WinSplit 1.0 (c) 1995 Hannu Pohjanheimo, All Rights Reserved. ABOUT WinSplit 1,0 will split large files into many small files, so you can transfer them to disks. It can of course join them back again. INSTALLATION WinSplit doesn't need any installation, just copy all files into a directory and execute WINSPLIT.EXE. Of course you may install a new icon into the Program Manager. WinSplit requires Windows 3.1 and a 386 computer or better. FILES WINSPLIT.EXE README.TXT SHAREWARE WinSplit is a Shareware program. You may use WinSplit on a thirty (30) day trial basis only. If you use WinSplit past the 30 day evaluation period you are required to purchase it. The registration fee is only 10.00 US Dollars. You can send equivalent amount of money in any freely exchangeable currency. Please don't send money orders or checks. Registration includes your personal copy of the latest WinSplit without the reminder screens. MY ADDRESS Hannu Pohjanheimo Lapakuja 2 C FIN-40520 Jyvaskyla Finland OFFER Look also for WinMerge 1,0 (WMERGE10.ZIP). It will merge several ASCII-text or Windows Write WRI files into one ASCII file. It is straightforward, easy to use and fast. Except normal text files you can also merge BBS index files found on some CDROMs and get a good index. Register now both, WinMerge and WinSplit, for a special price of 15.00 US Dollars. HOW TO USE SPLIT A FILE - To split a file, click on the editbox (just above the -Join files- button) and enter the number of the pieces you want, min 2 max 9. - press the -Split files- button - with the fileselector search the file you are splitting and press -OK- - now, the filename, number of the pieces and their size is shown in the infobox - at this time it is possible to cancel the operation with the -Quit- button - if the size of the parts is right, just press -Split files- again. - WinSplit always writes the pieces into its start-up directory. FILENAME AND EXTENSION The following format is used for naming the pieces. The filename is the same as the original file. Filename extensions are numbers, from 001 to 009, depending of the number of the pieces. If you split several files, it is possible that some of the files have the same name but extensions differ, for example FILE.EXE, FILE.DLL, FILE.TXT. In this case, WinSplit will change the first two numbers of the extension, therefore the extension may vary from 001 to 999. The following example will specify the naming, three files are splitted into 3, 4 and 2 pieces. FILE.EXE -> FILE.001, FILE.002, FILE.003 FILE.DLL -> FILE.021, FILE.022, FILE.023, FILE.024 FILE.TXT -> FILE.031, FILE.032 It is important to understand this naming system in order to keep the right files groupped when you copy them to floppies. With Windows FileManager, sort the directory by filetype and you have the filegroups in consecutive order. JOIN THE PIECES BACK - To join the previously splitted pieces back to the original condition, press the - Join files- button. - Search the first part of the files with the fileselector. The extension filter is set to ??1, because the first piece of the files always ends with 1. - WinSplit now collects all the pieces and joins them back to one file. - You must always have all the pieces in the same subdirectory. If the pieces are on disks WinSplit will prompt you for the next disk. - WinSplit always writes the output file into its start-up directory, why you must always start it from hard disk. - WinSplit knows the original filename, size and the number of the pieces. If an error appears it is shown in the infobox. - QUIT will close the program. COPYRIGHT WinSplit is copyrighted material. You may not make any changes or modifications to WinSplit or this text. You may not decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse-engineer the software in any way. WinSplit is Shareware program. You may use WinSplit on a thirty (30) day trial basis only. If you use WinSplit past the 30 day evaluation period you are required to purchase it. The registration fee is 10.00 US Dollars. You may make copies of WinSplit only under the following terms: No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted or requested by anyone. Public Domain Disk Vendors May NOT CHARGE a fee for WinSplit itself. However you may include WinSplit on a diskette/CD-ROM for which you charge a nominal distribution fee. The purchaser of said diskette must be informed that the payment to the vendor covers only distribution costs and does not include WinSplit itself. Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (Sysops) may post WinSplit for downloading by their users only as long as the above conditions are met. A fee may be charged for access to the BBS as long as no specific fee is charged for downloading WinSplit files. DISCLAIMER The author is not responsible nor liable in anyway for any problems or damage caused by the licensed or unlicensed software that may result from using the software. This includes, but is not limited to, computer hardware, computer software, operating systems, and any computer or computing accessories. End user agrees to hold the author harmless for any problems arising from the use of the software. THIS SOFTWARE AND ALL THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ANY LIABILITY OF THE AUTHOR WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE PRODUCT PURCHASE PRICE.