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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Archive Manager is a 32-bit, multithreaded Presentation Manager front-end for
- the command-line archive programs PKZIP2, InfoZIP 5.x and above, LH, and LH32.
- It allows you to easily create and maintain archive files, extract files from
- the archive, view files in the archive, etc.
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- Archive Manager supports drag-and-drop, so you can add files to an existing
- archive simply by dragging file objects to Archive Manager's main window, and
- dropping them. In Version 2.0, you can also drag and drop files between
- archives, and extract files simply by selecting them, and dragging them to a
- folder.
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- Some relevant topics include:
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- The Toolbar
- Adding Files to an archive
- Deleting Files from an archive
- Extracting Files from an archive
- Program Settings
- Selecting archiver programs
- Using the Viewer Window
- Searching for text
- Creating a new archive file
- Drag and drop considerations
- About Archive Manager
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. The Toolbar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Toolbar provides easy access to most of Archive Manager's functions:
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- Create a new archive.
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- Open an existing archive.
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- Close the current archive.
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- Add a file to the archive.
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- Delete a file from the archive.
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- View a file in the archive.
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- Extract a file from the archive.
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- Display Help index.
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- Exit the program.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Drag and Drop considerations ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Archive Manager supports the dropping of files to and from archives, to various
- locations. This section discusses the "ins" and "outs" of such operations.
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- Dragging and Dropping objects into an archive
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- Archive Manager does not discriminate which types of objects it will allow to
- be dropped in its window. This means that if you drop, say, the Shredder or the
- System Clock object into Archive Manager's window, it will not prevent you from
- doing so. It will instead display the "Add Files" dialog box, and show you what
- it thinks you want to drop. If you really want to try to add the Shredder to an
- archive, you can do so at that point, but doing so is not recommended.
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- You can drop a folder object to add a directory full of files to an archive. To
- do this, drop the folder on Archive Manager, and then specify "*.*" after the
- directory name that appears in the dialog box.
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- Dragging files from an archive
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- You can drag files from an open archive to other locations on the desktop, such
- as folders, or other instances of Archive Manager that may be running, making
- it easy to move files from one archive to another. When you drag a file from
- one archive to another, the file in the "source" archive is not deleted from
- the archive. You have to do this manually, if you want to actually move the
- files.
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- Because Archive Manager must extract the file or files from the archive when
- you initiate a drag operation, there will be a slight lag of a few seconds
- while the file is extracted. The file will be extracted to the output directory
- specified in the Settings dialog box, and then moved to the destination
- directory or archive.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. New Archive dialog box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The New Archive dialog box allows you to create a new archive file. Type in
- the full pathname of the new archive file in the entry field to create a new
- file. The filename must have a valid archive extension. If you name a file that
- already exists, you will be given an option to just open the existing file.
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- Note: If you specify a new archive file to create, and then do not add any
- files to the new archive, it will not actually be created by the archive
- program.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Add files to archive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This is the dialog box that allows you to specify how Archive Manager will add
- files to the current archive file.
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- Files to add: You can specify the files that you want to add to the archive by
- typing their names in this entry field(wildcards accepted). You may also use
- the Select button to select a specific file to add.
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- The Options. group allows you to set various options for the archive programs.
- The Add radio button corresponds to the "add" command line option for the .ZIP
- archivers, and to the A command for LH.EXE or LH32.EXE. The Freshen radio
- button corresponds to the "freshen" command line option for the .ZIP archivers.
- There is no similar option in LH.EXE. The Update radio button corresponds to
- the "update" command line option for the .ZIP archivers. There is no similar
- option in LH.EXE.
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- The Move files checkbox should be checked if you want the archiver to delete
- the files after adding them to the archive file.
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- The Compression group allows you to set how the archivers will compress the
- files in the archive. Choose the Speed option if you want the archiver to
- simply store files without compressing them.
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- The Subdirectories group allows you to set how subdirectories will be handled
- by the archive programs. Choose the Collect checkbox if you want the archiver
- to recursively collect subdirectories, and Store if you want the archiver to
- actually store the subdirectories in the archive.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Delete Files dialog box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Delete Files dialog box allows you to specify which files you would like
- to delete from the current archive file.
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- The Selected files radio button, when selected, will cause the files that are
- selected in the main file list to be removed from the archive file.
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- Note: If no files in the list are selected, this button will be disabled.
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- When the Files radio button is selected, you can specify a group of files to
- remove, such as "*.txt", etc. When this button is selected, you must specify a
- group of files to delete in the edit control to the side of this button.
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- The Whole Archive button will let you close, then delete the current archive
- file.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Extract Files dialog box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Extract Files dialog box allows you to extract specified files from the
- archive.
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- The Selected files radio button, when selected, will cause the files that are
- selected in the main file list to be extracted from the archive file.
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- Note: If no files in the list are selected, this button will be disabled.
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- When the All files button is selected, all files in the archive will be
- extracted from the archive file. When no files in the list are selected, this
- button is selected by default.
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- Specify the directory where the files in the archive will be extracted to with
- the Extract to: entry field. This field defaults to the current directory if no
- default extract directory is defined. You may change this to whatever you want.
- If you specify a directory that doesn't exist, you will be given the option to
- create the output directory.
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- The Options group lets you specify how the files will be extracted.
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- The Newer files only button corresponds to the -n option in PKUNZIP2.EXE.
- There is no equivalent in LH.EXE.
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- The Restore subdirectories button, when checked, will recreate the directory
- structure stored in the archive file. This button is checked by default.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Viewer Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- You can use the Viewer Window to view files contained in the archive. You may
- view more than one file at a time, in separate windows.
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- The button closes the View Window.
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- The button lets you search for specific text in the viewer window.
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- The button lets you repeat the last search operation.
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- The button allows you to copy selected text from the window to the OS/2
- clipboard. If you press this button before you have selected any text, then all
- of the text in the window will be copied.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Search dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Search dialog allows you to specify a string of text to search for in the
- viewer.
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- The text entry field is where you specify the text you would like to search
- for.
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- Select the Match case checkbox to make the search case-sensitive.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Settings dialog box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Settings dialog box allows you to specify how Archive Manager will behave
- when dealing with archive files.
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- Default extract directory: Specifies where files that you extract from an
- archive will be placed, if no other directory is specified. This setting can be
- changed when extracting files, from the Extract Files dialog box.
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- Create Folder: When this option is checked, Archive Manager will create a
- shadow of the directory where the extracted files are placed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Archivers dialog box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Archivers dialog box specifies which command-line archive programs will be
- used to create and extract archived files.
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- Note: This version of Archive Manager does not support DOS-based archiver
- programs.
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- ZIP: Specifies the archive program for creating archive files with the
- extension .ZIP. The default is PKZIP2.EXE.
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- UnZIP: Specifies the archive program for extracting and viewing archive files
- with the extension .ZIP. The default is PKUNZIP2.EXE.
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- LZH: Specifies the archive program for creating, extracting and viewing
- archive files with the extension .LZH. The default is LH.EXE.
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- Self extractor for LZH files: Specifies the full pathname of the
- self-extraction executable used in creating self-extracting archives from .LZH
- files. The usual name for this is SE.EXE, and it can be found in distributions
- of LH and LH32.
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- CAUTION:
- You MUST specify the full path to this file for the creation of
- self-extracting .LZH files to work.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. About Archive Manager ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This is the unregistered version 2.0 of Archive Manager. You have a 30-day
- liscense to this program. After this period, the liscense will expire and the
- demo version of Archive Manager will no longer run.
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- This version does not include the following items that are included in the full
- version:
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- DOS archiver support.
- ARJ and ZOO support.
- EA support for archives created with LH.
- Various other features.
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- To obtain the registered version of this program, send $15.00, plus 4.00
- Shipping and Handling to:
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- VacNat Software, Inc.
- 1370 White Oak St.
- Harrisonville, MO 64701
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- When you register, you will receive the latest version of this program.
- Improvements are being made all the time, and by the time you read this, a new
- version with more features will be waiting.
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- Thank you for trying it out. If you wish to talk to me and suggest changes,
- etc., I can be reached on the OS2 conference of FidoNet, or on Compuserve at
- 70572,1247.