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- ********************* NOTICE - NOTICE **************************
- To conform to SIMTEL20 and Garbo requirements, the following
- file name changes have been made by artch@mitre.org.
-
- File name in archive <---------------> File name in documents
- ARCH308.TXT <---------------> ARCH08.TXT
- ARCH308.ZIP <---------------> ARCH08.ZIP
- ARCR308.ZIP <---------------> ARCR08.ZIP
-
- ********************* NOTICE - NOTICE **************************
-
- The following text file explains some of the features of ARCHIVES.
-
- This bulletin board should contain arcH08.zip and arcR08.zip. The 'H'
- version is for those who operate Windows in only the protected modes
- (Standard or Enhanced). The 'R' version is for those who occasionally
- operate Windows in the REAL mode. The 'H' version is slightly smaller
- and faster because it is compiled with 286 instructions for 286, 386,
- and 486 computers.
-
- If you need the REAL MODE version, you must Download arcR08.zip!
-
- If you do NOT need the REAL MODE version, you should Download
- arcH08.zip only.
-
- If you don't know what you need, Download arcR08.zip!
-
- Improvements in VERSION 3.08 vs 3.06 include:
-
- 1. Archives no longer uses ArcSetup. You can configure
- Archives within Archives! Archives is much more friendly to the
- unregistered user for their evaluation.
-
- 2. Added Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) among 2 Archives
- applications. ZIP files in one application and view the
- results in the other. And decompress in one application
- and view the results in the other and copy files from one
- app to another and....
-
- 3. Added several easy to use and understand buttons to change
- drives, view different file masks, enlarge the viewer window,
- read, run, select all files, ...
-
- 4. Includes a launch any applications function. Archives
- will tell you whether an application is a DOS or Windows
- program and set the proper settings to run that application.
-
- This is especially useful when viewing and running files
- downloaded from a bulletin board.
-
- If the file is not an executable program, Archives will
- look at your WIN.INI for the proper program. The program
- is not in your WIN.INI? Well, you can change or add it
- from Archives too! Don't want to add it, well Archives
- will launch the Editor or file Viewer you configured in
- Archives' own INI file. (You don't even have to know
- what is an INI file. Archives takes care of that for
- you if you wish.)
-
- This is all done with one button called [Run].
-
- 5. Now the mouse works in both the Viewer Window and the
- Files Window. Click on anything to read, run,
- print, ..., the file.
-
- 6. Oh, yeah. Archives can print text files now, or even just
- portions of a text file! If you dare, you could select up
- to 2000 files to send to your printer at one time. (And come
- back the next week to get your results.)
-
- Open a text file in Archives and select non-consecutive
- portions from that file to send to your printer.
-
- 7. Archives can convert compressed files from one format
- to another and run your virus protection program in
- between the conversions. This is done with 2 mouse
- clicks.
-
- 8. Talking about mouse clicks. With Archives you can click
- anywhere on the window. It takes 2 clicks to decompress
- a file for temporary viewing/running. Two clicks and
- your back to where you started!
-
- 9. Added a text Tutor to get you started in Archives.
- Archives isn't complicated, but you'll miss out on many
- of its features without going thru the TUTOR.
-
- 10. Archives will view and use LHARC, ZIP LHA, and ARC files.
-
- 11. How about launching one of your Control Programs like
- Control Panel, Notepad, or ANY program in your windows
- directory without having to click your way thru the
- directories to your Windows directory?
-
- Yes, ANY program in your Windows directory can be
- launched by pressing the F4 key, then selecting from a
- list of YOUR programs. You don't have to configure this
- list. Put a new program in the directory and it is
- immediately available to launch from Archives!
-
- Archives even has a launch unless it is already launched
- else 'switch it to the top' option.
-
- ARCHIVES was OPTIMIZED as a COMPRESSED FILE MANAGER:
-
- 1. You can view ZIP, ARC, and LZH file extensions without
- going to DOS.
-
- Surprisingly, some compressed file managers cannot read
- the executable compressed files. ARCHIVES can read both
- ZIP and LZH files executable files (and LZH COM files).
-
- 2. You can quickly decompress a compressed file, and then
- launch programs or read the text files directly from
- ARCHIVES.
-
- ARCHIVES has a CHECKOUT feature. You can:
-
- a. quickly decompress a file to a preselected
- temporary directory, (2 mouse clicks)
-
- b. view any text files or run any executable
- programs, (1 or 2 mouse clicks)
-
- c. then delete the decompressed files
- located in the temporary directory;
- (2 mouse clicks)
-
- 3. You can compress all, one, or a non-consecutive list of
- files in your directory for all 3 compressed file types:
- ZIP, ARC, or LZH (both LHARC and LHA format).
-
- The non-consecutive list selection is unusual. This
- allows you to highlight any combination of files, select
- one, skip a couple of files, then select another, go back
- up the list and select a third, and do this in any order.
- The only limit is that ARCHIVES can perform
- non-consecutive list selection for "only" the first
- 2000 files in any one directory (or compressed file).
-
- And the non-consecutive selection can be done without
- holding the shift or control keys!!! Just select what
- you want with the mouse...
-
- 4. You can decompress all, one, or a non-consecutive list of
- files inside the compressed file as well. (ARC, LZH or
- ZIP) Again, the "limit" of 2000 files applies.
-
- You can select these files non-consecutively with the
- mouse! Ever lost your selection with other programs
- using the Control+Shift+arrow keys mess to select
- non-consecutive groups? Not a problem with Archives.
-
- 5. ARCHIVES can work with large compressed files, up to
- 99 Megabytes in size. However, Archives hasn't been
- tested beyond a "reasonable" 10 Megabytes.
-
- 6. Can use your @files for ZIPPING and UNZIPPING files.
-
- ARCHIVES is a complete COMPRESSED FILE MANAGER. ARCHIVES can
- perform normal DOS file functions more easily than the Windows
- File Manager.
-
- 1. You can use the non-consecutive list selection feature of
- ARCHIVES to:
-
- a. Copy, move, delete, rename, and print files.
-
- b. Change the hidden, read-only, or archive bit file
- attributes of your DOS files.
-
- c. Change the file(s) date &/or time.
-
- 2. Additionally, ARCHIVES will allow you to copy files and
- make the copy to directory at the same time.
-
- 3. Of course, you can make, rename, and delete directories.
- If you are deleting a directory that contains files,
- ARCHIVES will ask if you are wanting to delete the files,
- and if you do, ARCHIVES will delete the files then delete
- the directory.
-
- ARCHIVES is a memory miser. ARCHIVES was written to use as little
- as 45K of your system's memory and very little of your system's
- resources. I've had 21 copies of Archives running at one time,
- a ridiculous number. Archives has 2 menus, a Full menu to get you
- started and a Short menu to minimize system resource usage once you
- are hot using Archives.
-
- For the programmers who are running Windows DEBUG, ARCHIVES was
- written and tested using DEBUG. Obviously the DEBUG code is
- removed, but ARCHIVES will continue to operate in the DEBUG
- environment, which a surprising number of Windows programs cannot
- do. Considering this, ARCHIVES is very useful for compressing
- backup files of your code, or decompressing individual files of
- code in your archived library.
-
- You must also have a copy of PKZIP/PKUNZIP, LHARC or LHA,
- ARC-E.COM (decompress only), or PKPAK/PKUNPAK to decompress
- or compress files. I also recommend SCAN as your virus
- protection program to run with Archives.
-
- Finally, ARCHIVES is currently being improved. If there are any
- changes in ARCHIVES that you would like to see (even if you are an
- unregistered user evaluating the program), please drop me a note,
- either on COMPUSERVE or by mail. I am interested in your
- comments. It would also help if you supply a return address so I
- can respond if a response is required for clarity.
-
- ARCHIVES is a shareware program. Try it! If you like it, the
- registration fee is $35. Registered users are automatically
- registered for future upgrades/improvements to Archives
- in the Windows 3.0 environment.
-
- The most current version of ARCHIVES can be found on COMPUSERVE
- using the BROWSE function and the keyword ARCHIVES.
-
-
- T. F. Wall
- Off the WALL Software
- 7680 Cottonwood Ln.
- Pleasanton, CA 94588
-
- COMPUSERVE ID 73747, 1563
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