The Add dialog box: Adding files to zip files and archives

You can add files to existing archives (not all archive formats support this feature). Clicking Add on the ALZip toolbar displays the following dialog box. Click any section of the following image for more specific help on that topic.

Selecting files to archive

Selecting files to archive or add to an archive displays the file names in the File name input area. You can browse to select files or type them in manually.

Compression ratio

Determines the compression ratio. The default is Maximum. Your options are: Maximum, Normal, Fast, Faster, and No compression. Note that not every compression format offers all of those options. Some compression formats only support Normal and No compression.

Folders

Include sub-folders

Determine whether sub-folders are to be included. This option is set by default.

Include full path

This option includes the absolute (full) path up to where the file is located. For example, if the file you are archiving is in the My Pictures folder, the path when extracting will be \My Documents\My Pictures\ on Windows 9x PCs and \Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\My Pictures\ on Windows NT based computers (NT, 2000, XP, 2003). It is not set by default.

Caution: Depending upon configuration differences on different computers and how you use this option, it may not return the exact results you are expecting. e.g. If Sally is using a Windows 98 computer, and her friend Jake is extracting the file on Windows 2000, then including the full path \My Documents\My Pictures\Isnt-Sally-Pretty.jpg will not have the same effect on Jake's computer as it does on Sally's computer because Jake's "My Documents" folder is in a path something like this: \Documents and Settings\Jake\My Documents\ and so his "My Pictures" folder is in \Documents and Settings\Jake\My Documents\My Pictures\.

In our example above, if Jake browses to his "My Pictures" folder and extract's Sally's archive, the final path and file will be \Documents and Settings\Jake\My Documents\My Pictures\My Documents\My Pictures\Isnt-Sally-Pretty.jpg.

Delete after archiving

Determines whether to delete all the original files after archiving.

Warning: Users should exercise caution with this option. Should an unexpected error occur while archiving, the original files may be deleted and the archive may be corrupted (unusable). In this case, there is no way to recover the deleted files. Also refer to Delete after archiving under Create new archives.

Add

Click the Add button to complete archiving tasks after setting all the options. If any options are set incorrectly, such as having no files selected or entering incorrect file names, an error message is displayed so that you can easily correct the situation.

Cancel

Cancels a task and close the dialog.

Help

Displays information on the Add dialog box.

Password

Set passwords by clicking the Password button. The Set password dialog box prompts you to enter a password.

Related Topics

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