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- WinZip(R) version 6.3 BETA 6
- Copyright (C) 1991-1997 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- ** Disk Spanning **
-
- WinZip 6.3 features an updated zip/unzip engine with automatic built-in
- disk spanning support for multi-disk Zip files. If you create a zip
- file on diskettes and the first diskette fills, then disk spanning is
- automatically activated, and you are simply prompted to put in a new
- diskette to continue the archive. There is no need to specify that you
- want to span before you start.
-
- ** Internet Browser Support Add-On **
-
- WinZip includes an interface to the free Internet Browser Support
- Add-On, which allows users to download and open archives from the
- Internet with one click via Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape
- Navigator. There is no need to "Save to disk" and then switch to WinZip
- or to the Windows Explorer or File Manager to open the downloaded file.
- In addition, all files that have been downloaded are automatically
- copied from the Internet Browser's temporary folders to a folder of the
- user's choice; this ensures that a permanent copy of the download is
- saved on the user's system, even if the downloaded file is automatically
- deleted by the browser.
-
- ** Windows 95 & NT Explorer context (right-click) menus enhancements **
-
- - New "Add to <filename.zip>" entry to easily compress files in place.
- - New "Extract to folder <filename>" makes it easy to unzip in place.
- - New "Create Self-Extractor" entry makes self-extracting zip files.
- - All WinZip context menus have a WinZip icon for easier identification.
-
- ** Other features in the new zip/unzip engine **
-
- - Empty folders are restored when unzipping.
- - Empty folders are stored when zipping (however, they are not listed
- in the main WinZip window for cosmetic reasons).
- - Empty folders are removed after a successful "Move" zip operation.
- - Attributes are automatically restored while unzipping.
- - Attribute support for Zip files in the Add and Drop dialog boxes:
- - Include files only if archive attribute is set.
- - Reset archive attribute after adding files.
- - Include system and hidden files.
- - Option to "Skip Older Files" while extracting.
-
- ** Other changes **
-
- - WinZip includes a work-around for a bug in DCOM95 and IE 4.0 beta 1
- that results in a "Path too long" message when using the Extract
- dialog box under Windows 95.
- - WinZip no longer includes an option to run the MS-DOS PKZIP 2.04g
- (WinZip has not needed PKZIP/PKUNZIP to perform basic zipping and
- unzipping operations for the past several releases, but some users
- have assumed from the presence of this option that WinZip is only
- a shell for PKZIP/PKUNZIP, and required these programs for basic
- operations).
- - The Add and Drop dialog boxes include a Password button as an
- alternative to the Options->Password dialog box.
- - Improvements to "View Last Output" dialog box:
- - RichEdit control used under Windows 95 and NT for higher capacity.
- - View Last Output results improved while testing Zip files:
- - OK appears after each line.
- - summary line appears at the end of the listing.
- - The WinZip Wizard now handles password protected files.
- - WinZip handles certain invalid zips more gracefully.
- - WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition supports password protected
- zip files.
- - Under Windows 95 and NT, WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition is now
- a 32-bit EXE file (while earlier versions made it possible to build
- 32-bit self-extracting Zip files, the program that created these
- 32-bit files was actually a 16-bit program).
- - 32-bit self-extracting Zip files support Microsoft(R) Authenticode(tm)
- technology. In earlier versions, the self-extracting Zip file's
- integrity check conflicted with Authenticode. (For information on
- Authenticode, visit the Microsoft home page, click the "Search" button
- and search for "authenticode code signing".)
-
- ** Changes between WinZip 6.3 beta 6 and beta 5a include:
-
- - If the Internet Browser Support Add-On is installed, the WinZip Options
- menu includes an entry to configure the add-on
- - Added support for SCAN32.EXE, part of McAfee NetShield 3.0 for NT.
- - Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
-
- ** Changes between WinZip 6.3 beta 5a and beta 5 include:
-
- - Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
-
- ** Changes between WinZip 6.3 beta 5 and beta 4 include:
-
- - WinZip's Internet Browser Support is no longer part of the WinZip
- 6.3 base product, but is instead a free add-on, available as a
- separate download. The frequent changes being made to both
- Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator/Communicator
- have convinced us that WinZip's Internet Browser Support is best
- implemented as a separate add-on, rather than as a built-in part of
- WinZip. As Internet browsers evolve, WinZip's Internet Browser
- Support can more easily evolve with them, without requiring users
- to download and install a full new release of WinZip.
-
- The current version of WinZip's Internet Browser Support has been
- successfully tested with
- 32-bit 16-bit
- ------ ------
- Netscape Communicator (release) 4.01a 4.01a
- Netscape Navigator (release) 3.03 3.03
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (release) 3.02 3.02a
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (beta) 4.0 preview 2
-
- For up-to-date compatibility information see the web page
- http://www.winzip.com/ibrowser.htm
-
- - Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
-
- ** Changes between WinZip 6.3 beta 4 and 3 include:
-
- - The Internet Browser Support works with the "release" Netscape
- Navigator 4.0 and 4.01.
- - Added "Browse" buttons (labeled "...") to the Options->Folders and
- Options->Program Locations dialog boxes
- - Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
-
- ** Changes between WinZip 6.3 beta 3 and 2 include:
-
- - The Add and Drop dialogs once again have a "Multiple Disk Spanning"
- combo box. The default value is "Automatic", which results in the
- same behavior as beta 2. If you select "Automatic + Wipe First Disk
- Prompt", you get an opportunity to wipe out files on the first disk.
- - The Internet Browser Support was adjusted for changes introduced in
- Netscape Navigator 4.0 beta 4 and 5.
- - The Options->Explorer Configuration dialog box lets you put WinZip
- context menus into sub-menus and to turn off the context menu icons.
- - Added "Web Site" and "FAQs" buttons to the About box.
- - Wizard Options dialog box changes: the "Interface" tab was renamed to
- "Misc", and includes an "Internet Browser Configuration" button.
- - Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
-
- ** Changes between WinZip 6.3 beta 1 and 2 include:
-
- - Added "wipe disk" option to the "insert disk" prompt while creating
- a spanned zip file.
- - Explorer context (right-click) menu "Add to <filename.zip>" entries
- no longer include file extensions.
- - After a File->Move operation, the moved file is automatically opened.
- - Improved handling of corrupt zip files.
- - Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
-
- ** Problem Reports and other Feedback **
-
- Problem reports and other feedback are welcome. The preferred way is to
- use the web page http://www.winzip.com/betasupport.htm
-
- You can also post feedback in the "WinZip Beta" section of the GO WINZIP
- area on CompuServe (section 22) or send by email to beta@winzip.com. It
- is usually helpful to mention which version of you are using, which
- operating system you are using, and, if you encounter a problem, the
- complete text of any error messages and steps needed to reproduce the
- problem.
-
- Please do not post beta feedback in other forums or newsgroups, else
- they may never be seen by the developers.
-
- Thanks for helping test WinZip!
-