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WinZip(TM) version 3.2 Copyright (C) 1991-1992 Nico Mak - All Rights Reserved
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*** Note: This is an extract from the online documentation. ***
*** Press the F1 key at any time while running WinZip for ***
*** help or to access the complete online documentation. ***
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This file contains the following sections:
* Overview
* About ZIP, LZH, and ARC files
* Support and questions
* Installation and System Requirements
* Shareware Evaluation Version Information
* Overview
WinZip brings the convenience of Windows to the use of ZIP, LZH, and ARC
files. It features an intuitive point and click SAA/CUA compliant
interface for viewing, running, extracting, adding, deleting, and
testing files in archives. Optional virus scanning support is included.
Here's what the magazine reviews say about WinZip:
"WinApp of the Month" PC Computing, 3/92
"Powerful yet Intuitive" PC World, 8/92
"Hot Product" Inside Microsoft Windows, 8/92
"Greatly facilitates archive Management" Windows Magazine, 9/92
"Must-Have Shareware Treasure" Compute, 10/92
"The perfect Windows interface for LHA, PKZIP, ARC, and your
favorite DOS virus scanner" PC World, 10/92
"Does all your compression chores with ease" Computer Shopper, 10/92
WinZip is extremely easy to use! To open an archive simply double click
on an archive listed in the File Manager, drag and drop an archive onto
WinZip, or use the standard Open dialog. The main WinZip window
features a list box with the names, sizes, and date/time stamps of all
files in the open archive. This list can be scrolled and sorted on any
field. A tool bar provides fast access to commonly used actions. All
options (including window size and position) can be saved and restored.
Extensive context sensitive help is always available.
Double clicking on a file in the main window has the same effect as
double clicking in the File Manager. First the file is extracted from
the archive. If the file is executable, it is run. Otherwise, the file
is opened by the appropriate application (for example, Windows Write for
*.WRI files) based on standard Windows associations.
The Windows 3.1 Drag and Drop Interface is fully supported. You can
drag and drop files from WinZip to other applications. WinZip will
extract the files before dropping them on the target application. The
target application will treat the files as if they had been dropped by
the File Manager. You can also drop archives on WinZip to open them, or
drop files on WinZip to add them to the open archive.
WinZip's unique CheckOut Facility makes it easy to quickly examine files
in archive. Click on the CheckOut button to extract all files in an
archive to a temporary directory and create a Program Manager group for
all files in the archive. This group will contain one icon for each
file. Double click on an icon to view the corresponding file with the
appropriate application. When WinZip is closed, it will optionally
delete the temporary files and group.
New features introduced in WinZip 3.2 include Built-in ZIP Extraction
and font selection for the list of files in the open archive. If you
modify a file after double clicking on it, WinZip will now offer to
update the archive with the modified file. See the section titled
Version History for a complete list of enhancements.
WinZip requires Windows 3.0 or 3.1 in Enhanced or Standard mode and the
Shareware PKZIP and PKUNZIP product from PKWARE, Inc. or LHA.EXE from
Haruyasu Yoshizaki. WinZip interfaces to several programs to access ARC
files and optionally runs most virus scanning utilities. For details
see the section titled System Requirements. WinZip runs these programs
in the background in Windows Enhanced (80386) mode, or as full-screen
applications in Standard mode. For more information on this aspect of
the program, see the section titled Enhanced and Standard modes.
WinZip is distributed as Shareware. This means that users are
encouraged, subject to restrictions described in the License Agreement,
to share copies of this program with friends, associates and bulletin
boards. Please remember that if you use this software you are required
to pay the registration fee of $29 as described in the section titled
Copyright/License Agreement/Warranty.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe
message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
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* About ZIP, LZH, and ARC files
Archives are files that contain other files. Typically the files in an
archive are compressed. Archives usually have file names ending with
ZIP, LZH, or ARC, depending on how they were created. Archives make it
easy to group files and make transporting and copying these files
faster. For more information on archive formats, see the section titled
About ZIP, LZH, and ARC files.
ZIP files are the most common archive format. ZIP files are manipulated
by the PKZIP and PKUNZIP programs from PKWARE, Inc. ZIP files were the
only archive format supported in the first version of WinZip.
LZH files are another popular archive format. LZH files are manipulated
by the LHA program from Haruyasu Yoshizaki. LHA won the October 1991 PC
Magazine Editor's Choice award as the best data compression utility.
WinZip version 3.1 provides full support for the LZH file format,
including self extracting LZH files.
The ARC format, developed by System Enhancement Associates, was the
first popular PC file format to support multiple compressed files. The
ARC program was originally distributed as a Shareware program, and the
ARC format was the standard file format on most bulletin boards and
other online systems. However, after PKZIP and PKUNZIP were released,
the ZIP format became the new standard for many of these systems. Note:
the latest release of ARC (version 7) is only sold as a commercial
(non-Shareware) program.
Since there are still many old ARC files on bulletin boards, WinZip
version 2.0 added support for this format. Since most new files seem to
be created in ZIP or LZH format, and there is no single widely available
programs to manipulate ARC files, WinZip does not provide facilities to
update ARC files (all other WinZip functions are supported).
The latest Shareware version of ARC (version 6) provides limited support
for subdirectories. However, because individual files cannot be
extracted from ARC files containing subdirectories and the "extract to"
directory cannot be specified, WinZip will not open ARC files containing
subdirectories. I expect this limitation will have negligible effect,
since I have yet to encounter an ARC file containing subdirectories on
any BBS. Let me know if this causes a problem for you.
WinZip supports several programs to extract files from ARC files: the
original ARC, ARCE (also known as ARC-E), PKXARC, and PKUNPAK. See the
section titled Installation for more information on these programs.
* Support and questions
Technical support is available at no charge by sending electronic mail
to 70056,241 on CompuServe, to Nico_Mak on BIX, or by sending US Mail to
Nico Mak, P.O. Box 919, Bristol, CT 06011-0919. Registered users have
priority but I will try to answer all questions.
When reporting problems with WinZip, please include the following
information:
1) Is the problem recreatable? If so, how?
2) Did the problem occur when running Windows in Enhanced, Standard, or
Real mode? You can determine which mode is active by choosing About in
the Program Manager's Help pull-down menu.
3) If a dialog box with an error message was displayed, please include
the text of the message.
Thank you!
Note: You can press F1 at any time while WinZip is active for context
sensitive help.
* Installation and System Requirements
System Requirements:
- Windows 3.0 or WinZip 3.1. WinZip will not run under the initial release
of OS/2 2.0 due to incompatibilities in OS/2's Windows emulation.
- PKZIP and PKUNZIP and/or LHA. You can download the PKWARE, Inc.
PKZIP(TM) and PKUNZIP(TM) Shareware programs from most bulletin boards
(the latest version is distributed in the self-extracting ZIP file
PKZ110.EXE), or order them directly from PKWARE (phone 414-354-8699).
You can download Haruyasu Yoshizaki's LHA.EXE from most bulletin
boards. The latest version is distributed in the self-extracting LZH
file LHA213.EXE.
- To (optionally) access ARC files one of the following programs is
required:
ARCE.COM and ARC-E.COM - Vern Berg's ARC extraction utility, available
on CompuServe and other bulletin boards.
PKXARC.COM version 3.5 from PKWARE, Inc. This program is still
available on some bulletin boards.
PKXARC.EXE version 3.6 from PKWARE, Inc. This program is still
available on some bulletin boards.
PKUNPAK.EXE version 3.61 from PKWARE, Inc. This program is still
available on some bulletin boards.
ARC.EXE version 5.20 or 6.0 from System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
This is the last version of ARC available as Shareware, and is still
available on some bulletin boards. SEA's address is 925 Clifton Ave.,
Clifton, NJ 07013.
Note: you are likely to encounter problems with earlier versions of
these programs.
- You can run most virus scanning utilities from WinZip. For important
details, see the section titled Virus Scanner Configuration. Direct
support is provided for the McAfee Associates SCAN.EXE virus scanner.
SCAN is available from CompuServe, BIX, and other bulletin boards.
McAfee Associates address is 4423 Cheeney Street, Santa Clara, CA
95054.
Note: Like WinZip, the PKZIP, PKUNZIP, ZIP2EXE, ARC, PKXARC, and SCAN
programs are not free software. As with all Shareware, if you use these
programs you should register them with the appropriate vendor.
WinZip-related files are:
- README.1ST introductory information
- LICENSE.DOC License Agreement/Warranty
- WINZIP.DOC extracts from online documentation
- WINZIP.HLP documentation in online hypertext help format
- WINZIP.EXE required executable
- WINZIP32.DLL required dynamic link library
- WZ.COM required executable
- WZ.PIF required Program Information File
- ORDER.DOC order form
- VENDOR.DOC information for Shareware Distributors and Disk Vendors
Installation:
Before running WinZip, follow this easy one time installation procedure:
1) If you already have installed a previous version of WinZip, backup
and delete all files in your WinZip directory. Otherwise create a
directory to hold the WinZip related files. For example, "C:\WINZIP".
2) Copy all WinZip-related files to this directory. At a minimum you need the
following files: WINZIP.EXE, WINZIP32.DLL, WZ.COM, WZ.PIF, and WINZIP.HLP.
3) Run WINZIP.EXE. If Windows is not loaded, issue the WIN command, and
specify the full pathname to WINZIP.EXE. For example, if you copied the
WinZip related files into a directory named C:\WINZIP, issue the
following command from the DOS prompt:
WIN C:\WINZIP\WINZIP.EXE
Alternately, if you are already running Windows, simply double click on
the WINZIP.EXE entry in the File Manager. If you are not familiar with
the File Manager, you can instead follow these four steps to run WinZip
for the first time:
a. Activate the Program Manager.
b. Choose Run... from the File menu. The Run dialog box appears.
c. Type the full filename of WINZIP.EXE in the Command Line text box.
For example, C:\WINZIP\WINZIP.EXE
d. Choose OK.
That's all there is installing WinZip. When WinZip is activated for the
first time, the Welcome and Configuration dialog boxes are automatically
displayed, and you are ready to go. Remember that while WinZip is
active, online help is always available by pressing F1.
Notes:
1) The first time WinZip is run, it will offer to add a WinZip icon to
your Program Manager Accessories Group. Choose Yes in response to this
question unless you want to add the icon yourself (the Accessories Group
is merely a default location for the icon - you can drag it to any other
group like any other Program Manager icon). Once this is done, you can
start WinZip by double clicking on the WinZip icon the Program Manager.
Alternately, you can open an existing archive from the File Manager by
double clicking on the file.
2) WIN.INI associations for files with an extension of "ZIP", "LZH", and
"ARC" are set up by the automatic installation procedure so that you can
start WinZip by double clicking on the icons for these files while
running the File Manager. To make it possible to view .HLP files by
double clicking on them, an association for for these files is set up if
none exists. For more information on associations, see the section
titled Windows Associations.
* Shareware Evaluation Version Information
WinZip is distributed as Shareware. This means that users are
encouraged, subject to restrictions described in the License Agreement,
to share copies of this program with friends, associates and bulletin
boards. Please remember that if you use this software you are required
to pay the registration fee of $29 as described in the file LICENSE.DOC.
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*** End of WINZIP.DOC. Please press the F1 key while ***
*** running WinZip to access the complete documentation. ***
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