Main menu - File - Split...


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

Tab Operation


Selected item(s)

Shows the name of the file to be split.

from

The folder of the file to be split.

Target

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.

Tab Files

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.

Tab Settings


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.

Information bar

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.

Button Queue

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.

Button Run

After activating the button the splitting process is started. The "Files" dialog shows the following modifications:

     

   

Button Cancel

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