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ABSTRACT:
AFE uTiny is a small program for opening, examining, scanning and
unarchiving archive files. It takes advantage of the WPS's object-oriented
nature,including drag and drop. Multiple archives can be opened to their
own temporary directories at the same time.
AFE aTiny is a small program for creating and updating archives. It takes
advantage of the WPS's object-oriented nature, including drag and drop.
These programs have been tested under OS/2 2.1 and 2.11. Some cursory
testing has been done under the "Performance beta" 2.99 with success.
REGISTRATION:
AFE aTiny and AFE uTiny are companion shareware programs. After an
evaluation period of 15 days, you should register. The registration fee
is $15 U.S. This covers both programs. Upon receipt of your registration
form and payment, you will be mailed a registration file that will disable
the bootup shareware notice for both programs, current and future versions.
See REG-FORM.A for further instructions.
Current registered users of AFE 2.4 or higher are granted free registration
for these programs. If you copy your current registration file to the
directory where the AFE xTiny programs are installed, it will work with
them.
AFE xTiny registered users will be given a $12.50 credit toward registration
of AFE. Your registration file will not work with AFE, however if you send
in the AFE registration form with the balance of payment, you will be sent
a registration file for AFE.
INSTALLATION:
Unzip AFET10.ZIP and run AFET-INS.CMD.
Running AFET-INS.CMD copies all required files to the directory you
designate and creates desktop objects for both AFE xTiny programs.
If you have a registration file, put that in the same directory.
NOTE: DO NOT COPY AFE.INI TO AFET.INI !!!!
After installation, the settings notebook will pop up.
CONFIGURATION:
The settings notebook is used to define the variables that the AFE xTiny
programs will use on your system.
The WORK DRIVE is where these programs will create their temporary directories.
The ARC DIRECTORY is where new archives will be created, or where an existing
archive that you want to update should be.
The various executable settings for archiving and unarchiving should include
the command line switches. If you are not going to be working with one of
the three defined archive types, leave the field BLANK.
The "OTHER" page is for defining and archive program for something other than
ZIP, LZH, ZOO, or ARJ archives.
I've tested with the same programs as AFE uses. Use the suggested switches
until you are comfortable with the program, then decide for yourself.
I've also done some cursory testing with PKZIP (for DOS) with success.
The /pause option is required for OS2SCAN 2.x. It shouldn't be necessary
with 1.x series. The /all option is for OS2SCAN 2.1 or higher.
Full path spec is not required if the particular external program is in your
path.
When settings are complete, close the notebook and AFEaT will become visible.
RUNNING AFEaT:
Select an archive type by clicking on the appropriate radio button. You can
also use the cursor keys to switch among the types. You'll see the "focus"
move from type to type. Pressing the spacebar when the focus is on the type
of your choice, accomplishes the same as clicking on it.
The focus is now on the "name" field. Type in the name you want for a new
archive, or the one you want to update (must be in the ARC DIRECTORY).
When you press the okay button (or press enter), AFEaT will open an empty
folder for you to fill with file objects you want to include in your archive.
AFEat will take your archive name, append .TMP to it, and create a directory
on your WORK DRIVE.
Drag and drop copies of file objects from other folders using the standard
WPS means. These are the files to be included in your archive.
You may open other folder views by typing the drive:\directory spec in the
"Open Folder" field, then click OK (or press enter).
If you put just a single letter in this field, AFEaT will attempt to open a
tree view for the drive by that name if it exists and is ready (for a floppy
drive).
Once AFEaT creates and opens the temporary directory for your files, it
enables the "Create" entry on the menu bar.
AFEaT MENU BAR:
Create
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Clicking Create (or Alt-C) will open a windowed session for the archive
program you've defined and create the archive of the files in the temporary
directory. Any user interaction with the archive program is done in this
window. The archive will be created in the ARC DIRECTORY.
If an archive of the same name and type already exists in the ARC DIRECTORY,
it will be updated (can be dependant on the switches you've defined) with
these files.
Cleanup
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Clicking Cleanup (or Alt-L) will destroy the .tmp folder that AFEaT had
created. AFEaT's Cleanup only remembers the last temp directory it created,
unlike AFEuT.
Cleanup does not cause AFEaT to close down.
Exit
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Click (or Alt-x) exits the program with no cleanup performed.
About, Settings
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You don't think I'm really going to explain this, do you?
RUNNING AFEuT:
Once AFEuT is started, opening an archive is as simple as dropping it on the
"Archive Drop Area". If you don't have a program handy to open an icon view
of a folder, simply type the path spec in the "Open Folder" entry field.
Pressing OK (or Enter) will open the folder.
When you drag an archive to the drop area, AFET will check the file's
extension and start the appropriate unarchiver. If the extension is not
ZIP, ZOO, LZH, or ARJ, AFEuT will prompt you for the file type.
AFEuT will open a window for the unarchiving program and run it. Any prompts
or error messages should be viewed or responded to in this window. At the
same time, AFEuT will open a folder of the temporary storage directory for
the files from the archive. When the files are are all created, the WPS
will populate the folder. Sometimes this is slow, especially when many
folders are opened, and I've found that when I use the DOS ARJ program, I
always have to use the "refresh now" on the temporary folder. Probably
because the files are created in a DOS session.
You may open as many archives as you want. All will be opened to separate
directories. AFEuT takes the filename of the archive, drops the extension,
appends .tmp, and uses that for the temp folder name on your defined Work
Drive.
From this point you can drop a file on a viewer object, move or copy files
in various ways using the standard WPS tools, or virus scan all the files
in the opened archive(s). The "Open Folder" dialogue is always available
if you want to open a folder of a path to which you want to drag and drop
individual or all files. Popup "copy" or "move" is another way...
AFEuT MENU BAR:
Scan
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Clicking Scan (or Alt-S) will start the scan program you've defined. Scan
will run against each .tmp folder that AFEuT has opened. Each scan will run
in a separate session. Results are displayed in the windowed session.
Cleanup
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Clicking Cleanup (or Alt-C) will destroy ALL .tmp folders that AFEuT has
created. If you wish to keep ONE of several still intact, you should use
the individual folders' popup dialog to delete the unwanted ones. Another
alternative is to use Cleanup, then recreate just the one you want.
Cleanup does not cause AFEuT to close down.
Exit
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Click (or Alt-x) exits the program with no cleanup performed.
About, Settings
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You don't think I'm really going to explain this, do you?
OTHER NOTES:
AFEuT can be started by dropping an archive file on the desktop object.
This archive will automatically be opened.
Multiple archives may be dropped on the "Archive Drop Area" simultaneously.
This is not necessarily recommended, as the screen clutter can be
unbelievable!
DISCLAIMER:
THE AFE xT PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED AS IS. AUTHOR H.M. WEINER IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE, LOSS, OR ANY OTHER DISCOMFORT YOU MAY SUFFER
FROM THE USE OF THESE PROGRAMS.