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DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is copyrighted shareware software.
You should not run the software until you have read the document called “License Agreement”. By running the software you signify that you agree to the terms of the License Agreement.
This document contains instructions which will aid your understanding of DropStuff with Expander Enhancer as well as explaining special topics that you might want to know.
Description
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DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is designed to solve four needs:
(1) Creating StuffIt archives quickly and efficiently;
Using DropStuff, you can create StuffIt archives by simply dragging & dropping your files and folders onto the DropStuff icon.
(2) Providing a way to easily expand more compression formats using StuffIt Expander;
With Expander Enhancer installed, StuffIt Expander is able to decompress files which were compressed on Unix systems and IBM-PCs and compatibles, including ZIP (.zip), and ARC (.arc) archives; AppleLink (.pkg) packages; gzip (.gz), Unix Compress (.Z), UUencoded (.uu), and StuffIt SpaceSaver files. It will also join files that were segmented with another StuffIt product. Of course, with or without Expander Enhancer installed, StuffIt Expander will expand StuffIt (.sit) and Compact Pro (.cpt) archives, MacBinary (.bin) files, and decode BinHex (.hqx) files.
(3) When expanding with StuffIt Expander, Power Macintosh users will see expansion occur at accelerated speeds (e.g., expansion of a sample StuffIt archive runs more than 5 times faster on a Power Macintosh 6100/60 than on a IIci).
(4) Third-party products that use Expander Enhancer will take advantage of Stuffing and UnStuffing within those products. By installing DropStuff with Expander Enhancer, you can improve the functionality of other 3rd party software you already own, like CE Software’s QuicKeys, Freesoft’s White Knight, and many more. A large number of vendors support StuffIt.
Installation
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Hopefully, you’re reading this document after the complete software “package” was installed by the “DropStuff with Expander Enhancer Installer”. If not, you should obtain the “DropStuff with Expander Enhancer Installer” and reinstall the software. Refer to the “What was installed (and where)” document for details on where the software was installed.
Requirements
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DropStuff is a System 7-only application. Expander Enhancer will empower StuffIt Expander under both System 6 and System 7. DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is Apple event aware, 32-bit clean, Power Macintosh, AV, ’040 cache and virtual memory compatible.
What is an archive, anyway?
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An archive is a single file which acts like a container, holding one or more files or folders. Usually the files in an archive are compressed, so they take up less room on a diskette or hard drive, and take less time to transmit over networks and modems. Unless the archive is “self-extracting” (.sea), you need a separate utility to access the files in an archive. StuffIt is one archive format, and StuffIt Expander is a utility which lets you decompress the contents of archives (StuffIt, and others).
Using DropStuff
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One or more file, folder, or disk icons can be Stuffed by dragging their icons onto the DropStuff icon.
1. In the Finder, select one or more icons that you want Stuffed.
2. Drag them over the DropStuff icon until it is highlighted.
3. Let go of the mouse/trackball button.
DropStuff will open and you’ll see a progress dialog. When everything is Stuffed, DropStuff automatically quits.
If you prefer a “manual” way to Stuff your files:
1. Double click the DropStuff icon.
2. Choose the “Stuff...” command from the File menu.
3. Click the “Add” button to move the selected item from the directory list on the left, to the items list on the right.
4. Click the “Stuff” button to stuff all the items shown in the item list into an archive.
To create a self-extracting archive that anyone can UnStuff, even without a StuffIt product:
1. Double click the DropStuff icon.
2. Choose “Preferences...” from the File menu.
3. Click “Make self-extracting” (so the box is checked).
4. Click OK.
Now proceed to Stuff files, using either the manual or drag & drop techniques. All new archives you create will be self-extracting until you deselect the “Make self-extracting” checkbox in the DropStuff “Preferences...” dialog.
Here are some details of the Stuff dialog:
* The directory list on the left of this dialog is similar to the Open dialog that allows you to select files, folders, and disks. The pop-up menu above the list indicates the folder in which the items reside.
* Checking “Delete item when finished” check box deletes the selected item from the disk after it has been Stuffed into the current archive. Use this feature carefully.
* The “Remove” button removes the selected item from the item list, and places it back in the directory list. This means that this item will not be subsequently Stuffed into the current archive.
* The “Items to Stuff” list contains the items that will be Stuffed into the archive when the “Stuff” button is clicked.
* Checking the “Encrypt with password” check box encrypts all items in the item list when the “Stuff” button is clicked. Make sure to remember your password! You will need it to UnStuff any encrypted items in the archive. Aladdin Systems cannot help you if you forget your password.
Special Topics for DropStuff
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Shortcuts
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* If you hold down the Control key when dropping the files on the icon, DropStuff will delete the original files after stuffing them. You are not warned, so use this feature carefully.
* If you hold down the Option key when dropping the files on the icon, or when choosing Stuff from the menu, you will have the option of choosing preferences (like creating self-extracting archives) which will apply only that one time to Stuffing, after which DropStuff will go back to using your previously chosen preferences.
* If you drop a StuffIt archive on DropStuff with BinHex encoding turned on, the archive will just be BinHexed (as opposed to being re-Stuffed and BinHexed)
Scripting
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Scripters can control DropStuff from other applications. For example, with HyperCard use the “open <document> using “DropStuff” command. With Frontier, use a “required.OpenDocument(‘DStf’, document)”.
Troubleshooting
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The PictoGuide will print correctly on some printers, but not others. If the page breaks of the printed PictoGuide seem inaccurate, turn *off* “Larger Print Area” in the Options dialog of “Page Setup...” and try reprinting. Certain Hewlett-Packard printers may not allow you to turn this option off; in this case, the printed PictoGuide will contain all the complete information, but the page breaks will be off.
We hope that you won't have any problems with DropStuff, but if you do you can contact Aladdin Systems.
Contacting Aladdin Systems
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If you would like to register your copy of DropStuff with Expander Enhancer or you wish information about our other award-winning products (like StuffIt Deluxe or SITcomm), just ask us at:
E-mail:
AppleLink/America Online: Aladdin
CompuServe: 75300,1666
eWorld/GEnie: AladdinSys
Internet: aladdin@well.sf.ca.us
Fax:
408/761-6206
Address:
Aladdin Systems, Inc.
165 Westridge Drive
Watsonville, CA 95076 USA
Phone:
408/761-6200
DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is Shareware
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You may use DropStuff with Expander Enhancer for up to 15 days and pay nothing. After 15 days, you must register your shareware by sending Aladdin Systems $30. You can always give away “DropStuff with Expander Enhancer Installer”. Register your shareware by e-mail, fax, mail, or phone. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, checks, money orders, and cash. U.S. funds only, please.
Registration entitles you to the special, low prices on Aladdin’s commercial software products like SITcomm, StuffIt Deluxe, and StuffIt SpaceSaver. Plus, you’ll have the satisfaction knowing that you’re supporting one of the last bastions of trust, honesty, and good will in our society.
_Thank you for supporting shareware!_
A Message to Owners of other Aladdin Products
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Registered owners of Aladdin’s commercial products, StuffIt Deluxe, StuffIt SpaceSaver, and SITcomm, are _automatically_ registered when DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is installed. In other words, for those of you who currently own an Aladdin commercial product, there's no need to send Aladdin a shareware registration fee.
What is Shareware?
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Shareware is software distributed via local bulletin board systems (BBS), commercial online services, user groups, and between friends. You are allowed to use shareware for a trial period before you pay for it, but you must pay for it after that time.
Shareware exists because people (like you) continue to pay on this honor system. As a user of shareware, you benefit because you get to try the software to see if you like it before you pay. Some developers also give you added benefits when you pay for your shareware (like special deals on other products, and free technical support). We do.
DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is shareware.
Please share this software with every Mac user you know!
But, PLEASE, give away the installers only, not the individual files. In other words, share the “StuffIt Expander Installer” and “DropStuff with Expander Enhancer Installer,” but not the individual files called “StuffIt Expander™”, “DropStuff™”, and “StuffIt Engine™”.
