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1996-06-03
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. ZiPMe ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
ZiPMe is a 32-Bit multi-threaded PM program. It helps you manage ZIP archives
of the Info-ZIP versions Zip 2.0 and UnZip 5.1. Newer Info-Zip versions will be
usable if there is no change in the command-line arguments. After the correct
installation of ZiPMe, you can open an archive with Open in the File menu or
with drag & drop of the archive onto the container of the ZiPMe window. The
contents of the archive are then put into the Container, and on the status line
you can see the zipfile size, the number of files in the archive, and the
number of bytes in each file. You can perform the following actions with ZiPMe:
Γûá add files to archives
Γûá extract files from archives
Γûá delete files from archives
Γûá view files in archives
Γûá edit the archive comment
You can get help for each menu or dialog just by clicking on help or pressing
F1.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Installation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
After extracting the ZiPMe archive into a directory, drag a program object from
OS/2's Templates folder to the desired location on the Desktop. Open the
program object's Settings notebook, and on the first page enter ZiPMe's path
and file name, for example C:\ZIPME\ZIPME.EXE. Now, on the same page, enter the
path leading to ZiPMe in the Working directory entry field. (In the example
above it is C:\ZIPME.) If you want to keep ZiPMe's ini file in a different
directory, you can enter the parameter -i with the name of an existing
directory in the Parameters field. If you do that, ZiPMe will place its ini
file in the directory you specified, for example: -i D:\MyInis. On the last
page of the Settings notebook you can change the title to ZiPMe.
Then copy the files zip.exe and unzip.exe into the directory where ZiPMe is, or
if you want to keep those files in another directory, you must add this
directory to the PATH statement of your CONFIG.SYS. You must reboot for this
change to take effect.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Container ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The container is the main part of ZiPMe, all files stored in an archive are
shown in it. These files can be shown by the container in different views. The
container's behavior is nearly the same as that of a WPS folder. You can
customize the container in ZiPMe's Settings notebook, which you access by
choosing the File item on the menu bar, and then the Settings item from the
pulldown menu. The container gives you the ability to sort files and to select
files interactively. You can select files with the keyboard or the mouse.
Selecting with mouse
To select files, click on the first one with the left mouse button and
then move the mouse pointer over all files you want to select, while
holding down the mouse button. Another way is to click on every file you
want to select while holding down the Ctrl key. In Details View, you can
select groups of files by selecting the first file and then clicking on
the last one while holding the Shift key.
Selecting with keyboard
Move to the file you want to select with the cursor keys, and then select
or deselect it with the space bar. If you want to select more than one
file, press Shift+F8 first. Then select the desired files with the cursor
keys and space bar, and press Shift+F8 again. In Details View you can
select groups of files with the cursor keys while holding down the Shift
key.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Multi-threading ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Multi-threading means, that there is more than one process active at the same
time in one task. This has the advantage that the user doesn't have to wait if
a process is active. While ZiPMe is adding, extracting or deleting files in an
archive, the user can load another archive and can add, extract, delete or view
files there.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Font Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The font of the status line, the list boxes and the text windows in the ZiPMe
window and in the windows View and Edit Comment can be changed with the Font
Palette of the WPS. Open the Font Palette in the System Setup folder. Select
the new font and drag it to the status line, container or text window. You can
use a different font in each of these places if you like. You can save the
changes by selecting Save in the Save Settings dialog in the File menu.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Drag & Drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Drag & drop is an easy way to open archives, add files to archives and extract
files from archives.
You can open an archive simply by selecting it in the Drives object and
dragging it, with the right mouse button held down, onto ZiPMe's list box.
There you drop it by releasing the right mouse button. Only a single file is
accepted, and it must end with ".zip".
To add files to an archive you select them in the Drives object and drag them
as described above, but this time you hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the
files onto the container. If you selected the Show Add Dialog option in the
Save Settings dialog, the Add dialog appears, with all dropped files showing in
the entry field. If there is no archive open at this time, first the New dialog
will appear, and you have to create a new archive.
To extract files from an archive, you mark them in the container of the ZiPMe
window. Then, while holding down the Ctrl key you drag them onto a folder of a
Drives object. If you selected the Show Extract Dialog option in the Save
Settings dialog, the Extract dialog appears with the selected Target Path in
the entry field.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The File Menu contents:
New
Here you can type in the name of the new archive.
Open
Here you can open an existing archive.
Close
Here you can close the current archive.
Delete
Here you can delete the current archive.
Settings
Here you can config ZiPMe and save this configuration in the file
zipme.ini.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. New ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
In this dialog you can create a new archive. To do this you type the name of
the new archive in the entry field. If the new archive should be placed in a
directory other than the current one, you can type in the complete path with
drive and directory. If the new filename exists, you are asked if you want to
overwrite the old one. If you agree, the old file is deleted immediately. If
the given path doesn't exist, you are asked if it should be created.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
In this dialog you select the archive you want to use.
Open filename
The search pattern of the files in the files list box is placed here. If
you select a file the complete filename is placed in this field. You can
also type in the name of the file you want to open.
Type of file
Here you can select the type of the files which are shown in the files
list box. This function isn't used yet.
Drive
Here you can select the drive from which you want to get the file.
File
Here you can select the file you want to open. If this list box is active,
you can type in the first letter of the file you want to open. The cursor
then comes to rest on the first file having this letter as its first
letter.
Directory
Here you can select the directory containing the file that you want to
open.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Close ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you select Close, the current archive is closed. The name of the archive
disappears from the title of the window and the list box becomes empty. You
have to open another archive or make a new one to go on.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Delete Archive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you select Delete, you are asked if you are sure that you want to delete the
current archive. If you press the Yes button, ZiPMe deletes the current
archive. After that the list box becomes empty and the name of the current
archive, that doesn't exist any more, disappears from the title bar of the
ZiPMe window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Here you get a dialog with a notebook in it. On several pages of the notebook
you can configure ZiPMe as you