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- WWPACK Shell 1.00 easy shell for WWPACK
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- Copyright (c) 1995-96 by Piotr Warezak, Lodz, Poland
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- 6 January 1996 Lodz, Poland All Rights Reserved
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- Please feel free to contact with us:
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- Authors' address: awarezak@krysia.uni.lodz.pl
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- American Distributor: gjereza@crl.com
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- German Distributor: support@vgasoft.com
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- Introduction
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- WWPACK Shell is a very small program which makes WWPACK easier
- to use. With WWPACK, you can pack and unpack any DOS EXE file by using
- only a few keys and a clear colorful screen, and without having to
- know any parameter.
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- Note that WWS is only a shell. You must have a registered version
- of WWPACK to use all its features!
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- Installation
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- Start WWPACK Shell by entering 'WWS' at the DOS command prompt. To
- configure, press the F9 key. Use the mouse or the UP, DOWN and SPACE
- keys to change the configuration of WWPACK and WWPACK Shell. Enter the
- full path and filename for WWPACK.EXE, EXEINFO.EXE, and WWVIR.EXE
- files. If you have a favourite unpacker (like UNP or TRON) please let
- WWS know - it will use it to unpack files compressed with PKLITE,
- LZEXE and others. WWPACK Shell will also let you use external viewers
- and editors (like HIEW).
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- Getting started
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- When you run WWPACK Shell, a special screen will show you a list of
- subdirectories and EXE files. To move between directories, WWS uses
- the same keys as The Norton Commander or RAR archiver.
- Please try UP, DN, PG-UP, PG-DN, HOME, END and INS keys to move the
- bar, select, and unselect files. Similarly, the PLUS and MINUS keys
- will let you select files by masking them.
- WWPACK Shell lets you use the mouse too. Press the left button to
- run commands; the right button to select files or abort windows.
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- Commands
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- WWS Function keys:
- F1 display a very short help screen;
- F2 pack selected files with 'PR', 'P', 'PP' or 'PU' command;
- F3 show header information on EXE file under the cursor bar
- (this key runs EXEINFO program from the WWPACK package);
- F4 unpack selected files;
- WWPACK Shell uses WWPACK to unpack WWPACKed files and external
- unpackers to unpack files compressed with another compressor
- (use F9 to define your favourite EXE unpacker);
- F5 check CRC of selected files (files must be packed with WWPACK3.03
- or newer!);
- You will see one of these messages for every file checked:
- WWP CRC OK - the file is not damaged;
- WWP w/o CRC - the file is packed with WWPACK 3.02a or earlier,
- or 'PR' command was used to pack it (WWPACKed without CRC);
- not WWPACKed - the file is not WWPACKed, so can not be checked;
- Bad WWP CRC! - the file is damaged.
- F7 scan all EXE files for viruses (this key runs WWVIR with *.EXE
- parameter);
- F8 delete selected files;
- F9 configure WWPACK and WWPACK Shell (lets you change compression
- options, screen size, etc.);
- F10 (or ALT-X) quit to DOS;
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- ALT-F1 show the "about" window;
- ALT-F2 optimize header of an EXE file;
- ALT-F3 view file under the cursor bar (executes external viewer);
- ALT-F4 edit file under the cursor bar (uses external editor);
- ALT-F5 run WWPACK with the specified parameters. Use '!' as a last
- parameter for processing files selected in the file window.
- (example: type 'T !' and WWPACK will test all selected EXE
- files; enter 'PP !' and all selected files will be packed
- with password);
- ALT-F8 delete all backup files (*.OLD and *.OLP) stored in the
- current directory. Be careful. Use this command only if you
- are sure that all EXE files work without any problems!
- ALT-F9 change WWPACK's configuration (this command is not useful
- since you can use F9 key to configure WWPACK and shell in one
- window);
- ALT-F10 shell to DOS (run COMMAND.COM). WWPACK Shell takes you only
- a few kb of your DOS low memory while shelling to DOS!
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- Four additional (and very important) keys:
- ALT-D select drive (with mouse you can click on the path bar at the
- top of the screen to change the drive);
- ALT-P change compression method ('PR',...,'PU');
- CTRL-L show disk and directory info (eg. number of WWPACKed files);
- CTRL-O (or ESC) show work screen (you can click at the right top of
- the screen instead of using CTRL-O key combination).
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- You can run most of these commands by moving the mouse cursor to the
- bottom of the screen and pressing the left button. To change the
- current drive, move the cursor to the top of the screen and press left
- button.
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- Example
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- Here is an example of how to use WWPACK + WWPACK Shell:
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- Let's say you received a new shareware program that consist of
- three EXE files and some DOC files. To use WWPACK + WWPACK Shell:
- - run shell (ie. enter 'WWS' at the DOS prompt)
- - select all three EXE files (with PLUS or INS keys)
- - press F2 key and follow WWPACK's messages
- - quit WWPACK Shell
- Now check if all WWPACKed EXE files work as before.
- If yes:
- - run shell
- - press ALT-F8 to delete all backup files (*.OLD)
- - quit the shell.
- If no:
- - then something is wrong with the new .EXE file. To recover the old
- file, delete the new .EXE file and replace it with the backup copy
- of the original (the file with the .OLD file extension).
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- Problems
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- You'll need 500 KB of free conventional memory. That's why we use
- swap technology in WWS. To swap a program, you'll need free XMS or EMS
- memory or some free space on your disk.
- If you have problems with some commands (eg. you can not run
- EXEINFO under shell), one of these parameters may help you:
- -xms don't use XMS memory for swapping
- -ems don't use EMS memory for swapping
- -disk don't swap memory to the disk
- If you do not have free EMS or XMS memory, you should specify
- the directory for the swap file. From the DOS command line, enter
- "TEMP=<dir>" or "TMP=<dir>" (As an alternative, you may want to add
- this line to your autoexec.bat file: "SET TEMP=<drive>:\". Where
- "drive" is the appropriate drive letter).
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- Additional parameter: '-all' tells the shell to show all files
- (and not just .EXE files).
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- Two other parameters: '-mono' and '-color' lets you change screen
- colors (of course '-color' works only with color graphic cards).
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- WWPACK Shell can work with almost all standard text resolutions.
- It always runs in the resolution you normally use. However, if you
- want to change the number of rows, please use the -XX paramster, where
- XX is one of the following values: 25/28/30/34/35/40/43/48/50/60,
- or please use the configuration menu. Note that textmodes with more
- than 25 lines will work with EGA(VGA) graphic cards only!
- If you cannot reach the menu with the mouse cursor, your mouse
- driver is probably incompatible with the nonstandard text modes. In
- this case, please try another driver.
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- WWPACK Shell needs full paths for running external programs.
- You HAVE TO enter full paths in the configuration menu!
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- History
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- WWShell 1.00 6 January 96 Added mouse control, DOS shell
- capability, and *.COM file compatibility. New configuration
- window. Added WWPACK execute window (ALT-F5). WWShell is now
- bundled as part of the WWPACK package.
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- WWShell 0.91 24 August 95 Added 80x50 textmode, improved TUI,
- added CTRL-L diskinfo window, ALT-F3 and ALT-F4 commands (external
- viewer and editor).
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- WWShell 0.90 30 July 95 Initial release.
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- From the author
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- I am a second year student of computer science. I wrote this
- program to help convince people to use WWPACK. Someone told me that
- it would be nice to use a menu instead of long commands. So why not?
- I am going to continue improving this program, so I think that the
- next version can be expected soon (sorry but I don't know how soon...)
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- This version of shell was designed for WWPACK 3.04. It WILL NOT
- work with WWPACK 3.03 and earlier versions!
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- Why WWPACK?
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- Because:
- - it has the highest compression ratio of all EXE file compressors;
- - it was designed to create files that runs on any PC-compatible
- systems (XT up to Pentium);
- - it packs with password;
- - uses paths and wildcards;
- - uses CRC technology (public domain CRC program!);
- - uses configuration menu;
- - can detect ANY virus attached to the EXE file previously compressed
- with WWPACK - with the help of WWVIR and CRC programs;
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- and, because with this shell it is a VERY EASY program to use!
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- License info
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- WWShell program is freeware. You can use it without registering.
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- However, please remember that using WWPACK Shell without WWPACK
- is not possible. WWPACK itself is not freeware. This means that you
- can use this shell only IF YOU HAVE A REGISTERED COPY OF WWPACK!
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- All programs mentioned in this documentation are trademarks of their
- respective owners. They are used for identification purposes only.
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- The Norton Commander is a commercial shell program by Symantec.
- RAR archiver is a shareware archiver by Eugene Roshal.
- WWPACK is the copyright of Piotr Warezak and Rafal Wierzbicki.
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