ArcView 1.2.0.28
Lister plugin for Total Commander (http://www.ghisler.com/)
by Dmitrie Murzaikin


Description --------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a lister plugin for Total Commander that allows you to display info
about archives in the Lister or the QuickView window of Total Commander.
Currently supported archive types: RAR, ZIP (PKZIP 2.x compatible),
JAR (Java Archive) (ACE, 7Z and ... are planned).
It has been tested with Total Commander 6.01 on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.


Functionality ------------------------------------------------------------------
Plugin displays archive properties such as:
    archive type
    solid tag*
    SFX tag
    minimal WinRar version needed to unpack the archive
    host operation system
    total files count
    total size (in bytes)
    packed size (in bytes)
    ratio (in %)  (0% means ultra compression, 100% means poor compression)
    compression method
    SFX-module size (in bytes)
    main comment (can be changed*)
    passwords tag
    encryption tag*
    dictionary size*
    recovery record*
    archive lock tag*
    authenticity verification tag*
*not for all archive types

  With plugin's help you can quick view any text file in archive
(e.g. readme.txt, see lsplugin.ini [ArcView] section) and its contents
(file list).
  Plugin don't blocks Total Commander while gathering info.


Known issues -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Using Quick View mode (ctrl+q) on ZIP archives which contains some readme
  file Lister loads this text file instead of loading any plugin. It can't be
  avoided in TC6.01 so F3 is the only workaround.
 Only PKZIP 2.x compatible ZIP archives supported.
 In order to support new archive types you have to uninstall previous version
  before installing new one.


License Agreement --------------------------------------------------------------
This software is freeware and provided "as is" without any warranty.
By installing and/or using this application, you agree
not to held the author responsible, if any damage is done to your
files and/or computer, as a result of using this application. This application
can be freely copied/distributed without breaking distributive package
integrity.


Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total Commander 5.51 and higher
 UnRAR.dll version 3 (distributed with Total Commander also can be downloaded
  from http://www.win-rar.com/index.php?aid=extras&lang=eng)


Installation -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Uninstall previous version of ArcView in order to support new archive types
 Place the ArcView.wlx to the Total Commander directory
 Choose Configuration - Options
 Open the 'Edit/View' page
 Click 'Configure internal viewer'
 Click 'LS-Plugins' button
 Click 'Add' button and select the ArcView.wlx
 Click 'OK'
 Done


Version history ----------------------------------------------------------------
23.05.2004  ArcView 1.2.0.28
ADDED:  Comment can be changed (only for RAR archives, WinRar required). Use
        popup menu in 'Comment' tab.
ADDED:  %COMMANDER_PATH% support.
ADDED:  Ratio bar color can be changed (through bar's popup menu or
        'Opitions' tab).
ADDED:  Encryption tag support for RAR archives.
ADDED:  Support for password protected RAR archives. Still buggy.


21.02.2004 ArcView 1.2.0.26
FIXED: Some previous beta bugs
ADDED: Using of Lister fonts and font/background colors
ADDED: Support for Lister V hotkey (Options->Variable char width)


18.02.2004 ArcView 1.2.0.25 beta
ArcView gains official status: http://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm
FIXED: Improved performance with ZIP archives
ADDED: JAR (Java archive) support (in order to use this feature you have
       to uninstall previous version before installing this one)
ADDED: Plugin don't blocks Total Commander while gathering info about archive
       and can be closed at anytime.
ADDED: Lister hotkeys and menu commands support:
        N (File->Next File)
        P (File->Previous)
ADDED: New tab with contents of archive (file list). Optionally.


27.01.2004 ArcView 1.1.0.20
FIXED: Dictionary size was incorrect with some archives (thanks Parcan)
FIXED: If system use "Large fonts", captions was funky (not tested)
       (thanks Black Dog)
ADDED: Lister hotkeys support: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Options->1, Options->2 i.e.)
       (thanks Black Dog)
ADDED: Compression method is displayed
ADDED: Self extracting archives support (in order to use this feature you have
       to uninstall previous version before installing this one and you have to
       place arcview.wlx before any plugin you used for EXE files
       (e.g. fileinfo.wlx). You can switch between these plugins
       by pressing "4" or using Options->Image/Multimedia in Lister menu)
ADDED: Accelerators for tab plus ALT+ENTER (pressed in plugin of course)
       is a shortcut to "About/Options" tab (specially for Black Dog:)


23.01.2004 ArcView 1.1.0.18
ADDED: ZIP support (in order to use plugin with ZIP archives you have to
       uninstall previous version before installing this one)
ADDED: Loading process is visible
ADDED: "Search text file" is now optional. Turn this feature off to improve
       performance with some archives.
ADDED: "Search text file" mode has its options (see lsplugin.ini
       (must be near wincmd.ini) [ArcView] section, there will be some defaults
       after first plugin start, please feel free to change it):
            file masks;
            masks order define search priority;
            symbol "*" can _fully_ replays file name or file extention
             ("file.*" is correct, "fil*.ext" is not correct).
ADDED: "Search text file only in root of arhive" option
ADDED: UNICODE support (partitially)
ADDED: Plugin loading time added to Lister caption


03.01.2004 ArcView 1.0.0.10
FIXED: <Tab> behaviour (thanks djk)
FIXED: Configuration was not saved/loaded if lsplugin.ini does not exists
       (thanks djk)
ADDED: Lister hotkeys and menu commands support:
          <Escape> or <q> or File->Close
          <a>/<s> or Options->ANSI/Options->ASCII
          <w> or Options->Wrap text)
          <ctrl> + <a> or Edit->Select all
          <ctrl> + <c> or Edit->Copy as text
ADDED: Save ANSI/ASCII mode and Wrap text mode
ADDED: Save Lister position and size (optional)
ADDED: If *.diz, *.nfo or *.txt file found, it wil be displayed in
       appropriate tab (thanks Ergo)
ADDED: readme.rus


31.12.2003 ArcView 1.0.0.8
ADDED: About / Options page added
ADDED: Save active page option added (thanks Ergo)
ADDED: readme.txt ;)


RarView 1.0.0.4
Initial release


Special thanks -----------------------------------------------------------------
 My wife for her love and patience
 Christian Ghisler, Author of Total Commander for the great file manager
  (http://www.ghisler.com)
 Eugene Roshal, Author of WinRAR for the great archiver
  (http://www.win-rar.com)
 Andrey "Ergo" Pyasetskiy for great web project "All about Total Commander"
  (http://www.wincmd.ru)
 Tnt for unicode controls (http://home.ccci.org/wolbrink/tnt/)


Support ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 author's e-mail: dimon@netmail.lv
 plugin's homepage: http://www.wincmd.ru/plugring/arcview.html
 can be found on Total Commander's official website:
  http://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm
 also can be found on Maxwish's Club Total: http://clubtotal.free.fr
 plugin's thread on FileForum [ru]:
  http://www.fforum.ru/index.php?showtopic=11872
 plugin's thread on official Total Commander forum [eng]:
  http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=2800


Trademarks ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Commander is Copyright  1993-2004 by Christian Ghisler, C. Ghisler & Co.
All mentioned Trademarks and Copyrights belong to their respective owners.
