SHEZ v5.5 by Jim Derr REGISTRATION $ 25.00 UTIL JUN90 SHEZ DERR COMPRESSION SHELL ARCHIVE ZIP PAK ZOO FILES: shez55.sdn Update The Compression Companion California Software Design SHEZ is a shell program to make viewing and working with archive files user friendly. In order for SHEZ to function you must have one or more of the following archive programs: PKZIP, PKUNZIP by Phil Katz for ZIP files. PKUNPAK, PKPAK by Phil Katz for ARC files. LHARC by Haruyasu Yoshizaki for LZH files. ZOO by Rahul Dhesi for ZOO files. PAK by NoGate Consulting for PAK files. In addition you will need Vern Buerg's LIST program. Please note that these programs are copyrighted and they can be obtained from most BBS's. If you want to use the virus scan option of SHEZ you will also need the virus scan program by McAfee Associates call SCAN.EXE. This program can be found on most major BBS's or you may obtain it by calling the McAfee BBS. You must obtain version 39 or greater of this program in order for SHEZ to use it correctly. To start-up SHEZ simply enter "SHEZ [d:\path\filespec]". You may specify wild cards in the filespec. If you use wild cards in the filespec SHEZ will present you with a scrollable list of files that it found matching the filespec. SHEZ recognizes the special filename.fileext of $.$. If you specify a filespec of $.$ SHEZ will list only the files having an extension of .ARC, .ZIP, .LZH, and ZOO, or the files having extension matching the extensions that where set using the configuration program. SHEZ will also recognize just the $ file extension along with a DOS wildcard filename. For example if you start SHEZ by entering SHEZ C:\UTY\P*.$ SHEZ will display a list of files that have a filename beginning with the letter P and that have a file extension of .ARC,.ZIP,.LZH,.ZOO,.PAK, or what ever you set the extentions to using the config. program. You may also start SHEZ and specify a sub-directory name of the directory you are currently in. For example, if you are currently in the C:\UTILITY directory and you want to work on the files in the C:\UTILITY\PGMS directory start SHEZ by entering the following: SHEZ PGMS\ Also included in the file list will be any directories that SHEZ found. The directory names will be enclosed in greater than and less than symbols. I.E. . You can position the highlight bar on a directory name and press the enter key to view the files and directories that are contained in that directory. To move up one level in the directory tree highlight the directory entry that appears as <..>. As you change directories the full disk:\pathname will be displayed on the main screen. In addition the disk:\path that will receive extracted files is also displayed on the main screen. You can than choose the file you wish to work on by moving the highlight bar with the cursor keys and pressing the enter key. SHEZ will then present you with a screen showing the contents of the archive file. To perform a function, simply position the highlight bar and press the key(s) that corresponds to the function you want to perform on that member. Pressing the F1 key will open a window giving you context sensitive help. SHEZ also has a built-in menuing system. To activate the menu system press the forward slash key. A menu bar will appear at the top of the screen. Using the left and right cursor keys you may select major menu item. Press the enter key to view the choices under the menu item. Using the up and down cursor keys you may choose an action item and then press the enter key to perform that item. Pressing the ESC key will take you back one level. Keep pressing the ESC key to exit the menu system. (SDA format (c)Copyright 1990 The SDN Project - SDNet/Works!)