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At the top of the main window of ZipWave you will find a range of menus. In these menus you will find all possible functions and actions you can do on archive files. Depending of the nature of the current archive, some of these functions may be disabled.
  • NEW ARCHIVE
    Creates a new ZIP file.
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  • OPEN ARCHIVE
    Opens and loads an already existing archive from the disk.
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  • CLOSE ARCHIVE
    Closes the current archive document.
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  • SAVE AS...
    Creates a copy of the current archive elsewhere on the disk.
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  • EXPORT AS...
    ZipWave can export the list of files contained in an archive in several formats :
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    • HTML FILE
      Saves the list of files in a formatted form into an HTML files. This file can then be displayed into an Internet browser.
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    • CSV FILE (separator: comma)
      TEXT FILE (separator: tab)
      TEXT FILE (separator: space)
      In these modes, ZipWave saves the list of files into text files and separates each column using the specified separator character.
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      Most of programs can retrieve the structure of tables using these kind of files. 
  • PRINT
    Prints the content of the archive. Depending of current viewing mode, more or less files can be printed. 
  • PRINT PREVIEW
    Displays a print preview of the document. In this mode ZipWave, shows you exactly how will print a document.
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  • PRINT SETUP
    Opens the Windows print setup panel, which lets you select printer preferences.
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  • SEND
    Attaches the current archive to an email.
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  • PREFERENCES
    Displays the Zipwave options panel
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  • EXIT
    Closes all opened documents and exits the program

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  • COPY
    Copies selected files into the windows clipboard. Then once copied, you can paste them elsewhere for extracting them! 
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  • SELECT ALL
    Selects all files.
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  • INVERSE SELECTION
    Unselects selected files, and selects those which weren't selected. (Cleaver!)
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  • PROPERTIES
    Displays the Properties of the current selected file.

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The following commands are use to configure the appearance of the main window and also tells how to display the content of archives.

  • TOOLBAR
    Hides or shows the ZipWave toolbar  (See: ToolBar)
  • STATUS BAR
    Hides or shows the status bar on which ZipWave displays several information.
  • ZIPWAVE EXPLORER TREE
    Hides or shows the ZipWave Explorer Tree which lets you access quickly disks and partitions but also the ZipWave online help. (See: ZipWave Explorer Tree )

The following commands modify the way ZipWave displays the content of archives.

  • ALL FILES
    Displays all files contained in an archive. The is the default "classical" mode for displaying the content of an archive. (See: All Files Mode)
  • EXPLORER
    Displays the arborescence of sub-folders and files of an archive. (See: Explorer Mode)
  • SEARCH
    This mode lets you find one ore more files contained in the archive. (See: Search Mode)
  • INFORMATION
    Displays several information about the archive. (See: Information Mode)

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  • OPEN
    Opens the current selected file using the associated program.
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  • ADD
    Adds one or more files to the archive. (See: Adding Files)
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  • EXTRACT
    Extracts current selected files to a disk folder. (See: Folders Selector)
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  • DELETE
    Deletes selected files from the archive.
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  • RENAME
    Lets you change the name of the current selected file. (See: File Properties)
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  • CHANGE DATE & TIME
    Changes the date and time of the current selected file(s). (See: File Properties)
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  • CHANGE ATTRIBUTES
    Changes the attributes of the current selected file(s) (read only, hidden, system, and so on...). (See: File Properties)
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  • CHANGE PATH
    Moves the file elsewhere in the archive. (See: File Properties)
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  • EDIT COMMENT
    Edits the comment attached to a file. (See: File Properties)
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  • VIEW
    Views the content of a file using several methods. (See: View Window)
  • SCAN FOR VIRUSES
    Scans the current archive using an antivirus program to determine if the archive is infected or not by viruses.
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  • MAKE .EXE FILE
    Converts the current archive into a self-extracting file. It means that the resulting file will be able to extract itself without the needed of any program.
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  • TEST
    Tests the integrity of the archive. This function can be use to verify that an archive has not been damaged or corrupted somehow.
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  • CHECKOUT
    Extracts the entire archive into a temporary folder so that you can inspect files. (See: Checkout)
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  • INSTALL
    If ZipWave detects the present of an install.exe or setup.exe file, ZipWave can install the files contained in the archive directly ! 
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  • PASSWORD
    Opens the Password window in which you can enter a passewod which will be used to encrypt added files.. (See: Password)
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  • STOP USINGPASSWORD
    Tells ZipWave to stop using a password when adding files. (See: Password)

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Here is a collection of tools provided by ZipWave. In fact, for the moment, there is "only" one tool ! It consists in an Archive Converter. With such a name you can easily understand the purpose of this tool. It will help you converting archives from one format to an other! (See: Archive Converter)

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Set of functions to customize and arrange the document windows. At the bottom of this menu, you have the list of all opened documents.

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  • CONTENTS
    Displays the online help of ZipWave
  • ORDERING INFORMATION
    Displays all the information you need to know for registering or ordering ZipWave. 
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  • ORDER FORM (.TXT FILE)
  • ORDER FORM (.HTML FILE)
    Display an order form you simply have to fill and return to Newave to get registered and receive the activation code. 
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  • ENTER THE ZIPWAVE REGISTRATION CODE
    Registered users can use this function to enter their registration code (activation code) to register their copy of ZipWave. 
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  • ZIPWAVE HOME PAGE
    This command lets you connect the Internet web site of ZipWave. On this site you will find last news about the program, be able to download the shareware version of ZipWave, etc, etc...
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  • SEND A COMMENT
    Sends an email to the authors of ZipWave with your comments, suggestions etc,...
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  • ABOUT ZIPWAVE
    Displays the about dialog box of ZipWave which provides several details about the version number of ZipWave, etc...

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