archiver ACE 1.2

software

ALTE DOCUMENTE

Carrier data migration : 47xx to 4760 (47xx export).

C Programming - Arrays and the Bubble Sort

Tip 14: Treat error handling like transaction processing

ZEE ULTIMATE MODPACK V1

Microsoft Word Document Unprotect Program

Tip 9: Trace the stack

Manual of the archiver ACE 1.2

1. Features

2. Required/recommended/known problems

2.1. ACE

2.2. The senior SFX-module or UNACE

2.3. The junior SFX-module

3. Command line

3.1. Help

3.2. Commands

3.3. Switches

3.4. Errorlevels

3.5. ACE Environment variable

4. User interface

4.1. The second directory

4.2. In a normal directory

4.2.1. Screen

4.2.2. Function keys

4.3. In an archive

4.3.1. Screen

4.3.2. Function keys

4.3.3. File options

4.3.4. Archive options

4.4. Other keys

4.5. The options menu

4.5.1. Archive options

4.5.2. Shell options

4.5.3. External programs

5. Archive creation: archive options

6. Compression ratio, time and memory

7. Encryption

8. Comments

9. Multi-volume archives

10. Repair

11. Authenticity verification

12. The SFX-modules/UNACE

13. Error messages

13.1 ACE

13.2 SFX-modules/UNACE

14. Support of non-ACE archives

15. Support of long filenames (LFNs)

16. Language

! 17. Disclaimer

! 18. Registration

19. Contact, support, information, latest files, ACE-sources

20. About me (the author of ACE)

21. Thanks

22. Comment

23. Glossary: trademarks/terms

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1. Features

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ACE supports the following major features:

* good compression ratio at high speed using large dictionaries

and solid archiving

* fast extraction and updates

* user interface to make archiving more comfortable

* support of long filenames at WINDOWS 95 (tm)

* ACE.EXE works with different languages;

(English, German, Dutch ..)

* interface includes a "second directory" as a target directory

for operations

* creation of multi-volume and self-extracting archives

* two SFX-modules: SFXJR and SFXSR

* supports RAR-, ZIP- and ARJ-archives

* detects archives and shows them marked on screen

* self-check in ACE.EXE to protect against virus-attacks

* works under WIN_95 and DOS with nearly the same performance

* processing of archives with many files (number depends on free

memory)

* encryption of archived files

* addition of recovery records increases probability

of full recovery of damaged archives

* comments for archives and files

2. Required/recommended/known problems

2.1. ACE

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* MS-DOS 3.0 or above

* 80386 with at least 1.5Mb free memory to run the program

* a temporary drive for its operations

* to update solid archives with 1Mb dictionary there

must be additional 2.9Mb free

* enough space at the TEMP drive for temporary files and archives

* an ega/vga-compatible video card

recommended to get best speed and compression ratio:

* 80586 (Pentium or compatible)

* 10 Mb free memory

* fast temporary drive

* disk cache to minimize time spent accessing diskdrive

(integrated in WIN_95)

when using WIN_95:

* no other running programs

Using a 386-DOS-extender, ACE does not run under WINDOWS 3.xx without

EMS or XMS. If you have any problems with that use the pif file

"ace.pif" to start ace.

Running ACE with QEMM v8.03 might cause rare system crashes.

(caused by a bug in this version of QEMM)

There might be also a problem with some programs like UMB_DRV which

we could patch. To get a list of those problematically programs visit

Harald Feldmann's site:

https://www.xs4all.nl/~feldmann

2.2. The senior SFX-module or UNACE

* MS-DOS 3.0 or above

* 8086 or higher

* enough free EMS or XMS memory for the extraction of archives with

dictionaries larger than 256K

2.3. The junior SFX-module

* MS-DOS 3.0 or above

* 8086 or higher

* 320k free memory

3. Command line

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3.1. Help

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Only the important, common operations are supported at the command line.

To get the help screen below type "ACE.EXE /?".

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Usage: ACE <command> [-<sw1> ...] <archive> [<base_dir>\] [<files>/@<filelist>]

(..examples..)

a Add files to archive m Move files to archive

cf Add comment to files r Repair archive

cm Add main comment reg Register ACE

cw Write main comment to file rr Add recovery record

d Delete files from archive s Convert to SFX

e Extract to current directory t Test files in archive

f Freshen files in archive u Update archive

k Lock archive v Verbosely list of archive contents

l List contents of archive x Extract files with full path

av[-] Add AV s[-] Create solid archive

bw[-] Black-and-white mode sfx[-/jr] Add (junior) SFX-module

c[-] Show comments std[-] Standard output mode

cfg- Use defaults t<dir> Set temporary directory

cm[-] Add main comment tk[-] Keep archive time

d<size> Set dictionary size tl[-] Set archive time to last file

ep[-] Exclude paths o[-] Overwrite existing files

err<file> Error output file out<file> Moves output to <file>

f[-] Use full path of match v[-] Autodetect volume size

m<0..5> Set compression level v<size> Set vol. size to <size>*1000

k[-] Lock archive x<files> Exclude <files> from process

p<pass> Set password x@<list> Exclude files in list file

r[-] Recurse subdirectories y[-] Assume yes on all queries

rr[-] Add recovery record z<file> Comment file

A commandline error will produce output of detailed information about

this error.

If you want to extract file to another directory than the current

type "ACE x <archive> <directory>\ <files>".

The file <filelist> may contain a list of files (wildcards allowed).

Each file in this list must be listed on a separate line.

If there is no file specified at all, all files (*.*) will be handled

(use -r to recurse subdirectories).

To move the output to screen and into a file in parallel use

"-out<file>" instead of ">><file>".

3.2. Commands

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a - Add

adds (compresses) the specified files to the archive

cf - Add file comment

after the input the comment will be added to all specified

files

cm - Add main comment

adds a new main comment or replaces the old main comment of an

archive

cw - Write main comment to file

writes main comment of archive to file; its filename has to

be specified at the <files> place of the command line

d - Delete

deletes the specified files from the archive

e - Extract

extracts (decompresses) the specified files

from the archive without directory structure

f - Fresh

freshens the files in archive; this means if any specified file

is newer than an existing! file in the archive the file in the

archive will be replaced

k - Lock archive

locks archive; locked archives can not be modified anymore

l - List

lists files of archive; no file comment, no path will be displayed

m - Move

the result is the same like using ADD and then deleting the

specified files

r - Repair

this creates a new archive "REPAIRED.ACE" and adds all recovered

files from the specified archive

reg - Register ACE

calls the registration function of ACE; you will have to input

a valid general or personal key

rr - Add recovery record

adds recovery record to archive; see chapter 10 (Repair) for

information about recovery records

s - Convert to SFX

converts an existing ace-archive to a self-extracting one;

you can specify which sfx has to be used by "-sfx" or "-sfxjr"

t - Test

tests all archived files for integrity

u - Update

freshens (see Fresh) existing files and adds nonexisting files

v - Verbosely list of archive contents

lists files of archive; file comments and paths of file names

will be displayed

x - Extract

in contrast to the "e"-EXTRACT comment, this will extract files

with full directory structure

3.3. Switches

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av[-] - Add AV

switches the authenticity verification (registered

version only) at the creation of new archives on/off

bw[-] - Black/white

toggles displaying of status controls and warnings in

black & white mode

c[-] - Show comments

allow or disallow comments to be displayed during the

extraction of an archive

cfg- - Use defaults

the configuration file will be ignored by setting the defaults

the defaults are:

* show comments

* do not test after add

* do not store archives

* do not use current password

* solid archiving

* dictionary size of 1Mb

* compression level=normal

* no lock or main comment

cm[-] - Add main comment

add a main comment at archive creation when on

d<size> - Dictionary size

sets the dictionary for compression in kilobytes;

possible values are 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024

ep[-] - Exclude paths

specified files will be archived without directory structure

err<file> - Log on errors

All errors occuring during the run will be appended to

<file>.

f[-] - Use full path of match

tells the archiver to process only those files of the

archive which match exactly to the specified files;

for example "ACE x -f ACE.DOC" will not extract

DEUTSCH\ACE.DOC

k[-] - Lock

switches locking of new archives after their creation on/off;

locked archives can not be modified anymore

m<0..5> - Compression level

sets the compression level to

0=store, 1=fastest, 2=fast, 3=normal, 4=good or 5=best

p<pass> - Password

this password will be used for encryption and decryption

of files

o[-] - Overwrite

during extract and add operations, existing files will be

replaced without asking

out<file> - Output to <file>

moves outputs to <file>

r[-] - Recurse subdirectories

all files of the specified directories will be added as well

rr[-] - Add recovery record

turns the adding of recovery data after archive

modifications on/off

s[-] - Create solid archive

indicates whether to make new archives solid or not

sfx[-/jr] - Add SFX-module

turns the creation of self-extracting archives on or off;

"jr" states to add the junior SFX-module instead of the

senior one

std[-] - Output in standard mode; if not specified everything

will be output in windows;

if the switch "-out" is used or if stdout does not point

to the console device the standard output mode will be

used automatically

t<dir> - Set temporary directory

sets the temporary directory ACE uses to create list files

or temporary archives

tk[-] - Keep archive time

keeps original file time of the archive

tl[-] - Set archive time to last file

sets the file time of the archive to the file time

of the latest file in the archive

v[-] - Autodetect volume size

creates multi-volume archive;

detects volume size automatically,

to fill destination disks completely

v<size> - Set volume size

creates multi-volume archive;

sets volume size to <size>*1000 bytes

x<files> - exclude <files> from process

excludes <files> - although included by specification -

from being processed

x@<list> - exclude files in list file

excludes files in the list file from being processed

y[-] - Yes on all queries

questions like "File already exists:\<file> Overwrite?"

and "Extract: Use current password?" will be answered

with Yes automatically

z<file> - Comment file

content of <file> will be used as comment at the creation

of a new archive or when using the commands "cm" or "cf"

Options not explicitly set will be set according to the default, or

according to the saved preferences.

3.4. Errorlevels

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ACE, UNACE and the SFX modules can return the following values as result

of an operation:

errorlevel meaning

0 no error; operation was succesful

1 insufficient memory

2 no files specified

3 the specified archive or list file was not found

4 disk full

5 could not open file

6 read error

7 write error

8 invalid command line

9 CRC error

10 other error

11 file already exists

255 user break (Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Break)

3.5. ACE Environment variable

You can use the ACE environment variable to define switches you always

want to be used when using ACE in commandline mode.

Example: adding following to the AUTOEXEC.BAT will cause ACE to recurse

always subdirectories and lock archives:

SET ACE=-r -l

4. User interface

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4.1. The second directory

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ACE supports source-destination technique. The files of the current

source directory/archive are listed on the left side of the screen.

The destination directory, also called second directory, is mentioned

at the bottom of the right side of the screen. To exchange the source

for the destination you will have to press <tab>.

The fastest way to set the destination equal to the source is <shift+tab>.

4.2. In a normal directory

4.2.1. Screen

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A (split) example with explanation for the screen in a normal

directory is listed below.

filenames filesizes filetimes current source directory

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D:\LISTEN ﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍｻ

ame Si e Date ime ACE-ARCHIVER v1.2b UNREGISTERED

.. |>UP--DIR< 16.02.97 20:46 Copyright by Marcel Lemke

cd-list ace| 114100 4.02.97 12:18ｺﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412; Memoryﾄﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄｺ

cd01file lst| 86103 13.01.97 23:28 Free memory 21.687K

cd02file lst| 139560 16.01.97 15:33 Add, update, fresh, sol-de e e 1024K

cd03file lst| 100331 13.01.97 23:26 Extract, view 1024K

cd04file lst| 127981 13.01.97 23:23ｺﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412; Temporary direc o yｳﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ｺ

cd05file lst| 161393 13.01.97 23:20 Path C:\TEMP

cd06file lst| 128233 13.01.97 23:16 Space 222.608K

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filename-list boundary; space at temporary directory

adjustable by mouse path of temporary directory

maximum decompression dictionary

maximum compression dictionary

displays free memory

The decompression/compression dictionary maximum is only estimated.

It might be possible to decompress/compress with a larger dictionary

than displayed.

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information about selected archive Sol-archive CD-LIST.ACE Type ACE

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general password present? Encrypt files with password Disabled

Compression level Normal

Dictionary size 1024K

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changed by mouse. Add auth. verification Disabled

Make always solid Enabled

Create always SFX Disabled

default main comment file present? Add default comment file Disabled

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D:\

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1Help 2Add View 4Fresh 5Copy 6Move 7MkDir 8Dele e 9Option 10Quit

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description of function keys second/destination directory

space on current drive

4.2.2. Function keys

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Most keys have the same functions when the source is an archive.

This includes Help (F1), View (F3), Freshen (F4), Copy (F5), Move (F6),

MkDir (F7), Delete (F8), Option (F9), Quit (F10), Drive (Alt+F1),

Update (Alt+F4), EGA-M. (Alt+F9) and the sorting F-keys Ctrl+F3..F7.

These functions will not be explained in chapter 4.3.2. again.

F1 - Help

displays a short help on ACE

F2 - Add

similar to RAR: adds the selected files to an archive in the

current directory

F3 - View

views the file at the cursor in "text mode";

if an external program has been specified to be called at this

file, this will be called instead of viewing the file

(see 4.5.3. External programs)

F4 - Fresh

freshens the 2nd directory with the files of the first directory

F5 - Copy

copies the selected files to the 2nd directory

it can be used in archives, too; in this case files

will be added or extracted

F6 - Move

copies (or adds/extracts) files and deletes them after a fully

successful operation

F7 - MkDir

creates a new subdirectory

F8 - Delete

deletes selected files/directories

F9 - Option

displays the options window of the program

F10 - Quit

quits ACE

Alt+F1 - Drive

changes the current drive

Alt+F2 - Solid

same like Add (F2); creates solid archive

Alt+F3 - SFX

same like Add (F2); creates self-extracting archive

Alt+F4 - Update

updates the 2nd directory with the files of the first directory

Alt+F5 - MkCopy

this is one of the more complex functions: an archive will be

created in the 2nd (normal) directory and the selected files

will be added to it

Alt+F6 - MkMove

the relation between MkCopy and MkMove is the same as it is

at Copy and Move; after a successful MkCopy the selected files

will be deleted

Alt+F7 - MkArch

creates a new archive in the current directory

Alt+F8 - Repair

creates a new archive "REPAIRED.ACE" and adds all recovered

files from the archive at the cursor

Alt+F9 - EGA-M.

switches EGA/VGA-cards to 50lines mode; as a result more files

can be displayed at the same time

Ctrl+F1 - View ACE.DOC

views the file ACE.DOC if present in the directory where ACE is

started from; can be used as an extended online-help

Ctrl+F3..Ctrl+F7 - Sort order

sets the order of the listed files to

name, extension, time, size or unsorted

At operations like "copy" the selected subdirectories

are always recursed.

4.3. In an archive

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4.3.1. Screen

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Here is an example of the screen displayed when in an ACE-archive:

description of archive

(LFN)filenames filesizes source (archive)

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D:\LISTEN\listen.ace ﾋﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍｳﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍﾍｻ

ame Si e Packed Date Time

.. |>UP--DIR< Sol-archive LISTEN.ACE

cd-files lst| 114100 17008 4.02.97 12:18 Archivetype ACE

cd01file lst| 86103 27704 13.01.97 23:28 Created 12.4.1997

cd02file lst| 139560 32432 16.01.97 15:33 Main comment Absent

cd03file lst| 100331 8236 13.01.97 23:26 File comments Absent

cd04file lst| 127981 11436 13.01.97 23:23 Passwords Absent

cd05file lst| 161393 25444 13.01.97 23:20 Recovery record Absent

cd06file lst| 128233 2888 13.01.97 23:16 Lock Absent

cd07file lst| 102686 40960 13.01.97 23:13 Auth. verif. Absent

cd08file lst| 92187 6364 13.01.97 23:09 Dictionary 1024K

cd09file lst| 101686 35068 17.01.97 20:28 Files 12

cd10file lst| 120157 4444 4.02.97 01:39 Total length 1.355K

hd-files lst| 114100 9736 4.02.97 12:18 Packed length 221.720

| Ratio 15.9%

| Version to extr 1.0

| Host OS MS-DOS

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size of ﾄﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5433;

packed files filetimes ﾄﾁﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5433;

operating system ﾄﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5433; ｳｳ

filename-list boundary; where archive is

adjustable by mouse created on

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of ACE required required size

to extract and of dictionary

modify archive to extract

4.3.2. Function keys

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This chapter explains only the functions which differ from the functions

available with normal directories. See chapter 4.2.2. for the other ones.

F2 - Extr

extracts the selected files to the current directory

Alt+F2 - Solid

when applied to a non-solid archive, the archive will be

recreated into a solid archive; see chapter 4.3.4. (recreate)

Alt+F3 - SFX

in case the archive is not already self-extracting, it will be

turned into one

Alt+F7 - FilOpt

this will call up the file options window; see chapter 4.3.3.

Alt+F8 - ArcOpt

calls up the archive options window; see chapter 4.3.4.

Alt+F10 - Test

tests the files of the archive for their integrity

4.3.3. File options

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The options of the selected files can be changed by pressing <Alt+F7>.

A menu will be opened with "Encrypt" and "Edit file comments".

"Encrypt" lets you enter a password (if there is no general one).

All selected files will be encrypted with this password. If a file is

already encrypted, the old password will loose its validity.

"Edit file comments" reads the comment of the first file in archive

which is selected. You will be able to modify this comment before

ACE writes it to all selected files.

4.3.4. Archive options

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By pressing <Alt+F8> you will get a list with "Recreate", "Lock archive",

"Edit main comment", "Add recovery record", "Add auth. verific." and

"Add SFX-module".

Take note of the following when using "Recreate":

Recreate extracts all files of the current archive to the

temporary directory. After extraction you might be asked whether it is

okay to overwrite an existing archive (the one you just extracted from).

If an error occurs during this stage, or if you cancel the process, the

old archive will be gone. Do not panic! The extracted files

in the temporary directory will not be deleted and the archiver will

set the current directory to the temporary one. But you will have to

rebuild the archive yourself. (You may use "add" for this).

When recreating a multi-volume archive to a normal archive the volumes

won't be deleted. You have to do this yourself.

"Lock archive" provides protection against further modifications of the

archive. No add of files, add of comments etc. will be allowed any more.

"Edit main comment" reads the comment of the archive. You will have the

possibility to modify the comment before it is written back to the

archive.

"Add recovery record" - see chapter 10. Repair

"Add auth. verific." - see chapter 11. Authenticity verification

"Add SFX-module" - the archive will be made self-extracting;

result is the same when pressing <Alt+F3>

4.4. Other keys

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There are several hotkeys you have to know about.

Alt+C - Switch colour mode

toggles colour on/off

Alt+D - Select dictionary size

displays window to choose dictionary for compression

Alt+J - DOS shell

runs the operating system command interpreter

(usually COMMAND.COM)

Alt+M - Select compression level

see chapter 6. for the function of the compression level

Alt+S - Save setup

saves the current adjustments of the program

Alt+T - Set temporary directory

asks for a new temporary directory

There are also keys to select a group of files. These are:

Insert/Space - selects file at cursor

"+" - selects group of file by specified string

"-" - unselects group of file by specified string

"*" - reverses selection

4.5. The options menu

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Press <F9> to change the options of ACE.

A menu containg following buttons will appear:

* Archive options

* Shell options

* External programs

* Set temporary directory

* Save Setup

Next only "Archive options", "Shell options" and "External programs"

will be shown in detail. The function of the last buttons should be

self-explaining. The menu can be left by ESC.

4.5.1. Archive options

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In case there is no mouse to change the archiving settings in the main

screen, you can modify the important ones at "Archive options".

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[x] Make always solid (*) Senior SFX-module

[ ] Add recovery record ( ) Junior SFX-module

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[ ] Encrypt files

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[ ] CRC-Check after add [ ] Use cur. password

[ ] Do not compress archives [x] View comments

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( ) 32 K ( ) Store [ ] Command line log file

( ) 64 K ( ) Fastest

( ) 128 K ( ) Fast

( ) 256 K (*) Normal Ok

( ) 512 K ( ) Good

(*) 1024 K ( ) Best Cancel

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To verify proper operation of the software during compression and

decompression, activate the option "CRC-check after add". If an error

is detected, source files won't be deleted (at move operation), but the

old archive won't be restored either.

Archives are generally uncompressible. To save time during compression,

switch on "Store archives". This will store all ACE, RAR, ZIP, ARJ, LHA

and LHZ files automatically when detected.

Enable the option "Use current password" to avoid the question

"Extract: Use current password?". With "View comments" you may

choose not to display file and archive comments.

"Command line log file" declares a log file which is used as a default

when running ACE in commandline mode. This saves space at the parameter

list.

An explanation of the meaning of the other options can be found at

these chapters:

"Make always solid",

"Dictionary",

"Level" - 6. Compression ratio, time and memory

"Add recovery record" - 10. Repair

"Default comment file" - 8. Comments

"Encrypt files" - 7. Encryption

"Add auth verific" - 11. Authenticity verification

"SFX module to use" - 12. The SFX-modules/UNACE

at this box you can specify which SFX module

will be used whenever a SFX shall be created

or an archive shall be made selfextracting

4.5.2. Shell options

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( ) No detection [x] Highlight archives

(*) By extension [x] Arrange archives

( ) By file content [x] Archive information

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(*) By name [x] colour

( ) By extension [ ] 43/50 lines

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( ) By size

( ) Unsorted Ok Cancel

ACE can detect archives by extension or by file content. Detection by

extension is much faster than detection by file content, but does not

detect self-extracting archives. If you don't like this option at all

choose "No detection".

The detected archives can be displayed in different ways.

"Highlight archives" highlights them from the other files listed in the

file list. Switching on "Arrange archives" will list all archives

between subdirectories and the other files. "Archive information" will

display archive information if the cursor is placed on the archive name

for a short moment and the archive is being identified as such.

The sort criterion for the file list in the shell here, too.

(you may use Ctrl+F3..Ctrl+F7)

You can switch between colour and black-and-white mode by the colour

option or by pressing Alt+C. The EGA-mode (43/50 lines) - which offers

to display more files at once on the screen - can also be set by Alt+F9.

4.5.3. External programs

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ACE offers to execute user-specified commands when F3 or Enter has been

pressed. The settings may be changed at "External programs" in the

options menu. An additional menu will appear asking the user for which

key modifications he wants to make:

Programs called at F3

Programs called at Enter

This is the default for the F3 key:

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*.exe *.com *.lzh *.lha - free - - free -

- free - - free - - free - - free -

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Files: *.exe *.com

Command: %s

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Ok Cancel

Below all the buttons the full information of a specification is dis-

played. As an example, the first button is selected. So the information

box tells us, that whenever the file cursor of the shell is at a EXE or

COM file and F3 is pressed, "%s" will be executed. %s is the file which

was selected when the key has been pressed. So if the user presses F3 at

an EXE file, this file will be executed.

The default F3-definition for LZH and LHA files is "LHA l %s". Means

that LHA will be called (if it can be found on disk) to list the

contents of the selected archive. To call batch files, you have to use

sth. like "COMMAND.COM /C %s" or "COMMAND.COM /C test.bat %s".

(first can call selected batch files, second a certain batch file

with selected file as parameter)

5. Archive creation: archive options

Every time a new archive has to be created within the GUI, you will be

asked for the archive options.

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[x] Solid ( ) 32 K

[ ] SFX ( ) 64 K

[ ] Encrypted ( ) 128 K

[ ] Recovery rec ( ) 256 K

[ ] Auth verific ( ) 512 K

[ ] Main comment (*) 1024 K

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Volume size ﾄﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5412;ﾄﾄ 10510c224k 5407;

(*) none ( ) 1.2 M

( ) Autodetect ( ) 1.44 M

Thnd ( ) 2.88 M

You can set the dictionary size, the volume size and the basic options

the archive will be created with.

An explanation of the options can be found at these chapters:

"Solid", "Dictionary" - 6. Compression ratio, time and memory

"Encrypted" - 7. Encryption

"Recovery rec" - 10. Repair

"Auth verific" - 11. Authenticity verification

"Main comment" - 8. Comments

"Volume size" - 9. Multi-volume archives

6. Compression ratio, time and memory

There are several options that improve compression. Some affect the

memory requirements, others affect the time needed to compress or

update.

"Solid archiving" takes advantage of the fact that all files in an

archive can be viewed as one continuous stream of data. When updating

(adding or deleting) such an archive, ACE needs to re-read all

previously compressed data in order to maintain that continuous

stream since any file added or removed will have to be, or has been,

part of it. Solid archiving is therefore a more time consuming process

than regular archiving. The benefit of solid archiving is stronger

compression of your data.

You should not use solid archives when a large archive requires

frequent updates and time is an essential factor.

Note that solid archiving does not slow down extraction of the whole

archive when compared to non-solid archives.

The best way to increase compression is to increase the dictionary size.

This will also increase the memory requirements at compression and

decompression.

Please bear in mind that the full version of ACE requires a 386+ CPU

and a 32-bit DPMI host. UNACE and the SFX module do not have this

limitation. When uncompressing you will need enough memory to build the

dictionary used during compression. That means if you used a 1024 Kb

dictionary during compression, you will need this same dictionary

during uncompression. Your target machine must be able to provide this

much EMS or XMS memory. When using 256 Kb dictionaries, conventional

memory may be enough.

The limit of SFXSR for dictionary size in conventional memory is 512 Kb,

but few machines will have enough free memory to accommodate this size.

The dictionary size of SFXJR-archives is limited to 256K anyway.

Compression level has no effect on memory use. It is an algorithm

optimization and thus affects only time. The default compression level

is a compromise between time and ratio. If there is a need for better

compression, like compressing for use on the internet, set the

compression level to "good".

7. Encryption

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You are able to encrypt archived files to protect your sensitive

data against unauthorized access. This program does not use RSA so

it may be distributed in the United States of America.

Encryption can be added while compressing or afterwards. To encrypt

files being added to an existing archive, set the password at the

main screen, if you are creating a new archive, you may also set

the password in the archive options window.

To encrypt after compression, enter the archive and press <Alt+F7>.

Choose "Encrypt" from the appearing file options window (see chapter

4.3.3.). Only the selected files will be encrypted.

In order to process files in a solid archive, you need to enter the

correct passwords for each of these files since they have to be ana-

lyzed for processes.

When adding to an archive the compression password will be set to the

general password, which can be set at the main screen. The same applies

to the decompression password during extraction. Changing the

compression password in the archive option window or changing the

decompression password at requests will not affect the general one.

On the command line you can set the general password by using the

"p"-switch.

To protect against hackers passwords are not saved in archives or in

the configuration file. You will have to keep them in your mind.

The author of this program is not able to recover lost passwords!

For security you should choose a long password which nobody except you

knows or can find out. The program distinguishes between upper and

lower case, the maximum length of a password is 56 characters.

8. Comments

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There are two types of comments: the archive comment and the file

comment. The archive comment is displayed during every extraction from

the archive. The file comment, which is linked to a specific file in

the archive, is only displayed when that file is being extracted.

If you wish to use the content of a file as main comment: declare a

"default comment file". This can be done at the main screen or at the

commandline by using the "z"-switch (3.3. Switches). The file will be

used as a main comment for each archive that will be created.

Another way is to input the comment when creating a new archive. Set

the option "Main comment" at the archive options (5. Archive creation:

archive options).

The file comments have to be added after the adding of the files. Use

the file options window (4.3.3. FILE OPTIONS) or the "cf"-command to

comment the selected files.

The main comment can be modified later, too. See 4.3.4. Archive options

and the "cm"-command (3.2. Commands).

The maximum size of the comments is 32 Kb. Due to the screen resolution

the maximum size of the comments entered manually is 4Kb.

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To span a large archive over several disks you will have to split the

archive. The best way to do this is to create "multi-volume" archives.

Handling multi-volume archives is nearly as easy as handling "normal"

archives. A disadvantage of multi-volume archives is that ACE has

no possibility to add to them. Once created the archive can't be

modified.

To create a multi-volume archive you have to set a volume size at the

archive options window:

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( ) none ( ) 1.2 M

( ) Autodetect (*) 1.44 M

K ( ) 2.88 M

The autodetection feature creates volumes according to the space on the

destination disk. The minimum of the size is 65Kb. If there is not

enough space to save the archive you will be asked to change the

destination.

Before a new volume is created ACE will prompt you to change the

destination. This helps to create archives directly onto floppy disks.

The volumes are named this way:

<archive>.ACE, <archive>.C00, <archive>.C01 .. <archive>.C99,

<archive>.100 .. <archive>.999.

So the limit is 1001 volumes per archive.

To decompress a file of a solid multi-volume archive ACE needs all

previous volumes. So be careful with your volumes!

10. Repair

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Use this function to recover the files of a damaged archive. It is

activated by pressing <Alt+F8> (chapter 4.2.2.) in the shell or by

using the "r"-command in commandline mode.

Above all solid archives are very susceptible to damages. To lower the

risk you should add recovery records to your important archives.

Such a record contains data about the whole archive to replace damaged

sectors. The record size depends on the archive size:

archive size ?..64K 64K..512K 512K..1024K 1024K..?

record size 1K 2K 4K 8K

The size increase is small, but the safety increase is a lot.

You should enable "add recovery record".

If a damaged archive does not contain a recovery record or if the

archive is too damaged to restore it, ACE will scan for files in the

archive. Because it is unlikely that the whole archive will be

recovered by this, corrupted files are likely to be produced during

extraction.

11. Authenticity verification

This feature is available in the registered version only. By

registering ACE you are able to provide archives with your personal

sign. You must add authenticity verification when distributing an

ACE-archive in a commercial setting.

AV does not only provide users with background information on the

archive, it may also contain a copyright message for its contents.

See chapter 18. Registration for information how to register ACE and

to get an authenticity verification-string.

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A self-extracting archive contains a small executable, called

SFX-module. This makes extraction without an extra program possible.

ACE provides two SFX-modules - a junior and a senior one. The junior

SFX-module(SFXJR) is much smaller (3.9K) than the senior SFX-module

(SFXSR) (23K). But is slower and provides dictionary sizes up to 256K

only. ANSI-comments are not supported by the SFXJR, too.

Since UNACE and the senior SFX-module are almost the same they have

the same possibilities:

* print of authenticity verification and ANSI-comments

* use of EMS or XMS

* decryption

The SFX-modules do not expect any parameters. But optionally you

can specify a destination to extract the files to. They will extract

all files the self-extracting archive contains.

Usage: <senior SFX-archive> [destination directory]

<junior SFX-archive> [destination directory]

UNACE handles all files, too. The only parameters UNACE expects is the

command and an archive:

Usage: UNACE <command> <archive> [destination directory]

where <command> is one of:

e Extract files

l List archive

t Test archive integrity

v List archive (verbose)

x Extract files with full path

ACE is significantly faster than UNACE or the SFX-modules in

decompressing large archives.

13. Error messages

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13.1. ACE

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There are several error messages which ACE could display. If you don't

know how to interpret the message read this list. The first part of

a double framed box is the message where "\" is a line break. Below

each message is an explanation. The list is alphabetically ordered.

Archive is already solid:\<archive>

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You tried to make an archive solid which is already solid.

Authenticity verification-check error.\

AV has been manipulated or does not match yours.

You can not modify archives with a strange authenticity verification.

Copy is not possible.\ Directories are equal.

Source and destination must differ.

Copy of this file to current archive-dir impossible.

Resulting filename too long.

ACE limits the resulting filenames in their length when adding files

to an existing directory in archive. This is because the path lengths

are limited under DOS.

Could not create destination file.\ Disk-access-error.

The destination disk has been removed or is damaged.

Could not create directory:\ <directory>

Disk is write-protected or name contains unallowed char.

Could not create directory.\ Disk might be write-protected.

Creation of subdirectory failed caused by write-protection or a too

long path of the resulting directory.

Could not create directory.\ Name is used by a file.

Creation failed because of an existing file using the same path.

Could not create file in current temporary directory.\

Disk is write-protected or directory does not exist.

A reason might be also that the path of the directory is to large.

Could not delete file or directory.\ Access denied.

The disk is write-protected or the concerning file has been opened by

another program already.

Could not find executable:\ <executable>

The file is not in a PATH-directory or in the same directory like ACE

or even does not exist. (see 14. Support of non-ACE archives)

Could not read disk in drive <drive>.\ Enter new drive.

Disk of current drive has been removed. Change drive or insert disk.

Could not read disk in drive <drive>.\ Insert disk.

Destination disk has been removed. Change destination or insert disk.

Could not open archive:\ <archive>

Archive is possibly read only.

Could not open archive for update (probably read only!):

Archive is probably read only. You can not use update commands such

as "a", "m", "u", "f", "cf" and "cm" on those archives.

Could not open file:\ <name>

Stated file can not be read because opening failed.

See also "Error opening file.\ Access denied."

CRC-check error. Archive broken or password incorrect.\

Recreation failed.

Recreation failed caused by corrupted files and the corruption is

caused by an archive damage or by an incorrect password. Use repair

to recover files of a damaged archive.

Directory does not exist:\ <directory>

You entered a directory as temporary directory which does not exist.

Error creating archive\ <archive>

Similar to "Error creating volume"

Error creating volume\ <volume-name>

The creation of a new volume failed, the destination disk might be

write-protected.

Error opening file.\ Access denied.

Opening of a file failed. There are two reasons possible:

1) The FAT (or a directory) of the drive where the file is on is

damaged. Use a disk utility for the repair.

2) The file is already used by another program. Quit this one first.

Error reading file.\ Probable cause is a damaged disk.

The disk where the file is on is damaged or the hardware connection

is loose.

Error while creating destination file\ <name>

Destination disk is write-protected or the path of the destination

file is too long.

Error while reading ACE.KEY.\ Registration check failed.

There was an error in opening or reading ACE.KEY. This stops the

check if ACE has been registered.

Error while reading archive.\ Archive is broken.

Try to repair the archive.

Error while reading archive.\ File not found or archive broken.

The declared archive does not exist or the archive has been damaged.

Error while reading\ <name>

Damaged source disk or loose connection of source drive.

Error while recreating archive <archive>.\

Files can be found at <directory>.

If the original archive has been overwritten and an error occurs it

won't be restored. To keep the files of the archive they won't be

deleted from the temporary directory.

Error while saving setup at\ <directory>

ACE tries to write the ACE.CFG to the directory where the ACE.EXE is

located in. This error occurs when the concerned disk is write-

protected, damaged or full.

Error while writing\ <name>

Damaged destination disk or loose connection of destination disk.

Fatal error\ The file ACE.EXE has been modified.\

File possibly infected by a virus.

Check your disks for viruses.

File compressed with unknown method.\ Decompression not possible.

A later compression method has been used to compress file. Look for

an higher version of ACE to decompress.

File does not exist:\ <name>

This is displayed when the default comment file does not exist.

Invalid compression level.\ Possible values: 0..5

Invalid compression level has been entered at command line.

Invalid list file.\ Found binary character.

The at the command line entered file is not a list file.

(see 3.1. Help)

Invalid volume size.\ Must be greater than 64K.

Minimum volume size is 65Kbytes. See 9. Multi-volume archives.

Length of temporary path might cause problems. Choose shorter one.

Some operations need a very short path length of the temporary

directory to process archived files with large paths.

Modify of archive requires higher version of ACE.\

Call technical support or use given web-sites.

The archive has been created by a newer version and can not be

modified by yours.

Modify of locked archives impossible.\ Create new archive to do so.

A lock protects archives against modifications. Use recreate.

Modify of volumes impossible.\ Change archive-options first.

As explained in 9. MULTI-VOLUME ARCHIVES such archives can not be

modified. Use recreate to join volumes to a single-volume archive.

No files specified.\ Operation aborted.

No files specified at command line to process operation on.

Not all selected files copied.\ Deleting will not happen.

This is caused by an error while copying/compressing/decompressing.

Not all destination files has been successfully created. None of the

selected files will be deleted.

Not enough memory or dictionary of archive too large.\

Reduce compression dictionary size. Then try again.

There is not enough memory to extract, analyze or repack compressed

files. If this error turns up when deleting or updating an solid

archive choose a smaller compression dictionary.

Not enough memory to handle filenames.\

Make more memory available. Then try again.

Too many files in an archive or directory to keep paths in available

memory. Free memory by quitting other programs etc. Then try to enter

the archive or directory again.

Not enough memory to perform operation.\

Select smaller dictionary size and try again.

There is not enough free memory to carry out an operation. If this

operation was add, delete or recreate choose a smaller compression

dictionary and repeat operation.

Not enough space to save new archive.\ Enter new destination path.

The archive doesn't fit to current destination.

Not enough space on destination-disk to copy\ <name>

Make enough space free to copy the stated file.

Not enough space on destination drive to extract\ <name>

Make enough space free to extract the stated file.

Not enough space on temporary drive\ to create temporary archive.

Update of archives requires the creation of a temporary archive which

usually becomes larger than the original archive. Make sure about

enough space on the temporary disk. Declare a directory at the

environment variable TEMP or TMP where is enough space available.

Number too long or containing\ unallowed char.

The entered string is not a valid number. Only digits are allowed,

maximum length is 9.

Passwords do not match.\ Try again.

Compression password demands two inputs of the same string. This

makes sure that you input the correct password.

[PMODE/W]: DPMI Host Is Not 32bit!

Quit your 16bit DPMI programs (WINDOWS, Borland Pascal..).

[PMODE/W]: 80386 required!

A 80386 or higher is required to run ACE.EXE.

Second directory is part of first directory.\

Delete would effect copied files.

If ACE would delete the selected files the copied files would be

deleted, too.

Specify full path of:\ <directory>

You did not enter the full path of the temporary directory.

Example: C:\TMP

Tried to overwrite directory with file.\ <file>

The path of the file is already used by a directory in the archive.

Unable to repair archive by recovery data.\

Recovery data damaged.

The recovery record of the archive has been damaged what prevents ACE

from repairing by those.

Unable to repair archive by recovery data.\

Too many bytes damaged.

The damage of too many sectors of the archive prevents full recovery

of the archive.

Warning\ You wanted to use SFXJR on an archive with\

a dictionary greater than 256k. Switching to SFXSR.

As stated in chapter 12. the SFXJR has a maximum of 256k

decompression dictionary. Because of this the SFXSR has to be used

at the "s" command.

Some other known problems are:

1) ACE requires EMS or XMS. Try to run ace by the pif file ACE.PIF

if you have any memory problems under windows.

2) Running ACE with QEMM v8.03 might cause rare system crashes.

13.2. SFX-modules/UNACE

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Because of the reduced functionality of UNACE and the SFX-modules

there are less messages:

Could not create destination file.

Unprotect the disk in your current drive.

Could not create directory.

Possibly there is a file with the same name or the disk is

write-protected.

Could not delete file or directory. Access denied.

Disk is write-protected or file is used by another program.

CRC-check error

Extraction produced corrupted file. Archive has been damaged.

In case the archive contains a recovery record try to repair.

Critical error on drive

If you removed the source or destination disk - do not wonder!

But it is also possible the disk is damaged.

Error: archive is broken

Structure of archive destroyed. Use ACE to repair the archive

Error opening file <name>

The concerning file has already been opened by another program or

disk is damaged.

Error occurred during extraction

This is mostly stated after another fatal error or after pressing

Ctrl+C. The program will be aborted.

Error while reading archive. File not found or archive broken.

This error occurs if the next volume of a multi-volume archive can't

be accessed at the same directory or if the volume is broken.

In the second case use the repair-function of ACE.

File compressed with unknown method. Decompression not possible.

Look for a higher version of UNACE or ACE to decompress.

First volume of archive required!

Since UNACE extracts all files of an archive you have to use the

first volume to begin extraction.

Invalid archive file: <name>

The specified file is not an archive or the archive is broken.

Not enough memory or dictionary of archive too large.

There is not enough free EMS/XMS available according to the dictionary

size of the archive to extract.

Read error

Disk has been removed or is damaged.

Tried to overwrite archive <name>

You tried to extract a file using the same path like the currently

processed archive. Move the archive to another directory to extract

the it to this directory. (use: UNACE <destination directory>)

Write error

Possibly the destination disk is full.

14. Support of non-ACE archives

Using the user interface of ACE you can enter RAR, ZIP and ARJ archives.

You may use Extr(F2), Copy(extraction), View, Test, Delete, Repair and

MkACE(Alt+F2) on these archives. MKACE generates a copy of these

archives in ACE format, the originals will be kept.

ACE uses the most popular programs to realize these operations.

These are:

RAR - RAR.EXE

ZIP - PKZIP.EXE (TEST)

PKUNZIP.EXE (COPY=extraction)

PKZIPFIX.EXE (REPAIR)

ARJ - ARJ.EXE

These programs have to be in the same directory as ACE or the direc-

tories have to be declared in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the

PATH-variable (see your DOS-manual).

The author of ACE recommends you use the latest versions of the other

archivers when using ACE archives on non-ACE archives.

15. Support of long filenames (LFNs)

ACE can read long filenames (LFNs) when ran under Windows 95 only

(not under pure DOS 7.00). It will display those names in the shell.

You can adjust the list boundary between the filenames and filesizes

to watch the longer names.

ACE will also store those LFNs in archives. You should be careful

when doing so. If you aim to extract files not under Windows 95

the filenames will have to be converted at extraction.

This conversion is done by all programs send along with this package:

ACE, UNACE, senior SFX-module and junior SFX-module.

16. Language

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Up from ACE 1.1a there will be language or message-files called ACE.MSG.

Those files contain compressed messages of a certain language.

If there is no ACE.MSG, it can not be read, or is damaged, ACE will

use English as default.

The ACE packages will come along with different directories

named by languages. Each of them will contain the specific message file.

You have to copy one to your ACE-directory to use another language.

Since ACE.MSG is compressed, you need some extra files to be able to

translate the messages in there. Please contact me if you like to do so.

Thanks!

17. Disclaimer

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Marcel Lemke, the author of ACE, disclaims any liability for any

damage caused by using or misusing this software. You use the

programs included in an ACE package at your own risk. The author

cannot be held responsible for data loss or other damages and any

consequences from this loss or damages.

18. Registration

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ACE is shareware. After 30 days you will have to register the

program if you like to continue to use ACE.

Distributed archives might be checked whether created with a registered

version of ACE or not. Take care!

The unregistered ACE package may be freely distributed. The unauthorized

distribution of a registered ACE package or a part thereof is prohibit-

ten. Free distribution means that the distributor has to charge no fee

for the ACE package (cost of sales excluded) and it has to be indicated

that the ACE package is unregistered shareware.

To become a registered user of ACE you have to think about a string you

wish to use for your AV (see 11. Authenticiry verification).

Fill out the registration form (REGISTER.FRM, REGISTER.DE for Germany),

include money or cheque, bank account number and signature and send

it to the address listed on the form.

The license you get is not transferable to a third party.

To use ACE on more than one CPU, see the LICENSE.DOC file.

Read the file LICENSE.DOC for more information about registration and

distribution.

If you want to register ACE online, take a look at the Snow Cave BBS

or the Tysk BBS.

19. Contact, support, information, latest files, ACE-sources

Registered users may contact the e-merge GmbH to get technical support:

Phone: +49 (0)251 43000

Fax : +49 (0)251 43052

or via email:

ace@emerge.de

To get information via FAX call Erik Nebelung (Tysk-BBS) at

+49-(0)3573-662640

For comments or to report bugs send email to:

mlemke6413@aol.com

via FIDO-netmail:

2:2432/344.4

or mail to: Marcel Lemke

Ziegelstr. 2

15752 Prieros

GERMANY

For sources like the free UNACE sources or UNACE.DLL, links

and other information on ACE take a look at:

https://members.aol.com/mlemke6413/ace.html

FIDO:

You can also get help in the FIDO-echo PACKER.ACE.GER.

If possible, write German please.

The latest version of ACE is available at:

web sites:

https://members.aol.com/mlemke6413/ace.html

https://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444ovz/ace.html

https://www.xs4all.nl/~feldmann

https://www.dnet.co.uk/users/snowcave

FTP:

ftp.elf.stuba.sk /pub/pc/pack

ftp.kiae.su /msdos/arcers

ftp.simtel.net /pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers

ftp.coast.net /SimTel/msdos/archiver

garbo.uwasa.fi /pc/arcers

Mirror sites of ELF.STUBA.SK

ftp.it.net.au /mirrors/sac/pack (Australia)

sunsite.univie.ac.at /pub/compression/ftp.elf.stuba.sk (Austria)

ftp.vse.cz /pub/msdos/SAC/pc/pack (Czech)

ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de /pub/msdos/mirrors/stuba/pc/pack (Germany)

ftp-beer.bke.hu /vol1/pub/sac/pc/pack (Hungary)

cert.unisa.it /pub/PC/SAC/pack (Italy)

ftp.pwr.wroc.pl /pub/pc/sac/pack (Poland)

ftp.nsysu.edu.tw /PC/SAC/pack (Taiwan)

BBSs:

Gray Beast-BBS +49-(0)5425-4405; REACE, UU, A3 - Supportbox;

SysOp: Juergen Peters; Fido: 2:2432/344

Tysk BBS +49-(0)3573-662620; ACE ONLINE registration;

SysOp: Erik Nebelung; Fido: 2:249/3050

For downloading ACE only, just enter

"ACE" as the user name and the password

at the login. Using this possibility you

do not need input any personal data.

Snow Cave BBS +44-(0)1662-247887; ACE ONLINE registration;

SysOp: Steve Stacher; Fido: 2:443/888

(read REGISTER.DOC for more information)

20. About me (the author of ACE)

I am born in the year 1979 in Koenigs Wusterhausen, a town near Berlin

(capital of Germany). I grew up in Prieros - a village not far from

Koenigs Wusterhausen.

In 1992 I left the primary school to attend the grammar school. Today

there is my 13th school year (the last one) and my sets are mathematics

and computer science.

My interests are bicycling and other sports as well as reading.

(and from time to time partying ;) )

Up from the 7th school year I learned Pascal from an older mathematician

who used the computer to demonstrate interesting things a better way.

Later I occupied myself with Assembler - in order to write my own fast

graphic routines. At the same time I started experiments in data

compression. So I programmed in two subjects in parallel:

computer animations (3d texturing) and data compression.

When I got to know that no one of my friends has enough engagement to

push up a 3d game (or sth. similiar) and my compressor beat the other

pupular archivers I decided to spend most of my time ACE.

Especially for this I learned C. I also got some expierience

in Visual Labs, Visual Basic and MS Access Basic.

In expectation of the end of my school education I am looking for good

offers regarding to professional training.

Please contact me if you have those or know of other persons who have.

Thank you!

21. Thanks

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I would like to thank all the people who help(ed) me to push up ACE.

This means all the beta-testers and the people helping me to

distribute ACE, especially:

Harald Feldmann, Szymon Grabowski, Daniel Pantke

Horst Hackenbruch

Juergen Peters

George Shadoff

Grischa Brockhaus

Christian Fr mel

Andreas Haupt

Hendrick Glowatzki

22. Comment

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Please help me to improve ACE. This means not only registering!

Send me comments, questions and suggestions.

23. Glossary: trademarks/terms

There are some names of programs/trademarks mentioned in this document:

MS-DOS, WINDOWS 3.xx, WIN_95, RAR, ZIP, ARJ, LHA, PKZIP, PKUNZIP,

PKZIPFIX, PMODE/W, QEMM v8.03.

They are acknowledged and belong to their respective owners.

Explanation of some terms:

AV - Authenticity Verification;

consists of a string and some checksums;

serves as proof that the archive is original and states

who created it;

see 11. Authenticity verification

CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check;

a mathematical method used to validate extracted data

Dictionary - filedata buffer;

used in the compression algorithm; serves for finding

matches in the already compressed data

EMS/XMS - generally regarded as memory above the first 1Mb;

is managed by an EMM (EMM386.EXE) or a XMM (HIMEM.SYS);

see the manual of your DOS for more information how to

install an EMM or XMM

SFX - SelF eXtracting

describes archives in EXEcutable file format which;

can extract the archived data by itself

Solid - method to improve compression;

all files are compressed as one data stream

Volume - part of multi-volume archive;

large archives can be stored on several disks by splitting

them into volumes

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