What is CompreXX mark4 for?
CompreXX mark4 is a collection of applications and plug-ins which help
you work with archive files. You can create new archives, update existing
archives, and extract files contained inside archives. CompreXX mark4
makes working with archives as fast, efficient and powerful as you want.
What are archives?
If you download anything at all from the Internet, chances are it will
be an archive file. Because download times from the Internet must be as
short as possible, Internet content which you can download to your computer
is compressed - so it takes up less space, and the download happens faster.
Once you download these compressed files, called archives, you need to
extract the files they contain, so you can access the actual content you
downloaded.
The big picture?
CompreXX mark4 lets you create and extract any and all archives, any
time, anywhere. You do not need to search the Internet for additional
archiver tools, just to be able to use your downloaded files. This is
especially important considering that new archive types are becoming available
on a regular basis, each requiring their own custom applications to extract.
CompreXX mark4 supports all archive types available today, and will
support more as they become available in the future.
How easy is it?
Extremely easy! With the new Archive Folders
feature, archives appear as folders in the file system. You can browse
right into them in Explorer, just as if they were real file system folders.
This way you don't have to spend any time trying to learn new applications,
just to be able to handle your Internet downloads. If you need more power,
then, of course there are many stand-alone archive applications you can
choose from.
Why do I have so many icons installed?
CompreXX mark4 ships with many applications you can use to work with
archives! This is to help you choose the environment in which you are
most comfortable for working with archives. Each of the applications have
different ways of doing the same thing: (de)compressing archives. Try
them all, and pick your favorite!
Tell me about the Archive Folders application.
It's really more of a feature, than an application. Archives
behave as regular file system folders if you enable this feature.
You can browse right into them in Explorer. This feature makes working
with archives as quick, easy, and painless as possible, since you are
already familiar with the Explorer interface which you use everyday while
working with your computer.
Read more about
Archive Folders.
Tell me about the CompreXX Studio application.
CompreXX Studio is the most sophisticated archiver available today.
In the professional studio workspace, you can open many archives and perform
batch operations on all of them at once. The professional studio featured
by CompreXX Studio also exposes all archive functions and functionality
which may not be available in other applications. If
you are a power user, you will probably stick with CompreXX Studio.
Read more about CompreXX Studio.
Tell me about the CompreXX Express application.
CompreXX Express resembles the user interface of some of the most popular archivers
available today. You can only work with a single archive at a time, but
you can still perform all archive functions from this interface. CompreXX Express may become your application of choice
if you have been using other archivers in the past.
Read more about
CompreXX Express.
Tell me about the Compression Wizard and Extraction Wizard applications.
The "Q" in these applications stands for "Quick" and
"Quality". The wizard interface featured in these applications
allows you to quickly handle archive files, even if you are very new to
archiving and computers in general! Q
Wizards may become your applications of choice if you are new to archiving
and computers.
Read more about Compression Wizard and Extraction Wizard.
Tell me about Codex Commander.
Codex Commander is a command line archiver. Codec
Commander is ideal for system administrators which run batch tasks from
scripts. You can also use Codex Commander if you are a command-line
fanatic and wish to work with archives solely from the command line! Codec
Commander supports all archiving features and works with a single archive
at a time. Read more about Codex Commander.
What are plug-ins?
CompreXX mark4 features a plug-in based architecture for handling archives.
This means that different archives are handled by plug-ins installed on
the system. To add support for more archives, just install new plug-ins!
It's that easy.
I am a developer and want to know more.
You're very welcome! CompreXX mark4 includes a plug-in development SDK
and application development API so that you can engineer your own Codex
Compliant plug-ins and applications! Check out the developer documentation
for more information, you'll be up and running in minutes.
You'll even find example plug-in and application source codes in your
favorite programming languages.