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The Afs (Archive File System) Library V1.0
- The Afs (Archive File System) Library V1.0

What Is the Afs (Archive File System) Library?...

The Afs (Archive File System) library is a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) that enables Win32 applications to access archive files in an easy and efficient way, almost as if archives were ordinary directories.

What Does the Afs Library Offer?...

The Afs library offers functions to create archives, to work on archives and to compress and extract files and directories. To enable the programmer to access archives in an easy and efficient way, the Afs library offers an easily understood interface that resembles the functions that are provided by the Win32 API for accessing normal files and directories.

How Do You Include the Afs Library In Your Project?...

The Afs library is a Win32 DLL (Dynamic Link Library) whose functions can be easily called. The Afs package contains examples for C/C++ and Microsoft Visual Basic® as well as source codes that demonstrate the use of the library.

Which Types Of Archives Are Supported By the Afs Library?...

The Afs library supports the following types of archives. (Note: Some special, individual features of the archive types that are named below are not supported. Please refer to the documentation of the Afs library for a description of these restrictions.)

- ZIP archives, default file extension '.ZIP'.

- RAR archives, default file extension '.RAR'.

- LHA archives, default file extensions '.LHA', '.LZH' or '.LZS'.

- ARJ archives, default file extension '.ARJ'.

- TAR archives (i.e. uncompressed tape archives), default file extension '.TAR'.

- TGZ archives (i.e. GNU-ZIP compressed TAR archives), default file extension '.TGZ', '.GZ' or '.Z'.

How Much Does the Afs Library Cost and When Do You Have To Pay For It?...

There is a trial version of the Afs library whose functionality is not limited. You can use the trial version to immediately develop your own applications and find out whether the Afs library meets your requirements. Only if you are sure that the Afs library is the right thing and you want to use your self-developed applications that use the Afs library in your business, or you want to distribute or sell such applications, you have to purchase a license for the Afs library. (Note: Every time the trial version of the Afs library is loaded, a notification appears which says that you use a trial version of the library which may neither be distributed together with other applications nor be used for any commercial purpose. This notification does not appear with the final release of the Afs library that you receive if you purchase a license.)

By purchasing a license for the Afs library, you obtain the right 1. to use your self-developed applications that use the Afs library in your business, 2. to sell your self-developed applications that use the Afs library and 3. to distribute the Afs library together with such applications. However, you may not distribute, duplicate or sell the Afs library itself as well as any product that only reproduces the functionality of the Afs library in an unchanged or slightly modified way. (Note: For the complete license agreement for the use of the Afs library refer to the documentation of the trial version that is available as described below.)

You can purchase the following types of licenses for the Afs library V1.0:

- The Self-Extractor License... You obtain the right to use the self-extractor module that is part of the Afs package with your applications in the sense that is described above. Price: 100 US$.

- The Read-only License... You obtain the right to use a read-only version of the Afs library V1.0 with your applications in the sense that is described above. The read-only version contains all functions for reading and extracting from archives. However, there are no functions to create archives, modify files inside archives or compress files to archives. Price: 200 US$.

- The Full Afs License... You obtain the right to use the Afs library V1.0 as well as the self-extractor module that is part of the Afs package with your applications in the sense that is described above. Price: 600 US$.

Where Do You Get the Trial Version of the Afs Library?...

The trial version of the Afs library is available from June 1997 at:

http://members.aol.com/TNTWin/

In case of questions please contact:

Mail:

Joerg Schliesser

Software Development

Rotenwaldstr. 41 A

Stuttgart, 70197

Germany

Fax:

+49 - 711 - 6599556

E-mail:

TNTWin@aol.com

TNTWin@compuserve.com

FIDO:

Christian Hagenah@2:2487/3002.3