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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. General Help for Archive Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Archive File object is a file that stores other files in compressed form,
such as in a .ZIP or .LZH file. Help is available any time you press the F1 key
from anywhere within the program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Opening an archive file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you open an archive file, the contents of the file are displayed in the
Archive Manager window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Adding files to an archive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can add files to an archive in one of two ways:
Select 'Add files...' from the object's context menu, and specify a
directory where the files to add are stored. This will cause Archive
Manager to add the files in the specified directory.
Drag the files to be added, and drop them on the archive file. This will
cause Archive Manager to add the files to the archive, and allow you to
specify some options on how the files should be added, i.e., whether the
files should be added and then deleted, and whether you want to save the
directory information in the archive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Extracting files from an archive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can extract the files from the archive by selecting 'Extract files...' from
the archive object's context menu. You will be prompted for a directory to
extract the files to. When you select "OK" from the dialog box that appears,
Archive Manager will extract the files contained in the archive to the
directory you specified.
Note: When you use the 'Extract files...' option, Archive Manager will always
extract all of the files to the destination directory and attempt to restore
any directory information that was stored in the archive. If you specify the
name of a directory that doesn't exist, Archive Manager will attempt to create
the directory for you. If it can't create the directory, you will see an error
message.