Shareware Games Galore!/Shareware Games Galore!.iso/yel/dzmanual.txt

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What is Drag And Zip?

Drag And Zip is a set of utilities that makes Windows 3.1 file manager into
a file manager for ZIP and LZH files.

With its built in routines to Zip and UnZip files, Drag And Zip makes it
very easy to compress files into Zip files and to extract files from Zip
files from any Windows file manager that supports "Drag and Drop".  Drag And
Zip also supports use of your copies of PKZIP and LHA to manage compressed
files.

To compress a file with Drag And Zip you merely "drag" files from the file
manager and "drop" them on the Drag And Zip icon, fill out a dialog box with
the filename and destination directory, and Drag And Zip will make a Zip
file out of the selected files.

Viewing the contents of a ZIP or LZH file is as easy as double clicking on
its listing in file manager.  Drag And Zip's ZIP file viewer, Zip View, will
automatically be loaded and will show you the contents of the compressed
file.  You can tag any group of files in Zip View for extraction or
deletion.  You can view any file with Zip View's built-in file viewer or the
file viewer of your choice. You can temporarily extract any file from the
compressed file and run it if it is a program, or run the program associated
with it if it is a data file.  If you make modifications to the extracted
file, you will also have the opportunity to replace the older file currently
in the compressed file with the modified one.  You can also make
self-extracting archives.

If you have a virus scanner, you can have Drag And Zip scan the files in the
archive for possible viruses.  There is also a check out feature where you
can temporarily extract the files from a ZIP file and give them their own
program group to "check them out".

Also part of the Drag And Zip utilities is Fileman Launcher.  Fileman
Launcher installs as a file manager extension and runs Drag And Zip every
time you run Windows File Manager or any file manager that supports file
manager extensions.  When you exit File Manager, Drag And Zip will exit
automatically at the same time.  Fileman Launcher has its own menu in File
Manager.  You can use this menu to ZIP files instead of dragging them to the
Drag And Zip icon.  You can also add other programs to be run with File
Manager through the Fileman Launcher menu.

To use Drag And Zip you need to be running Windows 3.1 or better.  You will
also need a copy of ZIP2EXE.EXE if you want to make self-extracting ZIP
files.

This version of Drag And Zip is designed to be compatible with PKZIP version
2.04 as well as version 1.1.  Any other versions of PKZIP may not work
properly.  To use Drag And Zip to build and extract LZH files, you must have
a copy of LHA.EXE.  Drag and Zip will not work with LHARC.EXE.

File Listing

A complete copy of the Drag And Zip utilities should include the following files:

DRAGNZIP.EXE -      The Drag And Zip program
ZIPVIEW.EXE -       The ZIP file viewing program
FML.DLL-            Fileman Launcher DLL
ZVZIP.DLL           Module for running PKUNZIP
ZVLZH.DLL           Module for running LHA
DZSETUP.EXE -       Setup program for Drag And Zip
DOSBOX.DLL -        Module for running PKZIP in a DOS window
DZ.PIF -            PIF file for running PKZIP in a DOS window
DZ1.PIF-            PIF file for running PKZIP in the background
ZV.PIF -            PIF file for running PKUNZIP in a DOS window
ZV1.PIF -           PIF file for running PKUNZIP in the background
LZ.PIF              PIF file for running LHA in a DOS window
LZ1.PIF             PIF file for running LHA in the background
SFX.PIF -           PIF for running ZIP2EXE
SCAN.PIF            PIF for running the virus scanner
DZSITEL.WRI -       Information on Drag And Zip site
                    licenses
DUNZIP.DLL          Routines for extracting Zip files.
DZIP.DLL            Routines for making Zip files


                        Installing Drag And Zip

Installation of Drag And Zip and Zip View is very easy with the setup
program provided. From Program Manager, choose "File" from the menu bar and
then choose "Run" from the pull down menu.  In the Run dialog box, type the
full path where the files are, and the program name DZSETUP.EXE.  For
example, if you were installing from drive A:, you would enter
"A:\DZSETUP.EXE".  If you were installing from the "DZ" directory of drive
C:, you would enter "C:\DZ\DZSETUP.EXE".

The DZSetup program gives you two install and two uninstall options.

Install options
1.  You can install Drag And Zip with Fileman Launcher.  Fileman Launcher
installs as a file manager extension and runs Drag And Zip every time you
run File Manager.  Fileman Launcher will also keep Drag And Zip's icon
uncovered when you are working in File Manager.  Some desktop programs like
Norton Desktop load file manager extensions every time they load, so if you
are using Fileman Launcher with Norton Desktop, Drag And Zip will run every
time NDW runs.

2.  You can install Drag And Zip without Fileman Launcher.  Without Fileman
Launcher, you will have to run Drag And Zip manually when you want to use
it.

Uninstall options
1. You can remove Fileman Launcher.  This option will remove the line from
your WINFILE.INI that runs Fileman Launcher whenever you run File Manager.

2. You can completely remove the Drag And Zip installation from your
computer.  Do not use this option to remove a previous installation of Drag
And Zip.  It can only be used to remove a copy of Drag And Zip that was
installed with this installation program.

Installing
When you use the DZSetup program to install Drag And Zip it will first ask
you which drive and directory you would like to install Drag And Zip to.  If
the path that you enter is different from the path you are installing Drag
And Zip from, all files will be copied over to the new path.  If they are
the same, the installation program will assume that you only want to make
modifications to a currently installed version of Drag And Zip, and not try
to copy over the files.

DZSetup will then ask you for permission to add lines to the "extensions"
section of your "WIN.INI" file so Windows file manager will know to run Zip
View when you double click on a ZIP file or an LZH file.

If you choose not to have "WIN.INI" modified, you can still run Zip View
from its icon in Program Manager and drag files to it or use Zip View's
"File" menu to load ZIP files.

The DZSetup program will then create a program group called Drag And Zip and
put the Drag And Zip, Zip View and DZSetup icons in it.

Using Drag And Zip

When you run Drag And Zip, it will load and show its zipper icon at the
bottom left of your screen.  Drag And Zip must be running for you to use it.
It will not work if you try to drag files to its icon in Program Manager.

Creating a Zip File
When you want to create a Zip or LZH file, run File Manager or any file
manager that supports Drag and Drop, and tag the files that you want to Zip.
Then hold  the mouse down on one of the tagged files.  The mouse cursor will
become a white rectangle with a "+" on it. Move the mouse without taking
your finger off the left button to the Drag And Zip icon. While you are
moving the mouse, the cursor will become a circle with a slash through it.
When the cursor is over the Drag And Zip icon, it will once more become a
white rectangle with a "+" on it.

Let go of the mouse button and the Drag And Zip dialog box will pop up.

The dialog box will vary a bit depending if you are using the built-in Zip
functions or an external copy of  PKZIP or LHA.

Zip Filename
In this field you enter the name of the Zip file that you want to create.

Archiver
You have the choice of  PKZIP or LHA.  If you want to change from Drag And
Zip's built-in Zipping to an external copy of PKZIP or vice-versa, choose
the settings button and make your changes there.

Compression
If you are creating a Zip file the choices will appear in a drop down combo
box.  The possible choices will vary depending on what version of PKZIP you
are running.  Drag And Zip's internal Zipping makes a PKZIP version 2
compatible Zip file.  If you are using LHA, there will be 2 radio buttons
offering Normal Compression or No Compression.

Actions
This choice won't appear if you are using an external compression program.
If you are using the built-in Zipping, your choices will be Add:  This will
create a new Zip file or add files to an existing Zip file. Freshen:  This
will only replace files in an existing Zip file with those selected files
that are newer than the files in the Zip file. Update:  This is like Freshen
but in addition to replacing existing files with newer files, it will also
add the files that aren't already in the Zip file.

Options
Depending on what archiver you are using there will be two or three possible
choices.

The first choice says "Zip sub directories".  This is equivalent to the "-r"
argument with PKZIP.  When you choose this option, Drag And Zip will not
only Zip the files in the directories that you dragged to it, it will Zip
any sub directories that are in the directories and any sub directories in
the sub directories, compressing all the files in the directory branch.

If you are using an external copy of PKZIP there will be a check box that
says "Store path names in sub directories".  This choice is equivalent to
the "-p" option in PKZIP.  This option won't save path names of the files in
the directories that you dragged, but it will save the path names of the
files in the sub directories of the directories that you dragged.

The choice "Store all path names" will save the path names of every file
that you are Zipping.

Command line arguments
If you are using the external archive programs PKZIP or LHA there will be a
command line arguments field where you can enter any PKZIP or LHA command
line argument.  If you are unfamiliar with the argument needed to select a
special option you can click on the help button and you'll find a complete
command line reference in the help file.

Span Multiple Disks
The external version of PKZIP version 2 allows you to Zip files onto
multiple floppy diskettes.  And, there is a "Multiple disks" check box to
enable this option.  When you are Zipping to multiple disks, you also can
specify if the disks that you are Zipping to are to be formatted or just
erased, and you can specify if they are high density or low density.  You
can choose any of these options from the drop-down combo box which becomes
active when you check the "Multiple disks" box.

When you are all finished and click on "OK", Drag And Zip will create the
compressed file. If you didn't enter and extension for the output filename,
Drag And Zip will append a "ZIP" or "LZH" to it depending on what
compression program you are using.

If you specify an output directory that doesn't exist, Drag And Zip will let
you know, and give you the option to create the directory.

The options that you entered into the dialog box will be saved and will be
the default the next time you make another archive.

Changing Drag And Zip's settings
If you want to change any of Drag And Zip's settings you don't have to rerun
the DZSetup program.  All you have to do is click on Drag And Zip's icon
when it is running and a menu will pop up.  Choose the "Settings" option
from the menu and you will be presented with a dialog box where you can
modify all of Drag And Zip's settings.  There is also a settings button in
the Zipping dialog box.

Icon always visible
Checking this option will make Drag And Zip's icon visible at all times.
This is not necessary if you are running Drag And Zip with Fileman Launcher,
as Fileman Launcher will always uncover DZ's icon when you are working in
File Manager.

Icon stays where last put
Checking this option will have Drag And Zip remember the position of its
icon when you last ran it.  This is not necessary if you are running DZ with
Fileman Launcher

Built-in Zipping
When checked, Drag And Zip will use its built-in Zipping to make a Zip file.

PKZIP version 2 or greater
It's important that this option be checked if you are running with PKZIP
version 2.04, and that it not be checked if you are running with PKZIP
version 1.1.  That way Drag And Zip can pass the proper commands to PKZIP
when it is running it.  No other versions of PKZIP are currently supported.

Output directory
You have two choices of the default output directory that Drag And Zip will
enter into the Zip dialogs.  One is the current directory, which is the
directory that you dragged the files from.  The other is the directory that
you used the last time that you used Drag And Zip.

PKZIP/PKUNZIP location
This should contain the directory where your copies of PKZIP and PKUNZIP
are.  It is not necessary to fill this out if you are using the built-in
Zipping and unZipping.  You will need to fill this out if you want to make
self-extracting Zip files and ZIP2EXE is not on your path.

LHA location
This should contain the directory where your copy of LHA.EXE is.

Icon caption
Many users have asked if they could shorten or eliminate the caption under
the Drag And Zip icon when it is running.  Now you can.  Just enter whatever
you want in this field and it will appear below Drag And Zip's icon when you
run it.  Unfortunately, if you choose to make this field blank, Windows will
put a blank line under the icon rather than not having a caption at all.

Dragging and dropping directories
With Drag And Zip, you can drag and drop sub directories just like files.
In the Windows file manager, you can only drag directories if you have them
listed along with files on the right hand side of the file manager.  When a
directory is dragged,  all the files in the directory will be compressed.
If you want to Zip any sub directories in the dragged directory, you can
click on "Zip sub directories" and also "Store path names" or "Store all
path names".

Norton Desktop, PC Tools Desktop and our own file manager Drag And File
allow you to drag whole directory branches from the directory tree.  If you
are dragging a whole directory branch with sub directories from one of these
programs, you should not use the "Zip sub directories" option  because that
would make the directories get Zipped twice.

            Using Zip View: the Drag And Zip ZIP file viewer

The easiest way to use Zip View is to double click on a ZIP or LZH file in
Windows 3.1 File Manager, or any file manager that supports Drag and Drop.
If you've let the setup program put an association line in your WIN.INI, Zip
View will be run and will show a file listing of the contents of the Zip
File in a window.  The listing will have the file name, the size in bytes,
the date and time of the file, the compression method used; and if there is
a stored directory name, Zip View will show that also.  On the bottom left
the number of files in the ZIP file will be displayed, as well as their
collective size.  You can also drag Zip files to the Drag And Zip icon or
the Zip icon to view them.

Zip View makes it easy to find any file even in a large listing:  Just type
in the filename.  As you type it, the highlight bar will go to that file.
An edit window will open up on the bottom left showing you the contents of
what you type.  You can also just type in a partial filename and use the up
and down arrows to scroll through the matches.

You don't have to close the Zip View window to view another ZIP file.  Just
double click on another ZIP file and Zip View will show it.  You can also
bring files into Zip View by dragging them to its icon or window or by using
Zip View's file menu.

There are seven buttons across the top of the screen.  You can click the
mouse on them or use the Alt key and the underlined letter on the button.
Clicking on a file will move the highlight bar to that file.  You can then
tag the file so Zip View will know that you want to unZip it.

You can tag any in one of three ways:
1. Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the file with the
    left mouse button.
2. Click on the file with the right mouse button.
3. Highlight the file and then press the space bar.
4. Highlight the file and press the left arrow key.

You can untag the file by doing the same procedure on a tagged file.

A tagged file will have a red arrow at the front of its listing.  Like File
Manager, Zip View lets you tag a group of files by holding down the Shift
key and clicking on a file.  You can also tag and untag files with the Right
and Left Arrow keys respectively.  Use the Ctrl key with the arrow keys to
tag and untag all the files.  Double clicking on a file will extract it and
run it if it is a "COM" or "EXE" file, or will run the program that you have
associated with the file if it is a data file.  For example, if you clicked
on CHESS.BMP, Zip View would extract CHESS.BMP from the parent ZIP file and
then check which program you have associated with it.  Most likely you have
Windows Paintbrush as the associated program.  In this case, Zip View will
run Paintbrush with CHESS.BMP as an argument.  When you close the associated
program, Zip View will delete the file.  Before deleting the file, Zip View
will check if it has been modified.  If it has been modified, you can have
Zip View replace the older version of the file in the ZIP file with the
newer modified one.  Simply click on OK when Zip View asks you if you want
to put the modified file back into the ZIP file.  If you double click on a
file that has no program associated with it, you will be able to choose from
a list of programs to run with it.