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The ZipView Window is used to view and manipulate the files of a ZIP archive file. The archive file may be selected and read into the window with a LMB double click, the menus or the Alt+V key combination.

The window is sizable and movable. Size and position data are saved on closing the window. It has most of the window characteristics of the file windows, including popup function and options menus with the same hot zones for activation. It inherits the file window background color and detail view titles configuration. Only the text and detail views are available. The files may be sorted by the same options except the date sort is not available.

The program must have access to Info-ZIP's UNZIP.EXE to read the file into the window and access to ZIP.EXE to perform some of the window functions. The path to these files must exist in the External Programs Zip entry field, Page 3_1, Settings Notebook. The program automatically fills this field if the files are found in the environment path.

If the temporary directory \WORKDIR does not exist as a subdirectory to the directory in which FILESTAR.EXE is installed, it is created along with the ZipView Window. While no harm is done if you later delete this directory, you just as well leave it alone so it does not have to be recreated. The program deletes all files and subdirectories in \WORKDIR either when the window is closed or the program is terminated.

When viewing multiple files with the ZipView window, you do not need to close it between files. When another ZIP file is selected, the window is emptied before reading the new file. You may also LMB double click on a zip file within the zip file in the window and that file will be read into the window.

The image above does not show all the detail view fields. These are:

• Filename - File name within the zip file.
  
• Size - The normal, uncompressed file size in bytes.
  
• Date - The last write file date.
  
• Time - The last write file time.
  
• Ratio - Percentage compression.
  
• ArcSize - Compressed file size.
  
• Method - Method of compression.

Window Functions

The window functions activated from either the window pushbuttons or popup menu are:

- Pushing the WorkDir pushbutton dumps the entire zip file into the work directory \WORKDIR. The ZipView Window is closed and the work directory is read into the other file window, ready for you to use any file window function. These files will be deleted either upon using the ZipView Window again or at program termination, so treat them as temporary. There is an exception; You may LMB double click an a zip file in the work directory, display it in a ZipView Window and then dump this file into the work directory without the previous files in the work directory being deleted. In other words, the files in the work directory are not deleted if the zip file in the window came from the work directory.

Launches the browse or image viewer program on the cursored file. A LMB double click accomplishes the same thing. Views all file extensions supported in a file window.

Initiates a dialog process to add files to the archive file in the window. This pushbutton is labeled Create if the ZipView Window is launched without a cursored zip file in the active file window. Pushing Create will start a dialog process to create a zip file and add selected files to it.

Initiates a dialog process to extract selected files from the archive file in the window to the directory of choice.

Starts the editor program on the cursored file. The file is extracted to the work directory where it is edited. When the editor is closed the file is re-zipped back into the archive file in the window. Edits ASCII and ICO, BMP and PTR files.

Deletes the selected files in the ZipView Window from the archive file.

This is it.