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:Defining Archivers
Defining Archivers▄
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Choosing this option allows you to define new archivers,
edit existing archivers, and delete archivers. When you
select this option, a list of the currently defined
archivers will be displayed. At this point the following
options are available:
<INS> - Define new archiver.
<DEL> - Delete selected archiver.
<ENTER> - Edit selected archiver.
Tips:
- The easiest way to define a new archive would be to
print out the command line help for the archiver first.
For example type:'ARJ -? >lpt1' for ARJ. Then you can
look up the information you will need as you fill in
the dialog box. Also, try testing out your selections
by creating some test archives. This way you can be sure
that AC will operate properly when you convert to/from
the new archive.
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:Defining DeArchivers
Defining DeArchivers▄
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Choosing this option allows you to define
new dearchivers, edit existing ones, and
delete dearchivers. When you select this
option, a list of the currently defined
dearchivers will be displayed. At this point
the following options are available:
<INS> - Define new dearchiver.
<DEL> - Delete selected dearchiver.
<ENTER> - Edit selected dearchiver.
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:Registration
Registration▄
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This option allows you enter the registration
number you recieve when you license AC. Simply
enter the number and press <ENTER>. From this
point on, AC and ACS will be fully functional.
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:Defaults
Defaults▄
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<<<<Registered Users Only>>>
This option allows you change the defaults
for AC. Most defaults are toggles, either ON
or OFF. Registered users of this program can
modify these toggles to customize how they
would like AC to operate by default. If you
modify these toggles, you should remember that
command line options that modify these defaults
TOGGLE the value. What this means is that if you
set recursion to ON, and you include the
recursion option in the command line, it will
actually turn recursion OFF.
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:Defaults...Archive
Default Archive▄
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This tells AC what archive to convert to by default.
The available archives are those that are defined as
archivers.
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:Defaults...Recursion
Recursion▄
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Recursion means to support sub directories
inside of archive files. When this switch
is on, AC will automatically recursively
convert archive files.
NOTE: If this switch is ON, and you
convert a recursive archive to
an archive that does not support
recursion, you WILL lose data!
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:Defaults...Timestamp
TimeStamp▄
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Timestamping means that when an archive
is converted, it will use the most recent
date of the file dates INSIDE the archive.
Not all archivers support this feature,
and if not, this toggle will simply be
ignored.
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:Defaults...Keep
Keep▄
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When Keep is ON, AC will NOT delete the
original archive. It will retain the old
archive and create the new one, leaving
you with 2 archives.
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:Defaults...Scan
SCAN▄
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When Scan is ON, AC will scan archives
for viruses during conversion. The
method would be to extract, scan,
clean if virus found, compress.
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:Defaults...Logg
LOG▄
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When Logg is ON, AC will write information
to a text file for each file converted.
See AC.DOC for specific information on the
format.
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:Defaults...Update
Update▄
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When Updating is ON, AC will properly
convert archives of the same type. If
you wish to update an archive to a newer
version, you must set this switch to ON.
It is NOT recommended to set this switch
to ON by default, rather to turn it on
only when needed, since you will probably
only update archives intermittently, and
it alters the way AC converts archives.
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:Defaults...Sound
SOUND▄
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When Sound is ON, AC will make a short beep
whenever a window is opened or closed.
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:Defaults...Explode
EXPLODE▄
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When Exploding is ON, all windows in AC
will explode when opened, and implode when
closed. When this feauture is off, windows
will appear immediatly.
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:Defaults...Nest
NEST▄
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When you set nesting to ON, AC will automatically
convert any archives it finds inside the main
archive you are converting. When Nesting is OFF,
AC will treat any archives found inside the
archive as an ordinary file.
NOTE: You should use this option with care.
If you convert nested archives in
an archive, and the program that is
contained in the archive has an
installation routine that expects to find
archives of a specific type, you may
be forced to manually install the program
or to re-convert the archives back to
their original format.
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:Defaults...Video
Video▄
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This option allows you to set the default
video mode when running AC in UI mode.
The available options are: AUTO,25,28,43,
and 50. AUTO would use whatever video
mode was set when you start AC. 25,28,43
and 50 will cause AC to start up with the
appropriate number of lines no matter what
mode was set before. AC always restore the
video mode to what it was before execution.
Command Line mode will ALWAYS be set to AUTO.
If you want to have 50 lines in command line
mode, you must set that mode manually before
running AC.
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:Creating a new Database
Creating a new Database▄
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This option will create a new database in
the event that the file AC.DB becomes damaged
or is deleted. If possible, you should retrieve
the database that came with AC, because this
option will ONLY create a database with 1
archiver and 1 dearchiver defined. You will
have to enter all the other archivers manually.
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:Archive Executable
Archive Executable▄
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This would be the name of the DOS program
that would create an archiver. Be sure to
add the extension at the end (IE .EXE).
When you finish entering all information in
the dialog box, and press <F10> to save it,
ACS will check to see if the archive executable
can be found in your DOS path. If it cannot
locate it, you will be warned that it was not
found, and asked if you would like to add the
archive definition anyway.
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:DeArchive Executable
De-Archive Executable▄
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This would be the name of the DOS program
that would extract an archiver. Be sure to
add the extension at the end (IE .EXE).
When you finish entering all information in
the dialog box, and press <F10> to save it,
ACS will check to see if the dearchive executable
can be found in your DOS path. If it cannot
locate it, you will be warned that it was not
found, and asked if you would like to add the
dearchive definition anyway.
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:Archive Extension
Archive Extension▄
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The purpose of the archive extension is to tell AC
what extension to use when creating an archive.
The extension can be anything that you like, just
keep in mind that whatever you enter will be the
extension of any archive files converted.
Hint: To create two different archive definitions
that use the same archive program, simply
use different extensions. For example
PKZIP will normally use .ZIP extensions, however
ZIP files that have a verification number will
often have extensions of .SDF, even though they
are still ZIP files.
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:DeArchive Extension
DeArchive Extension▄
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The purpose of the dearchive extension is to tell AC
what extensions to search for when it displays file
lists in UI mode, and what extensions to search for
when you specify a wildcard conversion on the command
line.
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:Archive Switch
Archive Switch▄
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Archive switches would be any commands that you
would normally type on the command line to alter
the operation of an archive program. Often times
archivers have at least 1 command line switch that
is necessary to create an archive. You should NOT
combine separate archive switches in the same edit
box. You may enter up to 4 separate archive switches.
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:DeArchive Switch
DeArchive Switch▄
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De-Archive switches would be any commands that you
would normally type on the command line to alter
the operation of a dearchive program. Often times
dearchivers have at least 1 command line switch that
is necessary to extract an archive. You should NOT
combine separate dearchive switches in the same edit
box. You may enter up to 4 separate dearchive switches.
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:Archive Command Line Switch
Archive Command Line Switch▄
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You must define what command line switch you would
like to use for an archiver that you wish to define.
There are 31 possible switches that can be used when
no archivers have been defined. You cannot define the
same switch more than once.
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:Archive Recursive Switch
Archive Recursive Switch▄
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Archive recursive switches are switches that would
tell the archiver to support recursion, or nested
directories. As with normal switches, if an archiver
requires more than one switch to support recursion,
you should enter each switch in the four available
recursive switch fields.
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:DeArchive Recursive Switch
DeArchive Recursive Switch▄
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De-Archive recursive switches are switches that would
tell the archiver to support recursion, or nested
directories. As with normal switches, if a dearchiver
requires more than one switch to support recursion,
you should enter each switch in the four available
recursive switch fields.
NOTE:
- Unlike defining Archivers, that simply append the
recursive switch to the normal switches, De-Archivers
do NOT. Dearchivers will either use the normal
switches or the recursive switches, depending upon
wether recursion is set to on. If an archiver does
NOT support recursion, then you may want to duplicate
the normal switches in the recursive switches. This
way AC will still convert the archive even if it
does not support recursion.
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:Archive Timestamp Switch
Archive Timestamp Switch▄
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Archive Timestamping when enabled in AC will cause
the archive program to make the archive file date
and time to match the most recent file date and time
of the most recent file in the archive. If this option
is not enabled, then the current system time and date
would be used for the archive file.
Some archivers do not support this feature, and if they
do not, simply leave this field blank.
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:Archive Separator
Separator▄
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This field tells AC how to separate each command
line switch. Most archivers expect a space between
each switch, but some do not. The two available
options are 0 - SPACE, and 1 - NONE. You should
normally want 0 - SPACE, but may need to set this
to no spaces as is the case with ZOO.EXE
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:DeArchive Separator
Separator▄
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This field tells AC how to separate each command
line switch. Most archivers expect a space between
each switch, but some do not. The two available
options are 0 - SPACE, and 1 - NONE. You should
normally want 0 - SPACE, but may need to set this
to no spaces as is the case with ZOO.EXE
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:Selecting Colors
Selecting Colors▄
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When you select an item whose color you would like
to change, you are presented with a color box that
displays all the possible color combinations. The
current setting will initially be shown. To move
the cursor, just use the 4 arrow keys. To make a
selection, press <ENTER>. To cancel, and keep the
original setting intact, press the <ESC> key.
Note: If you modify the color pallettes, ACS will
temporarily change the pallette to reflect
your current pallette if different from the
default.
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:Selecting Pallettes
Selecting the Pallette▄
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The color pallette allows for only 16 different colors
on the screen at any one time. However, there are many
more colors available than the standard 16. AC allows
you to change the pallette color for any of the 16 default
colors. To change the pallette select the following:
'AC Colors... | Custom Pallette | <color>'
Note: If you make a lot of changes to the pallette and want
to restore the pallette to the defaults, select the
default program colors and the pallette will also be
restored.
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:Selecting Background
Selecting the Background▄
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To change the background character, select the following:
'AC Colors... | Custom Colors | Background Character'.
A box will appear showing 20 characters at a time, use
the left and right arrow keys to select the character you
wish to use for the background. Press the <RETURN> key to
make your selection, and the <ESC> to cancel.
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