Attribute Groups

Attribute groups allow you to define separate attribute defaults for files with certain extensions. Once you have defined an attribute group, the creation of an archive for any file with an extension defined by that group will use the group's attributes for the new archive. If you create an archive for a file that isn't in an attribute group, QVCS will use the project's default attributes for that new archive.

You can use the Admin→Edit Attribute Groups dialog to define what file extensions should comprise a given attribute group, and to define the QVCS attributes to associate with that group.

To create an attribute group, follow these steps:

Select the Admin→Edit Attribute Groups menu item. Doing so will bring up the following dialog:
Enter the name that you want to associate with the attribute group into the "New Group Name" edit box. The name should just be a simple descriptive name that helps you identify the purpose of the group; an appropriate name might be "Delphi Development," "Visual Basic Development," or "Source Code," etc.
Enter the file extensions that compose the attribute group into the "New Group Extensions" edit box, separating the file extensions with a single comma character; don't include any white space. A sample group for C++ might look like: "h,c,cpp" (without the quote characters).
Set the attributes however you like and then click the "Add Group" button.
Click the OK button to exit the dialog. The group you just defined will now be in use.

To edit an existing group, select the group in the "Attribute Groups" list box, edit the "Attribute Group Extensions" and QVCS Attributes fields however you like, and then click the "Update Group" button.

To delete a group, simply select the group and click the "Delete Group" button.

QWin only allows file extensions to exist in one attribute group at a time. For example, it won't allow you to create a C++ file group that has "c,cpp,h" file extensions, and a C file group that has "c,h" extensions. Since the "c,h" extensions overlap between the two groups, QWin won't allow it.