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- Compress-It! by Whiplash Software via CompuServe:74364.3406
-
- Written and provided as freeware by Whiplash Software with the only
- request that you use and enjoy it. Bon-Apetit!
-
- Compress-It! presumes you normally use "compress.exe" and "expand.exe"
- provided with Visual Basic's setup wizard. It is ideal for those developers who
- build custom setup routines and copmress their files manually. IE:
-
- c:\[path\]compress /r c:\[sourcepath]\myfile.xyz [destdrive]:[\destpath]
-
- Compress-It! builds a batch file named comp####.bat of commands similar to
- that above. The #'s are four digits of a counter making the batch file unique - the
- program assures this. If you check the appropriate box, Compress-It! will append
- the command EXIT to the batch file, so that if you choose to execute the file in a
- DOS shell, it will terminate promptly upon completion.
-
- Step 1:
- Using the File menu, define the paths for your Compress.exe and expand.exe
- files.
-
- Step 2:
- Beneath the Directory menu identify the default path for your completed
- batch files.
-
- Step 3:
- On the right hand side of the main screen, choose the first file's destination
- directory.
-
- Step 4:
- Select/deselect the /r rename option as desired.
-
- Step 5:
- On the left side of the screen, pick the source directory of the original file and
- double-click it. Compress-It! builds the equivalent DOS command line required
- to compress(expand) and rename(not rename) your selected file. The program
- will prevent duplicate selections.
-
- Step6:
- Repeat steps 3 through 5 as needed. Each file picked may have its own settings,
- with the exception of the check box selections.
-
- NOTE:
- Files selected accidentally may be removed from the list by selecting it in the
- center list box and then double clicking on it.
-
- When you have completed your selections and confirmed your options, press
- the button labeled Go. When the batch file is built, its file name will be presented
- in a message box. If you selected the option to run the file upon completion, it
- will be executed after you check the OK button. Remember to place a disk in a
- removeable drive if one was specified as a destination. Compress-It! does not
- check for adequate drive space before running the bat file.
-