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Overview
ZipAnywhere is a universal archiving tool written in 100% pure Java. It can run on any platform that supports Java virtual machine. So it can run almost all the operating systems like Windows 3.1/95/98/NT, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Tru64, Linux, OS/2, MacOS, etc. For a complete list of platforms that support Java, please check: http://www.javasoft.com/cgi-bin/java-ports.cgi
ZipAnywhere’s GUI is compliant with the popular Zip tools for Windows platform like WinZip, PKZip etc. It is very easy to use and highly customizable with different options. The built-in file system explorer can help user easily click and open a zip file. Each column of the table can be sorted with one click on the column header, and the order of the column can be easily changed with Drag and drop capability. Moreover, ZipAnywhere comes with 5 file viewers that can view the most often used files, including HTML pages, image files(GIF and JPEG), text files, RTF files, and the powerful hex viewer that can view each byte inside the file.
To ensure it is portable on all platforms, some of features just exist in Windows are not supported. One of the examples is to make executable (*.exe) file. However, we do support a new executable format that is universal for Java world, that is, Executable JAR file. With this feature the zipped file can be runnable on any Java virtual machine.
Features
1. Extract/Add/Delete/Preview files.
2. Adjustable detail order using drag and drop
3. Built-in file explorer that enable users open an existing Zip file with just one click.
4. Built-in viewers for HTML, images, text, RTF files, and all other unknown types.
5. Highly customizable GUI that let user show/hide the file details, change the background/foreground color.
6. One-click on the detail column header to sort the column.
7. Intuitive tips to explain the usage of the GUI components.
8. Printing support.
9. Powerful reporting of Zip file content to HTML format.
10. Self-extractable JAR support.
11. Big files split/merge with flexible file size.
System Requirement
ZipAnywhere runs on any Java 2 platform. The system requirement is basically the same as that of Java 2 for any platform, which is quite low that most of the current system can satisfy. However, for the detailed requirement of a specific platform, please check the Java VM vendor’s home page.
Installation and Uninstallation
1. Make sure that you have installed Java Runtime Environment(1.2 or later), which is free for download at Sun's Java site. Please download a free copy at this site and install it according to the installation instruction. If you have installed JDK that already include Java virtual machine, you don’t need to install Java Runtime any more.
2. Create a directory and copy the zipany.jar to the directory.
3. Issue the command:
>java -jar zipany.jar
Under Windows, you can also setup a desktop shortcut. Then you can just click it to run this program.
Or
4. If you have installed JRE on Windows, you can just open the Windows Explorer and double click on the file zipany.jar.