Source: (psoft@tech-center.com)
Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
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After the terrific time we had at WarpStock 99 we are finally 
caught up on rest and getting back to work.

We are finally making available the new release of WarpZip that 
appeared during WarpStock weekend. WarpZip is now at version 
2.3. Information, screenshots and fully functional copies are available 
at http://www.pillarsoft.net/warpzip.html


NEW IN THIS RELEASE

1) Sometimes "Grep" window would lose it's color information. (Fixed) 
2) Fixed extracting zipfile's with spaces that contain filenames with 
spaces. (Fixed) 
3) Will now view icons (.ICO) in internal viewer. (New)
4) Press F3 key to stretch graphics in internal viewer to full 
screen. (New)

WARPZIP OVERVIEW

WarpZip is the latest in Zip and OS/2 "Packed" file management. Beneath
WarpZip's stunning interface you will find some revolutionary and 
powerful functions that will save both time and effort and boost your 
productivity.

The integration of a directory tree as part of the interface makes 
unarchiving complete archives or just selected file(s) from an archive 
to any directory as simple as a 3 inch drag and drop, to ANYWHERE on 
your drives. If you don't have the directory you want, create it! You 
can also open any folder from the directory tree for drag and drop 
operations. Drag files into or out of archives. Delete any directory or 
even complete directory trees from WarpZip!

DOWNLOAD PREPROCESSOR

No more manually selecting a directory when downloading from NS. 
WarpZip's Download PreProcessor allows your browsing sessions to 
sport one click downloads that obey your every whim. It will selectively 
move your downloaded zip files to any directory you choose, test them 
for integrity, virus test them and queue them up for later review by 
WarpZip. All this is handled seamlessly in the background while you 
spend your online time making your browser session count. When you're 
offline, WarpZip will be waiting with the list of files you've
downloaded. It will automatically load them in it's queue on startup 
and present you with any test results you may have requested.

PACKED FILES?

OS/2 Packed file extensions can have "_" or "@" or no extension 
at all. So how do you locate them? Better yet, how do you locate and 
see what files are archived inside of them? We are unaware of any 
software that will help you find those almost unrecognizable 
OS/2 packed files except WarpZip. Of course, dragging a file out of 
them or viewing them is as easy as working with a zip archive.

SEARCH FACILITIES

WarpZip will search a directory, directory tree, hard disk or CD for 
zip files as well as OS/2 packed files. It will add or delete files 
from archives, view files in archives or you can test run them (to do 
an installation, for example) and let WarpZip clean up after you. 
You can test zip files or run virus scans, view bitmaps, grep, build 
self extractors, copy, move, rename, delete... well... you get the 
picture...

INSTALLATION DETAILS

During installation WarpZip will allow you to use existing paths for 
dll's etc.
and keep track of them for you. It will write an uninstall script 
specific to your installation should you decide to remove the program 
at a later date. No forgotten file clutter...

ERATTA

WarpZip licenses are available at BMT Micro ($29)http://www.bmtmicro.com

This version of WarpZip was available at WarpStock for those of you 
that may have received it there.

After visiting with many of you at WarpStock, (Arkay brought this 
to my attention) it has become apparent that we haven't been able 
to make it all clear about what WarpZip really does. Because I 
can't demo it very easily here, I would hope that you all would take 
the opportunity to download a fully functional copy from our website 
and try everything out. The "Sample.zip" that opens automatically on 
the first run will help get your feet wet but we hope you will check 
into all the different search mechanisms in the program too.

A personal note concerning WarpStock: I must say that the organizers were 
all terrific to work with and "very" helpful. I would also like to 
give a well deserved and humble "Thank you" to everyone that stopped 
by and said "Hi". I had such a great time meeting every one of you and 
really appreciate the support you have all shown. The OS/2 users at 
WarpStock are Great... Great people.



Wayne Swanson
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email: swanee@pillarsoft.net
PillarSoft: http://www.pillarsoft.net
Developers of: WarpZip, DeskTop Backup (DTB), SFX Installer
               ShowTime/2 and the Enhanced E Editors
Vice President: VOICE (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education) 
VOICE: http://www.os2voice.org
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