BeeGUI Help



Wath is beeGUI

beeGUI is a 32-bit Windows version of the Bee archiver - a powerful tool which allows you to create, manage and control archive files.

There are two versions of Bee for Windows:

- Version with graphical user interface - beeGUI.exe;

- Command line console (text mode) version - bee.exe.


beeGUI features

- Highly sophisticated, original compression algorithm;

- Solid archiving, which can raise compression ratio by 10% - 50% over more common methods, particularly when packing a large number of small, similar files;


beeGUI limitations

The number of files, which can be added to an archive, depends upon the amount of available memory and the length of file names.

The size of a bee archive is limited to 2 GB.


Console Bee version

Additionally to beeGUI you will find, in the distributive, the file bee.exe. It is also a 32-bit Bee version for Windows.

It is useful to call console Bee from BAT and CMD files, to use it at the DOS prompt and so on.

It supports a larger number of command line switches and commands when compared with beeGUI.

You should read Usage.txt file for a detailed description of all console Bee features.


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Quick start: extracting files using beeGUI

In the beeGUI window, click the Open toolbar button or choose Open Archive from the File menu. The Open Archive dialog will appear.

In the Open Archive dialog, locate the archive you want to extract, then click Open. The contents of the archive will be displayed in the beeGUI window.

To extract files from the archive, click the Extract toolbar button or choose Extract from the Actions menu. The Extract dialog will appear.

In the box labeled Extract to, choose the folder where you want to place the extracted files and click Extract.

That's it--you have extracted the contents of the archive to the chosen folder.

You can now work with the extracted files, select another activity within beeGUI, or close the beeGUI window.


Quick start: archiving files using beeGUI

In the beeGUI window, click the New toolbar button or choose New Archive from the File menu. The New Archive dialog will appear.

In the New Archive dialog, specify the location where you want to create the archive and type the name you want to use for your new archive, then click OK.

The Add dialog will appear.

In the Add dialog, select the files that you want to add to your new archive and click Add.

That's it--you have created a new archive.

You can now examine the contents of your new archive, select another activity within beeGUI, or close the beeGUI window.