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- Welcome To Zip Manager For Windows
- From
- Software Excellence By Design Inc.
- -----------------------------------
- Version 5.0
- November 29th 1993
-
- This document covers IMPORTANT material NOT contained in the user's guide.
- Please read ALL of this information carefully! SEE THE NEW FEATURES section
- for some of the real power waiting for you in version 5.0 and new features
- that are NOT covered in the help or documentation.
-
- Important Installation Directions
- The Zip Manager Program Files
- ---------------------------------
- The Zip Manager program files are in compressed format, each file ends
- with an _ character. You must run the ZMSETUP program to expand them
- before the program can be used. You must run ZMSETUP.EXE from the Windows
- Program Manager. Other shells like the Norton Desktop or PC Tools for
- Windows are not 100% compatible with our setup program and may cause it to
- fail when attempting to create the Zip Manager Group.
-
- Running The ZMSETUP Program
- ----------------------------
- 1. From the Program Manager File Menu choose Run...
- 2. Enter the location of the ZMSETUP Program. If the files were on your
- A: drive then you would enter: A:\ZMSETUP and press Enter or Click on
- the OK button.
- 3. The Zip Manager setup dialog will be displayed.
- 4. The edit field will display a suggested directory.
- 5. Press OK to accept the default directory or enter new destination
- directory and press Enter or Click on the OK button.
- 6. The setup program will create the directory for you and display
- the file installation progress.
- 7. When it has finished expanding and copying the files it will create
- a new Program Manager Group and add the program files to the group.
- Now you can proceed with the next step.
-
- To Complete The Installation
- ----------------------------
- After the installation program is finished you MUST read the installation
- section of the Users' Guide. You will see its icon in the Zip Manager 5.0
- group. You must setup the program's default directories, and configure
- the program to work with your Virus Detection software.
-
- -------------------------------
- -> Network Users Please Note <-
- -------------------------------
- Version 5.0 DOES NOT recognize network drives. This was the best solution
- available to prevent its use on shared drives. The single user version
- is designed to defeat file locking and share if at all possible. This
- allows single users to avoid any dubious sharing violation errors.
- If you are using Zip Manager in a NON COMMERCIAL / NON PROFIT Environment
- the network upgrade is free, for all other users the upgrade is $10.00
- which covers our cost of materials and labor.
-
- ***********************************
- New Features In Version 5.0
- ***********************************
-
- The Program You Asked And Waited For Is Here!
- ------------------------------------------------
- Zip Manager is no longer a shell! Version 5.0 is now a complete program
- with its own Windows based Zip and Unzip. ZMZIP and ZMUNZIP have been
- meticulously crafted especially for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT.
- We're sure that you will enjoy their speed and multi-tasking abilities!
- Zip Manager creates 100% compatible 2.04 format zip files with compression
- rates equal to PKZIP 2.04, and the speed will amaze you!
-
- ONLY Zip Manager Offers You A COMPLETE PKZIP ALTERNATIVE
- --------------------------------------------------------
- Zip Manager is the ONLY program that offers a complete Windows based
- alternative to pkzip and pkunzip. While other programs offer a simplistic
- push button program to zip and unzip, ONLY ZIP MANAGER offers you *ALL of
- the switches available in pkzip. In addition Zip Manager is a robust
- application that functions exactly like the File Manager. No new commands to
- learn or cryptic buttons and strange menu items to figure out!
-
- Windows NT Version
- ------------------
- Zip Manager for Windows NT is the ONLY Archive Program designed especially
- for the 32 Bit version of Windows. If you have Windows NT you will be
- amazed at the speed and compression ratios of ZMZIP and ZMUNZIP under
- Windows NT. Unleash the power of NT on your Zip compression needs with
- Zip Manager for Windows NT
-
- Self Extracting Archive Support
- -------------------------------
- Zip Manager now fully supports self extracting EXE files as normal archive
- files. You double click on them to open them into the archive pane as you
- would any other Zip or Arj file. You can then perform any option available
- to archive files on them.
-
- File Re-Naming Support On Extraction
- -----------------------------------
- If Zip Manager encounters a file with the same name when extracting a zip
- file it gives you the option of entering a new file name. Only Zip Manager
- and ARJ offer users this convenient option!
-
- Directory Creation On Extraction
- --------------------------------
- Many users asked for this feature so that they could have a new directory
- created if they wanted to when the Zip file was extracted. Zip Manager
- can even create a multiple level directory. If for example you entered:
- c:\test1\test2\test3 Zip Manager would create that directory structure
- and extract the files into the test3 sub directory!
-
- Drag and Drop Server
- --------------------
- Version 5 is now a Drag and Drop server, which means that you can drag
- files from Zip Manager and drop them on any program or other file manager
- for Windows to copy, move, or even add them to a program manager group.
- This functionality applies to files in archives and normal files shown
- in the directory pane.
-
- . Dot and .. Double Dot Support
- --------------------------------
- This release supports the . and .. as target directories when creating
- or extracting files. You can enter a . or a .. in the target directory
- combo box instead of typing in the full directory name.
-
- There are MANY other new features as well. Please read the user's guide for
- a complete listing of all the improvements in version 5.0, especially ZMZIP
- and ZMUNZIP.
-
- ***********************
- Important Program Notes
- ***********************
-
- VERY IMPORTANT -> Please Note The Following:
- ---------------------------------------------
- Do NOT put the Zip Manager program files deep in a directory tree. Doing
- so may make it impossible for Zip Manager to work with the DOS programs,
- ARJ and PKZIP. We suggest that you install Zip Manager in its own directory
- off of the root directory. c:\zipmgr, would be a good example. Zip Manager
- is designed to compress and extract files in very deep directories, but the
- actual program files need to be in a directory of off the root.
-
- VERY IMPORTANT -> Please Note The Following:
- ---------------------------------------------
- Zip Manager creates its own temporary directory called zm5temp which it
- uses to extract and store files. DO NOT use this directory, since all of
- the files in it are deleted when Zip Manager ends. We wanted to be sure
- that you didn't set this as one of your default directories.
- If you did all of your files would be gone when Zip Manager closed!
- There was a bit of confusion about the usage of this directory and we
- wanted to make sure that you didn't lose any files accidently.
-
- Virus Detection Programs
- ------------------------
- Note: In order for your virus detection program to work with Zip Manager
- it MUST be able to accept command line arguments. Read the users guide
- installation section for instructions on how to determine if your program
- will work with Zip Manager.
-
- Possible Parameter Combinations For Virus Detection programs.
- ----------------------------------------------------
- In the Zip Manager Setup Dialog Enter the following after the program
- location name and directory.
-
- For Example, X:\UTILITIES\NAVW.EXE /auto *.* /S would be the correct
- command for the Norton Anti Virus for Windows Program.
-
- Listed below are the (sometimes) correct switch parameters for most popular
- virus detection programs. You will most likely still need to experiment a
- little to get some of them to work. We use and recommend SCAN.EXE from
- McAfee and Associates.
-
- NAVW.EXE /auto *.* /S
- WNAPVIR.EXE /QM *.*
- SCAN.EXE /A /nomem *.* /SUB
- NAV.EXE *.* /m- /s
- CPAV.EXE *.* /P
- MSAV.EXE *.* /P
-
- Important Note On Converting Files!
- -----------------------------------
- DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CONVERT MORE THAN ONE FILE AT A TIME. When converting
- a file from ZIP to ARJ or ARC to ZIP for example, you would force the
- conversion process to open up more than one copy of PKZIP. This can
- easily RESULT IN SEVERE DATA LOSS. The Zip Manager was designed to convert
- only one file at time, so please be careful.
-
- Maintenance Releases and Upgrades
- ----------------------------------
- All maintenance and minor version upgrades will be available ONLY on our
- BBS. Since these releases will contain only the upgraded files it will
- save you download time and keep the files on our board where they won't
- inadvertently be downloaded as the complete program.
-
- * ZMZIP & ZMUNZIP vs PKZIP & PKUNZIP Switch Support Cross Reference
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Pkzip Switches Supported By ZMZIP
- ---------------------------------
- -a Add files
- -d Delete files
- -e[x,n,f,s,0] use [eXtra|Normal (default)|Fast|Super fast|NO compression]
- -f Freshen files
- -m[f,u] Move files [with Freshen | with Update]
- -u Update files
- -p|P store Pathnames|p=recursed into|P=specified & recursed into
- -r Recurse subdirectories
- -v View .ZIP file contents (Automatic in Zip Manager)
- -a+ Clear archive Attribute after compression
- -c Create/Edit Comments for all files
- -C Add Comments for new files only
- -k Keep original .ZIP file date
- -o Set .ZIP file date to the latest file in .ZIP file
- -q Enable ANSI codes in comments
- -z Create or modify .ZIP comment
- -= Open file in compatibility mode(Automatic In Zip Manager)
-
- PKZIP IS REQUIRED FOR
- ---------------------
- -s[pwd] Scramble with password
- -& Span disks
-
- Pkunzip Switches Supported By ZMUNZIP
- -------------------------------------
- -d Restore/create Directory structure stored in .ZIP file
- -e[n] Extract files. Sort by [Name]
- -f Freshen files in destination directory
- -n Extract only Newer files
- -o Overwrite previously existing files
- -q Enable ANSI comments (Automatic In Zip Manager)
- -t Test .ZIP file integrity
- -v[b] View .ZIP [Brief By Name]
-
- PKUNZIP REQUIRED FOR
- --------------------
- -s[pwd] Decrypt with password [If no pwd is given, prompt for pwd]
-
-