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OS/2 Help File
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1996-06-29
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
RPF Zip Control(TM)
Copyright 1993-1996 RPF Software
All Rights Reserved
Zip Control is a OS/2 32-bit threaded PM program which provides "point & click"
access to Zip and UnZip. Info-ZIP's freeware programs Zip.exe and UnZip.exe are
used by many OS/2 users to manage .zip archives. Zip and UnZip are command line
programs which create and unzip archive files which are compatible with the
PKWare PkZip and PkUnZip 2.04g programs. Additionally, the Info-ZIP programs
support OS/2's long file names and extended attributes.
Zip Control features:
View the list of files contained in a .zip file.
View the contents of one or more files which are contained in the .zip
file. The "view" function respects the WorkPlace Shell "associations."
Print a contained file, including 2-up printing.
Sort contained files by a combination of date, name, and path.
Find and highlight files based on search text.
Extract one or more files, define target directory during extract.
Drag and drop files from .zip file to folder or Desktop.
Drag and drop files and/or folders from Desktop and folders to Zip
Control to create or add to .zip file or to open the .zip file.
Delete selected files from archive.
Add one or more files to archive.
Change default extract or add options/modifiers at action time.
Configuration notebook.
Simple, easy format with all choices displayed. No learning curve.
Optional expert mode with reduced window size (just list of files), use
accelerator keys and/or pop-up menu.
On-line help.
Numerous ease of use features.
Search multiple disk drives and list all .zip files, sort by name, date,
and/or path to assist in disk and archive management. Delete or open .zip
files from sorted list.
CheckOut: test, extract to temp dir, virus scan & report, re-zip. Test
run or run install programs, then delete temp dir.
Supports encrypted files--both view/unzip and create.
No changes to Config.sys. Private .ini file in product directory.
Includes an Install program.
AutoUnZip permits dragging a .zip file to an icon and auto-UnZipping the
file to a pre-determined directory structure, without displaying Zip
Control.
Able to restrict Zipping to files modified after a specified date.
Interactively (Ctrl-T, Ctrl-S) or automatically (AutoTest, AutoScan)
"Test" and/or virus "Scan" open .zip files.
Review Extended Attributes (EAs) added by Golden CommPass.
"Hints" in status bar.
IBM, McAfee, and other virus scanner support.
UnZip and Zip are available as freeware on many BBSs which have OS/2
libraries, at many Internet sites, on-line services, and other locations. See
the ReadMe.doc file for specific locations.
Zip and UnZip are freeware products of Info-ZIP. Zip Control is a copyrighted
software product of RPF Software. Info-ZIP and RPF Software are independent
organizations.
Zip Control only works with the OS/2 versions of Zip.exe and UnZip.exe,
versions 2.01 and 5.1 (or higher), respectively.
Future updates to Zip Control may be available at the sites specified in the
ReadMe.doc file.
Zip Control is copyrighted software, it is NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN, it is NOT FREE.
You are encouraged to use an Evaluation copy of it for a reasonable evaluation
period (21 days) to see if it is software which is helpful to you and which
you wish to continue using. If you do decide to continue using Zip Control,
you MUST license Zip Control by filling out the form in Order.doc and sending
it along with the license fee or payment information to RPF Software or to one
of the other organizations from which you can license Zip Control. See the
Order.doc file or on-line help (Product Information).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Installation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Zip Control Installation.
See the Install.doc file for installation instructions.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Settings notebook includes pages which contain the settings for:
Options - General
Defines default options for Zip Control.
Options - UnZip
Defines default options used when unzipping.
Options - Zip
Defines default options used when zipping.
Options - CheckOut
Defines default options used when using CheckOut.
Paths
Defines default paths.
Programs
Defines the zip, unzip, default view, and virus scan programs.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Options - General ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Options - General page of the Settings notebook defines default options
used by Zip Control.
"Hide buttons (expert)" will hide all of Zip Control's main window
except for the title bar and the list box. The main window will be
resized to be the same size as the list box. The window (and list
box) will be re-sizable.
When "Hide buttons" is active, less Desktop space will be used. Use
the "accelerator keys" to perform Open, New, etc., or use the pop-up
menu. The pop-up menu (right mouse button click in the Zip Control
window) shows the available accelerator keys.
The accelerator key "Ctrl-H" toggles between the minimized "expert"
mode and the standard Zip Control main window.
"Minimize active window while processing" causes the active window,
e.g., the UnZip window, to be minimized while the unzip is in
process. A small progress window will be displayed in a corner of
the screen. This frees up screen "real estate" during long
processing, e.g., large zips or unzips.
Once the process completes, the active window, if minimized, will be
restored to the size and location it was before being minimized.
"Display progress window even if not minimized" forces the progress
window to be displayed during an "action" even if the action window
is not to be minimized during processing.
"Extended selection" sets the default list box selection mode to
Extended. Otherwise, the selection mode is Multiple.
"Extended" selection allows the selection (highlighting) of one or
more than one lines in a list box by dragging the mouse over those
entries while mouse button one is depressed. Single entries can be
selected or deselected by clicking the left mouse button while
depressing the Ctrl key.
"Multiple" selection allows the selection of multiple list box
entries by making left mouse button clicks, one at a time, on the
list box entries. Select a highlighted entry again to deselect it.
"SmartView" sets the default View operation of Zip Control to use
the Work Place Shell's associations to determine how to View a file
contained in a zip file.
For example, text files and icon files are associated with the
System Editor (E.Exe) and the Icon Editor (IconEdit.exe),
respectively, in the default OS/2 installation. These WPS
associations can be changed by editing the entries on the
Associations page of WPS objects.
In the example above, with SmartView enabled, a request to View a
file which has a .ico file extension will display that icon file
using the Icon Editor (IconEdit.exe). This is the same way that the
file would be viewed if opened from the WPS or from the Drives
object.
With SmartView disabled, the View command will use the View program