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Main menu - File - Split... |
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Activating the menu item "File → Split" or the shortcut "Shift+Ctrl+I" opens the dialog "Split file".
If only one file is highlighted, it can be split into part files. When several files are highlighted the error message "Split file: please select only one file for this operation" is shown. The menu item "File → Combine files" allows to combine part files to the original file again.
The "Split file" dialog contains the tabs
the information bar
and the buttons

Selected item(s)
Shows the name of the file to be split.
from
The folder of the file to be split.
Target

a selection list with the favorite folders is shown. Clicking a folder overwrites the contents of the input field with the clicked folder.
or the F4 key, the "Browse for folder" dialog is shown. Selecting a folder and activating "OK" overwrites the contents of the input field with the selected folder.
opens a dialog that allows to define a path for each part file that should be saved in a different path. The input field "Path" allows to enter the path for the highlighted part file. Activating the button
or the F4 key opens the "Browse for folder" dialog where a path can be selected.Existing target file
Under existing target file can be specified what happens to files in the target folder who have the same name as a newly created part file.
How to split
Under "How to split" can be specified how to split the file.
It can be defined by selection, if the original file should be split via the number of part files or via their size.
modifiable proposals for bigger file sizes can be transferred to the input field.The tab "Files" shows in the upper part of a split window the file to be split into part files. In the lower part of the split window the splitting process shows a list of created part files and the occurred errors during their creation.


The tab "Settings" offers additional settings for the splitting process.
Auto close for successful operation
If this option is checked, the dialog "Split file" is closed automatically, as soon as the split process is successfully completed.
Auto close for canceled operation
If this option is checked, the dialog "Split file" is closed automatically, after it was canceled.
Save CRC32 checksum in control file
If this option is checked, the CRC32 checksum of the file to be split is saved in the control file to check if the combine files process was successful.
Before the splitting process the information bar (lowest window line) in the tab "Files" shows the information "1 file(s), 0 folder(s)". After the splitting process it shows the number of occurring errors during the process.
Pressing the button
adds the splitting process to the operations queue and starts the processing of the operations queue.
Activating the button
in the operation queue bar opens the operations queue dialog.
File operations via the operations queue are described in the chapter Operations queue.
After activating the button
the splitting process is started. The "Files" dialog shows the following modifications:

Activating the button "Cancel", cancels the splitting process.