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- D O C U M E N T A T I O N V I E W Z I P V E R S I O N 1 . 0
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- ( C ) 1 9 9 0 B Y B E N J A M I N K U O
- S I L V E R Y U C C A S O F T W A R E
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- viewZIP 1.0 is a ZIP compressed file viewing utility for Red Ryder Host,
- Mansion, and WWIV bulletin board users. This version simply allows you to see
- the contents of a ZIP file before downloading.
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- A Short Explanation of ZIP Files
- ZIP files are files created with Phil Katz' compression utility PkZIP,
- which compresses files for transfer. It is available on the IBM PC and the
- Amiga (as well as others). Several programs (i.e. Unzip) on the Macintosh will
- extract ZIP files.
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- What This Version DOES NOT Have
- This version of viewZIP lacks:
- - uncompressing files
- - control of multiple directories of ZIP files
- - viewing ZIPped files
- - any sophisticated screen manipulation (pauses/etc.)
- - unarchiving files to smaller ZIP packages
- If enough interest is expressed, I may add several things:
- - all of the above
- - StuffIt file viewing (if someone could provide me some code)
- - Packit file viewing (ditto)
- - multiple directories
- If there is REALLY a lot of interest, I may add:
- - downloads from the door (XMODEM/YMODEM/maybe ZMODEM)
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- ZIP, SIT, and PIT files are almost impossible to handle within the
- constraints of the Pascal environment: I'm working on learning C, so that
- may change things in relation to the functions which can be added...
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- To set up viewZIP, follow these steps:
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- 2. Place the viewZIP application in the same path as your bbs.
- 3. Copy the viewZIP support files to the data folder.
- 4. Add the viewZIP as a door choice within the bulletin board.
- 5. Launch viewZIP from WITHIN YOUR BBS.
- 6. Set the host bbs path, where the ZIP files exist, and what
- application you wish to quit to after running viewZIP.
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