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- WinZip(R) version 5.5a for Windows/NT
- Copyright (C) 1991-1994 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- PRE-RELEASE BETA VERSION
-
- Welcome to the pre-release version of WinZip 5.5a for Windows/NT!
- With a few exceptions this version is functionally equivalent to
- the 16 bit version, but because it is a native Win32 application
- it does not run into the incompatibilities in Windows/NT's Windows
- emulation, multi-tasks better, and is faster than the 16 bit
- version (in particular unzip operations are noticeably faster).
-
- PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS FILE FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION
-
- If you encounter any problems using this pre-release software
- please contact the author at one of the addresses below. In
- particular, please report any problems with the new UNC support
- and the new long filename support.
-
- *** Quick Upgrade Instructions For Existing Users ***
-
- Please backup your WinZip directory, then follow the standard
- installation instructions below.
-
- See the file WHATSNEW.TXT for a list of recent changes.
-
- *** Standard Installation ***
-
- If you received this version of WinZip in an archive, first
- extract the files to a blank floppy.
-
- Activate the Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu,
- type A:SETUP, and press the Enter key.
-
- *** Requirements ***
-
- This program requires Windows/NT 3.5 or later.
- Some optional features require external programs.
- See the documentation for details.
-
- *** Documentation ***
-
- For full documentation, including context sensitive help,
- press the F1 key at any time while running WinZip.
-
- *** The following features are not supported in this pre-release ***
-
- * The "Uninstall" portion of the "Install/Uninstall" feature
- * The File Manager Extension
-
- *** Notes ***
-
- * Since the Win16 and the Win32 versions look almost identical
- an asterisk is displayed in the title bar of the Win32
- version to make it easier to determine which version is
- running.
-
- * The best way to add files with long names to ZIP files is
- with the drag and drop interface. The Add dialog box has a
- few limitations, discussed below.
-
- * The current versions of all optional external archivers used
- by WinZip are DOS programs and do not support long
- filenames. Therefore, WinZip will pass the the short 8.3
- version of all long file and directory names to these
- external programs. Since normal 8.3 names are usually more
- meaningful than the shortened versions of long filenames, it
- is recommended you use standard 8.3 filenames when working
- with external archivers.
-
- * Long Name Caution: DOS and 16-bit Windows programs usually
- have trouble with long filenames and files with spaces in
- the name. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not use
- long filenames and files with spaces in the name if you plan
- to work with these files from DOS. For example, PKUNZIP
- 2.04g will extract the file "A Long Filename" as "A LONG F",
- ignoring the extra characters. To avoid this problem check
- the "Store Filenames in 8.3 Format" checkbox in the Drop
- and Add dialog boxes when adding files.
-
-
- * This version of WinZip has not been extensively tested under
- the Win32s subset.
-
- *** Known Problems ***
-
- * There are some anomalies in how the Add dialog box handles
- long filenames and files with blanks. Note that the Add
- dialog box is based on the standard Windows "multi-select"
- open dialog box, so this behavior is common to _all_
- applications that use this common dialog box. The dialog
- box shows the short form of long NTFS filenames with blanks,
- but does not list 8.3 files with blanks (e.g. the filename
- "nico mak computing.txt" is listed as "nicoma~1.txt" while
- the filename "nico mak.txt" is not shown at all). HPFS
- filenames with blanks are never shown.
-
- * Some of the 16-bit Windows virus scanners listed in the
- Program Location dialog box do not work or are not available
- under Windows/NT.
-
- * When long filenames don't fit in dialog box fields they
- should be abbreviated (and some dialog fields should be
- enlarged).
-
- * In a few situations (e.g. CheckOut) WinZip will use the
- short 8.3 format name of a directory instead of the long
- name even when it doesn't have to. This is due to the
- implementation of the Visual C++ getcwd() run-time library
- function, and will hopefully be corrected in the next
- version of the compiler. If not, I will code around the
- problem.
-
- *** List Of Files ***
-
- The WinZip 5.5a for Windows/NT package consists of the following
- files:
-
- README.TXT introductory information
- WINZIP.TXT product overview
- * WINZIP.HLP complete documentation in windows help format
- * WINZIPNT.EXE required executable
- * WZWIN32S.EXE required executable for Win32 environment
- * WZ.COM required executable
- * WZ.PIF required Program Information File
- LICENSE.TXT license agreement/warranty disclaimer
- ORDER.TXT order form
- VENDOR.TXT information for Shareware Distributors
- WHATSNEW.TXT list of changes in this version
- FILE_ID.DIZ brief description for bulletin boards
-
- * Files marked with an asterisk are distributed with a trailing
- underscore at the end of the filename. The underscore is
- replaced with the appropriate character by the SETUP program.
- For example, WINZIP.HL_ becomes WINZIP.HLP.
-
- If you did not receive all these files please contact Nico Mak
- Computing, Inc. via electronic mail to 70056,241 on
- CompuServe, 70056.241@compuserve.com on Internet, or by
- sending postal mail to P.O. Box 919, Bristol, CT 06011 USA
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