Zip 1.0 Help Messages -- February 2002

Zip — Main Help Contents

Introduction

Quick-Start Tips

Finding and working with Archive (Zip) files

Working with the files contained in an Archive file

Other miscellaneous functions

Introduction

Zip allows you to save memory and increase the storage capacity of your mobile device and storage cards by compressing files in the conventional ZIP format. The compressed archive files can be used as separate storage units to store and classify massive amounts of files. You can view and extract archive files received via web download, E-mail attachment, other mobile devices, or desktop PCs. Or create new ones right on your Pocket PC.

But Zip is much more than a standard compression utility. Among other things, you can check data integrity, assign passwords, view contents of files without extracting them, add comments, choose view modes and font sizes, rename archive files, choose a level of compression, define your own Temp folder location for archive file manipulation, and more.

* Better User Interface and work flow design for a lower price than other Pocket PC ZIP products.

* Create new archive (.zip) files on your mobile device, or open archives that already exist on your Pocket PC.

* Specify the compression level (pre-defined ratio) at which you want files to be compressed.

* Full interoperability with WinZip and other MS-Windows ZIP compression and decompression tools, as well as most other Pocket PC ZIP tools. This compatibility makes exchanging .zip files with other users no problem.

* Manipulate the archive files: rename, delete, add new files to the archive, etc.

* Manipulate the individual files that comprise an archive file: open, delete, copy (extract) to another folder, etc.

* Check data integrity of all files in the archive with a tap of the stylus.

* Choose from various view modes in which to list the files. “Details” view mode further allows you to sort the listing and reorder it according to several different criteria (ratio of compression, packed size, unpacked size, date, type, etc.).

* View the properties information of any file, and enter Comment text for any file for future reference.

* Unzip/extract zipped attachments received in E-mail. Or, send zipped files via E-mail (or send/receive via Infrared beaming) without leaving Zip. Sending .zip files via E-mail saves on connection costs as transmission time is shortened.

* Customize the behavior of Zip to your liking, for example:

- Specify which view mode you want Zip to start in when invoked.
- Specify the action you want Zip to perform when invoked: Automatically search for archive files, load the most recent file from the previous session, or load none.
- Optionally force Zip to be invoked whenever a .zip file is selected.
- Hide or show the Toolbar, Path Bar, Status Pane, or Comments.
- Specify what data you want listed in the columns of “Details” view mode.
- Choose which folder you want to use as the parent folder of Zip's “temp” folder.

* Context-sensitive Help messages.

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Quick-Start Tips

This section offers some basic user-interface information to help you get started using Zip productively right away. In this document, we use the terms “Zip file” (a file with an extension of .zip) and “archive file” interchangeably.

By default, each time Zip is started, it searches for all files on your mobile device that have the .zip extension, and displays the list of found files in the Find screen. If desired, you can change the start-up behavior so that Zip will always open the most recently opened .zip file from the previous session, instead of searching for all. Or, you can specify that no searching be done and no files be opened when Zip is invoked. (This is done using the General tab of Options.)

After you have opened an archive file, the individual files contained in that archive file will be listed in the Main Zip screen. From there, you can manipulate the individual files or the parent archive file in various ways.

Different menus and icons will be displayed in the Toolbar and Command Bar, depending on the current status of Zip. To learn the name/function of any icon in the Toolbar or Command Bar, press your stylus on the icon for a second or two. A ToolTip will display. (If you do not want to execute the command associated with the icon, simply drag your stylus off of the icon instead of releasing it while positioned over the icon.)

NOTE: The Toolbar is available only in the Main screen. It can be hidden and re-displayed using the Toolbar command, or the Show/Hide Toolbar icon on the Command Bar.

In addition, a pop-up menu will appear when you press the stylus in the display area. This pop-up menu will contain different commands, depending on whether the Find screen or the Main screen is currently displayed.

Using Your Mobile Device's Navigation Buttons with Zip

When a menu is open, you can press the Up and Down buttons to highlight commands on the menu, and press the Action button to execute the highlighted command.

If a file listing is displayed and one of the filenames is highlighted, you can press the Up and Down buttons to highlight names in the list. Pressing the Left and Right buttons will scroll to the left and right. Pressing the Action button will open/view the currently selected file.

On-line Help

On-line Help is always available, including context-sensitive Help messages.

- In the Find screen, select Help from the File Menu.
- In the Main screen, select Help from the Tools Menu.
- If these menus are not available (for example, if the Options screen is currently displayed), select Help from the Windows Start Menu to view a context-sensitive Help message containing information specifically about the current Zip screen.

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Exiting Zip

The Exit command on the File Menu closes the Zip program, and removes it from the programs listed as running in memory in your Pocket PC's “Running Programs” list.

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Finding and working with Archive (Zip) files

Finding and opening archive files

Creating a new archive file

Closing archive files

Renaming archive files

Deleting archive files

Viewing information about an archive file

Quick access to most recent archive files

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Finding and Opening Archive Files

When you initially select Find Archive..., Zip searches your entire mobile device for all filenames with an extension of .zip, and lists them in the Find screen in the order that they were found.

In the Find screen, you can narrow the search, if desired. To search for .zip files in only certain folders, specify the desired folder name in the Find in field at the top of the Find screen, then tap the Find button. For example, if you select \My Documents from the drop-down list, only the \My Documents folder (and all of the subfolders under \My Documents) will be searched for .zip files.

During the time when Zip is searching for .zip files, the Find button in the Find screen changes to a Stop button. You can tap Stop to halt the search process. After the search process has stopped, the total number of .zip files found will be displayed near the bottom of the screen.

If you tap a filename once to select it, a summary of information for that selected file is also shown in a Status Pane near the bottom of the screen.

If you double-tap a filename (or select the Open Archive command), the archive file will be opened, and the individual files contained in that archive will be listed in the Main screen of Zip.

However, if you have entered a Comment for the file, the Comment will be displayed first (unless you have previously disabled this behavior using the Action tab.) Tap the Continue button at the bottom of the screen to close the Comments screen and open the archive file. If you tap Cancel, the file will not be opened.

Check the Don't show comments next time checkbox if you don't want the Comments screen to open in the future when opening archive files. If you change your mind later and decide you do want the Comments to automatically be shown prior to opening archive files, check the Show comments before opening files checkbox in the Action tab.

By default, Zip will perform the Find Archive function automatically every time it is invoked. To change this default behavior, use the General tab of Options.

To learn how to use the View Menu to display the file listing in different view modes, see the topic entitled Choosing a View Mode for the File Listing.

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Creating a New Archive File

The New Archive... command creates a new empty file with a filename extension of .zip.

The standard Save As screen will open. By default, the name of the new file will be “New Archive” (followed by a sequential number, if an archive file named “New Archive” already exists). After you specify the information for each field and tap OK, Zip creates the new empty archive file.

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Closing Archive Files

After an archive file has been opened, the Close Archive command becomes available. Tapping Close Archive clears the display area (except for the message “No opened files”).

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Renaming Archive Files

The Rename Archive... allows you to rename an existing .zip file. Type the new name in the Rename To field of the Rename screen, and tap OK. A message in the Status Bar will confirm the old and new name.

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Deleting Archive Files

Select Delete Archive to delete the current Zip file. Use the Action tab of Options to specify whether or not you want a message to require you to confirm every deletion.

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Viewing Archive Properties

Select Archive Properties... to view information about the current archive file. In the Properties screen that opens, you can also tap Comment to open a tab in which you may enter any text about the file for future reference.

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Quick Access to Recent Archive Files

Selecting Recent opens a submenu that lists the most recently opened Zip files. Tap on a filename in the submenu to re-open that archive file.

NOTE: If a file shown in the list no longer exists, this will be indicated by “(x)” following the filename.

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Working with the files contained in an Archive file

After a Zip file has been opened, the individual files contained within that archive file will be listed in the Main screen. The topics below pertain to manipulation and viewing of these individual files.

Adding files to an archive

Viewing the content of a file

Viewing properties of a file

Extracting (copying) files to another folder

Deleting individual files

Verifying data integrity

Refreshing the display area

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Adding Files to an Archive

The Add... command lets you compress files and add those files to an existing archive (Zip) file. After creating or opening an archive file, tap Add.... An Add File screen will open and, by default, will list all of the files in your
\My Documents folder and its subfolders.

If the files you want to add are located in a specific subfolder of
\My Documents, tap the field at the top of the screen which says “My Documents” and select the subfolder from the drop-down list. Or, to change to the parent folder of the folder currently named in that field at the top of the screen, tap the Up One Level icon to the immediate right of the field.

To change the format of the display, tap the View Mode icon and then select the desired view mode from the menu. In addition, you can opt to sort by Name, Date, Size, or Type.

You may select one or multiple files/folders to add. Multiple selection of files or folders that are next to each other in the list can be accomplished by simply dragging your stylus over the desired filenames or folder names. However, if you want to select multiple files/folders that are not next to each other, use the Multi-Select Mode icon in the upper right corner.

To display only files with a certain extension or certain other characters, select a pre-defined choice from the Filter field's drop-down list, or you can type your own string in the Filter field. After you have typed the character string to be searched for, it will be added to the list of choices in the drop-down list for convenient future use. Note that the string you enter must either begin with *. or end with .*

The Password... button allows you to optionally assign a password to the file(s) that will be added to the current archive file. That is, no password will be added to the original file(s) in their original location. The password will be in effect for the copies of the files after they are added to your current archive. If more than one file is selected, the same password will be assigned to each file. After selecting the file(s), tap the Password... button. A dialog box opens in which you must enter the new password twice. After the password has been assigned, anyone attempting to open the password-protected file(s) will be prompted to enter the password.

Note that you can select entire folders or individual files, or a combination of both. If you select a folder, all of the files in that folder will be added to the current open archive.

Before adding the file(s) to the archive, Zip will automatically compress the files. A default rate is set, which is a compromise between speed and ratio of compression. If you wish to change the compression level to achieve a higher rate of compression (which takes longer), or, conversely, a lower rate of compression (a bigger file but takes less time to compress), you can do so in the Action tab of Options.

The ratio of compression, original file size before compression, file size after compression, and other data can be viewed in the Details view mode.

Tap the Add button to add a copy of the selected file(s) to the current open archive, and leave the original files in their original locations. Or, tap the Add and Remove button to move the selected file(s) to the current open archive, deleting them from their original locations.

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Viewing the content of a file

To view the actual content of an individual file or subfolder, select the desired file(s)/subfolder(s), then tap the View command. If you select multiple files, the content of the files will automatically be displayed in succession, stopping with the last one. However:

* If a selected file or files are protected by a password, you will be asked to enter the relevant password(s) before it can be viewed.

* If you have entered a Comment for a file, the Comment will be displayed first (unless you have previously disabled this behavior using the Action tab.) Tap the Continue button at the bottom of the screen to close the Comments screen and view the content of the file. If you tap Cancel, that file will not be opened. (If you had selected other files to be viewed, Zip will then continue to open the other files in sequence.) Check the Don't show comments next time checkbox if you don't want the Comments screen to open in the future when using the View function. If you change your mind later and decide you do want the Comments to automatically be shown prior to viewing, check the Show comments before viewing files checkbox in the Action tab.

NOTE: If you select a subfolder, then tap View, the effect is the same as double-tapping the sub-folder name; files contained in the subfolder will be listed. You can then use the Up One Level command on the View Menu (or on the Toolbar) to close the subfolder.

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Viewing Properties of a File

This command displays various data related to the selected file, and lets you enter Comments for the file.

After selecting a file, tap Properties.... Various data will be displayed in the Properties screen. In addition, you can tap the Comment tab to open an editing box in which you can type any notes concerning the file.

If more than one file is selected when you invoke the Properties... command, abbreviated total data for all the files combined will be displayed, such as the total packed and unpacked size. However, when multiple files are selected, the Comment tab is not available.

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Extracting (copying) files to another folder

The Extract... command copies the selected file or files in the current open archive, then moves the copy to the folder of your choice.

1. Select the desired file(s) in the Main screen.

2. Tap Extract.... The Extract screen will open.

3. Tap the Selected Files button to copy and move only the selected files, or tap All Files to copy and move all files in the folder (regardless of whether specific files were selected prior to tapping Extract...).

4. If you wish to automatically overwrite any existing files that might have the same name in the destination folder (without being prompted), check the Overwrite Existing Files checkbox. If you do not check this checkbox and files are found in the destination folder with the same name, you will be asked to confirm.

5. If the Apply Path checkbox is not checked, the extracted files will be copied to the current folder. If the Apply Path checkbox is checked, Zip will create a new subfolder in which to place the extracted files.

6. Tap the Extract button.

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Deleting individual files

To delete an individual file or files contained within an archive file, select the desired file(s) in the Main screen. Then tap Delete. Use the Action tab of Options to specify whether or not you want a message to require you to confirm every deletion.

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Verifying Data Integrity

The Integrity Test... command is used in Zip to check and see if the data in all of the individual files currently listed in the display area are correct.

To obtain data reliability, Zip uses a common but powerful technique for error detection known as CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check). The CRC value, obtained by algorithm, is displayed in the Properties screen. It can also be listed when you use Details view in the Main screen (if the CRC checkbox is checked in the View tab of Options). In addition, you can sort the file listing by CRC number, if desired, by selecting CRC on the Sort By submenu.

It doesn't matter if there are any individual files currently selected or not. When you tap Integrity Test..., all files contained in the current archive will automatically be tested for data correctness and reliability. A message will then appear and tell you whether the file data is correct or not.

More Info about CRC Checking

Very briefly, Zip uses CRC to calculate a value made from all of the data in a file that can be used to verify that all data was transmitted without corruption. When you Add a file to the archive, Zip calculates a CRC value for the file and saves the value with the Zip file. If you later Extract that file, Zip will again calculate a CRC value.

During an Integrity Test, Zip compares the two values for all of the files in the current archive. If any do not match, an error message will be displayed. Although damaged data might occur in only one of the files, it may affect the entire Zip file and make it impossible to extract all of the files from the archive successfully.

Data errors might occur as a result of several different circumstances. For example, invalid data might be introduced during file transmission from telephone line noise. Or, perhaps a disk was exposed to heat or magnetic fields, or a removable disk drive might be malfunctioning. In any case, the best way to deal with a damaged file is to try to replace it with a new copy. Either download it again, or copy it in again using a backup copy, etc. This usually solves the problem.

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Refreshing the Display Area

Tapping Refresh updates the display in the Main screen so that the latest data for all the files in an archive is shown.

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Other Miscellaneous Functions

Choosing a view mode for the file listing

Showing subfolders and moving up one level

Selecting files

Sending files via E-mail

Sending and receiving files via Infrared beaming

Customizing settings for Zip behavior

Hiding/Displaying Toolbar or Status Pane

Accessing on-line Help messages

Exiting Zip

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View Modes

The first four view modes below are available in both the Find screen and the Main screen. The fifth (Extended) is available only in the Main screen.

Large Icons — Only the filenames and an enlarged version of their icon will be shown. Longer filenames will be truncated.

Small Icons — Files are shown with their complete names and a small version of their icon.

List — Files are listed with a small version of their icon. Longer filenames may be truncated.

Details — Files are listed with their small icons and several columns of information. To see more columns of data, scroll to the left or right using the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the screen. You can also drag the borders between column headers to move the borders, if desired.

Zip files in the Find screen are listed in the order found, with columns of data for Date, Path, Size, and number of Files contained in the archive. These columns cannot be hidden, moved, or sorted differently.

However, in the Main screen, you can tap on a column header if you wish to temporarily sort according to that criteria, or use the Sort By command to permanently specify which criteria to sort by. Note that when you use Sort By, the files will also be sorted by your chosen criteria when in the other view modes, even though the data being used as the sort criteria might not be shown on the screen. (To return to the original sort criteria, select Original from the Sort By submenu.)

You can use the View tab of Options to specify exactly which columns you want to be displayed during Details view mode, and the order you want the columns to appear in. When in the Main screen, you can also manually reorder columns by dragging the column headers to the desired positions.

Extended — This view is available only for the individual file list in the Main screen. The files will be listed in block format along with their large icons and several other items of information, such as date, ratio of compression, size, etc. This view is a concatenated version of the Status Pane info for all files in the list, so the Status Pane command is disabled during Extended view mode.

NOTE: You can use the General tab of Options to force Zip to recognize any of these view modes as the default.

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Showing folders and moving Up One Level

When the contents of an archive file is listed in the Main screen and it contains one or more subfolders, you can use Show Folders on the View Menu to display the subfolder(s) as open or closed. The Show Folders command operates as a toggle. When Show Folders is active, only the subfolder name (and subfolder icon) will be shown in the file listing. When Show Folders is not active, the subfolder name will not be shown in the file listing. Instead, the individual files within that subfolder will be listed along with any other files that might be contained in the archive.

The Show Folders command also affects the Path Bar (above the file listing in the Main screen). If Show Folders is not active, the path and filename of the parent Zip file will be shown in the Path Bar (if the root of the archive file is currently listed in the display area). If Show Folders is active, the Path Bar will only display a folder name if you open a subfolder contained within the archive file. NOTE: Use the General tab of Options to hide or display the Path Bar.

Up One Level

If Show Folders is active, and you open a subfolder using the View command or by double-tapping on it, you can conveniently return to the next higher level using the Up One Level command.

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Selecting Files

Multi-Select Mode

Multiple selection of .zip files in the Find screen is not permitted, but multiple selection of files in the Main screen is permitted. By default, you can select a single file by tapping on it, or multiple files that are next to each other in the Main screen, by dragging your stylus over the desired files. However, this method of multiple selection requires the selected files to be listed next to each other.

The Multi-Select Mode command allows you to select multiple files that are not next to each other in the list simply by tapping on all the desired files. Each time you select this command, you toggle the function on or off.

Select All

When you tap Select All, all files currently listed in the Main screen will be selected.

Select None

If any files listed in the Main screen are currently selected, tapping Select None will de-select them. (You can also unselect all files simply by tapping in any empty part of the display area.)

Select Invert

This command de-selects any files in the Main screen that are currently selected, while at the same time selecting any files that are not selected. (If no files are selected, it behaves the same as Select All. If all files are selected, it behaves the same as Select None.)

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Sending files via E-mail

Sending files/subfolders from the Main screen

To E-mail a file or files contained within an archive file, first select the desired file(s) in the Main screen, then select Send Via E-mail.... Zip will compress the file or files into one file named Attachment.zip by default. The Microsoft Windows E-mail software on your mobile device will be invoked, and the Attachment.zip file will automatically be added to a Compose window.

If you need to attach another file to the E-mail, or delete an attachment, press your stylus on the Attachment filename and select Add... or Delete from the pop-up menu.

Fill in the fields of the E-mail window as you would for any other E-mail message. Tap the Send button when ready to send.

Sending a ZIP file from the Find screen

The procedure is identical to the above, except:

* Only one Zip file can be selected for E-mailing at a time.

* A copy of the existing Zip file is sent, rather than a new Zip file being created.

* The command to use is Send Zip via E-mail....

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Sending files via Infrared beaming

You can conveniently send a file via Infrared beaming without leaving Zip. In the Main screen, select one file, then tap Send via Infrared.... Or, in the Find screen, select one Zip file and then tap Send Zip via Infrared.... (If you select more than one file, these commands are disabled.) The standard Infrared Send screen opens. You will then have approximately 30 seconds to line up the Infrared port of your mobile device with the Infrared port of the receiving mobile device.

Receiving files via Infrared beaming

To receive a file from another mobile device via Infrared beaming without leaving Zip, select Receive Via Infrared.... The Infrared Receive screen opens. You will then have approximately 30 seconds to line up the Infrared port of your mobile device with the Infrared port of the sending mobile device. By default, received files will be placed in your \My Documents folder.

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Customizing settings for Zip behavior

The tabs in the Options screen allow you to set various Zip behaviors to your own preferences. Each tab also contains a Reset button which resets all settings in the current tab to the original default settings.

General Tab

View Tab

Action Tab

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General Tab

Startup Options

You can specify that Zip initially perform one of the following actions each time it is invoked.

* By default, the With “Find Archive” Screen button is active. This forces Zip to search for all files on your mobile device that have the .zip extension, and displays the list of found files in the Find screen. If desired, you can change this start-up behavior by selecting one of the other two buttons:

* To force Zip to open only the most recently opened .zip file (from the previous session) in the Main screen every time Zip is started, select the With Last Opened Zip File button. Or,

* You can tap the Without Opening Any Files button to specify that no searching be done and no files be opened when Zip is invoked. In this case, the Find screen will initially be displayed, containing only the message “No Open Files.”

View Mode

The view mode that is selected from the View Mode drop-down list is the view mode that Zip will initially use to display files in the Main screen. If “Last View Mode” is selected, files in the Main screen will be listed in the most recently used view mode from the previous Zip session.

This setting does not affect the Find screen, which will always be in Details view initially. However, you can change the view mode of the Find screen manually during the course of an Zip session using the View Menu in the Find screen.

Font Size

You can optionally choose a larger or smaller font size from the Font Size drop-down list. This will affect the text displayed in filename listings (but not dialog boxes, Comment text when entered in the Properties screen, etc.).

Associate Zip Files With Zip

When this checkbox is checked, Zip will be invoked (if not already running) when you open a .zip file on your mobile device.

Show Path Bar

When this checkbox is checked, the Path Bar will be displayed above the file listing in the Main screen. If the Show Folders command on the View Menu is not active and the root of the archive file is listed in the display area, the path and filename of the parent Zip file will be shown in the Path Bar. If Show Folders is active, the Path Bar will only display a folder name if you open a subfolder contained within the archive file.

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View Tab

In the Columns for Details View Mode portion of the View tab, only the items with checkmarks will be included in the columns of data when Details view mode is used in the Main screen. (These settings do not affect the fixed columns of data in the Find screen.)

To permanently rearrange the order of the columns, tap the Reorder... button. In the Reorder Columns dialog box, select the item you want to move, then tap the Up arrow or Down arrow as needed. You can also manually reorder columns in the Main screen by dragging the column headers to the desired positions, but this manual reordering will only be retained during the current Zip session.

In the Date/Time portion of the screen, you can choose to display only the date, or only the time, or both date and time (of most recent modification). This setting is recognized for file listings in both the Main screen and the Find screen.

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Action Tab

Compression Level

When you use Add... to add a file to an archive file, Zip automatically compresses it using the level of compression that is currently specified in the Compression Level field of the Action tab. The default level is a compromise between speed and ratio of compression.

If you wish to change the compression level to achieve a higher rate of compression (which takes longer), or, conversely, a lower rate of compression (a bigger file but takes less time to compress), select the level from the drop-down list. Each level represents a pre-defined ratio. The higher the level, the higher the rate of compression.

Temp Folder

When Zip is installed, it creates a “temp folder” named ~Zip Temporary Files which it uses for temporary file use. For example, a copy of each file you View in Zip will transparently be placed in this temp folder. When you exit Zip, all files in this folder will be deleted. By default, this temp folder is located in your \Windows folder.

The parent folder of the temp folder is shown in the Temp Folder field of the Action tab. If you wish to change the parent folder, tap the Change... button and select the desired folder. Zip will then create a temp folder named ~Zip Temporary Files under the parent folder you specified.

If, for example, you have a storage card, you can specify a folder on the storage card to be the parent folder for the Zip temp folder, thereby saving memory in your mobile device.

Show Comments Before Opening Files

This checkbox is selected by default. That is, if you previously entered Comments for a Zip file using the Archive Properties... command, the Comments screen will appear and display that Comment text first, every time you attempt to open that Zip file using the Open Archive command. If you do not want the Comments to automatically display prior to opening Zip files, either check the Don't show comments next time checkbox in the Comments screen, or uncheck the Show comments before opening files checkbox in the Action tab of Options.

Show Comments Before Viewing Files

This checkbox is selected by default. That is, if you previously entered Comments for an individual file contained within an archive file using the Properties... command, the Comments screen will appear and display that Comment text first, every time you attempt to view that file using the View command. If you do not want the Comments to automatically display prior to opening files, either check the Don't show comments next time checkbox in the Comments screen, or uncheck the Show comments before viewing files checkbox in the Action tab of Options.

Confirm Before Deleting Files

By default, whenever you attempt to delete any file in Zip, a message will appear and require you to confirm the deletion. If you want deletion to take place automatically with no confirmation, uncheck this checkbox.

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Hiding/Displaying the Toolbar or Status Pane

The Status Pane is located immediately under the horizontal scroll bar. It displays data related to the currently selected file.

The Find screen has no Toolbar, and the Status Pane in the Find screen cannot be hidden. However, you can hide or display the Status Pane and/or Toolbar in the Main screen.

Each time you select the Status Pane command or the Toolbar command, you toggle the display On or Off. If you are operating in Multi-Select Mode and have selected more than one file, the data related to the most recently selected file will be shown in the Status Pane.

Note also that the Status Pane is not available when Zip is in Extended view mode, since Extended view mode is somewhat like “concatenated status panes” for all files in the current archive.

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