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- WinZip(R) version 5.6a beta 3.0
- Copyright (C) 1991-1995 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- See the file README.TXT for installation instructions. Items in
- the following list marked with an asterisk are new in beta 3. Note
- that the help has not yet been updated to mention all these features.
-
- If you are running Windows 95 please be sure to use the Win32
- version for long filename support, etc.
-
- Windows 95-specific features include:
-
- * Extract an archive to any directory via drag and drop without
- leaving the Explorer. Use the right mouse button to drag and
- drop a ZIP from an Explorer window to any directory, then
- choose "Extract to" from the context menu. Remember to use
- the RIGHT mouse button while dragging.
-
- * Add selected file(s) to a ZIP directly from the Explorer.
- RIGHT-click on any file (or selected group of files) in the
- Explorer and choose "Add To Zip" from the context menu. This
- provides a function similar to the "Add" entry in the WinZip
- File Manager Extension.
-
- * Explorer-style Add dialog box.
-
- * The Delete Archive operation moves archives to the Recyle Bin
- rather than permanently deleting the archive.
-
- * The Rename, Copy, and Move operations use the Windows 95
- "overwrite" user interface.
-
- * ZIPs opened with WinZip are properly added to the Start
- Menu->Documents menu.
-
- - Explorer-style New and Open dialog boxes.
-
- - Extract files from a ZIP in the Explorer by right-clicking on
- the ZIP and choosing "Extract To" from the context menu.
-
- - Create archives on the desktop by right-clicking on the
- desktop and choose "WinZip File" from the "New" context menu
- entry.
-
- - Uninstall WinZip using Control Panel->Add/Remove Applications.
-
- - WinZip uses the correct colors if you change color schemes.
- The WinZip toolbar buttons and status line colors will match
- the rest of your desktop.
-
- - The WinZip Options/Explorer Configuration dialog box lets you
- add WinZip to the Start menu.
-
- - Long filename support and Universal Naming Convention support.
-
- Additional Windows 95 features are under development. Stay tuned ...
-
- Known problems under Windows 95: a few people have reported
- problems running the optional external DOS programs while using
- 16-bit Windows video drivers. Also, the Windows 3.1 version of
- the Norton "FileAssist" program is incompatible with WinZip
- under Windows 95. If you use FileAssist be sure to configure it
- not to try to change WinZip dialog boxes.
-
- Other changes:
-
- * The File Manager Extension is now implemented under Windows/NT
- and Win32s. You will have to choose File Manager Configuration
- from the Options menu and check the second button to activate
- this feature. The File Manager Extension should work the same
- as it does under Windows 3.1. Windows 95 build 456 does not
- seem to support File Manager Extensions (even the Microsoft
- GUIGREP example program does not work), but presumably this will
- be changed in a future update to Windows 95.
-
- * WinZip now allows you to view multiple files in an archive
- without first closing the first file (earlier versions of WinZip
- restricted you to closing the first file before viewing the
- second file). Under Windows 95 the system "Quick View" program
- is normally used as the "Default Association" used to view to
- files not associated with another program. Here are some
- implementation details: when you double click on a file in an
- archive, WinZip extracts the file to the "Temp Directory"
- specified in the Options/Directories dialog box. WinZip then
- runs the program associated with the file so you can view the
- file. When you later close the archive WinZip deletes the
- temporary file(s). If the file(s) have been modified WinZip
- will give you an opportunity to update the archive with the
- modified file. The "Always on Top" flag is temporarily turned
- off if it is on when you view a file, and is turned back on the
- next time you activate WinZip.
-
- - The WinZip installation procedure now includes "Express Setup"
- and "Custom Setup" options. Custom Setup results in the "old"
- WinZip 5.6 behavior. Express Setup, the default, skips the
- Program Locations dialog box, the File Manager Configuration
- dialog box, and "Create Program Group" prompt.
-
- - With more and more people using the Internet, virus scanning is
- more important. As a result, WinZip's support for virus
- scanners has been improved. The virus scanner parameters field
- now supports two new special values: %d represents the
- directory containing the files to be scanned (without a trailing
- *.*), and %f represents a temporary "report" file. %wscan is a
- special parameter that should be used only for McAfee's WSCAN
- 2.14 and compatible scanners. WinZip now searches for and
- supplies default parameters four additional scanners: wscan,
- f-prot, tbscan, and wfindvir. The "Run as Iconized DOS Session
- If Possible" checkbox has been replaced with the "Run Minimized"
- checkbox, which is now used for both DOS and Windows scanners.
-
- - The number one new support problem in WinZip 5.6 was caused by
- the "TAR File LF to CR/LF Conversion". This option, intended
- for text files only, caused problems for binary files. The
- option has been replaced by the "TAR File Smart CR/LF
- Conversion" option. When this option is in effect WinZip
- determines whether to perform CR/LF conversion for each file by
- looking at the first 80 characters in the file. If the file is
- a text file then single LF and CR characters are converted to
- CR/LF pairs so the file can be viewed by Notepad and other
- Windows viewers. Text files are considered files where the
- first 80 bytes contain only characters with ascii values between
- 0x20 and 0x7f, carriage returns, line feeds, form feeds, tabs,
- and other alphanumeric characters (as determined by the Windows
- IsCharAlphaNumeric API). Comments on this new option are
- particularly appreciated.
-
- More minor changes are listed below. Some fixes are for problems
- that were introduced in previous beta versions.
-
- beta 3:
-
- - Uninstall deletes the winzip.gid and winzip.fts files (created
- by the Windows 95 help system).
- - Handle blanks in filenames of viewers.
- - WinZip correctly pops to the foreground after drag and drop from
- Explorer.
- - Fixed push button positioning problem when resizing internal
- viewer dialog box.
-
- beta 2:
-
- - WinZip 5.6a beta 2 extracts zero length files from all ZIPs created by
- any version of PKZIP or WinZip. It is possible that zero length files
- will not be extracted from some ZIPs created by some other ZIP
- utilities, but in no case will the user be worse off than with WinZip
- 5.6, which ignored zero length files in an effort to avoid potential
- problems with ZIP files other than those created by WinZip and PKZIP.
- - When first installed the Win32 version looks for WinZip registration
- numbers in the Windows directory of all fixed disks. This is done so
- that people who install Windows 95 to a new directory (e.g. c:\win95)
- and subsequently install WinZip don't have to worry about re-entering
- their registration info.
- - The Program Manager icon now says "WinZip 5.6a beta" instead of "5.6
- beta".
- - The Win32 version works works under Windows/NT 3.5 (previous beta
- accidentally required the newer 3.51).
- - The Win32 version now properly cascades multiple WinZip windows.
- - The first time the Windows 3.1 version is run under Windows 95 it
- displays a message suggesting the user run the Win32 version.
- - The help file was updated a bit, but more Windows 95 info still needs
- to be added, and the order form etc have not yet been updated.
-
- beta 1:
-
- - Added WinZip Self-Extractor support in Program Locations dialog box
- - Handle very long directory names in File/Copy and File/Move dialogs
- - Avoid rare GP fault in "View Last Output" dialog box
- - Add a trailing dot to files with no extension before running external viewer
- - Do not save trailing dots on files w/no extension (for PKZIP compatibility)
- - Allow single dot as "extract to" directory
- - Fix problems in 16-bit version for files with very long filenames
- - Allow dots in pathnames in TAR files, e.g. ".\foo.bar"
- - "File in use" check now properly handles foreign characters
- - Incorrect compression ratio was displayed for very large files
- - Changed the Windows 95 16x16 icon
- - Corrected behavior when user tries to close WinZip during install operation
- - Avoid delay in WinZip initialization if TEMP= directory does not exist
-
- *** the order form and other .txt files have not been updated yet ***
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