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- WinZip(TM) version 4.0a Copyright (C) 1991-1993 Nico Mak - All Rights Reserved
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- *** Note: This is an extract from the online documentation. ***
- *** Press the F1 key at any time while running WinZip for ***
- *** help or to access the complete online documentation. ***
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- This file contains the following sections:
-
- * Overview
- * About ZIP, LZH, and ARC files
- * Brief Tutorial
- * Support and questions
- * Installation and System Requirements
- * Shareware Evaluation Version Information
-
- * Overview
-
- WinZip brings the convenience of Windows to the use of ZIP, LZH, and ARC
- files. It features an intuitive point and click SAA/CUA compliant
- interface for viewing, running, extracting, adding, deleting, and
- testing files in archives. Optional virus scanning support is included.
-
- Here's what the magazine reviews say about WinZip:
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- "Repeatedly charms you when you have to ZIP and unZIP ...
- an excellent Shareware utility" Windows Magazine, 12/92
- "Our copy gets quite a daily workout" Windows User 11/92
- "The most comprehensive Windows front-end to PKZIP" Ziffnet Threads, 11/92
- "Does all your compression chores with ease" Computer Shopper, 10/92
- "Greatly facilitates archive Management" Windows Magazine, 9/92
- "Must-Have Shareware Treasure" Compute, 10/92
- "The perfect Windows interface for LHA, PKZIP, ARC, and your
- favorite DOS virus scanner" PC World, 10/92
- "Powerful yet Intuitive" PC World, 8/92
- "Hot Product" Inside Microsoft Windows, 8/92
- "WinApp of the Month" PC Computing, 3/92
-
- WinZip is extremely easy to use! To open an archive simply double click
- on an archive listed in the File Manager, drag and drop an archive onto
- WinZip, or use the standard Open dialog. The main WinZip window
- features a list box with the names, sizes, and date/time stamps of all
- files in the open archive. This list can be scrolled and sorted on any
- field. A tool bar provides fast access to commonly used actions. All
- options (including window size and position) can be saved and restored.
- Extensive context sensitive help is always available.
-
- Double clicking on a file in the main window has the same effect as
- double clicking in the File Manager. First the file is extracted from
- the archive. If the file is executable, it is run. Otherwise, the file
- is opened by the appropriate application (for example, Windows Write for
- *.WRI files) based on standard Windows associations.
-
- The Windows 3.1 Drag and Drop Interface is fully supported. You can
- drag and drop files from WinZip to other applications. WinZip will
- extract the files before dropping them on the target application. The
- target application will treat the files as if they had been dropped by
- the File Manager. You can also drop archives on WinZip to open them, or
- drop files on WinZip to add them to the open archive.
-
- WinZip's unique CheckOut Facility makes it easy to quickly examine files
- in archive. Click on the CheckOut button to extract all files in an
- archive to a temporary directory and create a Program Manager group for
- all files in the archive. This group will contain one icon for each
- file. Double click on an icon to view the corresponding file with the
- appropriate application. When WinZip is closed, it will optionally
- delete the temporary files and group.
-
- WinZip 4.0a features faster unzipping than previous versions. WinZip
- 4.0 added support for PKZIP 2.0, the ARJ file format, 3-D dialog boxes,
- and the color toolbar. New features introduced in WinZip 3.2 include
- Built-in ZIP Extraction and font selection for the list of files in the
- open archive. If you modify a file after double clicking on it, WinZip
- will now offer to update the archive with the modified file. See the
- section titled Version History for a complete list of enhancements.
-
- WinZip requires Windows 3.0 or 3.1 in Enhanced or Standard mode and the
- Shareware PKZIP and PKUNZIP product from PKWARE, Inc. or LHA.EXE from
- Haruyasu Yoshizaki. WinZip interfaces to several programs to access ARC
- files and optionally runs most virus scanning utilities. For details
- see the section titled System Requirements. WinZip runs these programs
- in the background in Windows Enhanced (80386) mode, or as full-screen
- applications in Standard mode. For more information on this aspect of
- the program, see the section titled Enhanced and Standard modes.
-
- WinZip is distributed as Shareware. This means that users are
- encouraged, subject to restrictions described in the License Agreement,
- to share copies of this program with friends, associates and bulletin
- boards. Please remember that if you use this software you are required
- to pay the registration fee of $29 as described in the section titled
- Copyright/License Agreement/Warranty.
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
- principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
- shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
- directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
- resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
- technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
- Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe
- message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
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- * About ZIP, LZH, and ARC files
-
- Archives are files that contain other files. Typically the files in an
- archive are compressed. Archives usually have file names ending with ZIP,
- LZH, ARJ, or ARC, depending on how they were created. Archives make it
- easy to group files and make transporting and copying these files faster.
-
- ZIP files are the most common archive format. ZIP files are manipulated by
- the PKZIP and PKUNZIP programs from PKWARE, Inc. ZIP files were the only
- archive format supported in the first version of WinZip.
-
- LZH files are manipulated by the LHA program from Haruyasu Yoshizaki. LHA
- won the October 1991 PC Magazine Editor's Choice award as the best data
- compression utility. WinZip version 3.0 added support for the LZH file
- format, including self-extracting LZH files.
-
- ARJ files are another popular archive format. ARJ files are manipulated by
- the ARJ program from Robert Jung, 2606 Village Road West, Norwood,
- Massachusetts 02062. WinZip version 4.0 added support for the ARJ file
- format, including self-extracting ARJ files.
-
- The ARC format, developed by System Enhancement Associates, was the first
- popular PC file format to support multiple compressed files. The ARC
- program was originally distributed as a Shareware program, and the ARC
- format was the standard file format on most bulletin boards and other
- online systems. However, after PKZIP and PKUNZIP were released, the ZIP
- format became the new standard for many of these systems. Note: the
- latest release of ARC (version 7) is only sold as a commercial
- (non-Shareware) program.
-
- Since there are still many old ARC files on bulletin boards, WinZip version
- 2.0 added support for this format. Since most new files seem to be created
- in ZIP or LZH format, and there is no single widely available program to
- manipulate ARC files, WinZip does not provide facilities to update ARC
- files (all other WinZip functions are supported).
-
- The latest Shareware version of ARC (version 6) provides limited support
- for subdirectories. However, because individual files cannot be extracted
- from ARC files containing subdirectories and the "extract to" directory
- cannot be specified, WinZip will not open ARC files containing
- subdirectories. I expect this limitation will have negligible effect,
- since I have yet to encounter an ARC file containing subdirectories on any
- BBS. Let me know if this causes a problem for you.
-
- WinZip supports several programs to extract files from ARC files: the
- original ARC, ARCE (also known as ARC-E), PKXARC, and PKUNPAK. See the
- section titled Installation for more information on these programs.
-
- * Brief Tutorial
-
- This section provides a brief tutorial on basic WinZip operations. It
- assumes the following:
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- - Your system meets the requirements described in the section titled System
- Requirements and you have installed WinZip as described in the section
- titled Installation.
- - You know how to use standard Windows features, such as dialog boxes,
- menus, and the drag and drop interface. If you are not are familiar with
- these features, please consult your Windows documentation.
- - You are familiar with the concept of archives. For a description of
- archives, see the section titled About ZIP, LZH, ARJ, and ARC files.
-
- Remember that context sensitive help is always available. Press the F1 key
- at any time to access the full documentation.
-
- Working with Existing Archives:
-
- The first step is to open an archive. There are several ways to open
- archives:
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- a) Double click on the archive in the File Manager.
- b) Drag the archive from the File Manager and drop it on the WinZip window.
- c) Select Open from the WinZip File pull-down menu, or push the Open button
- on the toolbar, and select an archive from the standard Open dialog box.
-
- Once an archive is open, you can select from the operations in the Actions
- pull-menu. For example, to extract files, select Extract from the Actions
- pull-down menu or push the Extract button on the toolbar. This activates
- the Extract dialog box. For complete documentation on these actions, click
- on the appropriate entry in the Commands and Procedures section in the
- Table of Contents.
-
- The CheckOut action is particularly useful when working with an archive
- you've downloaded from a bulletin board. Click on the CheckOut button to
- extract all files in an archive to a temporary directory and create a
- Program Manager group for all files in the archive. This group will
- contain one icon for each file. Double click on an icon to view the
- corresponding file with the appropriate application. When WinZip is
- closed, it will optionally delete the temporary files and group.
-
- Creating Archives:
-
- To create a new archive, select New from the WinZip File pull-down menu or
- push the New button on the toolbar. This activates the New dialog box.
- Enter the name of the archive you want to create. You can use the Drives
- and Directories list boxes to choose the drive and directory where the
- archive will be created. The names of any existing archives on the
- selected drive and directory will be listed to help you choose a name that
- is not already in use. Press the OK button to complete your selection.
-
- Normally the Add dialog box will be activated automatically. Simply type
- the name(s) of the files you want to add to the new archive and press the
- Add button. Alternately, you can add files to an archive by dragging the
- files from the File Manager and dropping them on the WinZip window.
-
- This concludes the brief tutorial. For complete documentation, please see
- other portions of this help file. If you have questions, feel free to
- contact the author at the address listed in the About dialog box.
-
- * Support and questions
-
- Technical support is available at no charge by sending electronic mail
- to 70056,241 on CompuServe, to Nico_Mak on BIX, or by sending US Mail to
- Nico Mak, P.O. Box 919, Bristol, CT 06011-0919. Registered users have
- priority but I will try to answer all questions.
-
- When reporting problems with WinZip, please include the following
- information:
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- 1) Is the problem recreatable? If so, how?
-
- 2) Did the problem occur when running Windows in Enhanced, Standard, or
- Real mode? You can determine which mode is active by choosing About in
- the Program Manager's Help pull-down menu.
-
- 3) If a dialog box with an error message was displayed, please include
- the text of the message.
-
- Thank you!
-
- Note: You can press F1 at any time while WinZip is active for context
- sensitive help.
-
- * Installation and System Requirements
-
- System Requirements:
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- - Windows 3.0 or Windows 3.1. WinZip will not run under the initial
- release of OS/2 2.0 due to incompatibilities in OS/2's emulation of
- Windows.
-
- - One or more of the following three sets of programs:
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- 1) PKZIP(TM) and PKUNZIP(TM) from PKWARE, Inc. You can download the
- Shareware version of these programs from most bulletin boards. The latest
- version is distributed in the self-extracting ZIP file PKZ110.EXE.
- Alternately, you can order them directly from PKWARE (phone 414-345-8699).
- WinZip has been tested with PKZIP/PKUNZIP 1.1 and 2.0 will not work with
- earlier versions.
-
- 2) LHA.EXE, from Haruyasu Yoshizaki. You can download LHA.EXE from most
- bulletin boards. The latest version is distributed in the self-extracting
- LZH file LHA213.EXE. WinZip has been tested with LHA 2.13 and will not
- work with earlier versions (in particular, it will not function with LHARC,
- the predecessor to LHA).
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- 3) ARJ, from Robert Jung. You can download the Shareware version of ARJ
- from most bulletin boards. The latest version is distributed in the
- self-extracting ARJ file ARJ230.EXE. WinZip has been tested with ARJ 2.3
- and will not work with earlier versions.
-
- To (optionally) access ARC files one of the following programs is required:
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- - ARCE.COM and ARC-E.COM version 4.0e - Vern Berg's ARC extraction utility,
- available on CompuServe and other bulletin boards. WinZip was not tested
- with earlier versions.
-
- - PKXARC.COM version 3.5 from PKWARE, Inc. WinZip was not tested with
- earlier versions. This program is still available on some bulletin boards.
-
- - PKXARC.EXE version 3.6 from PKWARE, Inc. This program is still available
- on some bulletin boards.
-
- - PKUNPAK.EXE version 3.61 from PKWARE, Inc. This program is still available
- on some bulletin boards.
-
- = ARC.EXE version 5.20 or 6.0 from System Enhancement Associates, Inc. This
- is the last version of ARC available as Shareware, and is still available
- on some bulletin boards. WinZip was not tested with earlier versions.
- SEA's address is 925 Clifton Ave., Clifton, NJ 07013.
-
- You can run most virus scanning utilities from WinZip. For important
- details, see the section titled Virus Scanner Configuration. Direct
- support is provided for the McAfee Associates SCAN.EXE virus scanner. SCAN
- is available from CompuServe, BIX, and other bulletin boards. McAfee
- Associates address is 4423 Cheeney Street, Santa Clara, CA 95054.
-
- Note: Like WinZip, the PKZIP, PKUNZIP, ZIP2EXE, ARJ, ARC, PKXARC, and SCAN
- programs are not free software. As with all Shareware, if you use these
- programs you should register them with the appropriate vendor.
-
- WinZip-Related Files:
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- - README.1ST introductory information
- - LICENSE.DOC license agreement/warranty
- - WINZIP.DOC extracts from online documentation
- - WINZIP.HLP documentation in online hypertext help format
- - WINZIP.EXE required executable
- - WZ.DLL required dynamic link library
- - WZ.COM required executable
- - WZ.PIF required Program Information File
- - ORDER.DOC order form
- - FILE_ID.DIZ * brief description for bulletin boards
- - VENDOR.DOC * information for Shareware Distributors and Disk Vendors
- - SETUP.EXE** optional installation program
- - SETUP.INF** configuration file used by optional installation program
- - METER.DLL** dynamic link library used by optional installation program
-
- * items marked with an asterisk are not included in the registered version
- of WinZip
- ** items marked with two asterisks are optional and are not included in the
- Shareware version distributed on bulletin board systems
-
- Installation:
-
- Installation with the SETUP program:
-
- If you received WinZip on a disk with the file SETUP.EXE, you can install
- WinZip in one of two ways:
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- 1) Exit Windows, insert the WinZip distribution disk in your floppy drive,
- type win a:\setup at the DOS prompt, and press Enter.
-
- 2) From the Windows Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu, type
- a:\setup, and press Enter.
-
- Installation without the SETUP program:
-
- WinZip is distributed on BBS systems without a SETUP program for faster
- downloads. If you received WinZip without the file SETUP.EXE, or wish to
- perform a manual installation, follow this easy one time installation
- procedure:
-
- 1) If you already have installed a previous version of WinZip, backup and
- delete all files in your WinZip directory. Otherwise create a directory to
- hold the WinZip related files. For example, "C:\WINZIP".
-
- 2) Copy all WinZip-related files to this directory. At a minimum you need
- the following files: WINZIP.EXE, WZ.DLL, WZ.COM, WZ.PIF, and WINZIP.HLP.
-
- 3) Run WINZIP.EXE. If Windows is not loaded, issue the WIN command, and
- specify the full path name to WINZIP.EXE. For example, if you copied the
- WinZip related files into a directory named C:\WINZIP, issue the following
- command from the DOS prompt:
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- WIN C:\WINZIP\WINZIP.EXE
-
- Alternately, if you are already running Windows, simply double click on the
- WINZIP.EXE entry in the File Manager. If you are not familiar with the
- File Manager, you can instead follow these four steps to run WinZip for the
- first time:
-
- a) Activate the Program Manager.
-
- b) Choose Run... from the File menu. The Run dialog box appears.
-
- c) Type the full filename of WINZIP.EXE in the Command Line text box. For
- example, C:\WINZIP\WINZIP.EXE
-
- d) Choose OK.
-
- That's all there is installing WinZip. When WinZip is activated for the
- first time, the Welcome and Configuration dialog boxes are automatically
- displayed, and you are ready to go. Remember that while WinZip is active,
- online help is always available by pressing F1.
-
- Notes:
-
- 1) The first time WinZip is run, it will offer to add a WinZip icon to your
- Program Manager Accessories Group. Choose Yes in response to this question
- unless you want to add the icon yourself (the Accessories Group is merely a
- default location for the icon - you can drag it to any other group like any
- other Program Manager icon). Once this is done, you can start WinZip by
- double clicking on the WinZip icon in Program Manager. Alternately, you
- can open an existing archive from the File Manager by double clicking on
- the file.
-
- 2) WIN.INI associations for files with an extension of "ZIP", "LZH", "ARJ",
- and "ARC" are set up by the automatic installation procedure so that you
- can start WinZip by double clicking on the icons for these files while
- running the File Manager. To make it possible to view .HLP files by double
- clicking on them, an association for these files is set up if none exists.
- For more information on associations, see the section titled Windows
- Associations.
-
- * Shareware Evaluation Version Information
-
- WinZip is distributed as Shareware. This means that users are
- encouraged, subject to restrictions described in the License Agreement,
- to share copies of this program with friends, associates and bulletin
- boards. Please remember that if you use this software you are required
- to pay the registration fee of $29 as described in the file LICENSE.DOC.
-
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- *** End of WINZIP.DOC. Please press the F1 key while ***
- *** running WinZip to access the complete documentation. ***
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