ALL ACTIONS
1- Opening Archives
The first step is to open an archive. Use the Open toolbar button or select Open from the
ZipItFast!® File pull-down menu to activate the standard Open Archive dialog box.
Then, select the archive you want to open in the Open Archive dialog box. This dialog box
works just like the Open dialog boxes in other applications: just select the file you want
to open from the list of files. Once an existing archive is open you can
extract or work with the files in the archive. The files in an archive are listed in a
list box in the main ZipItFast!® window.
· You can look at all the file names, with details, stored in the archive, using the
scroll bar, arrow keys or usual Windows commands.
· You can quickly sort the main window by clicking once on the header (e.g. click on
“Name” in the header above the list of files to sort the list by filename).
2- Viewing Files
You can easily view any of the files stored in an archive by double clicking on the file
in the main ZipItFast!® window. ZipItFast! will open the file with the associated
application. For example, a Word (.doc) file may be displayed in Word, and a text (.txt)
file in Notepad. When you double click on a program file (.exe), it is run.
Or, you can view a file by selecting ( View / Run ) from the ZipItFast! popup
menu when you right click on the file.
3- Extracting Files
When you extract a file, ZipItFast!® decompresses it and places it in the folder of your
choice. You can restore whole folders and retain the structure of any sub-folders.
If you select Extract from the Actions pull-down menu or click the Extract toolbar button,
ZipItFast! lets you choose the folder where you'd like to place the extracted files.
Note: If a archive file contains a “setup” or “install” program, you
can use the double click on the .EXE file and select ( All ) in the Files to Extract
for run, that will automatically extract all the files in temp directory, and then
run the installation program, and clean up temporary files.
QUICK INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!!!!
How to make Compress & Self Extracting Files.
You can create your own zips by simply dragging the files you want archived from Windows
Explorer or My Computer into the main ZipitFast window. To create a Self Extracting file
(.Exe), just press the F10 function key.
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You can create a new archive by selecting New from the ZipItFast!® File pull-down
menu or by clicking the New toolbar button. This activates the New Archive dialog
box. First, you type the name of the archive you want to create, not the names of
the files you want to compress. This dialog box works similarly to standard Windows file
dialog boxes, so you can choose the drive and folder where the archive will be created.
The names of any existing archives on the selected drive and folder are listed to help you
choose a name that is not already in use.
Normally after creating an archive you will want to add files to the archive, so click on
the button Select File(s) then choose the files you want to compress, or click on
the Add Directory button and choose the directory you want to compress. All the
files you have been choose is listed on Add list box, you can remove files from the box or
add more, there is another list box but this box for exclude files. Choose the archive
type ( BH, CAB, JAR, gZip, LHA, TAR or ZIP ) Then click on the ADD button.
5- Adding Files to an Archive
You can add files to an existing archive you've opened or to a new archive you've created,
as in the previous section. If the Add dialog box is not displayed, select Add from the
Actions pull-down menu or click the Add toolbar button.
In the Add dialog box, select the files you want to add to the archive. The easiest way to
do this is usually to click on Select File(s) button then click on the desired files in
the open dialog window. You can select multiple files using normal Windows file selection
conventions (for example, hold down the shift key while clicking to select multiple
files).
Once you are done making your file selection, click the Add button to add the files. Once
ZipItFast!® finishes, it will update the file list in the main window to reflect the new
files in the archive.
You can also add files to an archive by dragging the files from My Computer or Windows
Explorer and dropping them on the ZipItFast! window.
Note: When you add files to an archive, the original files on disk are not deleted. If you
want to delete the original files automatically after the Add operation completes, select
Move files from the Switch Property combo box.
6- Deleting Files From
Archives
ZipItFast!® can remove selected files from within an existing archive. Delete Files
activates the Confirmation Delete Dialog Box.
· Select entries from the list box in an open archive, then select the Delete entry from
the Actions pull-down menu or press the Del key.
· Select the Delete from the Actions pull-down menu to bring up the Confirmation
Delete Dialog Box. You can then press Yes or Cancel the operation
Note: these operations cannot be undone.
7- Test Files on Archives
ZipItFast!® can test errors on archives to make you sure the you have good archive
without CRC errors. You can test one file or more files, To do that select entries
from the list box in an open archive, then simple click on the Test button on the toolbar
or Select the Test Archive from the Actions pull-down menu, That will activate a Test
Dialog Box
8- Viewing And Editing
Zip Comments
A Zip comment is optional text information that is embedded in a Zip file. It is often
used to describe the contents of the Zip file or to provide other information that is not
in the files contained in the Zip file.
Zip comments can be viewed from the ZipItFast!® Simply select Edit Comment from the
Actions pull-down menu.
In the Edit Comment dialog box you have tow types of comments for the Zip files.
1- Main Zip File Comment
2- Files Comments
Edit or view both types then click Ok button.
ZipItFast!® can open and extract UUencoded, XXencoded. This section explains the need for
these features and abilities, includes instructions for using them, and shows how they can
bring a whole new dimension to your e-mail operations.
The Internet was not designed to carry binary (program and other non-text files) files. It
is able only to transfer messages made up of conventional text (printable ASCII)
characters. In order to get around that limitation, UUencode and other methods were
created.
ZipItFast!® can easily open and extract UUencoded, XXencoded, files that have been
sent to you, and create UUencoded files for you to send, By select UUencode from the
Actions pull-down menu.
ZipItFast! can creating SelF eXtractable
(SFX) archives.
Applies to Ace, Arj, Jar, Lha/Lzh, and Zip archives.
Description
Compressed Programs (.exe) that you can run
without the need of having a Zip Utility to open it.
To create SFX ’ s, Simply hit F10 or select Make SFX archive from the Actions
pull-down menu, while you opened a SFX support archive type. The EXE file will made in the
same directory as the archive file, then ZipItFast! will ask you if you want to test the
file. hit YES.
SFX Pro Edition supports many features not found in the even the most popular archive
utilities.
Some listed features include:
Password support for Zip SFX ’ s
Selectively extract files from executables.
Freely distribute the executable without requiring end users to have other external programs or DLLs to extract files from the archive (big problem with many windows based archive utilities).
32-bit CRC validation on every extracted file.
On successful extraction, all selected files are un-highlighted if CRC verification passes. If CRC validation fails, that file remains highlighted (an easy identifier of what files failed extraction CRC validation)
Easily define directories to extract the files.
Supports 32 bit long-filenames.
Restore the original directory structure, as it existed prior to compression.
All of SFX programs are 100% compatible with the ZipItFast!.
All these features and the file kernel remain
a small 25k!
Copyright 2001 (c) MicroSmarts Enterprise
Owner: Mr. Bernard Ferguson
Programmer: Eng. Tarek Hussein