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UnARJ Shell 1.0 for Windows
Copyright 1992 by Rupert Spencer
ARJ copyright 1990,91 by Robert K. Jung
Disclaimer
I hereby disclaim all warranties relating to this product, whether express
or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. I cannot and will not
be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar
damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if I have been
advised of the possibility of such damages. The user of this program
bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.
What is UnARJ Shell?
UnARJ Shell is a windows program for extracting and listing the contents
of archives created with ARJ.
System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 3.0 or 3.1
ARJ.EXE - ARJ program - must be in a directory that is in your DOS
Path - available on most BBS's
VBRUN200.DLL - Visual Basic 2.0 Runtime for Windows - must be in the
Windows\System directory - available on most BBS's
THREED.VBX - Visual Basic Custom Control - must be in the Windows\System
directory - included in this archive
Installing UnARJ Shell
1) VBRUN200.DLL must be in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. VBRUN200.DLL
is not included in this archive. It is available on most BBS's. If
you do not have it, download it and copy it to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory.
2) Copy the file THREED.VBX to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
3) Copy the file UNARJSW.EXE to you WINDOWS directory, or wherever you
want to install it to.
4) ARJ.EXE must be located in a directory that is in your DOS path
statement. ARJ.EXE is not included in this archive. It is available
on most BBS's.
5) Run Windows and open the Program Manager group that you wish to
install UnARJ Shell to. Select the File pull down menu, then select
New. Select new Program Item. Type in where you installed UNARJSW.EXE,
and click on OK. You should see the UnARJ Shell icon. UnARJ Shell
is now installed and ready for use.
Using UnARJ Shell
After the Shareware notice screen, you will be in the main UnARJ Shell
control panel. From here you select the ARJ file that you want to work
with and the action you want to perform on it.
Selecting an ARJ File
Type in the name and path of the ARJ file that you want to work with in
the ARJ File Name text box. If you don't know the name, select the Browse
button to the right of the ARJ File Name text box. This will bring up the
UnARJ Shell Browser. From the Browser, you select the ARJ file using the
file selector box. Select the disk and directory the ARJ file is in, then
select the ARJ filename. The filename is printed in the File Selected box
after you have selected it. The Browser is set to only show ARJ files in
the file selector box, but you can change it to other files by clicking in
the Pattern box and entering the new file criteria, such as *.*, and
pressing the Enter Key. Once you have selected the ARJ filename, click on
the OK button to return to the UnARJ Shell control panel. Upon returning
to the control panel, the filename and path you selected will be displayed
in the ARJ File Name text box. If you are going to Extract the ARJ file,
you will also need to select a Destination Path. If you are going to List
an ARJ file, a Destination Path is not required. Note that if you select
Browse, and then you select Cancel from the Browser, any filename displayed
in the ARJ File Name box in the UnARJ Shell contol panel, will be erased,
and you will have to select it again, or select another ARJ filename and
path.
Selecting a Destination Path
Type in the path where you want to extract the ARJ file in the Destination
Path text box, or use the UnARJ Shell Browser to select a path. The Browser
works the same as in selecting an ARJ file, except that you don't select a
file, just the disk and/or directory to extract to.
Extracting ARJ Files
Once you have selected the ARJ File Name and Destination Path, you are
ready to extract the ARJ file. Click on the OK button to begin extracting.
UnARJ Shell will go to DOS, and extract the files using the ARJ.EXE program
with the extraction options you have selected. Once the files are extracted,
press any key to return to Windows and UnARJ Shell.
Extraction Options
Full Pathnames - extracts the ARJ file using full pathnames. This option
is on by default. Full Pathnames means that if the ARJ
file was created with directories, the same directory
structure will be recreated. For example, if the ARJ
file had the files UTILITY\ARJ.EXE and UTILITY\ARJ.DOC,
UnARJ Shell would recreate the same directory structure
on the selected Destination path if Full Pathnames was
selected in the UnARJ Shell control panel. If Full
Pathnames was not selected, UnARJ Shell would extract
the files ARJ.EXE and ARJ.DOC to the Destination Path,
instead of extracting the files and directories
UTILITY\ARJ.EXE and UTILITY\ARJ.DOC.
DOS Volume Labels - extracts the ARJ file using DOS Volume labels if the
ARJ file was created with them included in it. For
example, the Microsoft Windows 3.1 disk #1 has the DOS
volume label WIN31DISK1. If you archived that disk for
backup purposes using ARJ and included the volume name
when you archived it, UnARJ Shell would recreate the
same volume name on the Destination disk if DOS Volume
Labels was selected in the UnARJ Shell control panel.
Multiple Volumes - extacts multiple ARJ volumes. This method is only used
to extract disks from floppies to a hard drive. Multiple
ARJ volumes are used when a file is too big to fit on a
floppy disk, or you are using ARJ for a hard drive
backup. ARJ splits the file into 2 or more disks when it
is created. The filename extender will be incremented
when multiple volumes have been created using ARJ. The
first volume will have the extender ARJ, the second A01,
the third A02, etc. If Multiple Volumes have been
selected in the UnARJ Shell control panel, the disks
will be extracted in order. ARJ will prompt you when to
insert the next disk.
Listing ARJ Files
You have two options to select from when Listing files. You can do a
regular list or a verbose list. Type in the name of the ARJ file to list
in the ARJ File Name text box in the UnARJ Shell control panel, or use the
Browser. You will not be able to select a Destination Path when listing ARJ
files. Once you have selected an ARJ file, click on OK to list the file.
UnARJ Shell will go to DOS and list the ARJ file with the option you
selected. ARJ will pause after each full screen of text while listing.
Press Enter to go to the next screen of text. After the listing is complete
press any key to return to Windows and UnARJ Shell.
Notes on UnARJ Shell
UnARJ Shell will create a file called ~UNRJTMP.BAT in your TEMP directory
if you have one, otherwise it will be created your Windows directory. This
file is NOT erased when you exit UnARJ Shell. You can delete it manually,
or leave it alone. It will be overwritten the next time UnARJ Shell is used.