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WinZip(TM) version 4.0a Copyright (C) 1991-1993 Nico Mak - All Rights Reserved
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*** Note: This is an extract from the online documentation. ***
*** Press the F1 key at any time while running WinZip for ***
*** help or to access the complete online documentation. ***
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This file contains the following sections:
* Overview
* About ZIP, LZH, and ARC files
* Brief Tutorial
* Support and questions
* Installation and System Requirements
* Shareware Evaluation Version Information
* Overview
WinZip brings the convenience of Windows to the use of ZIP, LZH, and ARC
files. It features an intuitive point and click SAA/CUA compliant
interface for viewing, running, extracting, adding, deleting, and
testing files in archives. Optional virus scanning support is included.
Here's what the magazine reviews say about WinZip:
"Repeatedly charms you when you have to ZIP and unZIP ...
an excellent Shareware utility" Windows Magazine, 12/92
"Our copy gets quite a daily workout" Windows User 11/92
"The most comprehensive Windows front-end to PKZIP" Ziffnet Threads, 11/92
"Does all your compression chores with ease" Computer Shopper, 10/92
"Greatly facilitates archive Management" Windows Magazine, 9/92
"Must-Have Shareware Treasure" Compute, 10/92
"The perfect Windows interface for LHA, PKZIP, ARC, and your
favorite DOS virus scanner" PC World, 10/92
"Powerful yet Intuitive" PC World, 8/92
"Hot Product" Inside Microsoft Windows, 8/92
"WinApp of the Month" PC Computing, 3/92
WinZip is extremely easy to use! To open an archive simply double click
on an archive listed in the File Manager, drag and drop an archive onto
WinZip, or use the standard Open dialog. The main WinZip window
features a list box with the names, sizes, and date/time stamps of all
files in the open archive. This list can be scrolled and sorted on any
field. A tool bar provides fast access to commonly used actions. All
options (including window size and position) can be saved and restored.
Extensive context sensitive help is always available.
Double clicking on a file in the main window has the same effect as
double clicking in the File Manager. First the file is extracted from
the archive. If the file is executable, it is run. Otherwise, the file
is opened by the appropriate application (for example, Windows Write for
*.WRI files) based on standard Windows associations.
The Windows 3.1 Drag and Drop Interface is fully supported. You can
drag and drop files from WinZip to other applications. WinZip will
extract the files before dropping them on the target application. The
target application will treat the files as if they had been dropped by
the File Manager. You can also drop archives on WinZip to open them, or
drop files on WinZip to add them to the open archive.
WinZip's unique CheckOut Facility makes it easy to quickly examine files
in archive. Click on the CheckOut button to extract all files in an
archive to a temporary directory and create a Program Manager group for
all files in the archive. This group will contain one icon for each
file. Double click on an icon to view the corresponding file with the
appropriate application. When WinZip is closed, it will optionally
delete the temporary files and group.
WinZip 4.0a features faster unzipping than previous versions. WinZip
4.0 added support for PKZIP 2.0, the ARJ file format, 3-D dialog boxes,
and the color toolbar. New features introduced in WinZip 3.2 include
Built-in ZIP Extraction and font selection for the list of files in the
open archive. If you modify a file after double clicking on it, WinZip
will now offer to update the archive with the modified file. See the
section titled Version History for a complete list of enhancements.
WinZip requires Windows 3.0 or 3.1 in Enhanced or Standard mode and the
Shareware PKZIP and PKUNZIP product from PKWARE, Inc. or LHA.EXE from
Haruyasu Yoshizaki. WinZip interfaces to several programs to access ARC
files and optionally runs most virus scanning utilities. For details
see the section titled System Requirements. WinZip runs these programs
in the background in Windows Enhanced (80386) mode, or as full-screen
applications in Standard mode. For more information on this aspect of
the program, see the section titled Enhanced and Standard modes.
WinZip is distributed as Shareware. This means that users are
encouraged, subject to restrictions described in the License Agreement,
to share copies of this program with friends, associates and bulletin
boards. Please remember that if you use this software you are required
to pay the registration fee of $29 as described in the section titled
Copyright/License Agreement/Warranty.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe
message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
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* About ZIP, LZH, and ARC files
Archives are files that contain other files. Typically the files in an
archive are compressed. Archives usually have file names ending with ZIP,
LZH, ARJ, or ARC, depending on how they were created. Archives make it
easy to group files and make transporting and copying these files faster.
ZIP files are the most common archive format. ZIP files are manipulated by
the PKZIP and PKUNZIP programs from PKWARE, Inc. ZIP files were the only
archive format supported in the first version of WinZip.
LZH files are manipulated by the LHA program from Haruyasu Yoshizaki. LHA
won the October 1991 PC Magazine Editor's Choice award as the best data
compression utility. WinZip version 3.0 added support for the LZH file
format, including self-extracting LZH files.
ARJ files are another popular archive format. ARJ files are manipulated by
the ARJ program from Robert Jung, 2606 Village Road West, Norwood,
Massachusetts 02062. WinZip version 4.0 added support for the ARJ file
format, including self-extracting ARJ files.
The ARC format, developed by System Enhancement Associates, was the first
popular PC file format to support multiple compressed files. The ARC
program was originally distributed as a Shareware program, and the ARC
format was the standard file format on most bulletin boards and other
online systems. However, after PKZIP and PKUNZIP were released, the ZIP
format became the new standard for many of these systems. Note: the
latest release of ARC (version 7) is only sold as a commercial
(non-Shareware) program.
Since there are still many old ARC files on bulletin boards, WinZip version
2.0 added support for this format. Since most new files seem to be created
in ZIP or LZH format, and there is no single widely available program to
manipulate ARC files, WinZip does not provide facilities to update ARC
files (all other WinZip functions are supported).
The latest Shareware version of ARC (version 6) provides limited support
for subdirectories. However, because individual files cannot be extracted
from ARC files containing subdirectories and the "extract to" directory
cannot be specified, WinZip will not open ARC files containing
subdirectories. I expect this limitation will have negligible effect,
since I have yet to encounter