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VIP.EXE ver. 5.4
OOPs UPDATE
(The last one, I hope)
Version 4.0
The first release was version 4.0 which was not widely
distributed. A major bug brought about ver. 4.1
Version 4.1 - 4.2
While correcting a bug in version 4.1, I seem to have
created a new bug in ver. 4.2
Version 4.3
So VIP ver 4.3 was created. Again I goofed, and had to
create VIP ver. 4.4
After extensive testing I was sure everything was just
fine. After using VIP for awhile, I discovered certain
zip's would not extract. I found that some types of
comments added to the zips would disrupt things.
This has been corrected and thus ver 4.4a came to be.
Version 4.5
Edit function was added.
A new bug poped up. When editing a file, depending on
which editor you used, it would clear the saved screen &
when you return to vip, you had a blank screen.
Version 4.5a
Solved all the problems (I hope).
After a complaint that it would not work with PkZip 1.10
and only PKZ204, it was modified to work with either
version.
It's true what they are saying about PkZip204C that it can
trash your hard drive, and/or zip-files.
I'll vouch for that, for it happened to me. As of this date
PKzip Version 204G is available and you should replace your
old one with this one. It has the bad bugs corrected.
Version 4.5m
A version with mouse support had a lot of trouble when used
on different computers, and was abandoned for the time being.
Version 5.0
Some new functions. It will now support older versions of
dos IF you are using PkZip 204 or newer. Other types of
operating systems were not tried or tested.
Now you can delete a Zip-file from the main menu.
An Include/Exclude function to log EXE files so you can now
process self extracting Zips with the EXE extension.
Version 5.1
It checks to see if PkZip is present in the search path.
If it's not, the program will terminate.
No check is made for odd types of operating systems.
Version 5.2
A lot of changes. 2 new hot-keys to define the editor, and
the work drive.
Corrected a flaw that would not let you access some files on
drive A or B. Sometimes it would, but when you edit or view
them, it needed more room for extraction / re-Zipping.
Added the function to restore/create directories that are
stored within the zip-file.
Version 5.2a
Increased the use of the escape key to cancel many operations.
Corrected some of my bad spelling in the help file.
Fixed a bug that tried to unzip a blank directory stored in a
zip-file as a saved path.
More changes, but I don't remember what!
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Hmmmmm.
Version 5.3
Well version 5.3 turned out with many new bugs.
Corrected the directory generation so you can now create
multiple directories. IE: C:\test\test1\test2\test3
That's something DOS won't let you do in one shot. So it has
to be generated one directory at a time.
If you try to edit a file that was stored with a directory
path, it must be extracted to the directory chain that was
originally stored within the Zip, or you could not update
the file. It would simply add it to the zip as a new file,
and the original file was not updated. That's fixed now.
The next bug was to delete the work directory that sometimes
could not be done for some mysterious reason.
I spent 2 days testing this version and tried everything I
could think of to make it crash. So far, so good.
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OH NOooo !
Ver 5.4
Well I did it again, but this time I'm sure it's all fixed.
5.3 was a disaster. While fixing a few bugs, I decided to
glorify it a bit and created a nightmare of bugs. The bad
thing is that it got distributed before the bugs were
discovered.
Everything worked fine, except files that have a stored path
could be edited, IF IT FELT LIKE IT. Sometimes Pkzip would
refuse to update the file.
It would crash if an invalid drive or directory was specified.
While fixing this, I added logic to edit the path you entered.
Now, .. will specify one directory back.
Specifying a directory while changing the path does not require
a back-slash at the beginning. In most cases you only need to
enter the directory name. !
If you enter \ by it's self, then it will be modified to mean
C:\ or what ever drive you are on.
CC:\ would be translated to mean C:\ (I hope)
.. means to drop back one directory.
. means to re-log the present directory.
Another bug corrected was when you edit a file, it did not
reflecting the changes in the zip-listing screen. So it was
altered to re-read the zip file if the file was edited.
I also found some parts of code were not needed and wasting
a lot of time.
Added an optional hot key to pass the -s switch to PkZip for
viewing/extracting a file with a security pass-code ( ALT_P )
If no further errors are found, this may be the final version
for awhile.
I HOPE
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Your Reports and/or complaints are welcome and encouraged.
Please report any bugs you find.
AL
AL RICHARDS
5201 ASH
SHAWNEE-MISSION, KS. USA
66205-2114
(913) 362-6733