Processing ZIP and RAR Archives

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

The files stored in ZIP and RAR archives can be extracted temporarily (for viewing or printing purposes) or permanently. Both ways are explained in this tutorial.

1 - Run Embird; it will start in "Manager" mode.

2 - Use the "Drive", "Folder", and "Files" boxes (located on the Right Panel at the right side of the screen) to browse to the folder containing the ZIP or RAR archive.

If you want to temporarily extract files stored in a ZIP or RAR archive, please follow these steps:

3 - Double-click the left mouse button on the archive filename in the "Files:" box to browse to the designs stored in this archive (Picture No. 1).

1. Double-click Zip archive filename

4 - The contents of the archive will be temporarily unzipped to the "Temp_Zip_Embird" folder created in the temporary folder for the currently logged-on user, and this folder becomes focused automatically in the "Files:" box. Now you can display or print the designs stored in the archive (Picture No. 2). However, please note that the files stored here are temporary and they will be deleted once you open another archive or close Embird. See steps 6 ~ 8 below to find out how to extract files permanently.

Note: The "Temp_Zip_Embird" folder is automatically created and managed by Embird. You should never place any files into this folder, because it is used for ZIP and RAR archives exclusively.

5 - If you want to close the archive and return to the initial folder, click the "Up One Level" button placed above the "Folder:" box (Picture No. 2).

2. Temporarily extracted files

If you want to permanently extract files stored in a ZIP or RAR archive, please follow these steps:

6 - Select the archive in the "Files:" box on the right panel so that it is highlighted in blue. You can select multiple files (e.g., by depressing the SHIFT or CTRL key when you are clicking the archive filename).

7 - Click the "Right Panel" menu and choose the "Extract Zipped Files to" command (Picture No. 3).

3. Extract Zip archive permanently

8 - Choose the destination folder in the dialog box that appears on the screen. If this folder doesn't exist yet, it will be created. All files stored in the selected archives will be unzipped to the chosen folder (Picture No. 4).

4. Specify extracted files location

9 - The contents of the archive will be permanently unzipped to the specified folder (Picture No. 5).

5. Permanently extracted files

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