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- WinZip(R) version 6.0
- Copyright (C) 1991-1995 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- See the file README.TXT for installation instructions.
-
- Windows 95-specific features include:
-
- * Extract an archive to any directory via drag and drop without
- leaving the Explorer. Use the right mouse button to drag and
- drop a ZIP from an Explorer window to any directory, then
- choose "Extract to" from the context menu. Remember to use
- the RIGHT mouse button while dragging.
-
- * Add files to an archive without leaving the Explorer. Select
- files in the Explorer and drag and drop them on a ZIP file in
- the active Explorer window, in another Explorer window, or to
- a ZIP file on the desktop.
-
- * Add selected files to a ZIP directly from the Explorer with
- complete control over the options: RIGHT-click on any file
- (or selected group of files) in the Explorer and choose "Add
- To Zip" from the context menu. This provides a function
- similar to the Add entry in the WinZip File Manager Extension.
-
- * Create archives in the Explorer (or on the desktop) by
- RIGHT-clicking on the desktop and choosing "WinZip File" from
- the "New" context menu entry. You can then add files to the
- new archive as described above.
-
- * Explorer-style mini-icons are displayed next to files in an
- archive to help identify the file type.
-
- * Explorer-style Add dialog box.
-
- * The Delete Archive operation moves archives to the Recyle Bin
- rather than permanently deleting the archive.
-
- * The Rename, Copy, and Move operations use the Windows 95
- "overwrite" user interface.
-
- * ZIPs opened with WinZip are properly added to the Start
- Menu->Documents menu.
-
- * Explorer-style New and Open dialog boxes.
-
- * Extract files from a ZIP in the Explorer by right-clicking on
- the ZIP and choosing "Extract To" from the context menu.
-
- * Uninstall WinZip using Control Panel->Add/Remove Applications.
-
- * WinZip uses the correct colors if you change color schemes.
- The WinZip toolbar buttons and status line colors will match
- the rest of your desktop.
-
- * Windows 95-style tree-view help Contents window makes it
- easier to find help topics.
-
- * The WinZip Options/Explorer Configuration dialog box lets you
- add WinZip to the Start menu and Desktop.
-
- * Long filename support and Universal Naming Convention support.
-
- Additional Windows 95 features are under development. Stay tuned ...
-
- Known problems under Windows 95: a few people have reported
- problems running the optional external DOS programs while using
- 16-bit Windows video drivers. Also, the Windows 3.1 version of
- the Norton "FileAssist" program is incompatible with WinZip
- under Windows 95. If you use FileAssist be sure to configure it
- not to try to change WinZip dialog boxes.
-
- Other changes:
-
- * The File Manager Extension is now implemented under Windows 95,
- Windows NT and Win32s. You will have to choose File Manager
- Configuration from the Options menu and check the second button
- to activate this feature. The File Manager Extension works the
- same as it does under Windows 3.1.
-
- * WinZip now allows you to view multiple files in an archive
- without first closing the first file (earlier versions of WinZip
- restricted you to closing the first file before viewing the
- second file). Under Windows 95 the system "Quick View" program
- is normally used as the "Default Association" used to view to
- files not associated with another program. Here are some
- implementation details: when you double click on a file in an
- archive, WinZip extracts the file to the "Temp Directory"
- specified in the Options/Directories dialog box. WinZip then
- runs the program associated with the file so you can view the
- file. When you later close the archive WinZip deletes the
- temporary file(s). If the file(s) have been modified WinZip
- will give you an opportunity to update the archive with the
- modified file. The "Always on Top" flag is temporarily turned
- off if it is on when you view a file, and is turned back on the
- next time you activate WinZip.
-
- * The WinZip installation procedure now includes "Express Setup"
- and "Custom Setup" options. Custom Setup results in the "old"
- WinZip 5.6 behavior. Express Setup, the default, skips the
- Program Locations dialog box, the File Manager Configuration
- dialog box, and "Create Program Group" prompt.
-
- * With more and more people using the Internet, virus scanning is
- more important. As a result, WinZip's support for virus
- scanners has been improved. The virus scanner parameters field
- now supports two new special values: %d represents the
- directory containing the files to be scanned (without a trailing
- *.*), and %f represents a temporary "report" file. %wscan is a
- special parameter that should be used only for McAfee's WSCAN
- 2.14 and compatible scanners. WinZip now searches for and
- supplies default parameters four additional scanners: wscan,
- f-prot, tbscan, and wfindvir. The "Run as Iconized DOS Session
- If Possible" checkbox has been replaced with the "Run Minimized"
- checkbox, which is now used for both DOS and Windows scanners.
-
- * The number one new support problem in WinZip 5.6 was caused by
- the "TAR File LF to CR/LF Conversion". This option, intended
- for text files only, caused problems for binary files. The
- option has been replaced by the "TAR File Smart CR/LF
- Conversion" option. When this option is in effect WinZip
- determines whether to perform CR/LF conversion for each file by
- looking at the first 80 characters in the file. If the file is
- a text file then single LF and CR characters are converted to
- CR/LF pairs so the file can be viewed by Notepad and other
- Windows viewers. Text files are considered files where the
- first 80 bytes contain only characters with ascii values between
- 0x20 and 0x7f, carriage returns, line feeds, form feeds, tabs,
- and other alphanumeric characters (as determined by the Windows
- IsCharAlphaNumeric API).
-
- For a list of changes in previous versions of WinZip see the help
- file section titled "Version History".
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