Short:    V1.0 Cool new requester improver (animated, ...)
Author:   georg.steger@rolmail.net (Georg Steger)
Uploader: georg.steger@rolmail.net (Georg Steger)
Version:  1.0
Type:     util/misc
Replaces: pix/misc/ReqAttackPV.lha
Requires: OS 3.0, 68020

DESCRIPTION:
============

ReqAttack is an incredible cool new requester improver similiar to ARQ. It
is the successor of KeyReq and improves the look and handling of requesters
of all programs which use the standard system requester functions (Easy-
RequestArgs, AutoRequest, BuildEasyRequestArgs, BuildSysRequest) for that
purpose.


CHANGES IN V 1.0:
=================

o Lots of new configuration items to enhance the look of
  requesters (especially it's buttons) even more.

o For configuration  items which expect a  color you can
  now also  specify a  direct colormap  (palette) pen by
  putting a '#' char in front of the number.

o Background pattern  did not work at  all on OS 3.0 and
  still had a few bugs even on OS 3.1.

o Transparency bug with CyberGraphX + SuperLayers should
  be fixed.  Smart refresh windows  created with LAYERS-
  NOBACKFILL are backfilled to color 0 with the standard
  Amiga layers library anyway,  although they shouldn't.
  SuperLayers obviously  does it correctly. I found this
  out only after someone reported the bug - I don't have
  a GFX card.

o The checkitem  SCREENDEPTH didn't  return the  correct
  value for  HiColor and  TrueColor screens.  I used  to
  look at DrawInfo->dri_Depth  and this turned out to be
  never greater than 8. Strange ...

o Commodities Interface. You can disbable ReqAttack tem-
  porarily (new opened requester will not be enhanced by
  Requester) and quit it with Exchange.

o New version of CyReq. On some  systems the dos.library
  function ErrorReport()  (which creates a  new task  to
  display the requester) seems  to run out of stack very
  soon, so on some  systems it was enough to enter some-
  thing like  "stupidtest:" in  the Workbench's  Execute
  Command window to make the computer crash once the re-
  quester asking for the  disk "stupidtest:" was replied
  by the user.  Now this should be  fixed by using Stack
  swapping in CyReq's  EasyRequestArgs() patch. The very
  strange thing  is that ReqAttack  since ever  has used
  Stack  swapping  in BuildEasyRequestArgs()  (which  is
  called by  CyReq's EasyRequestArgs()  patch).  On a PC
  running UAE + Picasso96  even CyReq running  alone has
  caused the same  crashes because  of stack problems (I
  think).  This is very  strange  since CyReq  used very
  little stack  and afte r all does  not do  nearly any-
  thing.

  I found the place in the ROM, where ErrorReport() cre-
  ates it's task  with too little stack  so I might do a
  little utility  to patch a ROM file  and/or a BlizKick
  module sometime.

o New Tool  "QuitReqAttack".  Can be  used to  quit Req-
  Attack from  Shell scripts  and ToolManager  like pro-
  grams.

o Improved docs a little bit which are now also availab-
  le in German.



FEATURES:
=========

o Configurable requester logos which can also be animated.

o Configurable button images and button look.

o Configurable requester background pattern.

o Keyboard control. Cycling through buttons with TAB, SHIFT TAB and CURSOR
  keys. Activation of highlighted gadget with RETURN and another configur-
  able key (default LCOMMAND v). Activation of rightmost gadget width ESCAPE
  and another configurable key (default LCOMMAND b). Activation of buttons
  by keyboard can be aborted by pressing SHIFT or ESCAPE before releasing
  the button activation key.

o Possibility to drag the requesters around by clicking anywhere in the
  window.

o Possibility to make the requesters open in the center of the screen or
  under the mouse pointer.

o Very special conditional configuration.

o It's possible to configure almost everything, like spacing between the
  single elements of the requester and it's alignment, the color of the
  highlight rectangle and much more.


If you want to see some animated preview images before downloading the beast
check out:

       http://freeweb.dnet.it/steger/reqattack/reqattack.html


                      *** ReqAttack is Shareware ***


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------  -------------
    2678    1525 43.0% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +AnimLogos.info
  100092   30638 69.3% 09-Jul-99 22:51:48 +!.60gAGA
    2186    1659 24.1% 08-Jul-99 21:16:34 +!.60gAGA.info
   57343   34848 39.2% 09-Jul-99 22:58:34 +Global.60bAGA
    2186    1659 24.1% 08-Jul-99 21:16:34 +Global.60bAGA.info
  162717   77941 52.1% 09-Jul-99 22:58:40 +Info.60bAGA
    2186    1660 24.0% 08-Jul-99 21:16:36 +Info.60bAGA.info
   73339   13863 81.0% 09-Jul-99 22:59:54 +Insert.60gAGA
    2186    1660 24.0% 08-Jul-99 21:16:36 +Insert.60gAGA.info
   34334    5284 84.6% 09-Jul-99 23:01:18 +Protect.60AGA
    2186    1661 24.0% 08-Jul-99 21:16:34 +Protect.60AGA.info
    8380    3743 55.3% 09-Jul-99 23:02:28 +Warn
    2186    1661 24.0% 08-Jul-99 21:16:34 +Warn.info
    2717    1618 40.4% 25-May-99 20:02:14 +Buttons.info
     116      79 31.8% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +CancelSmiley
    2186    1662 23.9% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +CancelSmiley.info
     116      83 28.4% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +OKSmiley
    2186    1660 24.0% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +OKSmiley.info
     116      75 35.3% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +ThirdSmiley
    2186    1659 24.1% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +ThirdSmiley.info
    2679    1685 37.1% 25-May-99 20:02:14 +DataTypes.info
    2669    1549 41.9% 25-May-99 20:03:14 +Classes.info
    5548    2880 48.0% 09-Jul-99 22:47:10 +raanimbrush.datatype
    4624    2460 46.7% 09-Jul-99 22:49:50 +rabrush.datatype
    2715    1725 36.4% 25-May-99 20:03:24 +Devs.info
     256     215 16.0% 08-Jul-99 20:57:42 +RAAnimBrush
    2002    1392 30.4% 25-May-99 19:27:36 +RAAnimBrush.info
      96      81 15.6% 08-Jul-99 20:57:48 +RABrush
    2002    1390 30.5% 25-May-99 19:27:36 +RABrush.info
    2671    1655 38.0% 03-Aug-99 13:27:22 +Docs.info
    2671    1656 38.0% 03-Aug-99 13:27:22 +Deutsch.info
   69545   16953 75.6% 03-Aug-99 14:45:10 +ReqAttack.guide
    2965    2088 29.5% 03-Aug-99 14:45:10 +ReqAttack.guide.info
   16473    5290 67.8% 03-Aug-99 14:02:52 +Tools.guide
    2964    2090 29.4% 03-Aug-99 14:02:54 +Tools.guide.info
    2671    1654 38.0% 03-Aug-99 13:28:20 +English.info
   63969   14537 77.2% 03-Aug-99 14:45:50 +ReqAttack.guide
    2965    2086 29.6% 03-Aug-99 14:45:54 +ReqAttack.guide.info
   15405    4721 69.3% 03-Aug-99 13:41:08 +Tools.guide
    2940    2070 29.5% 03-Aug-99 13:41:08 +Tools.guide.info
     174     109 37.3% 25-May-99 20:02:14 +Install
    2862    1459 49.0% 25-May-99 20:02:14 +Install.info
   19756    4201 78.7% 03-Aug-99 15:09:18 +Install.script
   25754   20980 18.5% 23-May-99 22:10:50 +logo
  105994   69285 34.6% 23-May-99 18:50:04 +power
    1764     851 51.7% 12-Sep-97 17:10:54 +FileAttack.catalog
    1796     822 54.2% 18-Jul-97 12:52:00 +FileAttack.catalog
    1830     858 53.1% 18-Jul-97 12:52:24 +FileAttack.catalog
   29072   13920 52.1% 25-May-99 17:49:28 +FileAttack
    8636    4036 53.2% 25-May-99 16:47:42 +InstallBG
     428     293 31.5% 20-May-99 22:10:40 +NoIconPos
    1012     700 30.8% 23-May-99 21:27:28 +QuitInstallBG
    1136     768 32.3% 23-May-99 21:17:16 +WaitInstallBG
    2717    1617 40.4% 25-May-99 20:02:14 +Logos.info
     320     204 36.2% 01-May-99 21:00:02 +Info
    2186    1659 24.1% 25-May-99 19:42:46 +Info.info
     719     282 60.7% 09-Jul-99 22:25:50 +Insert
    2186    1660 24.0% 25-May-99 19:42:46 +Insert.info
     436     147 66.2% 09-Jul-99 22:26:24 +Protected
    2186    1656 24.2% 25-May-99 19:42:46 +Protected.info
     834     504 39.5% 09-Jul-99 22:28:52 +WBDelete
    2186    1660 24.0% 25-May-99 19:42:46 +WBDelete.info
    2717    1618 40.4% 25-May-99 20:02:14 +Patterns.info
    8344    7396 11.3% 09-Jul-99 22:29:52 +Test
    2186    1662 23.9% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +Test.info
   16729   15286  8.6% 09-Jul-99 22:30:28 +Test2
    2186    1661 24.0% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +Test2.info
    5749    4807 16.3% 09-Jul-99 22:30:52 +Test3
    2186    1661 24.0% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +Test3.info
    8228    7124 13.4% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +Test4
    2186    1663 23.9% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +Test4.info
    7790    6008 22.8% 09-Jul-99 22:31:46 +Test5
    2186    1663 23.9% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +Test5.info
    2506    2116 15.5% 18-Jul-99 17:28:04 +Test6
    2186    1661 24.0% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +Test6.info
    1800     812 54.8% 03-Aug-99 14:58:28 +Readme
    2963    2087 29.5% 03-Aug-99 14:58:30 +Readme.info
   47900   24518 48.8% 02-Aug-99 22:53:44 +ReqAttack
    3347    1419 57.6% 25-May-99 20:02:14 +ReqAttack.info
    1056     389 63.1% 09-Jul-99 23:53:06 +ReqAttack.prefs
    2659    1580 40.5% 25-May-99 20:02:14 +Tools.info
     676     510 24.5% 17-Jul-99 21:47:44 +CyReq
    1092     779 28.6% 22-Jul-99 21:01:20 +QuitReqAttack
    5792    3643 37.1% 08-Jul-99 16:08:36 +RAIM_Anim2Brush
   13328    7626 42.7% 08-Jul-99 23:15:22 +RAIM_Anim2IFF
    5808    3657 37.0% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +RAIM_Brush2Anim
    9076    5491 39.4% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +RAIM_Convert
    7448    4556 38.8% 08-Jul-99 22:11:24 +RAIM_GetInfo
    5940    3718 37.4% 08-Jul-99 20:38:08 +RAIM_SetAttributes
    2718    1472 45.8% 03-Aug-99 21:30:28  ReqAttack.info
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 1060218  497069 53.1% 04-Aug-99 21:56:04   90 files
