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- WHATSNEW.TXT for WinZip 5.0a *** BETA TEST VERSION ***
-
- Changes since WinZip 5.0
-
- The main purpose of WinZip 5.0a is to address the compatibility issues noted
- below, but there are also a few improvements:
-
- - Built-in ZIP and UNZIP are faster. Please see the file CONFTEST.TXT for
- information on the "Confidence Test" facility.
-
- - The CheckOut dialog box now has an option to create icons for programs and
- documents only, rather than for all files in an archive.
-
- - You can drag and drop an entire archive by dragging from the status line.
-
- Compatibility issues addressed are:
-
- - Norton Desktop for Windows 3.0: The new FileAssist feature moves controls
- in the WinZip 5.0 Add dialog box so that they overlay each other. WinZip
- 5.0a prevents this behavior. It also works around a problem where
- FileAssist interferes with the "Add Dialog" check box in the WinZip 5.0 New
- dialog box. Earlier versions of NAVW required the /auto parameter for
- automated scanning. Unfortunately, the new version of NAVW always scans all
- drives when /auto is used, so WinZip no longer suggests /auto as a default
- parameter unless the old version of NAVW is detected. Archives created by
- NDW that contain directory information use a backslash instead of the
- standard slash; WinZip 5.0a handles this.
-
- - Central Point Desktop 1.0: the recently posted updates in the CPSWIN forum
- create ZIP files with header information that do not conform to PKWARE's ZIP
- specification. This version of WinZip works around this incompatibility.
-
- - Icon Hear It 1.0: early releases of "Icon Hear It" prevent other
- applications from receiving ToolHelp notifications. This behavior prevents
- WinZip 5.0 from detecting when an external viewer is closed. To work around
- this WinZip 5.0a includes extra checks to determine when viewers are closed.
- These extra checks also make it possible for WinZip to detect when the user
- closes the file being viewed in an MDI application without closing the whole
- application.
-
- The following minor changes and fixes were made:
-
- - If the "Always on Top" option is selected it is temporarily turned off
- while viewing help (so that the help window is not obscured by WinZip).
-
- - Added Ctrl+Y as an accelerator for the "Always On Top" entry in the
- System menu.
-
- - If the Program Manager is maximized the CheckOut feature will leave
- it maximized.
-
- - A more descriptive error message is issued if unzip operation cannot
- create a directory because a file with the directory name already exists.
-
- - Corrected the hot spots in the drag and drop cursors.
-
- - The correct font size is now always saved.
-
- - International support improvements and fixes: date formats with year first
- are supported, appropriate "thousands" and "time" separators are used, and
- filenames and directory names with international characters are now always
- handled correctly.
-
- - Added status line message "you must add files before using this entry"
- in the appropriate places.
-
- - Added "H" accelerator to all Help push buttons.
-
- - "Log To Drive" in configuration dialog box now has an accelerator.
-
- - The "Save Extra Directory Info" checkbox in the Add dialog box now
- causes WinZip to include the directory information in files selected
- in the "Select Files" listbox.
-
- - The "Make EXE File" action creates a "large model" SFX when an
- LZH file contains subdirectories.
-
- - File Info dialog box uses Configuration uppercase/lowercase setting.
-
- - Added warning messages when trying to create archives that already
- exist and trying to open archives that do not exist.
-
- - Text in "WinZip is waiting for %s to complete" dialog box now fits
- on a VGA screen.
-
- - Pressing enter in the main WinZip window no longer resets the selection
- to the first item.
-
- - Tables and lists in the online help look better.
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