uToolbox File Splitter tool is very useful tool to split the file into chunks AND we can use the same tool to join the already splitted files.
Here are some steps which covers the usage of powerful File Splitter tool.
To Split the file:
- Open the File Splitter application by double click on FileSplitter.exe
- Click on File->Split menu option (or) press Ctrl + S
- Now the application will allow you to select the file and allow you to split the file to number of chunks.
- Select a file you want to split by clicking on the icon which is next to “File to split” edit box.
- It will open the standard File Open dialog to allow you to select a single file. Once the file is selected in File Open dialog, click on Open button.
- It will display the selected file name with full path in “File to split” edit box; and it will also display the size of the selected file on top of this edit box. This application will not allow you to split the file, if the size of the selected file is less than 1MB. So, you should select the file whose size is greater than or equal to 1MB to split through this application.
- Now select the folder where do you want to copy the splitted files by clicking on the folder icon which is next to “Split the file into the folder” edit box. It will open the standard folder selection dialog, allows you to select the folder.
- Once the folder is selected, now you have to select the number which tells how many number of small files (or) chunks you want to split the file. Once you select the number of small files (or) chunks, it will display the size of the each splitted file in “Each splitted file size” box.
- Once you are done with your selection, click on Split button to start the file splitting. While splitting the file, it will disable the user interaction, which means all the controls on the window are disabled.
- While splitting the file it will also show the splitting progress.
- Once the splitting is completed, it will enable the user interaction, which means enable all the controls on the window, to allow the user to interact with the application.
- And it will display the folder location where the splitted files are copied. Always this application will create a unique folder inside your selected folder and copy all the splitted files into the newly created unique folder.
To join the splitted files (or) chunks:
- Open the File Splitter application by double click on FileSplitter.exe
- Click on File->Join menu option (or) press Ctrl + J
- Now the application will allow you to select the splitted file header and allow you to join the splitted files (or) chunks.
- Select splitted file header you want to join the splitted files by clicking on the icon which is next to “File to join splitted files” edit box.
- It will open the standard File Open dialog to allow you to select a single file. It will allow you to select the file with extension (*.~fh). Once the file is selected in standard File Open dialog, click on Open button.
- It will display the selected file name with full path into “File to join splitted files” edit box. This application will not allow you to join the files, if the selected file is not a valid file splitter header file.
- Now select the folder where do you want to copy the joined file by clicking on the folder icon which is next to “Join the splitted files into the folder” edit box. It will open the standard Folder Selection dialog, allow you to select the folder.
- Once you are done with your selections, click on Join button to start the files joining. While joining the files, it will disable the user interaction, which means all the controls on the window are disabled.
- While joining the files it will also show the joining progress and the joining file.
- Once the joining is completed, it will enable the user interaction, which means enable all the controls on the window, to allow the user to interact with the application.
- And it will display the folder location where the joined file is copied. Always this application will create a unique folder inside your selected folder and copy the joined/merge file into the newly created unique folder.
*uToolboxTeam