Read the PictoGuide first! If you have trouble opening the PictoGuide, refer to the “Troubleshooting/Known Issues” section below.
This document contains instructions which will aid your understanding of Expander Enhancer (part of the DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer package) as well as explaining known issues and special topics that you might want to know.
Description
The “Expander Enhancer” component of the DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer package actually consists of two files- “StuffIt Engine™” and “StuffIt Engine™ PowerPlug”. These are installed in the Extensions folder of your System Folder during the DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer installation.
It is the StuffIt Engine and the StuffIt Engine™ PowerPlug that actually do the stuffing when you drag items onto DropStuff. These also enhance StuffIt Expander. That's why we call it the Expander Enhancer!
Expander Enhancer enables StuffIt Expander to expand files compressed and encoded with virtually every compression and encoding format found on the Macintosh, Unix systems, and IBM-PCs and compatibles. These includes formats from Macintosh, Unix, and IBM-PCs and compatibles machines like Mime/Base64, gzip (.gz), TAR (.tar), Unix Compress (.Z), UUcode (.uu), and ZIP (.zip), including encrypted zip files. StuffIt Expander will also be able to expand StuffIt SpaceSaver files and join StuffIt segmented files. StuffIt Expander will (with or without Expander Enhancer installed) expand StuffIt (.sit), Private File (.pf), ShrinkWrap disk images, and Compact Pro (.cpt) archives, and files encoded in BinHex (.hqx) and MacBinary (.bin) formats. much fast with Expander Enhancer. BinHex decoding is much faster with Expander Enhancer installed.
The creation and expansion of files will occur at accelerated speeds on a Power Macintosh (e.g., expansion of a sample StuffIt archive runs 5 times faster on a Power Macintosh 6100/60 than on a IIci) when the StuffIt Engine is present.
Installation
When you run the “DropStuff w/EE Installer” the StuffIt Engine and StuffIt Engine PowerPlug are installed in your Extensions Folder. If you did not use the installer, you should obtain it and reinstall the software.
Installation CleanUp
The following items are recommended to ensure that you have full use of DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer 4.5. You should follow these steps after you have performed a successful installation of DropStuff w/ Expander Ehancer 4.5.
1. Remove any old copies of DropStuff.
2. If you do not have StuffIt Expander 4.5, download it from our web site:
http://www.aladdinsys.com
3. Once you have installed StuffIt Expander 4.5, remove any old copies of StuffIt Expander.
Requirements
Expander Enhancer (StuffIt Engine) is a System 7 (7.1.1) or OS 8 application. DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer is Apple event aware, 32-bit clean, ‘040 cache and virtual memory compatible.
Using Expander Enhancer
After running the DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer installer, just drag & drop a file or folder onto DropStuff to stuff it. Refer to the PictoGuide for additional details. For even more details on DropStuff, be sure to read “DropStuff Read Me” and “What’s New in DSEE” which should both be located in the same folder as this document.
Since you have installed DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer, you will notice that StuffIt Expander has the additional functionality mentioned earlier in this Read Me. If you are not running StuffIt Expander we recommend that you get a copy. After installing StuffIt Expander, just drag & drop a compressed or encoded file onto StuffIt Expander to expand it. Refer to the PictoGuide for additional details. For even more information, be sure to read the documentation located in the “Read Us First! Folder” in the “StuffIt Expander Folder”.
Scripting Expander Enhancer
All of the features in StuffIt Expander which are enhanced with Expander Enhancer (like decompressing ZIP, tar, UUencoded files, etc.) are scriptable. Users of Apple Script and UserLand Frontier can control StuffIt Expander via the “Expand” event. Use the Apple Script Script Editor’s “Open Dictionary” command to view the information on the Expand event.
Troubleshooting/Known Issues
The PictoGuide is able to be opened by SimpleText, some versions of TeachText, and any application that can open PICT documents. If you have trouble opening the PictoGuide, your version of TeachText may be not be recent enough. The PictoGuide will print correctly on some printers, but not others. If the page breaks of the printed PictoGuide seem inaccurate, turn off “Larger Print Area” in the Options dialog of “Page Setup...” and try reprinting. Certain Hewlett-Packard printers may not allow you to turn this option off; in this case, the printed PictoGuide will contain all the complete information, but the page breaks will be off.
Expander Enhancer is Shareware
DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer is shareware. You may use it and pay nothing for up to 15 days. After 15 days, you must register your shareware by sending Aladdin Systems a $30 registration fee. If you are upgrading from a previous version of DropStuff you can register for $15. You can always give away the “DropStuff w/EE Installer”. Register your shareware by E-mail, fax, mail, or phone. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, checks, and money orders. U.S. funds only.
Registration entitles you to technical support and to hear about special offers from Aladdin Systems. We encourage you to give the DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer installer to every Macintosh user you know. Please be sure to give them the installer and not the individual parts that are installed.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SHAREWARE!
Upgrading from a Previous Version
DropStuff with Expander Enhancer 4.5 is a paid upgrade. If you have a registered copy that is earlier than version 4.5, it will be replaced with an unregistered version. The upgrade price for registration is $15. You will see a registration dialog each time you utilize DropStuff with Expander Enhancer until you register your new version.
What is Shareware?
Shareware is software distributed via the Internet, local bulletin board systems (BBS), commercial online services, user groups, and between friends. You are allowed to use shareware for a trial period before you pay for it, but you must pay for it after that time.
Shareware exists because people (like you) continue to pay on this honor system. As a user of shareware, you benefit because you get to try the software to see if you like it before you pay. Some developers also give you added benefits when you pay for your shareware (like special deals on other products, and free technical support). We do.
Please share this software with every Mac user you know! But, PLEASE, give away the installers only, not the individual files. In other words, share the “DropStuff w/ Expander Enhancer Installer” with your friends so that they get the complete software package. -THANKS!
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