      AC - The Archive Converter  V3.11  By Donald M. Langhorne
      Copyright (c) 1991,1994; All rights reserved;
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Tips:
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The following describes some features that are available to AC, that may not
be readily apparent to the user.  Some are undocumented features that the
user must understand they use at their own risk!

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| Updating Archives|
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   Updating an archive to a newer version.  For example, you have an archive
   that was created using PkZip V1.10.	You would like to update it to
   PKZip V2.04.  The first thing to keep in mind is that a newer version
   of an archiver should ALWAYS be able to extract older versions, and
   therefore you do NOT need to define two different archivers, just the
   newer one.  It is worth noting that some archivers may require an extra
   switch to read older versions.  You should consult the docs for that
   archiver, then add the switch to the dearchiver definition.

   Below are the several methods available to accomplish this task:
	  1) UI(User Interface) Mode:  Select the file you want to update
		 and press the <ENTER> key.
	  1) UI(User Interface) Mode:  Either press F3 for options and turn
         updating ON, or just press the <ALT-U> key to toggle this feature
         ON and OFF.  Highlight the archive you wish to convert and press
         <ENTER>.

      2) CL(Command Line) Mode:  when you type in the command line switches
         add the switch '/U' and it will toggle the update feature to ON.

      3) Set it as default:(Registered users ONLY!)  You can run ACSetup
         and set this feature to be ON by default.  You should remember that
         if this is set to ON, and you use the switch '/U' on the command
         line, IT WILL TURN THIS FEATURE OFF.  You would not need to add the
          switch '/U' if it were set to ON.

   NOTE:  If you use wildcards on the command line, AC will NOT convert
		  like archives unless you turn updating to ON.
		  For example if you want to update 3 ZIP files to the newer version
		  and you type AC /Z *.*, AC will NOT convert any ZIP files.
		  You would need to be more specific.  Some examples are:
				AC /Z *.zip ; AC /Z myfile1.zip myfile2.zip myfile3.zip

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|Using Advanced Command Line WildCards|
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   I have tried to make AC as flexible as possible when converting
   archives from the command line.  Except the for the first two, you
   can chain these commands one after the other to convert just the
   archives you want.  With very few exceptions, the  following
   wildcard combinations are possible:

	-- '*' when you specify this on the command line, AC will
	   automatically convert ALL archive files found to the desired type.
	   It will however not convert any archives that are already of the
	   desired type(See Above).

	-- '*.*' Would do the same this as '*'.  See previous item.

	-- '*.<EXT>' where <EXT> is the extension(IE ZIP) that MUST already
	   be defined by ACSetup.  This will convert ALL files having the
	   extension of <EXT>.

	-- '<FILENAME> Where you do NOT specify an extension.  If you have
	   an archive file called THISZIP.ZIP and you want to convert it
	   to an ARJ file, you can simply type: AC /J THISZIP
	   AC actually translates this to convert THISZIP.*  Which would
	   convert ANY files that have the same name, and all extensions
	   that have been defined in ACSetup.

	-- '<FILENAME.EXT>  This is the most specific method, where you
	   specify the complete file name.  AC will convert just that file.

	-- In addition to the above, below are some more wildcard assignments
	   that would be supported by AC:

	   AC /Z m*.ARJ	: will convert ALL ARJ files matching the criterion
                          m*
	   AC /Z m1??34.LZH : will convert ALL LZH files that match the
                              criterion 'm1??34'

   Below are a few command line wildcards that would NOT work and
   some alternate methods to get the result you want:

	 -- AC /Z MYFILE. : Will fail, use AC /Z MYFILE (No Period)

	 -- AC /Z *.A*    : I have not tested this, so cannot say that
                            it won't work, but don't think it would.
                            Instead, use AC /Z *.ARC *.ARJ etc..

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|Adding Comments to Archives During Conversion|  *** Undocumented ***
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 It is possible to add comments to archives when using AC, however I
 will not garauntee a fix if you have problems.  When you define an
 archiver in ACSetup, you can enter ANY valid command line options
 as a default switch.  If you enter the switch to create comments for
 archive files, when AC converts the archive, you will be able to enter
 comments.  As of this version, AC uses DOS windows for output during
 conversion, and you will not be able to see all 80 characters across.
 The length of the window is about 45 characters.  When the archive
 asks for the comment, you may not be able to see all that you type, if
 you type past the edge of the window.	This does not mean that the
 characters you type that you can't see don't get accepted, you just
 can't see them.

 Example:  To create comments for ZIP files, you would normally add the
           '-C' switch if you were creating a ZIP file from DOS.
           Run ACSetup, goto the archive defintion for ZIP, and add the
           '-C' switch to one of the four available normal switches.
           When you then convert an archive to ZIP, You will be able to
           enter comments, just as if you ran it from the DOS prompt.



