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- StarDotZip history
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- Version 1.0
- Build 561
- Problem when updating ALL the files in an archive.
- Duplicate files would be created fixed.
- Build 566
- The icon indicating a password protected file
- would partially obscure the filename. fixed.
- Build 569
- Error inadvertently caused by fix in build 561,
- occasional problems creating archives via the
- context menu fixed.
- Build 574
- Removed some left over debug code.
- A few other items fixed as well.
- Build 595
- Had some reports of the installation files being corrupted.
- Fixed
- Build 599
- Images in the archive viewing window were not showing
- the correct icons under Windows 98.
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- Version 1.5
- Build 614
- Access Violation would occur if trying to create an archive
- without selecting any files to compress. Now, a message
- will pop up telling you that "No files have been selected to be compressed".
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- Ace compression now supported. This requires an external program (ace.exe)
- which can be downloaded from the StarDotZip home page ( http://www.pana.com/StarDotZip/ )
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- Build 617
- Problems with opening and compressing ACE files from the Windows Explorer
- context menu fixed.
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- Build 623
- Zip header errors falsely reported. Fixed.
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- Updating of edited files inside an archive not always updated. This only
- seemed to occur when the archive file(s) were opened up either by a
- double-click in Explorer or via the Explorer context menu.
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- When creating Self-Extracting archives, sometimes and error would be
- incorrectly reported that the file could not be created. Fixed.
-
- Build 626
- Another problem with an error being reported falsely. A "File not found"
- error would occur, although file extraction would still happen normally. Fixed.
-
- Build 630
- When browsing to other folders, and you want to quickly get back to
- the original folder, clicking on the "Recent folders" box will take
- you back.
-
- Added a "Select all" check box for file associations (Under the
- "Advanced options" tab of the configuration window).
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- The "Extract selected" option under "Extract options" is now
- the default setting.
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- CTRL + A (now selects either all files in the current browsing
- window or the archive viewing window, depending on which one
- is has the input focus (generally which one the mouse last clicked on).
- Press the "A" key while holding down the "Ctrl" key.
-
- Version 1.5.1
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- Build 654
- Problems with creating UUE and GZip files fixed. This problem
- affected both the shell operations and in the program.
-
- Overhauled the SFX code. New design. See next item.
-
- Massive rewrite of all the compression routines. This has
- created another problem where there is a problem reading
- SFX archives. This problem is currently being worked on.
- SFX files created still work fine, just that StarDotZip
- is having a problem reading them.
-
- Version 1.52
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- Build 657
- Had some problems with creating RAR files. Fixed
-
- Added larger multi-volume support for ACE, ARJ and RAR files.
-
- Can now create volume sizes of 360k, 720k, 1.2 megs, 1.44 megs, 2 megs, 3 megs
- 5 megs, 10 megs and 15 megs. May add the ability to create any size in future version.
-
- Build 664
- Problem with reading SFX files noted in build 654 fixed.
-
- Build 667
- On Windows NT systems, if you did not have administrator access, you could
- not set file associations. This should no longer be a problem.
-
- At program startup, StarDotZip would try to read from the D:\ drive even
- if there was no disk available. Fixed.
-
- The "Working folder" would always revert back to the Windows temp folder. Fixed
-
-
- Version 1.53
-
- Build 670
- Problem with creating ARJ and ZOO files, fixed.
-
- On password protected archives, removed the confirm box when trying to
- extract archives. This is the "Windows standard" behaviour.
-
- Version 1.54
-
- Build 675
- Converting some archive types would generate an error even though
- the archive(s) would be converted. Fixed.
-
- Build 683
- Fixed a bug with the password dialog. When trying to extract archives
- that are password protected, the dialog would always tell you that
- that you entered was bad. Fixed.
-
- Build 684
- The "Auto-open GZIP contents" option appeared to be non-functioning
- If you double-clicked a GZIP file in Windows Explorer (or in StarDotZip)
- the TAR file inside would not be opened. If opening a GZIP file by
- using the Explorer ContextMenu, that feature would work.
- Now working for both.
-
- Version 1.6
-
- Build 694
- New feature
- Can now add to an existing archive file by dragging a file
- and dropping in onto a supported archive file.
-
- Build 700
- Error when updating and archive, the full path the the file would
- be saved no matter what option was choosen. Fixed
-
- Build 702
- If a file was opened from within an archive, then updated,
- then allowed to update the archive, and incorrect error
- message saying "could not delete archive" would appear.
- This only occured with archives containing only a single file. Fixed
-
- False error message when creating an archive from a right-click
- in Windows Explorer. Fixed
-
- Build 703
- When adding a file or files to an archive by dropping on an archive
- file in Windows Explorer, the full path (including the drive) would
- be saved, Changed to no path.
-
- Version 1.7
-
- Build 737
- Changed Options dialog. This is not updated in the help file yet but
- the basic behaviour remains the same. This was changed to allow for
- a feature coming in version 2.0, plugins. A plugin SDK will be made
- available when version 2.0 is released.
-
- Build 739
- Some of the buttons on the new options dialog were no functioning properly. Fixed.
- Compile date format changed in the about box.
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