Welcome to ZIP Fugue for Windows:


    ZIPFugue   v2.0       Windows shell for PKZip & PKUnzip


(c) Copyright   Fugue Software      1991 to 1994

    PKZip & PKUnzip (c) PKWare


CONTENTS:

This document contains the following information:
 General information about ZIP Fugue
 Files On This Disk
 Registration information
 Installation instructions




ZIP SHELL FOR WINDOWS AND DOS



PKZip and PKUnzip from PKWare are now the industry standard for
lossless compression of files. They have a host of features, and even
support the addition of descriptions to compressed files. However,
they are also command driven, which makes them difficult to use for
non experts. In addition, there is no way to add or extract 4Dos file
descriptions.

There are other shells for PKZip & PKUnzip on the market. Some of them
are undoubtedly quite good. But what I wanted was a program that would
let you tag files to add to a ZIP file, and then add them along with
their 4Dos file descriptions. In the same way I wanted to be able to
tag the files in ZIP file, and extract them along with their 4DOS file
descriptions. I also wanted to be able to see the descriptions along
with the files. None of the available shells I looked at would do
this.

In 1989 I wrote the first version of ZIP.EXE to do this in a DOS
environment. When I moved to Windows 3.0, I became fed up with having
to open a DOS window to go and zip or unzip files. Finally I got
around to writing a Windows equivalent that could be launched from
program manager - ZIPW.EXE.

Both these programs serve the same function that of adding files to
and extracting files from a ZIP file, while automating the add/extract
of the associated 4DOS descriptions. Of the two, ZIPW is more
sophisticated, using as it does the Multiple Document Interface to
permit you to work on more than one ZIP file at a time. One of these
days I will get around to rewriting the Dos version to provide similar
features.

FILES ON THIS DISK


        ZIPW.EX_        - the Windows version
        VBRUN300.DL_    - VB3 run time library
        VER.DL_         - Windows version control
        SETUP1.EX_      - second part of windows installation program
        SETUP.EXE       - first part of windows installation program

        PKZ204.ZIP      - PKZip & PKUnzip V2.04g
        PKUNZIP.EXE     - Used to expand ZIP files
        EXPAND.EXE      - Used to expand windows files

The windows libraries are supplied under license from Microsoft. You
are free to use them provided you own a copy of Microsoft Windows.

PKZ204 is supplied by PKWare as a fully functional evaluation copy of
PKZIP and PKUNZIP. If you decide to use the programs after the
evaluation period then you are required to make a payment to PKWare
for a license to use the programs.

ZIPW.EXE is a fully functional program provided for evaluation. If you
continue to use these programs after a 30 day evaluation period then you
are required to purchase a license from Fugue Software.

Both PKWare and Fugue Software are members of the ASP, so you are
assured of receiving quality software.

Registration


    Please see ORDER.FRM for registration details.


                        Fugue Software can be reached at:
                                PO Box 425 Capalaba  QLD 4157
                                Australia

                        Compuserve 100036,311
                        Voice/Fax +61 7 824 2843


Installation


        Place the disk in your drive, and from program manager type
             RUN a:SETUP.EXE
        or   RUN b:SETUP.EXE

        Answer the question about the destination drive. The software
        should be installed automatically, and a Program manager group
        should be created. You can later move the icons to another
        group if you desire.

        If you do not have a copy of PKZIP & PKUNZIKP, you should then
        follow the DOS installation instructions to install PKZip &
        PKUnzip on your disk.

        If all you received was the file ZIPW20.ZIP or ZIPW20.EXE,
        then all the files have been archived into this file. In this
        case you need to extract all the files to either your hard
        disk or your floppy disk before you can run SETUP:

        From DOS, copy the file to yor hard disk and extract the files

           for .ZIP     type in     PKUNZIP -E  ZIPW20

           for .EXE     type in     ZIPW20

        Then run SETUP from program manager as described above



WORKING DIRECTORY

When the program is installed, the working directory is set to the program
directory. If you change the working directory, you may get an error if you
try to Zip/Unzip if Windows cannot find the PIF file ZIPW_.PIF (this is in
the program directory).

If this happens, copy the file ZIPW_.PIF into the work directory, or change
the work directory back to the program directory. (See Networking below)


NEWTORKS

You can run the program from the network server, but you will need to take
some manual action during installation. The default installation sets the work
directory to the program directory, and so the program expects to find its
support ZIPW_.PIF there. It will also write ZIPW$.BAT into the work directory
(thus allowing it to avoid collisions on a network). Windows in turn will
expect to find the BAT file in the same directory (or at least on the PATH) as
the PIF file. It does not always examing the working directory.

When you set up a workstation, you need to change the work directory to the
user's local disk or their user directory on the network. The work files
including the list of files to extact ZIPLIST.TMP, the descriptions to be
added during a zip operation ZIPDESC.TMP, and the ZIPW$.BAT file will all
be written to this work directory.

You will need to copy the file ZIPW_.PIF from the program directory to the
work directory. In some rare circumstances, windows will still not search the
work directory, and you will receive a quick DOS error like
   "unknown command c:\dos\zipw$.bat"
This seems to occur when your working directory is on your boot drive. If you
DO experience this, you will need to modify the ZIPW_.PIF with PIFEDIT
to change the program from ZIPW$.BAT to include the full path of the working
directory:
  eg      C:\UTILS\ZIPW$.BAT


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