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AF - The Archive Folder v. 0.32
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This is a beta and there is no warranty whatsoever.
You will surely find a lot of bugs and I would appreciate
if you would send me a note about them.
This version is developed under Warp 4 but it has been tested
under Warp 3 Connect too. I dont know how it will work under
other versions of OS/2.
If you define new archivers in the ARCHIVER.BB2 I would very
much like if you send me a copy. Then I will include them in
later distributions.
The Archiver Registry (editarc.exe) is _very_ beta (alpha) and I
strongly urge you to make a copy of your ARCHIVER.BB2. Dont call
the backup copy ARCHIVER.BAK because editarc.exe will overwrite it.
See install.txt for details about ARCHIVER.BB2 and Archiver Registry.
Also all comments will be stripped from ARCHIVER.BB2.
You cannot yet add or delete archiver entries, only edit the existing.
If you want to add or delete any archivers you will have to manually
edit the archiver.bb2 file. Archiver Registry *must* be run from the
Same directory as Archive Folder.
I would also enjoy if you send me a note that you are using
AF thereby encouraging me to emprove it.
AF is freeware but if you _really_ like it I will happily
accept donations that will make me able me to keep on developing
programs, e.g. developement tools, access to Internet (my
subscription obsoletes in ½ a year), or other payments in kind ;-)
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Upcoming features
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- More options in the notebook (ideas?).
- Language specific help.
- Let user create new archiver.bb2 if it isn't found at startup.
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Known bugs:
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- Cannot make ARC and ARJ archivers work properly.
- When using LH32 with the /v (VERBOSE) swithch the EA's are shown
as the filenames with a preceding '+'. This sometimes makes some problems.
- File names with spaces isn't handled correctly (Justin Cooksey).
(Later:) To fix this I will have to change the format of the ARCHIVER.BB2
file. I will eventually change the way to store archiver data but at this
time it has low priority.
Fix: Don't use long file names in archives :-)
- Horrible Drag'n'Drop implementation :-( Files are extracted not only to
the dropped on folder but also to the folder you last extracted to (and
maybe to the folder of the original archive?) (Justin Cooksey).
(This may be fixed now. Isn't tested enough so please let me know if there
are any problems.)
- The settings notebook isn't always sized correctly with resolutions other than
800x600 (Justin Cooksey).
- When opening the properties notebook before the icons has been created in the
container "Old size" and "Objects" on page 2 of the "Archive" section isn't
shown correctly.
Fix: Flip to another page and back again when the icons are created.
- The "Undo" and "Default" buttons in the properties notebook are not used yet.
- "Extract Selected" from the main menu doesn't work. Use Extract from the object
menu instead.
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Thomas Olsen
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