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- :Quick-Start
-
- Quick-Start▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- The following describes briefly how to convert
- archives in the UI(User Interface) mode.
-
- 1) Goto Options(F3) and set any options that
- you need to, such as the archive you want to
- convert to, etc. Be sure and press <F10>
- to save your selections.
-
- 2) If you want to convert more than one archive
- then tag the archives you wish to convert.
-
- 3) If you just want to convert one archive, then
- highlight it and press <ENTER>. If you want
- to convert multiple archives, then press <F2>
- and select the appropriate method.
-
- AC Should now convert the archive(s) you have
- selected.
-
- :
- :Overview
-
- OverView▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- Welcome to AC - The Archive Converter! AC will
- convert to/from any know archive type and can
- also be configured to convert to/from any archives
- that may be released in the future.
-
- AC has 2 modes of operation: Command Line and
- UI(User Interface) Mode Running AC without any
- command line options will start AC in UI Mode.
- The only exception is setting the initial number
- of rows when starting AC. All of the features
- that AC has are available in both modes of
- operation.
-
- UI Mode:
- ────────
-
- UI Mode provides an easy to use interface for
- users who prefer not having to learn many
- different commands, just to begin using a
- program.
-
- Command Line:
- ─────────────
-
- The Command Line mode, allows users to tell
- AC what to do from DOS using command line
- options. For more help on using the command
- line portion of AC, see the file AC.DOC that
- accompanies this program, or type 'AC /?' for
- a description of command line switches.
-
- :
- :Registering AC
-
- Registering AC▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- This program is shareware and copyrighted material.
- You are granted a 30 day trial period to evaluate
- this program, after which you must: register it or
- discontinue use. The amount of time I have put into
- this program is enormous. Just typing the help files
- took several days! I believe the cost of $10 for
- this program to be quite reasonable. Once you register
- this product, you will not have to re-register this
- product, all future upgrades will be free-of-charge.
-
- Once again, if you find that you use this program often,
- please license it. Also remember that there are additional
- features available in the registered product.
-
- :
- :Navigation keys
-
- Navigation Keys▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- <> Move Highlight Up one
- <> Move Highlight down one
- <HOME> Top of List
- <END> Bottom of list
- <PGDN> Page down list
- <PGUP> Page Up List
- <ENTER> Change Directory or...
- <ENTER> Convert higlighted file
- <SPACE> Tag highlighted file
- <ALT-C> Toggle Scanning ON/OFF
- <ALT-E> Toggle Exploding windows ON/OFF
- <ALT-G> Change Drive/Directory
- <ALT-I> Toggle Timestamping ON/OFF
- <ALT-N> Toggle Nesting ON/OFF
- <ALT-R> Toggle Recursion ON/OFF
- <ALT-S> Toggle Sound ON/OFF
- <ALT-T> Tag/Untag All Files
- <ALT-U> Toggle Update ON/OFF
- <ALT-V> Toggle Video Mode{25/28/43/50} rows
- <ALT-X> Quick Exit{No Prompt}
-
- :
- :Running ACSetup
-
- ACSetup▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
- When you press <F4> in AC, it will
- run ACSETUP, and allow you to make
- changes to the data file that AC uses.
- Any changes that you make in ACSETUP,
- will take effect as soon as you exit
- ACSETUP and return to AC.
-
- :
- :Function Keys
-
- Function Keys▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- The following is a brief desription of the
- function keys that AC uses, and what they do.
-
- F-ONE▄ Help -- Provides Help for AC,
- ▀▀▀▀▀ you can press this key most
- anywhere to obtain help.
-
- F-TWO▄ Convert Menu -- When you select
- ▀▀▀▀▀ this option, you can choose how
- to convert the tagged files.
-
- F-THREE▄ Options -- Allows the user to change
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ run-time parameters for AC.
-
- F-FOUR▄ ACSetup -- Runs ACSetup program to
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀ allow the user to modify AC without
- having to exit the program.
-
- F-FIVE▄ Quick Keys -- Displays the shortcut
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀ keys that are available for AC.
-
- :
- :Dialog Boxes
-
- Dialog Boxes▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- Dialog boxes provide an easy and organized way
- to make changes to a program. When you press
- <F3>(Options), you will be presented with a
- dialog box. The Following terms are useful
- when describing Dialog Boxes:
-
- Field - A field is an indivual item of
- information that must be filled in.
-
- Dialog Box - A collection of fields make up a
- dialog box.
-
- Picklist - A List of items that you can select
- from to fill in a field.
-
- The following keys are available
- when using a dialog box:
-
- <> Goto previous field.
- <SH-TAB> Goto previous field.
- <> Goto next field.
- <CR> Goto next field.
- <TAB> Goto next field.
- <F2> Bring up a Picklist if one is available.
- <ESC> Exit dialog box; cancel changes.
- <F10> Exit dialog box; save changes.
-
- :
- :PickLists
-
- Pick-Lists▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- Picklists are lists of items that can you can select
- from. The following keys are available when using
- picklists:
-
- <> Goto previous item
- <> Goto next item
- <HOME> Goto top item
- <END> Goto Last item
- <PGDN> Goto next pageful of items
- <PGUP> Goto previous pageful of items
- <CR> Exit; Accept selected item
- <ESC> Exit; Cancel selection.
-
- :
- :Convert Menu
-
- Convert Menu▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- This option allows you to convert more than one archive
- at a time. The following options are available when you
- press <F2>:
-
- Convert Highlight - Allows you to convert the highlited
- archive.
-
- Convert All - Will convert ALL archives in the current
- directory
-
- Convert Tagged - Will convert all archives that have been
- tagged(marked). If all files are tagged
- then this would be equivalent to
- converting all archives.
-
- Convert Untagged - Will convert all archives that are NOT
- tagged. If no files are tagged, then
- this would be equivalent to converting
- all archives.
-
- :
- :Convert To
-
- Convert to▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- This option allows you to tell AC what
- archive you want to convert TO. If you
- want to convert to an archiver that is
- not listed, simply run ACSetup, and add
- it as an archiver.
-
- :
- :<ALT-R> Toggle Recursion
-
- Recursion▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- The available options for this entry are
- either ON or OFF. Setting Recursion to ON,
- will cause AC to provide support for
- directories inside of archive files. If
- recursion is OFF,then AC will convert ALL
- archive files into a single directory, and
- any directories that may have been stored in
- the original archive would be lost.
-
- :
- :<ALT-I> Toggle Timestamp
-
- Timestamp▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- The available options for this entry are
- either ON or OFF. Setting timestamp to ON,
- will cause AC to set the date and time of
- any archives it converts to the most recent
- file inside the archive. With this option
- turned off, any new archives will be set
- to the current system date and time.
-
- :
- :<ALT-C> Toggle Virus Scan
-
- Scanning▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- The available options for Scanning are ON or OFF.
- Setting Scanning to ON, will cause AC to scan
- the archive for viruses. This will increase the
- conversion time, but provides an easy method of
- checking archives for viruses.
-
- :
- :<ALT-E> Toggle Explode
-
- Explode▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- When you press the ALT-E key this
- will toggle exploding windows on/off.
-
- :
- :<ALT-G> Change Directory
-
- Change Drive/Directory▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- When you select this option an edit box will appear
- with the current path appearing. Simply type in the
- drive and or directory you would like to goto. To
- simply change drives, just type in the drive letter
- and a colon. IE ('C:').
-
- To clear the edit window, press <CTRL-END>.
- Pressing <INS> will toggle insert/overwrite mode.
-
- :
- :<ALT-K> Toggle Keep Originals
-
- Keep Originals▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- When you select this option, it allows you to
- change how AC handles the original archive when
- it converts it. When this is set to ON, AC will
- NOT delete the original archive. When this is
- set to OFF, AC will delete it when the conversion
- is complete.
-
- :
- :<ALT-L> Toggle Logging
-
- Logging▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- This option allows you to control whether
- or not AC will report conversions to a log
- file or not. If logging is ON, then AC will
- write out information to AC.LOG which can
- be found in the same directory that AC.EXE
- is in. When logging is OFF, no reporting will
- take place.
-
- NOTE: AC does NOT log nested conversions.
-
- :
- :<ALT-N> Toggle Nesting
-
- Nesting▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- This option allows you to control how AC
- will handle archive files that are stored
- inside of another archive. When Nesting
- is OFF, AC will treat any nested archives
- like any other file. When Nesting is ON,
- AC will convert any archives inside of the
- original archive to the archive type that
- the original is being converted to.
-
- Notes:
- -AC only supports nesting 1 level deep.
- What this means is that it will not
- convert an archive in an archive in an
- archive.
- -Use this option with care. Many programs
- have installation routines that expect
- archives to be a certain type. If you
- convert nested archves, you may find you
- have to manually install the program.
-
- :
- :<ALT-S> Toggle Sound
-
- Sound▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀
-
- This option allows you to turn the Sound
- ON or OFF. When sound is on, all windows
- will beep when opened or closed. This
- feature is for esthetic effect only.
-
- :
- :<ALT-T> Toggle Tags
-
- Tags▄
- ▀▀▀▀
-
- When you select this option, AC will reverse
- the Tag state of all files in the current
- directory. any files that were tagged will
- become untagged, and likewise any file that
- were not tagged would become tagged. If no
- files have been tagged and you select this
- option, ALL files would be tagged since there
- would be no tagged files to untag.
-
- :
- :<ALT-U> Toggle Updating
-
- Updating▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- This option allows you to turn Updating ON or OFF.
- When Updating is ON, AC will support conversions
- of archives to the same type. This is useful if
- you want to upgrade an archive file to a newer
- version. IE PkZip 1.10 to PkZip 2.04g.
-
- The following conditions will cause AC to
- automatically turn updating ON temporarily
- during conversion:
- 1) You highlight an archive and press <ENTER>
- 2) You tag an archive, press <F2> and choose
- to convert all tagged archives.
-
- The following options will ONLY update an archive
- if updating is turned ON.
- 1) You press <F2> and choose to convert ALL
- archives. If updating is OFF, then like
- archives will simply be skipped.
- 2) You press <F2> and choose to convert all
- untagged files. When updating is off any
- archives with like extensions will be
- skipped.
-
- :
- :<ALT-V> Change Video Mode
-
- Video-Mode▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- When you select this option AC will change the
- video mode or the number of rows on the screen.
- The possible options are 25, 28, 43, and 50.
- You must have a VGA display for this to operate
- correctly. If AC cannot change the video mode,
- then it will default to 25 lines.
-
- :
- :<ALT-X> Quick Exit
-
- Quick Exit▄
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
-
- Pressing the <ALT-X> key will exit
- AC immediatly without any queries.
- AC will restore the video mode and
- return you to the directory that
- you originally ran AC from.
-
- :
-