Welcome To Zip Manager For Windows From Software Excellence By Design Inc. ----------------------------------- Version 5.0 November 29th 1993 This document covers IMPORTANT material NOT contained in the user's guide. Please read ALL of this information carefully! SEE THE NEW FEATURES section for some of the real power waiting for you in version 5.0 and new features that are NOT covered in the help or documentation. Important Installation Directions The Zip Manager Program Files --------------------------------- The Zip Manager program files are in compressed format, each file ends with an _ character. You must run the ZMSETUP program to expand them before the program can be used. You must run ZMSETUP.EXE from the Windows Program Manager. Other shells like the Norton Desktop or PC Tools for Windows are not 100% compatible with our setup program and may cause it to fail when attempting to create the Zip Manager Group. Running The ZMSETUP Program ---------------------------- 1. From the Program Manager File Menu choose Run... 2. Enter the location of the ZMSETUP Program. If the files were on your A: drive then you would enter: A:\ZMSETUP and press Enter or Click on the OK button. 3. The Zip Manager setup dialog will be displayed. 4. The edit field will display a suggested directory. 5. Press OK to accept the default directory or enter new destination directory and press Enter or Click on the OK button. 6. The setup program will create the directory for you and display the file installation progress. 7. When it has finished expanding and copying the files it will create a new Program Manager Group and add the program files to the group. Now you can proceed with the next step. To Complete The Installation ---------------------------- After the installation program is finished you MUST read the installation section of the Users' Guide. You will see its icon in the Zip Manager 5.0 group. You must setup the program's default directories, and configure the program to work with your Virus Detection software. ------------------------------- -> Network Users Please Note <- ------------------------------- Version 5.0 DOES NOT recognize network drives. This was the best solution available to prevent its use on shared drives. The single user version is designed to defeat file locking and share if at all possible. This allows single users to avoid any dubious sharing violation errors. If you are using Zip Manager in a NON COMMERCIAL / NON PROFIT Environment the network upgrade is free, for all other users the upgrade is $10.00 which covers our cost of materials and labor. *********************************** New Features In Version 5.0 *********************************** The Program You Asked And Waited For Is Here! ------------------------------------------------ Zip Manager is no longer a shell! Version 5.0 is now a complete program with its own Windows based Zip and Unzip. ZMZIP and ZMUNZIP have been meticulously crafted especially for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT. We're sure that you will enjoy their speed and multi-tasking abilities! Zip Manager creates 100% compatible 2.04 format zip files with compression rates equal to PKZIP 2.04, and the speed will amaze you! ONLY Zip Manager Offers You A COMPLETE PKZIP ALTERNATIVE -------------------------------------------------------- Zip Manager is the ONLY program that offers a complete Windows based alternative to pkzip and pkunzip. While other programs offer a simplistic push button program to zip and unzip, ONLY ZIP MANAGER offers you *ALL of the switches available in pkzip. In addition Zip Manager is a robust application that functions exactly like the File Manager. No new commands to learn or cryptic buttons and strange menu items to figure out! Windows NT Version ------------------ Zip Manager for Windows NT is the ONLY Archive Program designed especially for the 32 Bit version of Windows. If you have Windows NT you will be amazed at the speed and compression ratios of ZMZIP and ZMUNZIP under Windows NT. Unleash the power of NT on your Zip compression needs with Zip Manager for Windows NT Self Extracting Archive Support ------------------------------- Zip Manager now fully supports self extracting EXE files as normal archive files. You double click on them to open them into the archive pane as you would any other Zip or Arj file. You can then perform any option available to archive files on them. File Re-Naming Support On Extraction ----------------------------------- If Zip Manager encounters a file with the same name when extracting a zip file it gives you the option of entering a new file name. Only Zip Manager and ARJ offer users this convenient option! Directory Creation On Extraction -------------------------------- Many users asked for this feature so that they could have a new directory created if they wanted to when the Zip file was extracted. Zip Manager can even create a multiple level directory. If for example you entered: c:\test1\test2\test3 Zip Manager would create that directory structure and extract the files into the test3 sub directory! Drag and Drop Server -------------------- Version 5 is now a Drag and Drop server, which means that you can drag files from Zip Manager and drop them on any program or other file manager for Windows to copy, move, or even add them to a program manager group. This functionality applies to files in archives and normal files shown in the directory pane. . Dot and .. Double Dot Support -------------------------------- This release supports the . and .. as target directories when creating or extracting files. You can enter a . or a .. in the target directory combo box instead of typing in the full directory name. There are MANY other new features as well. Please read the user's guide for a complete listing of all the improvements in version 5.0, especially ZMZIP and ZMUNZIP. *********************** Important Program Notes *********************** VERY IMPORTANT -> Please Note The Following: --------------------------------------------- Do NOT put the Zip Manager program files deep in a directory tree. Doing so may make it impossible for Zip Manager to work with the DOS programs, ARJ and PKZIP. We suggest that you install Zip Manager in its own directory off of the root directory. c:\zipmgr, would be a good example. Zip Manager is designed to compress and extract files in very deep directories, but the actual program files need to be in a directory of off the root. VERY IMPORTANT -> Please Note The Following: --------------------------------------------- Zip Manager creates its own temporary directory called zm5temp which it uses to extract and store files. DO NOT use this directory, since all of the files in it are deleted when Zip Manager ends. We wanted to be sure that you didn't set this as one of your default directories. If you did all of your files would be gone when Zip Manager closed! There was a bit of confusion about the usage of this directory and we wanted to make sure that you didn't lose any files accidently. Virus Detection Programs ------------------------ Note: In order for your virus detection program to work with Zip Manager it MUST be able to accept command line arguments. Read the users guide installation section for instructions on how to determine if your program will work with Zip Manager. Possible Parameter Combinations For Virus Detection programs. ---------------------------------------------------- In the Zip Manager Setup Dialog Enter the following after the program location name and directory. For Example, X:\UTILITIES\NAVW.EXE /auto *.* /S would be the correct command for the Norton Anti Virus for Windows Program. Listed below are the (sometimes) correct switch parameters for most popular virus detection programs. You will most likely still need to experiment a little to get some of them to work. We use and recommend SCAN.EXE from McAfee and Associates. NAVW.EXE /auto *.* /S WNAPVIR.EXE /QM *.* SCAN.EXE /A /nomem *.* /SUB NAV.EXE *.* /m- /s CPAV.EXE *.* /P MSAV.EXE *.* /P Important Note On Converting Files! ----------------------------------- DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CONVERT MORE THAN ONE FILE AT A TIME. When converting a file from ZIP to ARJ or ARC to ZIP for example, you would force the conversion process to open up more than one copy of PKZIP. This can easily RESULT IN SEVERE DATA LOSS. The Zip Manager was designed to convert only one file at time, so please be careful. Maintenance Releases and Upgrades ---------------------------------- All maintenance and minor version upgrades will be available ONLY on our BBS. Since these releases will contain only the upgraded files it will save you download time and keep the files on our board where they won't inadvertently be downloaded as the complete program. * ZMZIP & ZMUNZIP vs PKZIP & PKUNZIP Switch Support Cross Reference ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pkzip Switches Supported By ZMZIP --------------------------------- -a Add files -d Delete files -e[x,n,f,s,0] use [eXtra|Normal (default)|Fast|Super fast|NO compression] -f Freshen files -m[f,u] Move files [with Freshen | with Update] -u Update files -p|P store Pathnames|p=recursed into|P=specified & recursed into -r Recurse subdirectories -v View .ZIP file contents (Automatic in Zip Manager) -a+ Clear archive Attribute after compression -c Create/Edit Comments for all files -C Add Comments for new files only -k Keep original .ZIP file date -o Set .ZIP file date to the latest file in .ZIP file -q Enable ANSI codes in comments -z Create or modify .ZIP comment -= Open file in compatibility mode(Automatic In Zip Manager) PKZIP IS REQUIRED FOR --------------------- -s[pwd] Scramble with password -& Span disks Pkunzip Switches Supported By ZMUNZIP ------------------------------------- -d Restore/create Directory structure stored in .ZIP file -e[n] Extract files. Sort by [Name] -f Freshen files in destination directory -n Extract only Newer files -o Overwrite previously existing files -q Enable ANSI comments (Automatic In Zip Manager) -t Test .ZIP file integrity -v[b] View .ZIP [Brief By Name] PKUNZIP REQUIRED FOR -------------------- -s[pwd] Decrypt with password [If no pwd is given, prompt for pwd]