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RPF Zip Control(TM) Copyright 1993-1995 RPF Software ALL RIGHTS RESERVED History ------- Version 2.2.0 February 11, 1995 ------------------------------- * Repaired the Sort option to not re-use a previous .zip file's contents. * Changed the Settings Notebook, Programs page, notification of an invalid program name (not found, not supported) to be a red text string instead of an error window. The error window within a notebook could lead to an apparent system hang (although a ctrl-esc would recover). * Changed default UnZip program from UnZip.exe to UnZip32.exe. Version 2.1.9 February 4, 1995 ------------------------------ * Added Sort (of the Zip File Contents listing) to the Main Window pop-up menu. Can sort ascending/descending by path+name+date, name+date+path, date+name+path, or none (same order as stored in the .zip file). Also, see Keys Help. * Improved the "System Editor to Top" fix. Version 2.1.8 January 30, 1995 (unreleased) ------------------------------ * Added a "Find text" pop-up menu choice (also Ctrl-F). This option will highlight one or all file names within the .zip file which contain a user-specified text in the file name(s). * Added an UnZip option to make it easy to unzip to a subdirectory (named the same as the .zip file) of the directory in which the .zip file is located. This user-suggested option seems to be a handy way to organize product directories (each product directory is a subdirectory of the download directory). * Added "Keys Help" to the pop-up Help menu. Shows accelerator keys. * Added a Status bar to indicate when UnZip, Zip, and Sorting have completed. * Added two "acceptable error level" settings, which are definable in the Settings notebook. One sets the largest acceptable error that can occur during the CheckOut "Test" function, without being reported as an error. The default is error level 1. The second is the largest acceptable error that can be reported by UnZip without reporting an error. The default is error level 2. See the .doc file in the UnZip archive for the meaning of the error numbers. * In creating a New .zip file, the file open dialog box presents the existing directory structure. This limits the creation of a new .zip file to being located in an existing directory. However, if a full path and .zip file name are keyed in to the file open dialog box and the directory does not exist, the .zip file would not be created. This release creates the directory if it did not previously exist. * Repaired the UnZip Progress Window to properly show the graphic progress when UnZipping using "Selected files." * Fixed the pop-up menu "Select" choice so that it could be selected. * Added the "am/pm" info to dates in file info and Print. * When switching (Ctrl-H) to/from the expert mode (Hide buttons), the main window (with buttons showing) would have a "sizable" window border rather than the dialog border. Repaired. * Repaired minimized icon error introduced when adding the "Hide buttons" option. * Fixed a case where the "Path does not exist..." was not being displayed in the UnZip window, when it should have been. * In 2.1.7, when a target disk was full, Zip Control would pause waiting to answer UnZip.exe. ZC now answers "not continue." * Narrowed the test for "PkZip" and "PkUnZip" in the Zip and UnZip program names (Settings notebook, Programs page) to test only the program base name, not including the path. The Pk programs are not supported, just the Info-Zip programs. * Returned to previous Zip Control icon due to suggestions. Version 2.1.7 January 2, 1995 ----------------------------- * Primary reason for this release is to correct a temporary file name problem used in Adding files to a .zip file. The file name was too long for a FAT file system and the Add would not occur (error: Zip file not found). * Corrected the CheckOut, Test function to properly report the full error message when the Test failed. Version 2.1.6 December 31, 1994 ------------------------------- * Now handles encrypted .zip files. * Now handles creation of encrypted .zip files. * Added a "Hide buttons" option. This option reduces the main window to the size of the list box. It "hides" all the buttons and text of the main window. This is probably more useful to people who want an "expert" mode, using minimum screen real estate, and who can use the pop-up menu and accelerator keys as a substitute for the buttons and checkboxes. Use Ctrl-H, the pop-up menu "Preferences" toggle, or the Settings notebook to toggle between the "Hide buttons" mode and standard mode. * Added a "work around" for the behavior of the System Editor which IBM introduced in OS/2 2.11 (ref PMR 2x535). The work around forces the Viewed text file to display on top of other OS/2 windows. * Repaired a problem where, after running CheckOut, the first Open would just refresh the currently open .zip file rather than displaying a file open dialog box. * Automatically asks for New .zip file name when drag & drop or Add, if there is no active .zip file. * Added the CheckOut "Auto" settings to the Settings notebook. * Repaired a condition where Zip.exe & UnZip.exe may not have been found for some operations, if those files were in the product directory (and not in the path or if the full path was not specified). Version 2.1.5 December 3, 1994 ------------------------------ * Drag and Drop implemented to allow dragging files from the Desktop or a Drives folder to Zip Control's main window list box. One or more folders and/or files may be dragged at one time. The default drag mode is to zip a folder's files and the files in its subdirectories, storing the path name for any files in subdirectories. Pressing the Ctrl key while dragging and dropping will also store the path name with the files in the top level directory. Pressing both the Ctrl and Shift keys while dragging and dropping will result in no path names being stored. * Repaired a problem where a SYS3175 would occur if there were an attempt to start a second Zip Control session (non-unique queue names). * Repaired a problem where the UnZip window would not appear and Zip Control appeared to be frozen. The UnZip window was active, but minimized. Pressing Esc would return to the Main window. The temporary fix was to ensure that Save Colors/Fonts/Position in the Settings Notebook was UNchecked and then press the Reset Colors/Fonts/Position button. Version 2.1.4 November 25, 1994 ------------------------------- * Quick maintenance fix to repair a problem which would appear when the Zip or UnZip program file or path\file did not exist or was not in the PATH. The result would be either a frozen system or hatched icon with no visible Zip Control. * Open will now append the file extension ".zip" if no extension is entered. To Open a .zip file without an extension, end the new file name with a period ("."). Version 2.1.3 November 21, 1994 ------------------------------- * Changed the "test" function in CheckOut so that it now uses "UnZip -t file" instead of "Zip -T file" because it provides more info when there IS an error and it gives a "warning" instead of "error" when the error is not severe. * Added a popup menu (RMB) for the Main window. * Added accelerator keys (e.g., Ctrl-O for Open) for the Main window. * Changed the format of the user preferences information that is stored in ZipCntrl.ini to a less readable, but more compact form. * Repaired the Settings notebook so that it would not remove the "Custom" settings for the View Program. * Added "File, Delete" to the popup menu to allow deleting the currently opened .zip file. * Repaired most (all?) of the screen "paint" problems. * Corrected situation where minimized icons would display a portion of the associated window (a partial button). * Repaired the Auto Exit function in CheckOut. * Now permits embedded spaces in the path of Zip.exe and UnZip.exe. * Selecting "Cancel" from the Progress or other window will stop the unzip, zip, add, or delete action in mid-process. * "Create" renamed to "New" and now automatically goes into "Add." * The "Save Colors/Fonts" option now also saves "Position." Version 2.1.2 October 9, 1994 ----------------------------- * Fixed Version's 2.1.1's problem of leaving part of the ZC image on the screen. * Save As and Create will now append the file extension ".zip" if no extension is entered. To save as or create a .zip file without an extension, end the new file name with a period ("."). * In previous versions, UnZip processed files to be unzipped one at a time. As a result, the time required to unzip a large number of files was taking MUCH longer than using UnZip.exe at the command line. Zip Control was modified to call UnZip.exe once, to unzip "All", or the minimum number of times if unzipping "Selected" files. This means that we lose the ability to display each file name as it's being unzipped. The progress indicator has been replaced with an elapsed time indicator ("All") or a % complete indicator ("Selected"). * Add (Zip) has an additional option, "Store path of selected dir." When Zipping with the "Store path(s)" option selected and the "Select Directory" button is pushed, the default action will be to zip all the files in the selected directory (without storing the directory name) and to zip all the subdirectories (and files) of those directories (storing the subdirectory names as the "top level" stored directory names). If the new option is selected, the highlighted directory name will be "top level" directory name stored. * Due to the nature of Zip "recursion" and the multiple Zip passes which may be made in creating a .zip file, it was possible for a partial .zip file to be included in a newly created .zip file. Add (Zip) now specifically EXCLUDES zipping a .zip file with the same name as the current .zip file. * It is no longer required to copy Zip Control's Help file (ZipCntrl.hlp) to a directory listed in the SET HELP line of config.sys. Zip Control will find the Help file that is in the Zip Control product directory. * Size of UnZip window further reduced. Version 2.1.1 September 25, 1994 -------------------------------- * Repaired erroneous message indicating that Zip.exe can not be located. * Corrected a situation where Zip Control would indicate that it is unzipping files, but actually did not unzip them. This had to do with older versions of UnZip (prior to 5.12) failing due to a newer option. * Corrected a threading problem where the display of Zip Control's main window would only be partially drawn if a .zip icon were double clicked. Same fix also corrected a problem with Zip Control (with Auto Comments enabled) not completing the update of the Comments window upon pushing the Comments button (on OS/2 versions prior to the Warp II beta). * Changed the way New operates. The New button is now Create. There is no longer an "Untitled" .zip file. "Create" asks for the new .zip file name you wish to create. You can then "Add" files to the newly created or an existing .zip file. * Improved the support of non-SmartView viewers. Also, you can now define exactly how to start your non-SmartView viewer if Zip Control does not correctly determine the settings. * Reworked some areas where the use of threads had been somewhat of a problem. Added threads to the CheckOut section to improve user responsiveness. * Reduced the size of the UnZip window. Version 2.1 September 17, 1994 ------------------------------ * Adjusted Zip Control so that it works with the OS/2 Warp II beta. * Added the Check Out feature. Makes it easy to Test, Scan (virus), Report (virus scan report), Evaluate (test run the application in an automatically opened desktop folder), Delete (the test directory), Comment (edit or add comments to the .zip file), and ReZip (the .zip file for greater compression). * The Check Out Scan feature currently supports only the McAfee OS2SCAN.EXE virus scanner, version 2.x. The full path and file name should be specified in the Settings notebook. * The Progress Window will no longer be displayed if the active window is displayed. The use of the Progress window is controlled by the "Minimized while processing" setting in the Settings notebook. * Added capability to pass Zip Control the path and name of the .ini file to use for Zip Control. In the parameters field of the Zip Control Desktop object, add "/I=drive:\path\name.ini" without the quotes and replacing drive, path, and name to match the location of the .ini file you wish to use. This switch is optional and would probably be most useful for LAN installations or multiple versions of Zip Control on the same PC. The default (no use of the /I switch) is to use ZipCntrl.ini in the Zip Control product directory. * Added slightly better support of DOS viewers for use when SmartView is NOT active. * Added an indication of the number of "selected" files/directories and their uncompressed file size total. See lower left corner of the main window. * Added the Zip (Add window) settings plus the AutoComments, AutoOpen, Extended Selection, SmartView, LaserJet 2-up, and Save Colors/Fonts settings to the Settings notebook so that their default settings may be configured. * Resized several windows to not use as much of the screen. * Default Zip compression changed to maximum (9), but this is configurable in the Settings notebook. * Miscellaneous tweaks & fixes. Version 2.00 May 31, 1994 ------------------------- * Significantly faster initial load. Faster subsequent proecessing. * Supports saving of "drag & drop" color schemes, colors, and fonts. (Can reset all the custom colors/fonts to the active system values.) * Can make "in session" changes between Extended and Multiple selection methods for the main "Zip File Contents" list box. * Since Zip Control now uses the WPS "associations" (when SmartView is active) to determine how to "view" a file which is within a zip file, the additional ZC user table of viewers is no longer used. * Right Mouse Button selections/menus temporarily removed. * Clipboard actions temporarily removed. * The menus added in version 1.64 beta have been removed. * Accommodated (worked around) Unzip.exe version 5.1's display of a new comment listing ("Archive: d:\xxx\yyy.zip"). * Added the equivalent of the Unzip.exe -U option in the Unzip window. * Added support for language specific versions of Zip Control. All the Zip Control window and message text is stored in ZCNLS.dll. Over time, and with the help of volunteers, national language versions of ZCNLS.dll can be easily created and distributed. * Added online help. National language versions will be added. * Now uses threads for most tasks, and minimizes ZC windows while those threads run. A small progress window is displayed until the thread completes, at which time Zip Control windows are restored. The major benefit is that OS/2 can be easily used for other tasks while large zips or unzips are in process. * NOTE: This is truly a NEW version of Zip Control. Although it may not appear so, EVERY line of code has been rewritten. The initial intent was to achieve near equivalent functionality to Zip Control version 1.64 beta . . . but with significantly faster performance, and be equipped for more functionality in the future. However, significant usability enhancements were added during the re-write. Report any problems to RPF Software @ 71660,535 via CompuServe Mail. Version 1.64 Beta February 23, 1994 ----------------------------------- * Temporary fix for the problem some were seeing where an error message indicated "Can not open zip file." Permanent fix requires fix to the development kit used for ZC. A side effect of the temporary fix is that a debug-type window may appear, especially for 4OS2 users with 4Start.cmd in the root directory. Contact us for a 4OS2 workaround. * Enhanced the display of error messages reported by unzip.exe and zip.exe. * Renamed the Add, Select Entire Directory to Select Directory with a choice of whether to Add just the directory (No Files) or all its files (along with the directory, if Store Path is selected). * Added a choice to zip up System/Hidden files (Add window). * Repaired some problems in the Add to zip file functions. * Added Window Settings & Copy to Clipboard to the Main menu bar. These are also available on the window's popup menu (right mouse button). The Window Settings allow 1) changing the Style of the UnZip listbox to/from Extended and Multiple, 2) setting SmartView to use either the OS/2 System's "associations" or the "associations" set in Zip Control's Settings notebook. The defaults are Multiple and System. Copy to Clipboard copies the list of files in the listbox to the system clipboard, where it may then be "pasted" into other documents. * Added "Output path history" menu item to the UnZip window. Also available as a popup menu and in the Output Path combo box. Keeps the last ten target directories for quick selection, * Corrected a problem where a path named 'PATH' would get created under certain conditions. Version 1.60 January 23, 1994 ----------------------------- * Repaired situation where "Add" could not see the files on a disk volume with no subdirectories. * Repaired error introduced in version 1.53 where would not properly handle viewing a file name which included a space (" "). * Added choice to display error messages reported by zip.exe and unzip.exe. * The zipcntr*.ico files may be deleted from the Zip Control directory. Those resources are now embedded within the zipcntrl.exe file. * If the COMSPEC environment variable does not identify a proper OS/2 command processor, Zip Control attempts to use \OS2\CMD.EXE on the drive where OS2.INI is located. * The "association" of .zip files may now be made to either zipcntrl.exe or to the Zip Control Desktop object. Version 1.53 January 8, 1994 ---------------------------- Changes: * Reduced the time it takes before the Add window can accept user input. * Reduced by half the elapsed time to add files to a .zip file over version 1.52. * Reduced *dramatically* the elapsed time to delete files from a .zip file over version 1.52. * Added visual indication to the UnZIP window if the output path does not currently exist. It will still be created if it doesn't exist, but you will at least have a chance to correct typos in the path first, if that is why the path didn't exist. * Added Footers & Headers to the 2-up LaserJet printing. * Repair the "memory" of what was the selected printer. * Repair an error that had been introduced with the AutoOpen button. If AutoOpen was not selected, then drag-and-drop of .zip file icons to the Zip Control desktop object would not open the .zip file until the Open button was pushed. Same for "associations" of .zip files. Version 1.52 November 28, 1993 ------------------------------ Changes: * Added printer choices (which are known to the system) to "Print." * To enable View to run DOS or Windows programs via the SmartView associations (e.g., .DOC -> WinWord.exe), the quotation marks are now removed from zipped files to be "viewed" IF the filename contains no embedded spaces. Otherwise, the quotations will remain to enable OS/2 programs to use such filenames (with embedded spaces). DOS and Windows programs are unable to handle filenames with either quotation marks or embedded spaces. Best results when using SmartView with DOS or Windows programs can probably be obtained by using the entry: START /WIN WINWORD.EXE (or other DOS or Windows program name). The full path name will be needed for the program if it is not in the OS/2 path (and it probably will not be). Alternatively, the CMD.EXE /C WINWORD.EXE style could be used. * Reduced by half the elapsed time to add files to a .zip file. Version 1.51 November 20, 1993 ------------------------------ Changes: * Corrected a problem with "Add"ing files to a .zip file, if the file to be added had a dash ("-") in the file name. * Added explanatory message when you choose "Add" with "Zip all subdirectories too" but without "Store paths . . .". If UnZip detects two files with the same name, UnZip fails. The message explains this to the user and suggests adding the "Store paths" option (which is probably better anyway). * Corrected a problem with directories/file names which include the "^" character. * Added a simple LaserJet 2-up printing capability. Version 1.50 November 03, 1993 ------------------------------ Changes: * Added access to ZIP.EXE. * Added "This session only" choices for the UnZip output path. Choices are Default output path, Last path used, .ZIP path. * Added the ZC directory to the system PATH, for the ZC session only, so that users who put UNZIP.EXE in the ZC directory and do not specify the path for UNZIP.EXE in the Settings, Programs, UnZip Program entry, will be able to "see" UNZIP.EXE. * Eliminated the extra window which would occasionally appear, especially for 4OS2 users. * Added "AutoOpen" for user to define whether the Open dialog box should automatically appear and "AutoComments" for automatic display of embedded zip file comments. * Changed the temporary files which are created for the View function to use original file names in a work location subdirectory, rather than temporary file names in the default output directory. These temporary files are removed when Zip Control is closed. Version 1.10 October 10, 1993 ----------------------------- Changes: * Converted the Paths button to a Settings notebook, which includes Options, Paths, and Programs. * Modified the Settings - Programs and the View process to permit association of different viewer programs to files on the basis of the file extension. This feature can also be used to "run" .EXE files within the ZIP file (with caution) and to unzip ZIP files within the ZIP file. The "SmartView" check box turns on/off the use of viewers associated by file extension. When off, the <default> viewer is ALWAYS used, regardless of file extension. * Changed the View process to support viewing multiple (selected) files at the same time. * Added Print capability. Can print multiple selected files to the default PRN printer. * Added Search functions. Search scans one or more selected disk drives, looking for .ZIP files. The files are placed in a list, sorted in one of three ways: name+date+path, path+name+date, or date+name+path. Once the disk(s) has been scanned, the list of files may be re-sorted without a re-scan of the disk(s). ZIP files in the list may be "Opened" (unzipped), which permits use of the standard features of Zip Control (UnZip, View, Print). Additionally, a selected file may be Deleted. This may be useful if, during review of the sorted list, it is noticed that there are duplicates of the same file in two or more directories. * Cosmetic tune-ups to better comply with CUA. Version 1.02 October 5, 1993 ---------------------------- Changes: * UnZIP dialog, Output Path logic corrected to handle a path which did not include a backslash "\" somewhere in the path (not counting the last character of the path). Version 1.01 September 26, 1993 ------------------------------- Changes: * Title Bar--Added version number. * "Paths" UnZIP Program Name and VIEW Program Name corrected to accept paths (Drive/Directory) as documented. If a program cannot be found at the location specified and also cannot be found in the OS/2 system path, the user will be given the option to change the entry or to continue. If a path cannot be found, the user will be given the option to change the entry or to continue. Cancel button added. Modified so that VIEW program entry can have command line switches ("/", "-") entered, retained, and used properly. Added the capability to target unzip output to the same directory in which the .ZIP file is located. * "Settings" "Replace" option removed. Was confusing. "Overwrite" option removed. Was confusing. * "Open" "Search" changed to "Open" * "Contents" changed to "Comments" * "UnZip" "UnZip" button active whenever there is an entry in the list box, whether or not a file name is highlighted. Done to permit "All" choice on the "UnZip" dialog box. "All" choice activated in addition to "Selected." Same changes as in "Settings" regarding the "Replace" and "Overwrite" options. Target output path will now be created if it doesn't exist. Previously would only create if single level path. Clipping of the last "e" in "Respect . . . file" should be fixed. Added the capability to target unzip output to the same directory in which the .ZIP file is located. * General Corrected a situation where, when using 4OS2, the cleanup of the VIEW temporary file was being displayed. Tested with 4OS2.EXE in addition to CMD.EXE. Helpful headings added across the top of the list box--Length, Date, Time, Name. Support for directory and file names with embedded spaces. Version 1.0 September 19, 1993 ------------------------------ Initial Release.