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What is Drag And Zip?
Drag And Zip is a set of utilities that makes Windows 3.1 file manager into
a file manager for ZIP and LZH files.
With its built in routines to Zip and UnZip files, Drag And Zip makes it
very easy to compress files into Zip files and to extract files from Zip
files from any Windows file manager that supports "Drag and Drop". Drag And
Zip also supports use of your copies of PKZIP and LHA to manage compressed
files.
To compress a file with Drag And Zip you merely "drag" files from the file
manager and "drop" them on the Drag And Zip icon, fill out a dialog box with
the filename and destination directory, and Drag And Zip will make a Zip
file out of the selected files.
Viewing the contents of a ZIP or LZH file is as easy as double clicking on
its listing in file manager. Drag And Zip's ZIP file viewer, Zip View, will
automatically be loaded and will show you the contents of the compressed
file. You can tag any group of files in Zip View for extraction or
deletion. You can view any file with Zip View's built-in file viewer or the
file viewer of your choice. You can temporarily extract any file from the
compressed file and run it if it is a program, or run the program associated
with it if it is a data file. If you make modifications to the extracted
file, you will also have the opportunity to replace the older file currently
in the compressed file with the modified one. You can also make
self-extracting archives.
If you have a virus scanner, you can have Drag And Zip scan the files in the
archive for possible viruses. There is also a check out feature where you
can temporarily extract the files from a ZIP file and give them their own
program group to "check them out".
Also part of the Drag And Zip utilities is Fileman Launcher. Fileman
Launcher installs as a file manager extension and runs Drag And Zip every
time you run Windows File Manager or any file manager that supports file
manager extensions. When you exit File Manager, Drag And Zip will exit
automatically at the same time. Fileman Launcher has its own menu in File
Manager. You can use this menu to ZIP files instead of dragging them to the
Drag And Zip icon. You can also add other programs to be run with File
Manager through the Fileman Launcher menu.
To use Drag And Zip you need to be running Windows 3.1 or better. You will
also need a copy of ZIP2EXE.EXE if you want to make self-extracting ZIP
files.
This version of Drag And Zip is designed to be compatible with PKZIP version
2.04 as well as version 1.1. Any other versions of PKZIP may not work
properly. To use Drag And Zip to build and extract LZH files, you must have
a copy of LHA.EXE. Drag and Zip will not work with LHARC.EXE.
File Listing
A complete copy of the Drag And Zip utilities should include the following files:
DRAGNZIP.EXE - The Drag And Zip program
ZIPVIEW.EXE - The ZIP file viewing program
FML.DLL- Fileman Launcher DLL
ZVZIP.DLL Module for running PKUNZIP
ZVLZH.DLL Module for running LHA
DZSETUP.EXE - Setup program for Drag And Zip
DOSBOX.DLL - Module for running PKZIP in a DOS window
DZ.PIF - PIF file for running PKZIP in a DOS window
DZ1.PIF- PIF file for running PKZIP in the background
ZV.PIF - PIF file for running PKUNZIP in a DOS window
ZV1.PIF - PIF file for running PKUNZIP in the background
LZ.PIF PIF file for running LHA in a DOS window
LZ1.PIF PIF file for running LHA in the background
SFX.PIF - PIF for running ZIP2EXE
SCAN.PIF PIF for running the virus scanner
DZSITEL.WRI - Information on Drag And Zip site
licenses
DUNZIP.DLL Routines for extracting Zip files.
DZIP.DLL Routines for making Zip files
Installing Drag And Zip
Installation of Drag And Zip and Zip View is very easy with the setup
program provided. From Program Manager, choose "File" from the menu bar and
then choose "Run" from the pull down menu. In the Run dialog box, type the
full path where the files are, and the program name DZSETUP.EXE. For
example, if you were installing from drive A:, you would enter
"A:\DZSETUP.EXE". If you were installing from the "DZ" directory of drive
C:, you would enter "C:\DZ\DZSETUP.EXE".
The DZSetup program gives you two install and two uninstall options.
Install options
1. You can install Drag And Zip with Fileman Launcher. Fileman Launcher
installs as a file manager extension and runs Drag And Zip every time you
run File Manager. Fileman Launcher will also keep Drag And Zip's icon
uncovered when you are working in File Manager. Some desktop programs like
Norton Desktop load file manager extensions every time they load, so if you
are using Fileman Launcher with Norton Desktop, Drag And Zip will run every
time NDW runs.
2. You can install Drag And Zip without Fileman Launcher. Without Fileman
Launcher, you will have to run Drag And Zip manually when you want to use
it.
Uninstall options
1. You can remove Fileman Launcher. This option will remove the line from
your WINFILE.INI that runs Fileman Launcher whenever you run File Manager.
2. You can completely remove the Drag And Zip installation from your
computer. Do not use this option to remove a previous installation of Drag
And Zip. It can only be used to remove a copy of Drag And Zip that was
installed with this installation program.
Installing
When you use the DZSetup program to install Drag And Zip it will first ask
you which drive and directory you would like to install Drag And Zip to. If
the path that you enter is different from the path you are installing Drag
And Zip from, all files will be copied over to the new path. If they are
the same, the installation program will assume that you only want to make
modifications to a currently installed version of Drag And Zip, and not try
to copy over the files.
DZSetup will then ask you for permission to add lines to the "extensions"
section of your "WIN.INI" file so Windows file manager will know to run Zip
View when you double click on a ZIP file or an LZH file.
If you choose not to have "WIN.INI" modified, you can still run Zip View
from its icon in Program Manager and drag files to it or use Zip View's
"File" menu to load ZIP files.
The DZSetup program will then create a program group called Drag And Zip and
put the Drag And Zip, Zip View and DZSetup icons in it.
Using Drag And Zip
When you run Drag And Zip, it will load and show its zipper icon at the
bottom left of your screen. Drag And Zip must be running for you to use it.
It will not work if you try to drag files to its icon in Program Manager.
Creating a Zip File
When you want to create a Zip or LZH file, run File Manager or any file
manager that supports Drag and Drop, and tag the files that you want to Zip.
Then hold the mouse down on one of the tagged files. The mouse cursor will
become a white rectangle with a "+" on it. Move the mouse without taking
your finger off the left button to the Drag And Zip icon. While you are
moving the mouse, the cursor will become a circle with a slash through it.
When the cursor is over the Drag And Zip icon, it will once more become a
white rectangle with a "+" on it.
Let go of the mouse button and the Drag And Zip dialog box will pop up.
The dialog box will vary a bit depending if you are using the built-in Zip
functions or an external copy of PKZIP or LHA.
Zip Filename
In this field you enter the name of the Zip file that you want to create.
Archiver
You have the choice of PKZIP or LHA. If you want to change from Drag And
Zip's built-in Zipping to an external copy of PKZIP or vice-versa, choose
the settings button and make your changes there.
Compression
If you are creating a Zip file the choices will appear in a drop down combo
box. The possible choices will vary depending on what version of PKZIP you
are running. Drag