Browsing and Modifying Archives

You can open an archive in the Archive Browser view doing one of the following:

Open an archive from the Project view.
Choose an archive in the Oxygen XML Editor file chooser dialog box.
Drag an archive from the file explorer and drop it in the Archives Browser view.

When displaying an archive, the Archive Browser view locks the archive file. It is then automatically unlocked when the Archive Browser view is closed.

Important: If a file is not recognized by Oxygen XML Editor as a supported archive type, you can add it from the Archive preferences page.

Figure: Browsing an Archive

Archive Browser Toolbar

The following actions are available on the Archive Browser toolbar:

Reopen: You can use this drop-down to reopen recently edited archives. Apart from the history of the recently edited archives, the drop-down also contains the Clear history and Open Archive actions.
Open Archive menu: Provides access to the Open Archive action which opens a new archive in the browser. If the extension is not known as an archive extension, you will be directed to the Archive preferences page to add a new extension. The sub-menu keeps a list of recently open archive files and a Clear history action which allows you to delete the list.
Close: Closes the browsed archive and unlocks the archive file.
New folder: Creates a folder as child of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
New file: Creates a file as child of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
Add files: Adds existing files as children of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
Note: You can also add files in the archive by dragging them from the file browser or Project view and dropping them in the Archive Browser view.
Delete: Deletes the selected resource in the browsed archive.
Archive Options: Opens the Archive preferences page.

The following additional operations are available from the Archive Browser contextual menu:

Open: Opens a resource from the archive in the editor.
Extract: Extracts a resource from the archive in a specified folder.
New folder: Creates a folder as child of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
New file: Creates a file as child of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
Add files: Adds existing files as children of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
Note: On OS X, there is also available the Add file action, which allows you to add one file at a time.
Rename: Renames a resource in the archive.
Find/Replace in Files: Allows you to search for and replace specific pieces of text inside the archive.
Cut: Cut the selected archive resource.
Copy: Copy the selected archive resource.
Paste: Paste a file or folder into the archive.
Note: You can add files in the archive by copying the files from the Project view and paste them into the Archive view.
Delete: Remove a file or folder from archive.
Preview: Previews an image contained in the archive See the Image Preview section for more details.
Copy location: Copies the URL location of the selected resource.
Refresh: Refreshes the selected resource.
Properties: Views properties for the selected resource.