You can add or delete files in an archive. Deleting a file is permanent however, Archive Administrator prompts you before completing the deletion. You can sort the files in an archive by Name, Permissions, Owners/Groups, Size, or Date. You can also arrange your sorted files in ascending or descending order, regardless of the sort option you choose.
Archived files are read-only. You can view an archived file, however, if you change the contents of the file, you must save the file under a different filename.
To make changes to a compressed file, for example to edit a text file, you must extract the file from the archive and open it in an application. Extracting a file makes a copy of that file so if you want to save the changes to its archive, you have to add it back into the archive.
To add files to an archive
1 Click Application Starter, File Manager.
2 From the Look In list box, choose the location where the archive is stored.
3 Double-click the folder in which the archive is stored.
4 Drag the file from the Corel File Manager window to the Archive Administrator window.
Tip
You can add a file to an archive by clicking the Add button on the toolbar.
To delete a file from an archive
1 Select a file.
2 Click Edit, Delete.
To sort files in an archive
1. Click one of the following headers:
Namesorts the files alphabetically by name
Permissionssorts the files by most or least permissions
Owner/Groupsorts the files alphabetically by owner/group
Sizesorts the files by smallest or largest size in bytes
Datesorts the files by the most recent or latest date they were created
To view a file in an archive
1. Select a file.
2. Click Edit, View.
Note
If the file you want to view does not have a MIME type that the computer recognizes, you must specify the application that should be used to open it. For information about MIME types, see "Adding file associations."
Tip
You can also view an archive by clicking the View button on the toolbar.
To extract a file from an archive
1 Select a file.
2 Click Edit, Extract.
3 In the Destination box, type a file path for the extracted file.
4 In the Files section, enable the Selected File button.
Note
You must decompress an archive before you add, delete, sort, view, or extract a file. For information about decompressing an archive, see "Compressing and grouping files, and decompressing archives" on page .
Tip
You can also extract an archive by clicking the Extract button on the toolbar.