Configuration

General

Start-up Folder: When you open (or make new), then this is the location the open/new dialog starts.
- System Default: Current Directory.
- Last Open Archive: as name suggests.
- Folder: Select your own directory.
Temporary Folder: location of the temporary folder, this should normally be left to 'System Default', unless you get an error message at startup of WinJar saying that you should change it.
#Recent Entries: Specify the number of entries you want as recent entries. Maximum of 10, minimum of 1.

Dialogs

Default Add Folder

Options used when adding files to an archive.

Default Add Folder: When the add dialog opens; then this is where the directory is.
Load "default.wjs" at first start: This will make WinJar load the settings file "default.wjs" (located with the WinJar executable) the first time the add dialog is started (each of the two add dialogs are independent of each other).

REMARK: Are there any other JAR options/switches that can be moved to the configuration? If so mail me. The ones that are here probably will be moved here in the next version.

Default Extract Folder

Options used when extracting files from an archive.

Default Extract Options: When extracting file this is the location the directory in the Extract dialog points to.

REMARK: Are there any other JAR options/switches that can be moved to the configuration? If so mail me. The one that is here will probably be added in the next version.

Registry

Things that have something to do with the registry.

Associate to: ".j" or ".jar" files. Select the ones that you want to use (default both on) and press to save to associate right-away or wait until you exit the configuration dialog with "OK". Associations are checked each time WinJar starts and updated presuming you have selected Check Associations.

Appearance

Toolbars

Allow Drag: Allow dragging of toolbars.
Flat Buttons: Use flat (dynamic) buttons.
Large Buttons: Use large buttons.
Limit to one row: Limit the toolbars to a single row, instead of multiple rows.

Which Toolbars ?

Choose which toolbars you want to be shown.

Jar

JAR32.exe: Enter the full path and filename of JAR32.exe, it must be JAR32 and NOT JAR16 (16-bit version). Also should the Jar.cfg file be in the location of that executable.
Registered Version: Check this if the Jar32 executable is a registered version, uncheck if not. When you open an archive and WinJar finds out the used is version, then WinJar changes this to the correct value.
Show Dosbox: When unchecked, WinJar won’t show a dosbox when doing one of the following operations: Add/Extract/Delete/Test. WinJar will NEVER show a dosbox when opening a JAR archive. Advantage is that Dos is not started, so just a 32-bit program is started up. It also looks more like internal Jarring/Unjarring. Disadvantage is that the "Assume Yes On All" is always ON and also "Query On Each File" cannot be used. I recommend you leave this option checked, unless you start a large operation and want to watch what Jar is doing, unfortunately when a error happens then you cannot see it, because the dosbox will be closed by then. This options can also be changed in the Add, Extract and Delete dialogs.
Use Internal JAR Check: When checked, WinJar will use the algorithm described in the JAR technotes.doc, for checking if a file is a JAR archive. There is no CRC check unfortunately. If not checked it will just try and open it, with a error message if it was not a JAR archive. The best thing is to leave it checked, because it's faster, but if you are absolutely sure some file is a JAR archive and it won't open because this check says it is not (because of a crc error?) then you can uncheck it.
Jar32 priority: Set the priority WinJar uses to start Jar32.exe. Available are Normal and High. Read the readme.txt for Realtime/Time-Critical.

Chapters

In this section I will try to describe something about chapters. You can read about chapter in the jar.doc. Support for chapters is a bit limited.

TO-DO: write some more about chapters