract the selected file onto either the
default disk or the work disk specified via the configuration
program. It will then invoke the editor specified via the
configuration program passing the selected filename.ext to the
editor. When you exit your editor SHEZ will then MOVE the
extracted file back into the archive, if it has been modified,
and delete the extracted copy. If an editor was not specified
during the configuration process this command will not function.
If the compressed file is a .ZIP file and authenticity mode in
toggled on when the edited file is saved back into the compressed
file the authenticity mode will be honored. If the file being
edited has directory information stored with the filename, SHEZ
will retain the directory information even when saving the file
back into the compressed file.
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Specify an archive file mask - Z
This option allows you to display only the files in the archive
that match the file mask. The file mask uses the same wild card
conventions as DOS.
Toggle overwrite mode - O
This option toggle overwrite mode on and off. When overwrite
mode is in effect an 'O' will appear in the upper right hand
corner of the screen. When overwrite mode is in effect, and you
extract a file from an archive, it will be extracted even if it
already exists on the target disk:\path.
Add Update File Comments - ALT-C
This option allows you to add and/or update the compressed file
comments.
Supply Password for File - G
This option allows you to supply a password when working with
password encrypted files. The password will be used when
extracting, viewing, and modifying the currently selected
compressed file. When a password has been supplied the compressed
file display window will indicate that a password is in effect.
Set Path/Directory option - P
If a file has been saved into a compressed file with a directory
name the name will appear on the right side of the compressed
file list.
Normally when you update or extract files from a compressed file
the directory information is ignored. Using the 'P' option you
can tell SHEZ that you want to save and/or use the directory
information. When you press the 'P' key a list of three options
will appear on the screen. The first option "Do not use Dir
info", tells SHEZ to ignore directory information. The second
option "Use Dir Info" tells SHEZ to save the directory
information when updating a compressed file, or to use the
directory information when extracting files. The third option,
"Use Dir Info and Recurse", tells SHEZ to save directory
information when updating a compressed file and to recurse down
the directory tree when looking for files. The third option also
tells SHEZ to use the directory information when extracting
files.
The selected option will remain in effect until you specifically
reset it using the P command again.
The following options are passed to the compression programs when
directory information is to be used:
USE DIR INFO USE DIR INFO AND RECURSE
Pkzip -P Pkzip -Pr
Pkunzip -d Pkunzip -d
Lharc /x Lharc /x /r
Lharc /x (when extracting) Lharc /x (when extracting)
Please consult the compression program's documentation for
further information on what these options do.
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View file and archive comment records - ALT-V
This option will display on the screen the contents of the
archive file along with any comment records that have been placed
into the archive file.
Add/Update highlighted archive file comments - s
This option will allow you to add and/or update comment records
that are associated with the highlighted file in the archive.
Add/Update all archive file comments - SHIFT-S
This option will allow you to add and/or update comment records
that are associated with the each file in the archive.
Convert SFX file - CTL-V
This option will convert a self extracting compressed file (.COM
or .EXE) back to a normal compressed file. The normal compressed
file will be placed on the same disk and in the same directory
when the self extracting is located. The self extracting file
will remain intact. Please note that this option is only
available when you are viewing the contents of a self extracting
file. For a list of the self extracting file that can be read my
SHEZ see the section titled SELF EXTRACTING FILE SUPPORT on page
47.
Test COM,EXE, and OVL files in a compressed file for viruses -ALT-Z
Using this option SHEZ interfaces with the virus scan program
(SCAN.EXE) that is produced by McAfee Associates. You must have
version 39 or greater of this scan program in order for SHEZ to
use it. When you press the ALT-Z key SHEZ will extract all .COM,
.EXE, and .OV? files into its working directory and will execute
the virus scan program to determine if any of the program files
have been infected. (See the configuration section of this manual
for more information on configuring SHEZ for this option).
Beginning with release 6.5 of SHEZ you may now tag the files you
wish to check for viruses before pressing the ALT-Z keys. When
files are tagged, only the tagged files will be checked.
Extract only newer files - ALT-N
The ALT-N command will only extract files contained in the
compressed file that are newer than the files that are contained
in the extract directory.
If no files are TAGGED ALT-N will extract all newer files that
are contained in the compressed file into the extract directory.
If there are files tagged, only the newer tagged files will be
extracted.
Alternate file viewers - CTL-ENTER
Pressing the CTL-ENTER command will allow you to view the
currently highlighted file using a user specified alternate file
viewer.
(SEE THE SECTION "SETTING UP ALTERNATE FILE VIEWERS" on page 50
FOR MORE INFO)
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Show tagged file count - ALT-T
Pressing the ALT-T keys will toggle the function key line to show
you, the number of files tagged, total compressed file size, and
total uncompressed file size. If the compressed files you are
working with is a ZIP file it will also show you the size of the
ZIP file that will be created if you build a new ZIP files
containing all of the tagged files. Please note this is only an
estimate and does not take into account file comment records and
it assumes that the compression method will be the same as is
currently used.
Toggle authenticity mode in PKZIP - ALT-1
Pressing the ALT-1 keys will toggle the authenticity mode when
using PKZIP. If the authenticity mode is active an ! will appear
on the heading line to the right of the NAME heading field.
Copy tagged members to another compressed file - CTL-Y
The CTL-Y command allows you to copy selected members of a
compressed file to another compressed file. The target
compressed file can be any currently supported compressed file
format. To perform the copy, first open up the compressed file
you wish to copy FROM. Then using the space bar tag the files
you wish to copy. Next press the CTL-Y keys. A window will
appear asking you to enter the FULL path of the compressed file
to want to copy the selected members into. You may enter only a
DRIVE:\PATH\ (note ending backslash) and press the F9 key to
obtain a listing of file in the entered directory, or you may
enter the complete filespec of the target compressed file. You
may also press the F9 key as soon as the window appear to obtain
a list of files in the current directory. Pressing the enter
will then perform the copy operation. The files that were tagged
will remain tagged after the copy operation has been performed
allowing you to do a CTL-D (delete all tagged files) if desired.
If the file you wish to copy to does not exist a window will
appear asking if you want to create a new compressed file. Press
the F10 key to created a new file, Press any other key to re-
enter the name of the compressed file to copy to.
Tag highlighted file - (Plus key +)
Pressing the + key will tag the highlighted file and move the
highlight bar down one line.
Untag highlighted file - (Minus key -)
Pressing the - key will untag the highlighted file and move the
highlight bar down one line.
Exit SHEZ - ESC
Exit SHEZ goto EXTRACT dir - CTL-X
Pressing the CTL-X key will immediately exit SHEZ and will place
you into the EXTRACT disk and directory.
Right and Left cursor keys
The RIGHT and LEFT cursor keys will scroll the compressed file
view window RIGHT and LEFT allowing you to view long path names
if they are stored in the compressed file.
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Macro Pause - ALT-5
Start/Stop recording keystrokes - ALT-6
Playback recorded keystrokes - ALT-7
Cancel recording/playbak - CTL-Q
Save recorded keystrokes - ALT-9
Load and Execute keystroke file - ALT-8
See the section entitled KEYSTROKE RECORDING/PLAYBACK FACILITY on
page 42 for a full explanation of the keystroke record/playback
facility.
Activate volume label processing - ALT-4
Pressing the ALT-4 key will activate the automatic volume label
processing option in SHEZ.
See section titled VOLUME LABEL SUPPORT on page 40 for further
information.
Add volume label to existing compressed file - $
Pressing the $ key will allow you to add volume label information
to an existing ZIP or ARJ compressed file.
See section titled VOLUME LABEL SUPPORT on page 40 for further
information.
Browse any file - ALT-B
Pressing the ALT-B keys will allow you to view the contents of a
user specified file. A window will open asking you to enter the
file specification of the file you wish to view. Pressing the
Enter key will invoke the file browsing program. Pressing the
ESC key will cancel the request.
Scan file(s) for a string - ALT-G
This command will allow you to search all, or only tagged files,
for a specific string using the supplied SGREP program. After
the search is performed, the result of the search will be
displayed on the screen. When doing a search on numerous files
or on a long file the search can be canceled by pressing the ESC
key.
For more information on the supplied SGREP program see the
section titled, THE SGREP PROGRAM, later in this document.
Run a program against all tagged files - ALT-Y
This command will execute a user specified program against all
tagged files. The user will be prompted for the program to run,
and the command line options to pass to the program. The command
line options MUST AT LEAST INCLUDE the special file name variable
$F to tell SHEZ where to place the filename in the command line
to pass to the specified program. The user can also indicate if
SHEZ should pause after each execution to allow the user view the
output of the program.
HOT DIRECTORY display - TAB KEY
Pressing the TAB key will open a second DOS directory display
window. Before the window is opened SHEZ will prompt you for the
DISK and Directory to display. (Be sure to include the trailing
backslash. I.E. C:\MINE\) If no file specification is included,
a *.* file specification will be used. When the directory window
is open you may perform all supported file operations, such as
copying, deleting, moving, single and/or groups of tagged files.
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You can close the directory window by pressing the TAB KEY again,
or exit SHEZ by pressing the ALT-Q keys or the CTL-X keys.
Delete highlighted / tagged file(s) - DEL KEY
Pressing the delete key, will delete the highlighted file, if no
files are currently tagged. If there are files tagged then all
tagged files will be deleted.
Format Floppy - ALT-O
The ALT-O hot key sequence will allow you to format a floppy disk
in the A: or B: drives. See the section titled FORMATTING
FLOPPIES later in this document.
Rename highlighted file - ALT-R
The ALT-R command will allow you to rename a file contained in a
compressed file. This is accomplished by 1) extracting the
highlighted file, 2) renaming the extracted file, 3) adding the
renamed file back into the compressed file, and 4) deleteing the
orginial highlighted file from the compressed file.
QUICKVIEW a file - CTL-Q
The CTL-Q command will activate SHEZ'S QUICKVIEW feature allowing
you to view the currently selected file.
Strip Comments from ZIP files - CTL-S
The CTL-S command will remove the master comment records from ZIP
comressed files.
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Print Functions - CTL-P
This command will bring up a print function menu. The following
menu items will always appear:
Change printer port
This option allows you to direct the print to an LPT port or
to a file. To direct to an LPT port enter LPT1-9 when
prompted for location to print.
DOS printer 80col
This will print the currently highlighted file in a generic
80 column print mode.
DOS printer 132col
This will print the currently highlighted file in a generic
132 colume print mode.
DOS printer HEX print
This will print the currently highlighted file in hex mode.
HPLASER II-IV 2up print
This will print the currently highlighted file in landscape
mode, two logical pages per physical page. NOTE: Thie print
function will only operate on LASER printers that support
the HP LASER PCL 4 printer control codes. IT WILL NOT
OPERATE CORRECTLY ON A HPLASER IIP.
In addition to this menu items, if the user has defined
additional printer in the SHEZ.INI file their names will appear
after the HPLASER 2up print menu item.
Change sort order - ALT-F9
Pressing the ALT-F9 allows you to change the sort order of the
displayed file list. You may change the sort order to Ascending
or Descending by pressing the A or D key in the dialog box.
UUENCODE - ALT-F8
Pressing the ALT-F8 keys will UUENCODE the tagged or highlighted
file(s). If no files are tagged then only the highlighted file
will be UUENCODED. Before UUENCODING the file(s) a dialog box
will appear prompting you for the disk and directory of where to
place the UUENCODED files. The ENCODED files will have the same
filenames as the orginial file(s) with a file extension of .UUE.
UUDECODE - CTL-F8
Pressing the CTL-F8 keys will UUDECODE the tagged or highlighted
file(s). If no files are tagged then only the highlighted file
will be DECODED. Before DECODING takes place a dialog box will
appear prompting you for the disk and directory of where to place
the DECODED files. The DECODED files that are created will have
the same name as when they were orginially encoded.
DISK-FREE-SPACE - CTL-F
Pressing the CTL-F keys will display a dialog box in the upper
right corner of the screen which will show the amount of free
space on the current default drive. The cursor will be
positioned on the drive letter and the user can enter a new drive
letter, press the ENTER key and obtain free space information on
any attached drive. Pressing the ESC key will remove the dialog
box.
Optimize a UC2 compressed file - ALT-I
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UltraCompressor II has the ability to optimize its compressed
file. This is especially usefull if many additions or changes
have been made to the compressed file. It can also be usefull to
squeeze a little extra compression out of newly created UC2
compressed files.
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OPTIONS AVAILABLE ONLY VIA THE MENU SYSTEM
There are a few options that are only available via the built-in menu
system. To activate the menu system press the forward slash key, /,
and a menu bar will appear on the top line of the display.
When the DOS directory screen is displayed, the following commands are
only accessible via the menu system. To access these commands press
the / key, and move to the Opts menu item using the RIGHT CURSOR key,
then press the ENTER key. A list of selectable items will appear.
Set ZIP Compression Method
Selecting this option will cause a window to appear listing the
available compression method options. Using the UP/DOWN cursor
keys highlight the compression method you wish to use, and press
the space bar to select. A check mark will appear to the left of
the selected method. This method will remain in effect until you
change it again, or exit SHEZ. After making your selection,
press the ENTER key to activate your selection.
Set ARJ Compression Method
This option is the same as described above except it sets the
compression method for ARJ type files.
Set UC2 Compression Method
This option is the same as described above except it sets the
compression method for UC2 type files.
Virus scan ALL files
Selecting this option will instruct SHEZ to test all files
contained in compressed files for Viruses. This will remain in
effect until you reset the option, or exit SHEZ.
Virus scan ONLY EXECUTABLE files.
Selecting this option will instruct SHEZ to test only executable
files contained in compressed files for Viruses.
Set Paging option for DOS and EDIT
Selecting this option allows you to activate or de-activate the
paging option when shelling to DOS, running an external program,
or running an external Editor.
Set Paging option for External Viewers
Selecting this option allow you to activate or de-activate the
paging option when running an external viewer program.
When the compressed file contents screen is displayed, the same set of
commands are only accessible via the menu system. To access these
commands press the / key, and move to the Other menu item using the
RIGHT CURSOR key, then press the ENTER key. A list of selectable
items will appear, the items listed above will be included in this
list.
There is another set of option that is accessible only via the menu
system when the compressed file contents screen is displayed. This
option all appear under the main PRINT menu option.
PRINT DIRECTORY OF COMPRESSED FILES
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Selecting the "Print directory of compressed file" allows you to print
a formatted listing of the contents of the compressed file. If this
item is selected a drop down dialog box will appear allowing you to
print to LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3.
Also under the CONVERT menu option the following menu item will
appear:
CONVERT TO ANOTHER FORMAT
This option allows you to convert the compressed file you are
currently viewing to a different type of compressed file.
Macro Help
This selection instructs you to press the F1 key to obtain help
on the macro recording/playback hot keys.
Set macro playback speed
Selecting this option will cause a selection box to appear
allowing you to change the macro playback speed. The available
options are SLOW, MEDIUM, and FAST. The default value is FAST.
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VOLUME LABEL SUPPORT
Shez now supports adding and extracting volume label information
to/form compressed files. Volume label processing is only supported
for ZIP and ARJ type compressed files.
ADDING VOLUME LABELS WHEN CREATING NEW COMPRESSED FILES:
When creating a new ZIP or ARJ file via the F7 key, you will be asked
if you wish to store volume label information. If you respond Y, you
will then be asked to enter the Drive Letter of the drive to obtain
the volume label information from. Enter the drive letter (A-Z).
Please note: these prompts will only appear if you are creating a ZIP
or ARJ compressed file.
ADDING VOLUME LABELS TO AN EXISTING ZIP OR ARJ FILE:
To add volume label information to a pre-existing ZIP or ARJ file,
first open the compressed file by moving the highlight bar to the
appropriate file. Then press the enter key. This will open the
compressed file. Then press the $ key (SHIFT 4). You will be asked to
enter the drive letter to obtain the volume label information from.
Enter the drive letter (A-Z). The volume label from the specified
drive, if any exists, will be added to the compressed file.
EXTRACTING VOLUME LABEL INFORMATION:
To extract volume label information from an existing compressed file,
press the ALT-4 key to turn on automatic volume label processing.
When automatic volume label processing is active a $ will appear next
to the NAME field heading in the compressed file listing, or will
appear in the upper left corner of the DOS directory display window.
After activating automatic label processing, open the appropriate
compressed file as documented above. Set the extract location using
the ALT-P (extract path) command. Then extract any or all files from
the compressed file. During the extraction process the volume label
contained in the compressed file will be used to update the volume
label information on the extract drive.
PLEASE NOTE: ONCE YOU TURN AUTOMATIC VOLUME LABEL PROCESSING ON, IT
WILL REMAIN ON UNTIL YOU TURN IT OFF BY USING THE ALT-4 KEY AGAIN.
PLEASE USE THIS OPTION WITH CARE.
FLOATING EXTRACT LOCATION
SHEZ now supports a concept called the floating extract location. The
feature was added due to numerous user requests, and is an option
feature which is activated via the SHEZCFG program. Normally when
SHEZ is executed SHEZ sets the file extract location to the current
disk and directory. When you change to a different disk and/or
directory the extract location remains constant, pointing to the disk
and directory where SHEZ was started from. To change the extract
location you needed to use the ALT-P command (change extract
location).
The floating extract location basically allows the extract location to
float as you change to a new disk and/or directory. The extract
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location will float to what ever disk and directory you are currently
looking at. You can still dynamically specify an extract location by
using the ALT-P command, but when the ALT-P command is issued the
floating extract option will be de-activated from that point on. You
can reactivate the floating extract location logic by pressing the
ALT-P keys and entering a single asterick at the prompt.
To activate the floating extract location option, use the SHEZCFG
program and choose the ADDITIONAL SETUP INFORMATION menu item. When
the SHEZCFG program prompt you for a default extract location, enter a
single asterisk. The single asterisk tells SHEZ to activate its
floating extract logic.
Ultravision Support
SHEZ is Ultravision "aware". SHEZ will operate in an Ultravision
screen mode as long at the number of columns equals 80, and the number
of rows are between 25-50. If SHEZ determines that Ultravision is
installed, and it active in an non-supported screen mode, SHEZ will
deactivate Ultravision, and then will set the screen mode to one of
the supported modes. When SHEZ is exited, it will re-activate
Ultravision and put the screen mode back into the Ultravision mode is
was in before SHEZ was started.
FORMATTING FLOPPIES
SHEZ has the ability to format a floppy disk in either the A: or B:
drives. The following disk capacities are supported:
5 1/4 drives: 360KB and 1.2OK, 3 1/2 drives: 720KB and 1.44KB.
To format a disk press the ALT-O keys and a dialogue box will appear.
Enter the drive letter you wish to format, the capacity to format, and
if you wish each track verified during the format process. The verify
process will increase the time it takes to format a disk. If you are
using high quality disks you can opt to not verify to speed up the
format process. After the disk is formatted you will have the option
of adding a volume label to the disk. If no volume label is wanted
simply press the ENTER key without entering any information.
If your PC is an "XT" class machine, the format dialog box will ask
you the type of disk drive you are formatting in. Enter the code that
corresponds to the type of floppy drive you have installed.
Formatting error codes can be found in the Apendix of this manual.
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KEYSTROKE RECORDING/PLAYBACK FACILITY
Shez now has the built in ability to record, playback, load, and save
key stokes. All of the keystroke recording abilities must be
activated from the keyboard. They can not be activated via the mouse
or the pull-down menus. A menu item for MACROS do appear on the menu
bar, but it is only used to access the help panel for keystroke
recording. If you are using a mouse the functions performed by the
mouse WILL NOT BE RECORDED. Only keystrokes entered directly from the
keyboard will be recorded. During keystroke recording, the ALT-Q (QUIT
SHEZ) key will be recorded, but will not be acted upon. This will
allow the user to record and save the ALT-Q key into the playback
macro.
The keyboard HOT-KEYS and there functions are explained below:
ALT-5 Macro record/playback PAUSE
The ALT-5 key is used to PAUSE the record/playback macro function
to allow the user to respond to a dialogue box prompt. When
recording a macro and a dialogue box opens, press the ALT-5 key,
then enter the response to the dialogue box. The macro recording
will resume as soon as the user presses the ESC, ENTER, or
Function keys.
When playing back a macro that has been recorded using the PAUSE
feature, the macro will PAUSE at the same location where the ALT-
5 key was originally pressed, allowing the user to enter data
into a dialogue box prompt.
For example: If you were recording a macro to search for a string
of characters in a group of files and you wanted to input a
different search string each time you executed the macro, you
would:
1) Start the macro recording by pressing the ALT-6 key.
2) Open up the compressed file you wish to search.
3) Tag the files you what to scan through.
4) Press the ALT-G key to pop-up the search data entry box, as
shown below:
+-------------------------[D:\TC\ZIP\SHEZ65S.ZIP]--------------+
|NAME SIZE DATE TIME LENGTH METHOD PATH |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|DOSWDW ASM 2875 01/25/90 11:26 7677 IMPLOD |
|MAKE286 BAT 80 06/25/91 14:25 100 SHRUNK |
|MAKEALL BAT 80 10/03/91 10:25 89 SHRUNK |
|MA+----[ENTER STRING TO SEARCH FOR:(NO DOUBLE QUOTES CHARS AL+|
|MA|==> ||
|MA+-----------------[PRESS ENTER TO SAVE, ESC to cancel]-----+|
|MAKESHEZ BAT 75 10/17/91 07:29 90 SHRUNK |
|MSHEZD BAT 38 03/16/91 14:09 38 STORED |
|SHEZ H 1466 11/22/91 07:39 4839 IMPLOD |
+=Add B=Brows F=Fresh U=Update M=Move E=Xlist X=Xall P=Xpath QS+
5) Press the ALT-5 key to PAUSE the macro facility.
6) Enter your search string and press the ENTER key.
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7) After the search is done press the ALT-6 key again to stop
macro recording.
8) Press the ALT-9 key to save your macro.
Now when you playback the macro, when the search data entry box
appears the macro will pause allowing you to alter the search
string before processing the rest of the recorded macro.
When the macro facility is in PAUSE mode, the ESC key, ENTER key,
or any FUNCTION key will resume the execution of the macro.
ALT-6 Start/Stop recording keystrokes.
Pressing the ALT-6 keys will toggle the keyboard recording mode.
When SHEZ is recording keystrokes the speaker will blip after
every keystroke is pressed. Pressing ALT-6 again will stop the
keystrokes from being recorded. Up to 500 keystrokes may be
recorded.
ALT-7 Immediately play back the recorded keystrokes.
Pressing the ALT-7 key will immediately playback your recorded
keystrokes.
CTL-Q Cancel recording/playback and flush the keystroke record
buffer.
Press the CTL-Q key either during a recording session, or during
a playback, will cancel the record/playback, and will clear the
keystroke buffer.
ALT-9 Save recorded keystrokes.
Pressing the ALT-9 key will pop-up a window allowing the user to
save the recorded keystrokes into a file for use at a later time.
You must stop recording by pressing the ALT-6 key before doing a
save. This key will also reset the record/playback function and
clear the keystroke buffer.
ALT-8 Load and Execute a saved keystroke file.
Pressing the ALT-8 key will pop-up a window allowing the user to
enter the name of a previously saved keystroke file. After the
file is loaded it will immediately be run.
SHEZ will also allow the user to load and execute a save keystroke
file at startup time. The command line parameter /play={filespec}
tells SHEZ to load the indicated filespec and playback the recorded
keystrokes.
PLEASE NOTE: SHEZ DOES NOT VERIFY THAT THE CONTENTS OF THIS FILE ARE
ACTUALLY RECORDED KEYSTROKES. SO BE CAREFUL WHEN SPECIFYING THE
FILESPEC!!
Examples:
SHEZ D:\DOWN\*.ZIP /PLAY=D:\AUTOSHEZ.MAC
Start SHEZ and display all the .ZIP files in the D:\DOWN directory,
and load and execute the recorded keystrokes contained in the
D:\AUTOSHEZ.MAC file.
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SHEZ D:\SOURCE\CODE.ZIP /PLAY=D:\REFRESH.MAC
Start SHEZ and open the CODE.ZIP file contained in the D:\SOURCE
directory, and load and execute the recorded keystrokes contained in
the D:\REFRESH.MAC file.
The playback speed may also be sent to SLOW, MEDIUM, or FAST by using
the mAcro drop down menu item and selecting the playback speed
selection. The playback speed default is set to FAST.
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CREATING NEW COMPRESSED FILES
SHEZ allows you to create new compressed files either from the
directory display window, using the F7 key, or from the compressed
file display window using the "C" command.
A window will appear asking you to enter the drive, directory, of
where to place the new file. You may press the F9 key to view the
directory structure in a tree format. After selecting the location of
the new file another aditios will appear asking you to specify the
name of the compressed file to be created. YOU MUST ENTER A FILE
| EXTENSION OF .ZIP,.ARC,.LZH,.ZOO,ARJ,SQZ,.PAK, RAR, or UC2 SO SHEZ
| KNOWS WHAT TYPE OF COMPRESSED FILE TO CREATE!!!!! Then you will asked
| if you want to add or move files into the new archive file. You will
| also be asked to enter an optional password. (If you enter a password
| all files added or moved to the archive file will be encrypted using
| the password. Do not forget the password you can not extract files
| from the file without the password and there is no way to determine
| the password if you forget it.) Please note the password prompt will
| only appear if the compression program used to create the new file
| support encryption.
A window will then be opened that will ask you to enter the filespecs
of the files you wish to add or move into the new archive file. This
filespec can include a disk, directory, and file specifications with
wild cards.
A third window will be opened allowing you to specify processing
options. The first option "Do you want to Tag files or Process as is"
allows you to tell SHEZ that you want to Tag files for processing
using the filespecs entered in the second window, or to simply pass
the entered filespecs to the compression program exactly as entered.
The second option "Do you want to save directory information" allows
you to tell SHEZ that you want directory information saved in the
compressed file. The third option "Do you want to recurse
directories" will tell the compression program to add/move all files
in the directory you specified plus all directories that exist beneath
it. A forth option will appear, "Store volume label into Compressed
file? (Y or N)->". This option will allow you to optionally store
volume label information into the compressed file. The default is not
to store label information. Respond Y if you wish to store the volume
label information. If you respond Y a fifth option will appear,
"Enter drive letter of Volume label to Save". When this prompt
appears enter the letter of the drive you wish to obtain the volume
label information from.
If you are creating an ARJ file, you will also be asked if you wish to
activate the multi-volume option of ARJ. This option allows you to
create a compressed file that will span multiple floppy disks. Thus
you can create a "backup" compressed file of an entire hard drive, or
very large directory.
If you indicated that you wanted to Tag files for processing a window
will pop-up on the left side of the screen showing all files that
matched the filespec you entered. Tag the files you wish to add or
move to the new compressed file by pressing the space bar. When you
are done tagging file press the return key and all tagged files will
be added or moved into the new archive file.
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Please note that some of these options may not appear when you create
a compressed file. If the compression program you are using does not
support saving directory information the directory information prompts
will not appear.
CONVERTING FILES
Shez has the ability to convert one, or a group of tagged files, from
one format to another. First you must get the file or files you want
to convert to appear in the filelist window on the left side of the
screen. The easiest way to do this is to start up SHEZ and specify on
the command line either *.*, *.ZIP, or *.ARC. Then using the cursor
keys highlight the file you want to convert and then press the ALT-V
key to convert the file. You will then be asked, via a menu, what
archive format you want to convert to. Position the highlight bar to
the type of compressed file you wish to convert to and press the enter
key. You will also be asked if you want to delete the original file
after the conversion has been successfully completed. Respond Y or N.
The new file will be placed on the same disk and directory that the
original file was on.
During the conversion process, SHEZ will convert any nested compressed
files that is can identify. NOTE: nested compressed files that have
been stored with path names will not be converted. Self extracting
compressed files also will not be converted. SHEZ can only process
compressed nested files that are one level deep. Any nested
compressed files that are nested more than one level deep will remain
un-touched.
To convert numerous files start up SHEZ as above and use the cursor
keys to highlight the files you want to convert, then press the space
bar to TAG these files. After all files have been tagged press CTL-V
to convert all TAGGED files.
SHEZ will allow you to easily convert your old ZIP files into the new
ZIP imploded format. Simply tag the ZIP files you want to convert and
specify that you want to convert them to ZIP files. You will be asked
if you want to delete the old compressed files after the conversion
process. SHEZ is smart enough not to delete the old compressed file
if the have the same file extension as the new files. I.E. when you
convert a ZIP file to a ZIP file to take advantage of the new
compression format SHEZ will not delete the converted ZIP files even
if you told it to delete the old compressed files after converting
them.
After SHEZ converts a compressed file it will test the converted file
for correctness. If the converted file fails this test the converted
file will be deleted and the orginial compressed file will remain
intact.
SHEZ will also allow you to convert old LZH files to the new LHA 2.05
format using the same method of converting a file to itself.
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SUPPORT FOR SELF EXTRACTING FILES
SHEZ also lets you view the contents of self extracting files. Files
that have been created by the following compression programs are
supported:
PKARC, PKPAK, PKZIP version .92 thru 2.04, LHARC version 1.12 thru
2.05, PAK version 1.6 thru 2.01, ARC5 and ARC6, ARJ version 2.10, LHA
2.12, SQZ 1.082 1.083.
When you display the contents of a self extracting file SHEZ will
attempt to identify which compression program was used to generate the
self extracting file. SHEZ will place the name of the compression
program it has identified as the creator, on the heading line right
next to the column titled NAME.
In addition to viewing the contents of a self extracting file you may
also extract individual files using SHEZ"s extract command. You may
also convert the self extracting file back to a normal compressed file
using the CTL-V command, or using the pull down menus.
You can not alter the contents of a self extracting file. I.E. add,
update, freshen, move, etc. The exception to this are self extracting
files built by PKZIP. These files you can treat like normal
compressed files. You can add, update, move, delete, freshen, etc.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
SHEZ will recognize the following environment variables if they are
set:
BIOS This will force SHEZ to use BIOS for writing to the screen.
MONO This will force SHEZ to run in monochrome mode.
SHEZEX You can set this variable to the disk and path where
you want SHEZ to write extracted file to. You can reset
this default at any time by using the ALT-P command.
SHEZWORK This variable may be used to specify a working directory for
SHEZ to use instead of SHEZ building one of its own. This
directory must be for the exclusive of SHEZ, and must exist
prior to invoking SHEZ. WHEN SHEZ TERMINATES ALL FILES IN
THE DIRECTORY WILL BE DELETED, INCLUDING HIDDEN AND SYSTEM
FILES, BUT THE DIRECTORY WILL NOT BE DELETED. This option
was added to allow more flexibility when running SHEZ on a
LAN based system.
SHEZCMT This variable may be set to specify a default comment file
when adding/updating compressed file comment records to a
group of tagged files.
SHEZCFG This variable points to your SHEZ.CFG file. It is used to
carry forward, the SHEZ configuration options.
SHEZLOG This variable defines the LOG file that SHEZ will write to
when performing a virus check on tagged files from the DOS
directory window. If the file does not exist it will be
created. If the fill already exists new information will be
appended to the existing file.
SHEZXMS This variable de-activates SHEZ"s use of XMS memory. It
will over-ride the EMS/XMS usage parameters that were set
via the SHEZCFG program. Set this variable to any value to
de-active XMS memory usage.
Example: SHEZXMS=N Don"t use XMS memory.
SHEZEMS This variable de-activates SHEZ"s use of EMS memory. It
will over-ride the EMS/XMS usage parameters that were set
via the SHEZCFG program. Set this variable to any value to
de-active EMS memory usage.
Example: SHEZEMS=N Don"t use EMS memory.
SHEZUSE Using this variable you can over-ride the EMS/XMS memory
usage configuration that was setup via the SHEZCFG program.
Set this variable to the type of memory you wish SHEZ to
use. I.E. E for EMS memory, and/or X for XMS memory.
Examples:
SHEZUSE=EX Try EMS first then XMS
SHEZUSE=XE Try XMS first then EMS
SHEZUSE=E Only try EMS memory
SHEZUSE=X Only try XMS memroy
SHEZUSE=NN Don"t use XMS or EMS memory.
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Examples:
SET BIOS=Y
SET MONO=Y
SET SHEZEX=D:\WORK
SET SHEZWORK=C:\SHEZXX\
SET SHEZCMT=C:\COMMENT.DAT
SET SHEZCFG=C:\DATA\SHEZ.CFG
SET SHEZLOG=C:\LOG\SHEZ.LOG
(This tells SHEZ to write extracted files onto the D disk in the \work
directory. You can change this at any time after executing SHEZ by
using the ALT-P command.)
The environment variables BIOS and MONO will override the BIOS and
MONO parameters that were entered via the configuration program.
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SETTING ALTERNATE FILE VIEWERS
Shez has the capability to activate user specified alternate file
viewers when the CTL-ENTER key is pressed. The alternate file viewers
are specified
in an external file named SHEZ.INI. This file is a plain ASCII text
file that indicates to SHEZ what program should be run as the
alternate viewer, based on the highlighted file"s extension, when a
user pressing the CNTL-ENTER key.
The external file, SHEZ.INI, MUST be located in the current directory,
or in a directory that is specified in your path statement.
SEE APPENDIX 2 FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE ENTRIES ALLOWABLE IN THE
SHEZ.INI FILE.
SETTING USER DEFINED PRINTER
The SHEZ.INI file also allows you to define up to three user defined
printers. Included with each printer definition is it"s name as it
will appear on the menu, a required setup string, an optional endup
string, the number of character per line to print, and the number of
lines per page to print. The format of the required entries in the
SHEZ.INI file is shown in APPENDIX 2.
SETTING UP USED DEFINED MENU ENTRIES
The SHEZ.INI file also allows user defined menu items to be defined.
Up to twenty user defined programs and/or batch files can be specified
and they will appear on the uSer menu option when selected. See
APPENDIX 2 for the format of the entries required in the SHEZ.INI
file.
Any number of specific file viewers may be specified. When CTL-ENTER
is pressed, SHEZ first looks to see of a specific alternate file
viewer has been defined for viewing files with a file extension the
same of the highlighted file. If one was defined it is activated and
used. If a specific viewer has not been defined SHEZ then determines
if a "generic" alternate file viewer has been defined. If it has SHEZ
uses the "generic" viewer. If no alternate viewer has been defined
SHEZ than defaults to using the normal viewer as defined when the
SHEZCFG program was used to configure SHEZ.
PLEASE NOTE: WHEN SHEZ ACTIVATES ANY ALTERNATE FILE VIEWER IT ALWAYS
USES ITS PAGING LOGIC TO SWAP MOST OF ITS CODE OUT OF MEMORY TO GIVE
MORE ROOM TO THE ALTERNATE FILE VIEWER. THIS IS NOT A CONFIGURABLE
OPTION SO BE FOREWARNED!!!!!!!!!!!!
PERFORMING A VIRUS SCAN
SHEZ can scan for viruses in files that are contained in compressed
files. It can also scan for viruses in files that are contained in
embedded compressed files. SHEZ can check an unlimited number of
embedded compressed files, only limited by the amount of available
disk space assigned to the SHEZ work disk. When performing a virus
scan SHEZ will also check for self extracting compressed files and
will also check any files contained with the SFX files.
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The first step performed during a virus check is to test the integrity
of the compressed file. If the integrity of the compressed file is
compromised, all other action on the compressed file will be bypassed,
and an error message will be issued.
There are two way to perform a virus scan. One is activated from the
DOS directory window, and the other is invoked after opening up a
compressed file.
To perform a virus scan from the DOS directory window, tag the files
you wish to check for viruses then press the ALT-Z or CTL-Z keys.
This will initiate the scanning process on all tagged files.
When virus checking files from the main DOS directory window, SHEZ
will create a virus check log file if the environment variable SHEZLOG
is defined. For more information on this variable set the section
entitled ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE on page 48. The log file will be
created if is does not exists, or will be appended to if it already
exists. The file will contain a listing of all the compressed files
that are being checked, plus a list of all files within the compressed
files that will be checked. If a self extracting file is encountered,
the log file will post an entry to the log file identifying the SFX
file, and what type SFX it is. Each time the log file is opened a
time and date stamp line will be written into the file before any
scanning occurs. The log file is NOT updated when doing a virus scan
from within an opened compressed file, it is only updated/created when
doing a scan from the DOS directory window.
BBS SYSOP NOTE:
When performing a bulk virus scan on a group of tagged files SHEZ
operates differently depending on in the SHEZLOG feature is
active. If the SHEZLOG feature is NOT active, any errors
encountered will cause an error message box to appear on the
screen, and all activity will stop until a key is pressed. If
the SHEZLOG feature is active, all error messages will be posted
to the file pointed to by the SHEZLOG environment variable. No
error messages will appear on the screen. Also when operating in
this mode, you may cancel the bulk virus scan, after initiating
it, by press the ESC key.
To perform a virus scan when viewing the contents of a compressed
file, simply press the ALT-Z keys. When doing a virus scan from
within an opened compressed file, SHEZ will also look for embedded
compressed files and will perform the scan on files contained within
them. The only exception to this is if you are looking inside an
embedded compressed file when you activate the scan, (ALT-Z). Under
this condition SHEZ will only check the files contained in the current
compressed file.
VIRUS CHECKING SELECTED FILES
If you wish to only check a few files contained in a compressed file
for viruses, tag the files you wish to check then press the ALT-Z key.
Only the tagged files will be checked instead of all in the compressed
file.
VIRUS SCANNING A DIRECTORY
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When in the DOS directory view screen you may also virus scan an
entire directory. Simply move the highlight bar to the directory you
wish to scan and press the ALT-S keys. SHEZ will use the user defined
virus scanning program to scan the files in the highlighted directory.
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THE SGREP PROGRAM
The SGREP program, supplied with SHEZ, is used by SHEZ when the ALT-G
key is pressed, to scan member(s) of a compressed file for words or
phrases. It is included in the SHEZ package .
SGREP allows the user to specify two target strings in the search
argument. These two target strings are connected with an and, &, or
or, "|" separator. Thus allowing the user to search for two different
strings, or two strings or words contained on the same line. When the
specific string is found, the line in the file that contains the
string is written to the stdout DOS device, which is normally the
display. SGREP also has the capability to search the specified
file(s) for a regular expression. When performing a regular
expression search only one target may be specified. See REGULAR
EXPRESSIONS below on how to build a regular expression. The output
may be redirected to a file or a printer using the normal DOS
redirection symbols. The format of the SGREP command line is as
follows:
SGREP [options] "target(s)" {file(s)...|@file}
Where options are:
-f display **FILE-NAME for finds only
-l line numbers
-c case sensitive search
-x no logo
-e return errorlevel only
-p pause when screen is full
-v verbose display output
-r target is a regular expression
@file indicates an ascii file containing a list of file to process.
This list MUST include the complete file specification. I.E. The
disk, directory, filename, and file extension.
The target string(s) must be enclosed in quotes and special characters
can be specified as indicated below.
Hex byte sequences can be used to search for special non-displayable
characters. They are specified using a pair of hexadecimal bytes
preceded by a dollar sign,$.
EXAMPLES: $23 include is the string #include
$252.50 is the string %2.50
$23$24$25 is the string #$%
Two targets may be specified using the & and | characters to search
for two targets. If the & is used the lines must contain
both targets. If the | is used the lines must contain one of the
targets.
Example: "save|main" line must have save or main to be
listed.
"save&main" line must have save and main to be listed.
The format of the SGREP command line is presented here for
documentation purposes only since SHEZ automatically invokes the SGREP
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itself using a predefined set of options. SGREP may be run from the
DOS command prompt, or when using the ALT-Y command option of SHEZ.
REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
The regular_expression defines the pattern to search for. Upper- and
lower-case are always ignored. Blank lines never match. The
expression should be quoted to prevent file-name translation.
x An ordinary character (not mentioned below) matches that
character.
"\" The backslash quotes any character. "\$" matches a dollar-sign.
"^" A circumflex at the beginning of an expression matches the
beginning of a line.
"$" A dollar-sign at the end of an expression matches the end of a
line.
"." A period matches any character except "new-line".
"*" An expression followed by an asterisk matches zero or more
occurrances of that expression: "fo*" matches "f", "fo" "foo",
etc.
"+" An expression followed by a plus sign matches one or more
occurrances of that expression: "fo+" matches "fo", etc.
"-" An expression followed by a minus sign optionally matches the
expression.
"[]" A string enclosed in square brackets matches any character in
that string, but no others. If the first character in the string
is a circumflex, the expression matches any character except
"new-line" and the characters in the string. For example,
"[xyz]" matches "xx" and "zyx", while "[^xyz]" matches "abc"
but not "axb". A range of characters may be specified by two
characters separated by "-". Note that, [a-z] matches
alphabetics, while [z-a] never matches.
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THE DUMPMAC PROGRAM
The DUMPMAC program is a small program designed to dump a saved macro
file to the DOS stdout device, normally the screen, and list the
recorded keystrokes in readable form. The command line format is:
DUMPMAC macro-file-name
The output of the program is self explanatory, and can be used to
debug or list unknown SHEZ macro files.
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THE SHEZCFG PROGRAM
The SHEZCFG program is now fully menu driven and contains full online
help. As you modify information on each screen be sure to press the
F10 key to save each entry screen. After going through all the
configuration items be sure to select the "A" menu item to save your
configuration information.
THE SHEZCFG PROGRAM MUST BE RUN TO CREATE A CONFIGURATION FILE OR SHEZ
WILL NOT RUN!!
After creating a shez configuration file you may place the
configuration file into a directory that is specified in your PATH
statement.
Shez will find its configuration file as follows:
If the SHEZCFG environment variable is set SHEZ will use the
configuration file that has been specified by the environment
variable.
If the SHEZCFG environment varialble has not been set Shez will
search the directories in your PATH looking for a file named
SHEZ.CFG.
If a valid configuration file can not be located SHEZ will not
run!!!!!
CONFIGURING FOR VIRUS SCANNING
Under the program options, you will be asked if you wish to configure
SHEZ to scan .COM and .EXE files contained in compressed files for
viruses. If you respond Y, SHEZ will that ask you where the virus
checking program can be found. The programs that SHEZ supports are,
SCAN.EXE version 39 or greater, produced by McAfee Associates, and the
virus scanning program by Central Point. When prompted enter the
complete DISK:\DIRECTORY\FILENAME.EXT of where the virus scanning
program is located. It is advised that you place the SCAN program on
a write protected floppy disk to prevent it from being infected. You
may also optionally enter any additional command line options that the
virus scanning program requires. The optional parameters are entered
after the SHEZCFG prompts for them.
If you use the /report feature of McAfee"s virus scanning program, and
you use the SHEZLOG feature, as explained in the section titled
PREFORMING A VIRUS SCAN on page 50. PLEASE BE SURE TO specify two
different files names. If they are both pointing to the same file the
results will be unpredictable.
PLEASE NOTE: SHEZ WILL NOT SEARCH YOUR PATH FOR THE SCAN PROGRAM. IF
YOU DO NOT TELL IT EXACTLY WHERE TO FIND IT SHEZ WILL BE UNABLE TO
EXECUTE THE PROGRAM.
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES
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SHEZ achieves fast screen updates buy writing directly to video buffer
memory. If your machine is not 100% compatible you can force SHEZ to
use BIOS routines to update the screen. This is accomplished by
setting an environment variable BIOS equal to Y. I.E. SET BIOS=Y. Do
this before executing SHEZ.
For monochrome monitors a similar method is employed set the
environment variable MONO equal to Y. I.E. SET MONO=Y.
Some clone machines have a bug in the builtin BIOS routines that will
cause SHEZ to hang if you have exploding windows turned on. If you
experience a machine lock up, try reconfiguring SHEZ and turn the
exploding windows off.
DESQVIEW COMPATIBILITY
SHEZ is now DESQview aware. When setting SHEZ up under DESQview set
the parameter WRITE DIRECTLY TO SCREEN to NO, and USES OWN COLORS to
YES. SHEZ will also automatically release its timeslice to Desqview
when waiting for keyboard input.
WINDOWS AND OS/2 COMPATIBILITY
SHEZ has been tested under Windows 3.1 and OS/2 2.X. When running
under OS/2 or Windows enhanced mode, SHEZ will automatically release
its timeslice to the operating system when waiting for keyboard input.
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SWAPPING SHEZ OUT OF MEMORY
This section briefly describes how SHEZ swaps itself out of memory to
make room for other programs. It also describes how the user can
configure SHEZ to perform its swapping function.
When you configure SHEZ to swap itself out of memory when running
other programs, SHEZ first looks to see if your system has EMS or XMS
memory installed. If there is EMS or XMS memory, and there is a
sufficient amount of EMS or XMS memory, SHEZ will copy most of its
code to EMS or XMS memory then free up enough memory to run another
program. After the other program has ended SHEZ then swaps itself
back into memory.
As a default SHEZ will first look to see of XMS memory is available.
If XMS is available and there is a sufficient amount of XMS memory
SHEZ will swap itself to XMS memory. If XMS memory is not available,
or there is not enough XMS memory available, SHEZ will them look for
EMS memory. If EMS memory is available, and there is sufficient EMS
memory, SHEZ will swap itself into EMS memory. If EMS memory is not
available, or there is not enough EMS memory available SHEZ will then
swap itself to disk.
If EMS or XMS memory is not available, or there is not enough EMS or
XMS memory, SHEZ will then use your DISK to swap itself out of memory.
It allocates disk space on the currently active drive and in the
current directory. When SHEZ swaps to disk it can conflict with some
compression operations.
To solve this problem the SHEZCFG program allows you to tell SHEZ, HOW
AND WHERE TO SWAP itself. The SHEZCFG program allows you to tell SHEZ
the DISK and DIRECTORY of where to build its swapper file if it needs
to swap to disk.
IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU CREATE A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE
DIRECTORY ON YOUR HARD DRIVE FOR SHEZ TO USE WHEN SWAPPING TO DISK.
THIS DIRECTORY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY FILES IN THE DIRECTORY. USING THE
SHEZCFG PROGRAM, TELL SHEZ THE LOCATION AND THE NAME OF THIS
DIRECTORY. THEN IF SHEZ NEEDS TO SWAP TO DISK IT WILL PLACE THE
SWAPPER FILE INTO THIS UNIQUE DIRECTORY, AND AFTER THE SWAP FUNCTION
IS COMPLETE IT WILL REMOVE THE SWAPPER FILE.
The SHEZCFG program also allows you to tell SHEZ to ignore EMS or XMS
memory, even if you have EMS and/or XMS memory installed, and always
swap to disk.
Since these option are new in release 6.1
PLEASE RUN THE SHEZCFG PROGRAM AND SET THE SWAPPING OPTIONS TO YOUR
PERSONAL NEEDS.
The swapping options can be found under the ADDITIONAL SETUP
INFORMATION menu item. You can tell SHEZ to use XMS, EMS, and disk
for swapping. If you specify all three XMS will be tested first, then
EMS, then disk.
USING EMS/XMS MEMORY IN SHEZ
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Beginning with release 7.0 of SHEZ, SHEZ can now use 65K of XMS or EMS
memory to reduce its DOS memory requirements. The XMS/EMS memory is
used for temporary storage areas, thus reducing the amount of DOS
memory SHEZ needs. The XMS/EMS memory will be released when you exit
SHEZ. If SHEZ uses EMS memory, it will also use a portion of the
allocated EMS memory as a file buffer area when copying files from the
DOS directory display. This will significantly speed up the copy
operations, so it is recommenced to use EMS memory if it is available.
EMS / XMS memory usage can be configured through the SHEZCFG program
via the ADDITIONAL SETUP INFORMATION menu item. Shown below is the
EMS/XMS configuration option as it will appear on the screen:
SHEZ can use EMS or XMS memory to reduce its memory
requirements. SHEZ will first try to use EMS and then XMS if
EMS memory is not available. You can tell SHEZ to only use EMS,
only use XMS, not to use either, or to try XMS first then EMS.
At the prompt enter EX to use EMS then XMS,
OR enter XE to use XMS then EMS,
OR enter E to use only EMS,
OR enter X to use only XMS,
OR enter to spaces to not use EMS or XMS.
Enter EMS-XMS usage as described above->EX
You can over-ride the memory usage options through the use of
environment variables. See the section titled ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
for more information.
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SPEECH FRIENDLY INTERFACE
Release 7.1 of SHEZ implements a new feature called Speech Friendly
Interface, (SFI). This feature makes SHEZ more friendly to users with
speech synthesizer boards, (these enable the blind users to read the
computer display). The SFI interface has been implemented in three
parts. In addition the Copyright box will not appear in the upper
right corner of the display, leaving the screen a little cleaner.
The first SFI feature is that most dialog boxes, error message boxes
and informational boxes will be displayed using DOS BIOS routines
instead of writing directly to the video buffers. This feature should
make interfacing SHEZ to a speech synthesizer a little eaiser.
The second SFI feature will position the cursor on the currently
active screen line. This feature has been implemented when viewing the
DOS directory listing, the compressed files listing, the help screens,
and the drop down menu system. When possible the cursor will be
placed to the right of the first pertinent data appearing on the
screen.
However there are some dialog boxes, and prompt boxes that this
positioning is not 100% accurate. To solve this problem, the third
part of the SFI interface includes the ability to "FREEZE" the screen,
and use the cursor keys to walk around the screen.
To freeze the screen press the ` (left single quote character). This
will place the screen in a frozen state UNTIL YOU PRESS THE ` KEY
AGAIN. When the freeze frame is activated a low to high beep sound
will be made. When exiting the freeze frame feature a high to low
beep will be made. While in the frozen state the following cursor
movement keys are active:
CURSOR-UP = move cursor up one line
CURSOR-DOWN = move cursor down one line
CURSOR-LEFT = move cursor left on character
CURSOR-RIGHT = move cursor right one character
PAGE-UP = move cursor to upper left corner of screen
PAGE-DOWN = move cursor to lower left corner of screen
CONTROL-HOME = move cursor to first significant character on
current line. (A significant character is a
character having an ascii code greater then a
decimal 20, and less than a decimal 123)
HOME = move cursor to where is originally was before you
started fussing with it.
The SFI support routines are activated by using the SHEZCFG program,
and setting the SFI option to Y.
4DOS AND NDOS SUPPORT
Shez offers limited support for certain capabilities when running
under 4DOS and NDOS. Shez can automatically determine if it is
running under either of these systems and will active support for
their facilities automatically. The following facilities are
supported:
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1) When viewing a DOS directory display pressing the ALT-D keys will
display the 4DOS/NDOS description entries if any exist.
2) When viewing a DOS directory display pressing the ALT-U keys will
allow you to UPDATE and/or ADD description entries to the
currently highlighted file. This will also active the ALT-D
option automatically. When adding a description to a file if the
4DOS/NDOS DESCRIPT.ION file does not exist one will be created,
if the file already exists it will be updated.
3) When copying, moving, or renaming files the 4DOS/NDOS description
will be carried along with the file. If the file is renamed the
entry in the DESCIPT.ION file will be modified accordingly.
4) AT THE CURRENT TIME SHEZ DOES NOT MODIFY THE DESCIPT.ION FILE
WHEN YOU DELETE A FILE. THE FILES DESCRIPTION WILL REMAIN IN THE
4DOS/NDOS DESCRIPT.ION FILE.
USING 4DOS INTERNAL LIST COMMAND
SHEZ can be configured to use the internal LIST command of 4DOS as the
default file viewer. To configure SHEZ for this feature, use the
SHEZCFG program and select option 5 and press F10 until the menu
titled OTHER PROGRAMS TO USE appears. Answer Y to the question, "When
running under 4DOS use 4DOS internal list command". You may also
enter blanks in the area that asks for the Viewing-program to use.
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SUPPORT FOR SPANNED ZIP FILES
SHEZ now offers support for ZIP files that span multiple floppies.
Due to the nature of these types of ZIP files SHEZ will limit the
operations that can be performed on spanned ZIP files. SHEZ will
allow you to create spanned ZIP files and extract from spanned ZIP
files, but SHEZ will not allow you to modify the ZIP file after it is
created. You may not ADD, DELETE, RENAME, CONVERT, or add comments to
the spanned file. If you attempt to perform an illegal operation SHEZ
will display a dialog box informing you that the operation selected
can not be performed. Also it should be noted that SHEZ, in it's
current release, can only handle a maximum of 3500 files per
compressed file. If you create a spanned ZIP file containing more
than 3500 files SHEZ can only process the first 3500 files it finds in
the ZIP file.
Normally when you extract files from a spanned ZIP file PKUNZIP will
ask that you insert the last disk of the backup set first. SHEZ
operates just the reverse. When reading spanned ZIP files SHEZ will
ask that you insert the first disk of the backup set and each
subsequent disk. In effect it reads the ZIP from front to back. This
may seem strange, but when SHEZ is done reading the spanned ZIP file
the last disk of the backup set will already be in the drive, so when
you perform an extract you will not have to insert the last disk of
the set as required by PKUNZIP.
Support was added for spanned ZIP files due to numerous user requests.
If you are using the spanned disk feature to backup a hard drive
please keep in mind that SHEZ will only be able to handle a maximum of
3500 files in the ZIP file.
SUPPORT FOR UC2 COMPRESSED FILES
SHEZ now offers support for UC2, Ultracompressor II, type compressed
files. SHEZ can convert to/from UC2 compressed files to/from any
other compressed file format without the need of the file conversion
.BAT files that are distributed with the UC2 package. There is a
special menu item that allows you to configure the UC2 program via
it's internal configuration option. The menu item is contained in the
Opts main menu and is titled, FULL UC2 CONFIGURATION. When
configuring SHEZ please be sure to specify the UC.EXE file as the
program to run when processing UC2 type compressed files. Since SHEZ
has it's own memory management routines builtin you do not need to use
the Stealth technology that is available in the UC2 package.
SHEZ does support FRESHEN and UPDATE commands if you are running
release 2 of UC2.. SHEZ does support the storing and retrieval of
"file versions" as documented in the UC2 manual. It also supports
storing and retrieval of files stored in directories within UC2 files.
| SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS TYPE COMPRESSED FILES
| Shez supports the viewing and expanding of Windows type compressed
| files. Most of these type files have an underscore in the file
| extension. Shez uses the "native" EXPAND.EXE program to expand the
| compressed file. The EXPAND.EXE program must be located in a
directory that is specified in your path statement. If it is not you
must copy the file to a directory that is listed in your path
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statement. The 10.3 release of SHEZ handles these files differently
| than the 10.2 release of SHEZ. To view a windows type compressed
| file. Highlight the file in the DOS directory screen of SHEZ and
| press the enter key. SHEZ will display the compressed and expanded
| file sizes. Press the enter key again and SHEZ will invoke the
| default file view program allowing you to view the file. To expand
| the compressed file, instead of pressing the enter key, press the E
| key to expand the file. During both of these processes SHEZ will
| prompt you for a character to replace the underscore character in the
| file extension.
| SUPPORT FOR INFOZIP ZIP AND UNZIP
| If you are using the INFOZIP ZIP and UNZIP programs you must run the
| SHEZCFG program and under the Program setup screen set the INFOZIP
| field to a Y. If this is not donw SHEZ will think you are using the
| PKZIP and PKUNZIP programs.
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WHERE TO FIND THE MOST CURRENT VERSION
The following BBS"s are distribution points. In addition you can leave
mail on these system for me if you need technical assistance.
Space BBS (415)323-4398 Main Distribution and Mail point.
Kandy Shack (714)636-2667 Main Distribution and Mail point.
Crackers Paradise (707)838-4483 Alternate Distribution and
Mail points.
Additional Distributions Points.
EXEC-PC (414)964-5160
MicroSellar (201)239-1346
Vern Buerg"s Bit Boutique (707)778-8944
Baudeville BBS (416)283-6059 Canada Distribution Point
Comupserve In the IBMSYS Forum Library 6, keyword of SHEZ
Genie In the IBM roundtable.
SHEZ can also be found on the internet in the Simtel Software
Repository and its mirror sites.
SHEZ can be found in the directory /msdos/arcutil with a filename of
SHEZxxx.ZIP where xxx is the version number.
One mirror site is OAK.Oakland.Edu
OVERSEAS AGENT
Ensing BBS
Postbus 4
NL-9617 ZG Harkstede
The Netherlands
Gert Ensing is the sysop and is also an Overseas Agent for
registration of SHEZ.
+31 5904-1913
+31 5904-1388
+31 5904-2135
+31 5904-2733
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ASP HUB NETWORK
In an effort to make it easier for you to obtain your favorite
software, the latest updates of many ASP authored programs can be
found on the BBSs listed below. These BBSs are members of the ASP
Hub Network (AHN).
Zone 1 - East Coast USA
North-East Coast Mid-East Coast
[Site #1] [Site #2]
The Consultant BBS The Break RBBS <East>
Jay Caplan Bruce Jackson
P.O. Box 8571 4660 Whitaker PL
New York NY 10116-4655 Dale City, VA 22193-3011
Data1) 718-837-3236 Data1) 703-680-9269
Data2) Data2) 703-551-0000
Zone 2 - North Mid-USA Zone 3 - Southern Mid-USA
[Site #3] [Site #4]
The Twilight Zone The DataExchange BBS
John Hrusovszky Don Morris
1119 E. Main St 119 Herring St.
Auburndale, WI 54412 Leesville, LA 71446
Data1) 715-652-2758 Data1) 318-239-2122
Data2) Data2)
Zone 4 - West Coast USA
[Site #5] [Site #6]
Attention to Details BBS Space BBS
Clint Bradford Owen Hawkins
5085 Trail Canyon Dr PO Box 260
Mira Loma CA 91752 Menlo Park, CA 94026
Data1) 714-681-6221 Data1) 415-323-4398 (1)
Data2) Data2) 415-323-4193 (2)
Zone 5 - Canada (1) ASP file downloading only
(2) ASP author uploading &
[Site #7] main public BBS number.
Knightec BBS
Phil Knight
35 Robb Blvd #6
Orangeville, ONT L9W 3L1
Data1) 519-940-0007
Data2)
These BBSs are bound by special agreement with the ASP. In the case of
a dispute contact the ASP Omsbudsman.
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SUPPORT FOR SHEZ AND QUESTIONS
Support can be obtained in three ways. If you have access to CSERVE
please send your questions to me via Easyplex. (type GO MAIL at the
Cserve prompt) My userid is 76266,2634. This is the preferred method,
I check for mail twice a week and will get back to you with an answer
usually within a week. You may also contact me via the GENIE network,
my GENIE mail id is J.DERR1. If you do not have access to CSERVE or
GENIE send a note, letter, postcard to the address show below.
Register users have priority but I will try to help anyone in need.
Support can also be obtained via the INTERNET. Send your questions or
comments to JIM.DERR@SPACEBBS.COM.
You may also receive support by calling California Software Design at
(707) 575-9868.
California Software Design
P.O. Box 15248
Santa Rosa, CA 94502
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COMMANDS SORTED BY DESCRIPTION
ALT-D . . . .
4DOS/NDOS description display
ALT-A . . . .
Add a list of files
ALT-A . . . .
Modify file Attributes
A . . . . . .
Add file(s) to compressed
ALT-C . . . .
Add/update file comments
S . . . . . .
Add\Update comment records for highlighted file
SFT-S . . . .
Add\Update file records for all files in compressed
file.
CTL-ENTER . .
Alternate File Viewer
ALT-B . . . .
Browse any file
ALT-Z . . . .
Check files in all tagged compressed files for viruses.
CTL-Z . . . .
Check files in all tagged compressed files for viruses,
. . . . . . .
plus strip comments out of any tagged .ZIP files.
ALT-Z . . . .
Check for viruses
CTL-V . . . .
Convert all tagged archive files to another format.
ALT-V . . . .
Convert highlighted archive file to another format.
CTL-V . . . .
Convert sfx file.
CTL-F2 . . .
Copy highlighted file
CTL-F2 . . .
Copy tagged files
CTL-Y . . . .
Copy tagged files from one Compress file to another.
F7 . . . . .
Create new compressed file
ALT-D . . . .
Delete all extracted files
SFT-F4 . . .
Delete all tagged files
F4 . . . . .
Delete highlighted file/Dir
D . . . . . .
Delete highlighted file
CTL-D . . . .
Delete tagged files
Enter . . . .
Display directory contents or Display file contents.
/ . . . . . .
Display menu bar
ALT-P . . . .
Drive:path to extract into
F8 . . . . .
EDIT SELECTED FILE
ALT-N . . . .
Extract all NEWER files
ALT-X . . . .
Extract all files
CTL-E . . . .
Extract all tagged files
ALT-E . . . .
Extract specified file(s)
E . . . . . .
Extract the highlighted file
ALT-0 . . . .
Flush macro
ALT-F . . . .
Freshen a list of files
F . . . . . .
Freshen file(s) in compressed
F1 . . . . .
HELP
TAB . . . . .
Hot directory display
ALT-Q . . . .
Immediately exit SHEZ
CTL-X . . . .
Immediately exit to extract path
ALT-8 . . . .
Load and run macro
ALT-7 . . . .
Macro Playback
ALT-5 . . . .
Macro pause
F8 . . . . .
Make Self Extracting file from highlighted file
SFT-F8 . . .
Make Self Extracting files from all tagged files.
/ . . . . . .
Menu display
ALT-M . . . .
Move a list of files
M . . . . . .
Move file(s) to compressed
CTL-F3 . . .
Move highlighted file
SFT-F3 . . .
Move tagged files
G . . . . . .
Password for compressed file
CTL-P . . . .
Print functions
CTL-F6 . . .
Rename file
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SFT-F6 . . .
Rename tagged files
ALT-R . . . .
Reread the directory.
ALT-G . . . .
Run GREP against file(s)
ALT-Y . . . .
Run a program against tagged file(s)
ALT-F . . . .
Run PKZIPFIX against currently highlighted file.
R . . . . . .
Run the highlighted file
Z . . . . . .
SPECIFY compressed FILE MASK
ALT-9 . . . .
Save macro to file
F5 . . . . .
Execute highlighted program file
I . . . . . .
Show info about archive file
ALT-F2 . . .
Smart copy
ALT-F2 . . .
Smart Extract
ALT-F3 . . .
Smart move
F9 . . . . .
Sort archive listing
F6 . . . . .
Sort the file display
P . . . . . .
Specify Path options
ALT-S . . . .
Speed search
ALT-6 . . . .
Start/Stop macro recording
F2 . . . . .
Switch to another archive File or directory
CTL-SPACE . .
Tag all files
CTL-T . . . .
Tag all files.
+ . . . . . .
Tag highlighted file
ALT-+ . . . .
Tag highlighted file
F10 . . . . .
Temporary exit to DOS
T . . . . . .
Test archive integrity
F6 . . . . .
Toggle $.$ and *.*
ALT-1 . . . .
Toggle authenticity mode
O . . . . . .
Toggle overwrite for extract
SPACE . . . .
Toggle tag status
ALT-T . . . .
Toggle tagged file status line
CTL-U . . . .
Untag all files
- . . . . . .
Untag highlighted file
ALT-- . . . .
Untab hightlighed file
ALT-U . . . .
Update a list of files
CTL-T . . . .
Update archive file time&date
U . . . . . .
Update file in archive
ALT-F8 . . .
UUENCODE file(s)
CTL-F8 . . .
UUDECODE file(s)
ALT-V . . . .
View file comment records
CTL-D . . . .
View FILE_ID.ZIP file
F3 . . . . .
View highlighted file
V|RET . . . .
View the file
ALT-S . . . .
Virus scan highlighted directory.
ALT-W . . . .
Write SHEZ.CFG file.
ALT-M . . . .
ZOOM / UNZOOM DOS Directory window
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LICENSING SHEZ FOR PERSONAL USE
Shez is marketed as a shareware program. This marketing method gives
the user the opportunity to evaluate the program before actually
registering the software. If after a two week evaluation period you
determine that SHEZ meets your needs, you are required to register
your copy of SHEZ with California Software Design. To register your
copy of SHEZ, complete the registration form that is distributed with
the SHEZ package, include your payment and mail to California Software
Design, P.O. Box 15248, Santa Rosa, CA 95402.
You may also register SHEZ via the Compuserve shareware registration
service. See the SHEZ.REG file included with this package for
information on how to use this service.
When your registration form is processed you will be mailed an
individual serial number, along with a receipt for your registration
fee.
CORPORATE SITE LICENSING FOR SHEZ
A license is required for use of SHEZ by corporations and
institutions.
You may obtain a license for the use of SHEZ by writing to me. The
license is for perpetual, nonexclusive use of any version. Purchase
orders and invoicing are acceptable. A license agreement form will be
sent upon request. You may use it, or supply your own for my review.
There are no restrictions to the number of sites, or for use on local
area networks. If you have special requirements, or need
customization, please feel free to submit them in writing. You may
request a license for:
1) A fixed number of copies, see the discount schedule;
2) An unlimited number of copies, the minimum fee is $1200;
3) Customization of messages and documentation, an additional fee
may be required depending on the extent of changes;
4) Permission to distribute within your organization;
The fee for a license depends on the estimated number of copies of the
program that you will use. To use the discount schedule below,
estimate the total number of copies that you may eventually use.
Number of users(copies) Price per copy
1 to 10 $39.00
11 to 30 $35.00
31 and up $31.00
Please contact California Software Design for site license prices.
Regardless of the quantity, only one set of materials will be sent to
you. You may then make as many copies of it that are licensed.
Upgrades will be made available upon request. Technical support is
available via mail, or contacting me via Compuserve 76266,2634, on
GENIE mail id is J.DERR1. OR via Internet. My internet address is
JIM.DERR@SPACEBBS.COM
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APPENDIX - 1 - ERROR CODES
ERROR CODES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SWAP
0-255 :The EXECed Program"s return code
257 :Error preparing for swap: no space for swapping
258 :Error preparing for swap: program too low in memory
512 :Program file not found
513 :Program file: Invalid drive
514 :Program file: Invalid path
515 :Program file: Invalid name
516 :Program file: Invalid drive letter
517 :Program file: Path too long
518 :Program file: Drive not ready
519 :Batchfile/COMMAND: COMMAND.COM not found
520 :Error allocating temporary buffer
768 & GREATER :DOS-error-code xx calling EXEC
1024 :Error allocating environment buffer
1280 :Swapping requested, but prep_swap has not
:been called or returned an error.
1281 :MCBs don"t match expected setup
1282 :Error while swapping out
1536 :Redirection syntax error
1537 & GREATER :DOS error xx on redirection
PKZIP ERROR CODES
1 :Bad file name of file specification
2-3 :Error in ZIP file
4-11 :Insufficient memory
12 :No files were found to add to the ZIP file or
no files were specified for deletion.
13 :File not found. The specified ZIP file or list file was
not found.
14 :Disk full
15 :Zip file is read-only and can not be modified.
16 :Bad or illegal parameters specified.
17 :Too many files.
PKUNZIP ERROR CODES
1 :Warning error (such as failed CRC check)
2-3 :Error in ZIP file
4-8 :Insufficient memory
9 :File not found. No zip files found.
10 :Bad or illegal parameters specified.
11 :No files found to extract/view etc.
50 :Disk full
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51 :Unexpected end of file in ZIP file.
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ARJ ERROR CODES
1 :Warning Specified file to add not found
Specified file to list, extract, etc., not found
or answering negatively to "OK TO PROCEED TO NEXT VOLUME"
prompt
2 :Fatal error
3 :CRC error
4 :ARJ-SECURITY error or attempt to update an ARJ-SECURED
archive.
5 :Disk full or write error
6 :Can"t open archive or file
7 :Simple user error (bad parameters)
8 :Not enough memory
LHARC ERROR CODES
1 :CRC error
2 :Fatal error.
3 :Failed to write tempory files in the archive.
PKUNPAK ERROR CODES
1 :Bad CRC warning
2 :Out of memory
3 :No archives found to extract
4 :Can"t open archive file
5 :Read error on archive
6 :Internal table overflow
7 :Disk Full
PAK ERROR CODES
1 :CRC error
2 :Out of memory
7 :Disk Full
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ERROR CODES WHEN FORMATTING A DISK
1 :Invalid disk parameter
2 :Address mark not found
3 :Write protect error
4 :Requested sector not found
6 :Disk change line active
7 :Wrong capacity for drive
8 :DMA overrun
9 :DMA boundary error
10 :Bad disk/cap=1.4 w/720k disk or write protected disk
11 :Bad sectors found and marked
12 :Drive type not supported.
12 :Media type not found
16 :CRC read error
32 :Controller failure
64 :Seek failure
128 :Drive door is open
CRITICAL SYSTEM ERROR CODES
0 :Write Protect Error
1 :Invalid Drive Specified
2 :Drive Not Ready
3 :Invalid Command
4 :CRC Error
5 :Bad Request Structure Length
6 :Seek Error
7 :Unknown Medium
8 :Sector Not Found
9 :Printer Out Of Paper
10 :Write Error
11 :Read Error
12 :General Failure
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APPENDIX - 2 - SHEZ.INI FILE
;********************************************************************
; SHEZ External viewer specification file. *
; (SAMPLE FILE ONLY!!!!!) *
; *
; AFTER MODIFYING THIS FILE IT MUST *
; BE RENAME TO: *
; SHEZ.INI *
; AND THEN COPIED TO A DIRECTORY THAT IS *
; IN YOUR PATH STATEMENT. *
; *
; *
;FORMAT OF FILE: *
; Each line must end with a Carriage return, Line feed. *
; Everything to the right of a semicolon treated as comments. *
; *
; External viewer programs are specified as follows: *
; EXT = PROGRAM *
; WHERE ext is the file extension (DO NOT ENTER THE PERIOD!) *
; program is the program to execute based on the selected *
; file extension. *
; $f indicates to SHEZ where to place the filename *
; when executing the program. *
;EXAMPLE: *
; C=E:\UTY\QEDIT.EXE $F *
; *
; If the highlighted file in SHEZ is HELP.C then SHEZ will *
; attempt to execute E:\UTY\QEDIT.EXE HELP.C *
; *
;********************************************************************
; ADVANCED FEATURES *
; *
;SPECIFYING A STARTUP DIRECTORY: *
; To tell SHEZ to change to a specific directory before running *
; the specified external file viewer use the vertical bar *
; character to separate the startup directory name from the *
; viewer command as shown below: *
; *
;GIF=E:\GIF\VPIC.EXE $F|G:\GIF\VPIC *
; *
; *
;TELLING SHEZ TO PAUSE AFTER RUNNING THE VIEWER: *
; SHEZ can pause before returning to itself allowing you to *
; view the contents of the screen after the external viewer *
; has been executed. This is accomplished by placing the *
; character immediately after the equal sign. *
; *
;GIF=~E:\GIF\VPIC.EXE $F|G:\GIF\VPIC *
; *
; *
;********************************************************************
[External Viewers] ;THIS IS A REQUIRED ENTRY, TELLS SHEZ WHERE
;THE EXTERNAL VIEWER DATA BEGINS
generic=list.com $f ;This is a generic viewer it will be executed
if
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;the highlighted file's extension is not
specified,
;or there is no file extension.
H =Q.EXE $f ;Run q.exe for file with .h extension
DOC=E.EXE $f ;Run e.exe for file with .doc extension
WP =WPVIEW.EXE $F ;Run wpview.exe for file with .wp extension
C=E.EXE $F ;Run e.exe for file with .c extension
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;********************************************************************
; SETTING UP PRINTERS *
; *
;Up to three user defined printers can be defined. Each printer *
;definition requires it's own section name. The section name *
;is: [PRINTERx] where x is 1,2, or 3. *
;Each printer section must have the following keyword defined: *
; *
;NAME *
; user defined name of printer (25 characters or less) *
;SETUP *
; printer setup string *
;CHARS-PER-LINE *
; maximum number of characters per line *
;LINE-PER-PAGE *
; maximum number of lines per page *
;ENDUP *
; printer endup string (THIS IS OPTIONAL) *
; *
;The printer SETUP and ENDUP strings can be up to 100 characters in *
;length. The strings CAN NOT contain carriage return or line feed *
;characters. If these must be included in the string use the $ *
;character to enter their HEX equivalent. I.E. a carriage return *
;would be entered as $0d. The $ character indicates to SHEZ that the*
;next two characters are to be interpreted as HEX. For example to *
;enter the ASCII ESC character into the setup string use the *
;following in your string: $1b. *
; *
;Each printer definition can also optionally use the PORT keyword *
;to define which LPT port use. If the PORT keyword is used the *
;only valid values are LPT1 through LPT9. If the PORT keyword is *
;not used SHEZ will then use the LPT port as defined in the SHEZCFG *
;program. *
;EXAMPLE: to print to port 3: *
;PORT=LPT3 *
;********************************************************************
[Printer1] ;HPLASER II-IV portrait compressed
name=HP-port-compress
setup=$1bE$1b(10U$1b(s16.6H$1b&l8D
endup=$1bE
chars-per-line=132
lines-per-page=80
port=LPT2
[Printer2] ;HPLASER II-IV landscape compressed
name=HP-land-compress
setup=$1bE$1b&l1O$1b(10U$1b(s16.6H$1b&l8D
endup=$1bE
chars-per-line=174
lines-per-page=64
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;******************************************************************
; SETTING UP USER MENUS *
; *
;Up to 20 user defined menu items may be defined in this section. *
;Each menu item MUST have a NAME parameter and a PROGRAM parameter*
;defined. The NAME parameter is the text that will appear drop *
;down menu when the uSer menu option is selected. The PROGRAM *
;parameter defines what program or batch file will be executed *
;when the item is selected. The rules for defining these two *
;keyword parameters are as follows: *
; *
;NAME *
; User defined text of 25 characters or less. This text will *
; appear on the drop down menu. *
; *
;PROGRAM *
; The program or batch file to execute when the selection is *
; chosen. *
; *
; *
;SPECIFYING A STARTUP DIRECTORY: *
; To tell SHEZ to change to a specific directory before running *
; the specified user program use the vertical bar character to *
; separate the startup directory name from the program/batch *
; file to execute as shown below: *
; *
; PROGRAM=E:\GIF\VPIC.EXE|G:\GIF\VPIC *
; *
; *
;TELLING SHEZ TO PAUSE AFTER RUNNING A PROGRAM *
; SHEZ can pause before returning to itself allowing you to view*
; the contents of the screen after the program has been *
; executed. This is accomplished by placing the ~ character *
; immediately after the equal sign. *
; *
; PROGRAM=~E:\GIF\VPIC.EXE|G:\GIF\VPIC *
; *
;PASSING A FILE TO A USER DEFINED PROGRAM *
; By using the $f variable when defining the PROGRAM to execute *
; you can pass the currently highlighted filename to an external*
; program. The $f tell SHEZ where to place the filename when *
; launching a user specified program. *
; *
; Two other variables can also be used, the $a and $m variable. *
; These variables only have meaning if you launched a user menu *
; item when selecting a member of a compressed file. The $a *
; variable will be replaced with the full compressed filename, *
; and the $m variable will be replaced with the name of the *
; selected member within the compressed file. For example: If *
; you are looking the contents of compressed file *
; D:\DOWN\SHEZXX.ZIP the highlighted item is SHEZ.EXE then the *
; $a variable will be replaced with D:\DOWN\SHEZXX.ZIP and the *
; $m variable will be replaced with SHEZ.EXE. *
; *
; The $f will also work when viewing the contents of a *
; compressed file. When viewing the contents of a compressed *
; file, if the $f characters are defined in the PROGRAM *
; specification, the highlighted file is extracted to a work *
; directory and the user program is launched. When the user *
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; program is exited, SHEZ will then check the extracted works *
; file's time and date stamp. If the work file was updated SHEZ*
; will REFRESH the copy of the file in the compressed file. *
; *
; THERE ARE FIVE ADDITIONAL VARIABLES THAT CAN BE USED. *
; $CD will be replaced by the current drive, including the *
; colon. I.E. D: *
; $CP will be replaced by the current path, including the *
; trailing backslash. I.E. \UTILITY\ *
; $ED will be replaced by the extract drive, including the *
; colon. I.E. D: *
; $EP will be replaced by the extract path, including the *
; trailing backslash. I.E. \EXTRACT\ *
; $? will tell SHEZ to prompt the user for the information *
; to replace. *
; *
;******************************************************************
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[User-menu]
Name=WordPerfect 5.1
Program=E:\APPS\WP51\WP.EXE /nk|E:\APPS\WP51
Name=WordPerfect 5.1 (pass file)
Program=E:\APPS\WP51\WP.EXE $f /nk|E:\APPS\WP51
Name=WordPerfect 6.0
Program=U:\WP60\WP.EXE /nk|U:\WP60
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INDEX
(Plus key +) 21, 33
4DOS AND NDOS SUPPORT 60
| 4DOS 8, 22-24, 60, 61, 67
Activate volume label processing 22, 34
ACTIVATING THE MENU SYSTEM 9
Add/Update all archive file comments 32
Add/Update compressed file comments 20
Add/Update highlighted archive file comments 32
Add Update File Comments 31
Add volume label to existing compressed file 34
| ALT-1 21, 33, 68
| ALT-4 40
| ALT-5 42, 67
| ALT-6 42, 43, 68
| ALT-7 67
| ALT-8 67
| ALT-9 43, 68
| ALT-A 67
ALT-B 67
ALT-C 67
ALT-D 67
ALT-E 67
| ALT-F 67
| ALT-G 42, 68
| ALT-M 67
| ALT-N 67
| ALT-P 67
| ALT-Q 67
| ALT-R 68
| ALT-S 68
| ALT-T 68
| ALT-U 68
| ALT-V 67, 68
| ALT-W 68
| ALT-X 67
| ALT-Y 68
| ALT-Z 67
| Alternate file viewers 17, 21, 32, 50
| APPENDIX -2- SHEZ.INI FILE 74
| ARJ ERROR CODES 72
ASP HUB NETWORK 65
BBS SYSOP NOTE: 51
Browse any file 22, 34, 67
CFG 19, 48, 49, 56, 68
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES 56
configuration 6-8, 19, 20, 27, 30, 32, 48, 49, 56, 59, 62
CONFIGURING FOR VIRUS SCANNING 56
CONVERTING FILES 46
Convert all tagged files 18, 46
Convert highlighted file 18
Convert highlighted file to a SFX file 18
| Convert SFX file 32, 67
Convert Tagged files to SFX files 19
Copy all TAGGED DOS files 21
| Copy highlighted file 19, 67
| CORPORATE SITE LICENSING FOR SHEZ 69
Create a new archive file 16, 30
CREATING NEW COMPRESSED FILES 16, 30, 40, 45
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| CRITICAL SYSTEM ERROR CODES 73
| CTL-E 67
| CTL-ENTER 67
| CTL-F2 19, 67
| CTL-F3 67
| CTL-F6 67
| CTL-SPACE 68
| CTL-T 68
| CTL-U 68
| CTL-V 67
| CTL-X 67
| CTL-Z 67
| Delete all extracted files 29, 67
Delete all TAGGED DOS files 21
Delete a DOS file or empty directory 17
Delete highlighted / tagged file(s) 22, 35
DEL KEY 22, 35
DESQVIEW COMPATIBILITY 57
DESQVIEW 16, 17, 30, 57
Directory Assistance 4
Display Info about archive file 27
DOS directory Speed Search 16
EDITING KEY DEFINITIONS 15
Edit highlighted file 21
Edit the selected file 30
EMS 7, 48, 58, 59
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 48, 49, 59
| ERROR CODES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SWAP 70
| ERROR CODES WHEN FORMATTING A DISK 73
| ESC 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 22, 26, 33, 34, 36, 42, 43, 51, 76
| Execute a file in an archive file 29
| Execute highlighted program 23, 68
| Exit SHEZ 20-22, 29, 33, 35, 38, 59, 67
Exit SHEZ goto EXTRACT dir 21, 33
Extracting a single file 27
Extract all files from archive 29
| Extract all tagged files 29, 67
| Extract location 8, 16, 26, 29, 40, 41
| Extract only newer files 32
| F1 6, 16, 24, 30, 39, 67
| F10 16, 28, 30, 33, 56, 61, 68
F2 17, 19, 21, 25, 30, 67, 68
F3 17, 19, 21, 26, 67, 68
F4 17, 21, 23, 67
| F5 23, 68
| F6 19, 21, 22, 67, 68
| F7 16, 30, 40, 45, 67
| F8 18, 19, 26, 30, 36, 67, 68
| F9 9, 16, 17, 25, 28, 30, 33, 36, 45, 68
FLOATING EXTRACT LOCATION 40
FLOPPIES 23, 35, 41, 62
| FORMATTING 23, 35, 41, 73
| FUNCTIONS WHEN VIEWING CONTENTS OF ARCHIVE FILE: 27
| HOT DIRECTORY 22, 34, 67
Immediate Exit 20, 29
INTERNAL QUICK-VIEWER 15
KEYSTROKE RECORDING/PLAYBACK 8, 22, 34, 42
label 18, 22, 34, 40, 41, 45
LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON 9
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -82-
| LHARC ERROR CODES 72
| LICENSING SHEZ FOR PERSONAL USE 69
| LIMIT OF LIABILITY 4
| Modify file attributes 23, 67
MOUSE SUPPORT 9, 15
mouse 9-15, 18, 42
MOUSE SELECTABLE ITEMS IN A DIALOG BOX 11
Move all TAGGED DOS files 21
| Move highlighted file 19, 67
| NAVIGATING A SCROLLABLE DIALOG BOX USING THE MOUSE 11
| NDOS 22, 23, 60, 61, 67
| NOTES ON CREATING SFX FILES 18
| PAK ERROR CODES 72
| PERFORMING A VIRUS SCAN 50
| PKUNPAK ERROR CODES 72
| PKUNZIP ERROR CODES 70
| PKZIPFIX 22, 68
| PKZIP ERROR CODES 70
| playback 8, 22, 34, 39, 42-44, 67
Print directory of compressed file 39
QUICKVIEW 13, 15, 23, 35
QUICK START 6
record 20, 22, 34, 42, 43
Rename all TAGGED DOS files 21
Rename highlighted file 19, 35
RIGHT-MOUSE-BUTTON 9
Right and Left cursor keys 23, 33
Run a program against all tagged files 34
Scan file(s) for a string 34
Select a new archive file 17, 30
SETTING UP USED DEFINED MENU ENTRIES 50
SETTING USER DEFINED PRINTER 50
SETTING ALTERNATE FILE VIEWERS 50
Set ARJ Compression Method 38
Set Path/Directory option 31
Set ZIP Compression Method 38
| SFT-F3 67
| SFT-F4 67
| SFT-F6 68
| SFT-F8 67
sgrep 34, 53, 54
SHEZEMS 48
SHEZUSE 48
SHEZXMS 48
Show help screen 16, 30
Show tagged file count 33
| Smart copy 25, 68
| Smart extract 68
Sort the archive file list 30
Sort the file list 17
spanned 62
Specify an archive file mask 31
SPEECH FRIENDLY INTERFACE 60
| Speed search 16, 29, 68
Supply Password for File 31
SUPPORT FOR UC2 COMPRESSED FILES 62
SUPPORT FOR SELF EXTRACTING FILES 47
| SUPPORT FOR SHEZ AND QUESTIONS 66
| TAB KEY 22, 34, 35
SHEZ USER MANUAL Page -83-
| Tag All Files 20, 29, 68
| Tag highlighted file 21, 33, 68
| Temporary exit to DOS 16, 30, 68
Testing archive integrity 27
Test COM,EXE, and OVL files in a compressed file for viruses 32
Test tagged compressed file(s) for viruses 20
THE SHEZFG PROGRAM 29
Toggle authenticity mode in PKZIP 21, 33
Toggle overwrite mode 31
Toggle the Tag status 19, 29
Ultravision 41
| Untag all Files 20, 29, 68
| Untag highlighted file 21, 33, 68
USING 4DOS INTERNAL LIST COMMAND 61
USING EMS/XMS MEMORY IN SHEZ 58
USING THE MOUSE WITH VERN BUERG'S LIST PROGRAM 15
| UUDECODE 26, 36, 68
| UUENCODE 26, 36, 68
| UUENCODE and UUDECODE 38
Viewing a file 15, 27
View a file 13, 17
View file and archive comment records 32
| virus 4, 5, 20, 24, 32, 38, 48, 50-52, 56, 68
| VIRUS SCANNING A DIRECTORY 51
| viruses 20, 24, 32, 38, 50, 51, 56, 67
| VIRUS CHECKING SELECTED FILES 51
| Virus scan ALL files 38
| Virus scan ONLY EXECUTABLE files. 38
| volume 18, 22, 34, 40, 41, 45, 72
| VOLUME LABEL SUPPORT 22, 34, 40
| WHERE TO FIND THE MOST CURRENT VERSION 64
| WINDOWS AND OS/2 COMPATIBILITY 57
| Write out configuration information 19
| XMS 7, 48, 58, 59
| ZOOMING DIRECTORY WINDOW WITH MOUSE 10