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WinZip(R) version 5.0a
Copyright (C) 1991-1993 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
The following is a list of changes in WinZip 5.0a. For a list of
changes in earlier versions see the section titled "Version
History" in the online help.
Enhancements include:
- Built-in ZIP and UNZIP are faster.
- The CheckOut dialog box now has an option to create icons for
programs and documents only, rather than for all files in an
archive.
- You can drag and drop an entire archive by dragging from the
status line.
Compatibility issues addressed are:
- Norton Desktop for Windows 3.0: The new FileAssist feature
moves controls in the WinZip 5.0 Add dialog box so that they
overlay each other. WinZip 5.0a prevents this behavior. It
also works around a problem where FileAssist interferes with the
"Add Dialog" check box in the WinZip 5.0 New dialog box.
Earlier versions of NAVW required the /auto parameter for
automated scanning. Unfortunately, the new version of NAVW
always scans all drives when /auto is used, so WinZip no longer
suggests /auto as a default parameter unless the old version of
NAVW is detected. Archives created by NDW that contain
directory information use a backslash instead of the standard
slash; WinZip 5.0a handles this.
- Central Point Desktop 1.0: the recently posted updates in the
CPSWIN forum create ZIP files with header information that do
not conform to PKWARE's ZIP specification. This version of
WinZip works around this incompatibility.
- Icon Hear It 1.0: early releases of "Icon Hear It" prevent
other applications from receiving ToolHelp notifications. This
behavior prevents WinZip 5.0 from detecting when an external
viewer is closed. To work around this WinZip 5.0a includes
extra checks to determine when viewers are closed. These extra
checks also make it possible for WinZip to detect when the user
closes the file being viewed in an MDI application without
closing the whole application.
The following minor changes and fixes were made:
- If the "Always on Top" option is selected it is temporarily
turned off while viewing help (so that the help window is not
obscured by WinZip).
- Added Ctrl+Y as an accelerator for the "Always On Top" entry in
the System menu.
- If the Program Manager is maximized the CheckOut feature will
leave it maximized.
- A more descriptive error message is issued if unzip operation
cannot create a directory because a file with the directory name
already exists.
- Corrected the hot spots in the drag and drop cursors.
- The correct font size is now always saved.
- International support improvements and fixes: date formats with
year first are supported, appropriate "thousands" and "time"
separators are used, and filenames and directory names with
international characters are now always handled correctly.
- Added status line message "you must add files before using this
entry" in the appropriate places.
- Added "H" accelerator to all Help push buttons.
- "Log To Drive" in configuration dialog box now has an
accelerator.
- The "Save Extra Directory Info" checkbox in the Add dialog box
now causes WinZip to include the directory information in files
selected in the "Select Files" listbox.
- The "Make EXE File" action creates a "large model" SFX when an
LZH file contains subdirectories.
- File Info dialog box uses Configuration uppercase/lowercase
setting.
- Added warning messages when trying to create archives that
already exist and trying to open archives that do not exist.
- Text in "WinZip is waiting for %s to complete" dialog box now
fits on a VGA screen.
- Pressing enter in the main WinZip window no longer resets the
selection to the first item.
- Tables and lists in the online help look better.
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