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- Copyright (c) 1992-1993 by CZAR Software. All Rights Reserved.
-
- 10-23-1993 Version 2.10
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- ˛ Added better problem support in ACZAR.DOC in section TROUBLESHOOTING.
- If you have experienced lockups, strange error messages that caused
- to exit ACZAR right away, etc., PLEASE read the section TROUBLESHOOTING
- in ACZAR.DOC. It will explain what causes these strange errors and what
- to do about them. So far, this seems to be happening only with computers
- that have STACKER installed und run it under certain conditions.
- ˛ Added several environment variables. These environment variables could
- help troubleshooting on certain systems - more in ACZAR.DOC.
- ˛ Added 80286 specific instruction code. ACZAR now runs on 80286 and higher
- machines only. ACZAR does no longer run on XT computers.
- ˛ Added "Include Subdirectory" Switch when backing up using ARJ or PKZIP
- in menu BACKUP USING ARJ and BACKUP USING PKZIP.
- ˛ Several ARJ Switches Part 1 would not work right. Fixed.
- ˛ Setting ARJ Switch "Check integrity of ARJ.EXE" in ARJ Switches Part 1
- caused an Error 52. Fixed.
- ˛ When decompressing a file within a compressed file that already existed
- in the target path, it would show a black screen and appeared to be locked
- up. Instead, the compression program such as PKZIP, ARJ, was just
- prompting for user input. Fixed.
-
- 10-08-1993 Version 2.01
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- ˛ When automatically looking for compression utilities such as PKZIP, ARJ,
- ARC, etc. in main menu OPTIONS "Search Compression Files", ACZAR would
- continue beyond the actual drives present. Fixed.
- ˛ When looking at a text file inside a HYP file, ACZAR would not view a
- text file. Fixed.
- ˛ When pressing the DEFAULT button in the COLORS window, it would not set
- the true default colors. Fixed.
- ˛ When attempting to change colors for "Desktop", only the background could
- be changed. The foreground colors remained white/gray. Fixed.
- ˛ A few cosmetic changes
- ˛ For more help, look at TROUBLESHOOTING in ACZAR.DOC
-
- 10-01-1993 Version 2.00
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- ˛ Complete rewrite of entire ACZAR package
- ˛ Extensive support for PKZIP v2.04g and ARJ v2.41
- ˛ Sensational Drag & Drop Support (for mouse users)
- ˛ Now supports SQZ files
- ˛ Now supports HYP files
- ˛ Now uses internal file ID's to detect ZIP, ARJ, LZH, ARC, PAK, ZOO, SQZ,
- and HYP files
- ˛ Supports all selfextracting files (SFX) for ZIP, ARJ, PAK, HYP, SQZ, LZH
- ˛ Backup or Restore entire drives/directories using ZIP/ARJ
- ˛ Multi-Select Compression (tag many files and compress to individual files)
- ˛ Ability to set colors/background wallpapers
- ˛ Use any external editor or use built-in MDI Notepad editor
- ˛ Use any external viewer or use built-in viewer
- ˛ CZAR Software is now ASP (Association of Shareware Professionals) member
- ˛ And much more... (for more details look in ACZAR.DOC)
-
- 10-07-1992 Version 1.00 (First Non-beta)
- ----------------------------------------
- ˛ Completed entire ACZAR.DOC documentation file
- ˛ Option "Locate Compression Utilities" in main menu OPTIONS to locate
- automatically compression utilities has been improved. It is now
- 6 - 15 times faster.
- ˛ Added /S and /T command line switches to disable reading default
- directories and allowing to use current directories or specific
- source and target directories including wildcards. More in ACZAR.DOC.
- ˛ Press ALT-C to set-up compression method and ALT-N to set-up conversion
- method within File Handling mode.
- ˛ Rewrote internal ACZAR file reading function when in File Handling mode.
- This speeds up reading directories with many files up to 3 times faster.
- ˛ Totally rewrote the build-in text viewer CLIST. It will now display files
- of ANY size without first reading file information. Initially, this makes
- the text viewer much faster. Also, the older version of CLIST hung-up the
- computer on certain data files. Fixed.
- NOTE: The print feature (ALT-P) and mouse support within CLIST has been
- disabled. This makes CLIST very fast. If you MUST have these
- features, contact CZAR Software. If enough requests exist, these
- features will be put back.
- ˛ When decompressing ARJ files with switch "Extract files with full
- pathnames", ACZAR would put the files in the directory where ACZAR is and
- not in the target path. Fixed.
- NOTE: Unfortunately, ARJ stores full pathnames as a default when
- compressing. This results in misleading decompressions. So, if you
- do not like pathnames to be included in your ARJ files, you must
- use the switch "Exclude paths from names" in the SWITCHES main menu
- for ARJ files.
- ˛ Fixed mouse cursor trapping error when opening or closing windows
- (mouse cursor would "disappear" sometimes).
- ˛ Fixed several other bugs
-
- 09-07-1992 beta 05
- -------------------
- ˛ Completed context-sensitive online help system. Just press F1 from anywhere.
- ˛ Completed help text on screen line 25, 43, 50
- ˛ Completed McAfee's SCAN.EXE v95b switches in SWITCHES main menu
- ˛ Completed ZOO switches in SWITCHES main menu
- ˛ It is now possible to view and set archive switches while being in
- File Handling Mode. For example, press F3 to open the UnZIP switches
- window, F4 for the ZIP switches window etc. Just like choosing from the
- main menu SWITCHES.
- ˛ Added "Network" switch on command line. Syntax:
- ACZAR /NETWORK or ACZAR /N
- The Network switch should be used if ACZAR is not able to detect drives
- higher than drive C: in default mode.
- ˛ Completed Hot-keys in main menu
- ˛ When in 43/50 line mode, the mouse cursor was reset to only 25 lines. Fixed.
- ˛ When decompressing more than one ARJ file, ACZAR would decompress the
- first file only. Fixed.
- ˛ Fixed several bugs
-
- 08-09-1992 beta 04
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- ˛ Finished ARJ switches. To activate the multi-volume switch, select the
- multi volume switch in the SWITCHES menu, ARJ option. In the File-
- Handling window, press C for Compress, then press ACCEPT. ACZAR now uses
- the multi-volume switch and deactivates all other ARJ settings.
- ˛ Changed internal error routines
- ˛ Finished "Freshen FILENAME" function in "File Handling" window at the
- MORE button for ARJ, LZH, PAK, ARC, and ZOO files
- ˛ Finished "Update FILENAME" function in "File Handling" window at the
- MORE button for ARJ, LZH, PAK, ARC, and ZOO files
- ˛ Improved speed while viewing, deleting, printing, files within archives
- ˛ Improved speed when decompressing archives
- ˛ Main menu "OPTIONS", "LOCATE COMPRESSION FILES" in manual mode now reads
- the path infos from ACZAR.DAT if it exists
- ˛ ACZAR now checks if enough space is available when copying files
- ˛ Fixed error 64 when viewing files larger than 999,999 Bytes
- ˛ Fixed several other bugs
-
- 07-07-1992 beta 03
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- ˛ Added LZH, PAK, and ARC switches (in the SWITCHES main menu)
- (ARJ, ZOO, and SCAN switches are being worked on)
- ˛ Creating self-extracting archives is completed and work for ZIP, ARJ, PAK,
- and LZH files
- ˛ ACZAR now reads the environment variable ACZAR=path in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file (for more info read README.DOC)
- ˛ ALT-P while viewing a file with CLIST prints file
- ˛ Fixed several bugs
-
- 06-22-1992 beta 02
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- ˛ Compressing, decompressing, and converting archives is now 2 - 4 times
- faster
- ˛ Added additional "Run-File" window when starting and running a file
- from within ACZAR (Press Ctrl+Enter in the "Handle Files" window or use
- the "More" button and select "Run [File]") that allows additional switches
- and paramteres to be entered and passed along to the run-file
- ˛ Added option to enter all paths for each compresion/decompression programs
- ˛ Fixed problem with non-fixed disks such as ram drives, virtual drives etc.
- ˛ Fixed color problem with older CGA cards
-
- 06-13-1992 beta 01
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- ˛ Official public BETA release of ACZAR v1.00 BETA 01
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