Extracting (copying) files to another folder – i-mate PDA2 User Manual

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Applications

of

.zip. You can then select Open Archive on the File Menu to open it in the Individual File

screen, then use the

Add command on the Action Menu or Toolbar (in the Individual File

screen) to compress and add individual files to it.

ZIP automatically compresses the files

before adding them. The default compression level is a compromise between speed and

ratio of compression. This can be changed in the

Tools Menu > Options > Action tab. If

you wish to select multiple files in the Individual File screen, you can use

Action Menu >

Multi-Select Mode.

Select

Archive Properties... to view information about the current archive file. You can

also

Send files, via E-mail or via Infrared.

If the Individual File screen is currently displayed and you want to switch back to the Archive

File screen, select

Find Archive on the File Menu or on the Toolbar.

Extracting (copying) files to another folder

The

Extract command copies the selected file or files in the current open archive, then moves

the copy to the folder of your choice. Select the desired file(s), then tap

Extract. The Extract

screen will open. Tap the

Selected Files button to copy and move only the selected files,

or tap

All Files to copy and move all files in the folder (regardless of whether specific files

were selected prior to tapping

Extract...). If you wish to automatically overwrite any exist-

ing files that might have the same name in the destination folder (without being prompted),

check the

Overwrite Existing Files checkbox. If you do not check this checkbox, and files

are found in the destination folder with the same name, you will be asked to confirm. If the

Apply Path checkbox is not checked, the extracted files will be copied to the current folder.

If the

Apply Path checkbox is checked, ZIP will create a new subfolder in which to place

the extracted files. Tap the

Extract button when ready.

The

Integrity Test command is used in ZIP to check and see if the data in all of the indi-

vidual files currently listed in the display area are correct. To obtain data reliability,

ZIP uses

a common but powerful technique for error detection known as CRC (Cyclic Redundancy

Check). The CRC value, obtained by algorithm, is listed when you use Details view (if the

CRC checkbox is checked in the View tab of Options). It doesn’t matter if there are any

individual files currently selected or not. When you tap

Integrity Test, all files contained in

the current archive will automatically be tested for data correctness and reliability. A mes-

sage will then appear and tell you whether the file data is correct.

When the contents of an archive file is listed and it contains one or more subfolders, you

can use

Show Folders on the View Menu to display the subfolder(s) as open or closed.

When

Show Folders is active, only the subfolder name (and subfolder icon) will be shown

in the file listing. When

Show Folders is not active, the subfolder name will not be shown

in the file listing. Instead, the individual files within that subfolder will be listed along with

any other files that might be contained in the archive.

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