Browsing and Modifying Archive Structure

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

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

The following operations 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.