The Settings Window

The Settings Window allows you to configure various Voodoo-X options. The main window is split into pages. The pages are called Main, XAD and Filetypes. The Main page holds options for the main program itself, where the XAD page contains options for xadmaster.library (the external library system used by Voodoo-X to read and decompress archive formats). The Filetypes page allows you to configure filetype viewers that are launched when you double click on a file.

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Select all entries after loading a new archive

When you load a new archive and this option is ticked, then all visible entries will be selected. This option is provided for convenience.

Always check for viruses after extracting (needs XVS)

If you have xvs.library installed (see the Requirements section) and this option is ticked then every file extracted by Voodoo-X will be checked for viruses. Note that this option will slow down file extraction a lot.

Keep full path intact when extracting

When extracting files, you might want to keep the full path intact. Select this tick box if you require this feature.

Default archive path

Here you can provide the default archive path. This path will be used in file requesters (etc.) when Voodoo-X first starts up. This can be handy for "download" directories.

Using the small button to the right of this string gadget allows you to quickly select a path, using a path requester.

Default extract path

Set the default destination (for file extraction) path using this.

Using the small button to the right of this string gadget allows you to quickly select a path, using a path requester.

Temporary files path

Set the location where temporary files will be saved.

Using the small button to the right of this string gadget allows you to quickly select a path, using a path requester.

Save

Save the current settings.

Done

Close the Settings Window.

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Disable external XAD clients

xadmaster.library is a modular system. This means new archiver formats can be supported by placing a special "XAD client" in "LIBS:xad". When this option is selected, Voodoo-X will tell xadmaster.library not to use these external clients. Only select this option if you know what you're doing. If you tick this, then some common archiver formats (like LZX) will not be recognized!

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The filetypes list

This lister holds each of your configured filetypes. Filetypes are used to launch viewers when you double click on a file inside an archive. Voodoo-X currently uses pattern matching on the name to determine what viewer to launch.

State

Allows you to turn a filetype On or Off. When you double click on a file to view it, all disabled viewers will be ignored. You can quickly disabled/enabled filetype viewers by double clicking on an entry inside the lister.

Pattern

Enter in an AmigaDOS pattern string here. When you double click on an file inside an archive, Voodoo-X determines what viewer to launch by iterating through the filetypes list checking each pattern against the name until it gets a match, when it does, the specified viewer (see below) is launched.

Example patterns: #?.jpg, #?.gif, #?.mp3, mod.#?, etc.

Viewer

Here you can type in the location of a viewer, for example an IFF animation viewer or an MP3 audio player, that is lauched when the Pattern is matched.

An %fp symbol will be replaced with the full path of the file. For example "dh0:c/mpeg_play %fp".

Comment

You can type in a small comment here. This can be anything and will be displayed in the status bar when executing the viewer.

Add filetype

Add a new filetype to the list. After doing this, you can fill out the Pattern, Viewer and Comment string gadgets.

Remove filetype

Pressing this will remove the currently selected filetype in the lister.