Adding items to the current archive, commonly called 窶彜tuffing窶, is accomplished using the Stuff dialog. The Stuff dialog is displayed by clicking the 窶彜tuff窶 button in the Archive Palette, or by choosing 窶彜tuff窶 (Command-S) from the Archive menu. Explanations of the controls in the Stuff dialog are explained below.
The directory list on the left of this dialog is similar to the Open dialog that allows you to select files, folders, and disks. The pop-up menu above the list indicates the folder in which the items in the list reside.
Checking 窶廛elete item when finished窶 check box deletes the selected item from the disk after it has been Stuffed into the current archive.
The 窶廢ject窶 button ejects the disk whose name is shown above this button.
Clicking the 窶廛esktop窶 button will make the directory list display your desktop. If using System 6, a 窶廛rive窶 button will appear in the place of the 窶廛esktop窶 button. Clicking 窶廛rive窶 will switch between the disks available at that time.
The 窶廾pen窶 button makes the directory list display the items found within the folder or disk that is currently selected.
Clicking the 窶廣dd窶 button moves the selected item from the directory list on the left, to the items list on the right.
Clicking the 窶廣dd Match窶 button displays the Add Match dialog for the selected folder or disk. The Add Match dialog allows you to define criteria to be used in adding items to the current archive. After you have defined the selection criteria, you will see an icon in the item list with some lines in it to indicate that it has 窶廣dd Match criteria窶 associated with it. Only when the 窶彜tuff窶 button is clicked will StuffIt perform a search through that folder or disk, Stuffing items that match the specified criteria. The Add Match dialog is described in detail below.
The 窶彝emove窶 button removes the selected item from the item list, and places it back in the directory list. This means that this item will not be subsequently Stuffed into the current archive.
The 窶廬tems to Stuff窶 list contains the items that will be Stuffed into the current archive when the 窶彜tuff窶 button is clicked.
Checking the 窶廢ncrypt with password窶 check box encrypts all items in the item list when the 窶彜tuff窶 button is clicked. This feature is enabled in registered copies of the software only.
Clicking the 窶廚ancel窶 button will cancel the Stuff operation and close the dialog.
To add all the items shown in the item list to the current archive, click the 窶彜tuff窶 button.
The Add Match Dialog
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This dialog implements one of the most powerful features of StuffIt Lite. It is used to define criteria to select specific items to Stuff into an archive. You don窶冲 have to manually search through your disk to find the items you want to Stuff into the archive. StuffIt automates this for you so backing up selected files becomes automatic and simple.
The check boxes to the left indicate the name of the category that will be matched. The right side of the dialog contains boxes where you can either fill in, or choose the values that the categories can contain. The pop-up menus in between allow you to choose a comparison condition that needs to be met involving the category and the category窶冱 value.
In the Add Match dialog above, 窶廛ate Created窶 is one of the categories chosen; its value is 窶4/11/92窶 and the comparison condition is 窶彿s on or after窶. The other criterion consists of the 窶廛ate Modified窶 category whose comparison condition is 窶彿s between窶 and whose value is a range from 窶4/11/92窶 to 窶5/11/92窶.
The final result when the 窶廾K窶 button is pressed will result in criteria defined that will select the files which reside in the 窶廾ld Projects窶 folder which were created on or after 4/11/92 and that were modified between the dates 4/11/92 and 5/11/92.
