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- WinZip(R) version 6.0a
- Copyright (C) 1991-1995 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- This is the whatsnew.txt file for the 16-bit and 32-bit versions.
- Please see the file README.TXT for installation instructions.
-
- Overview of recent enhancements:
-
- WinZip 6.0a features improved Windows 95 drag and drop support.
- WinZip 6.0 added many Windows 95 features, including tight
- integration with the Windows 95 shell and Explorer-style dialog
- boxes. Other enhancements included an improved interface to file
- viewers, an "Express Setup" option, and better support for virus
- scanners. WinZip 5.6 added support for the popular Internet file
- formats TAR, gzip, and Unix compress. WinZip 5.5 (16-bit version
- only) added the ability to install, try, and UNINSTALL software
- distributed in ZIP files. This feature runs the install program
- in a ZIP, gives you a chance to try the program, and optionally
- deletes any new files, icons, program groups, and restores any
- altered INI files.
-
- WinZip 6.0a:
-
- You can now extract files from the main WinZip window using drag
- and drop to the Explorer or to the Windows 95 Desktop. You can
- also drag files to an application shortcut to open the file using
- the application, or drag files to a printer to print.
-
- Here is a summary of Windows 95 Drag and Drop facilities.
- Items marked with an asterisk are new in this WinZip 6.0a.
-
- Drag from Drop on Result
- --------- ------- ------
- *WinZip Explorer selected files are extracted
- *WinZip App Shortcut selected files are opened with shortcut
- *WinZip Desktop extract to desktop for easy access
- *WinZip Printer file is printed
- WinZip Open App file is opened in the application
- Explorer WinZip drop files to add them to an archive
- Explorer WinZip drop an archive to open it
- Explorer Explorer drop files on a ZIP to add them
- Explorer Explorer right button drag a ZIP to a directory
- to extract
-
- Aside from the Windows 95 drag and drop improvements, WinZip 6.0a
- is a maintenance release, with support for programs that became
- available after WinZip 6.0 was shipped (Norton AntiVirus and Scan
- 95) and a few bug fixes. Details are in the online help file.
-
- WinZip 6.0:
-
- Windows 95-specific features include:
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- * 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.
-
- Other changes in WinZip 6.0:
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- * The File Manager Extension is now implemented under Windows 95
- and Windows NT. 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.
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