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- Short: v1.3, XAD based unarchiving solution.
- Author: andrew.ab2000@bigfoot.com (Andrew Bell)
- Uploader: andrew.ab2000@bigfoot.com (Andrew Bell)
- Type: util/arc
- Requires: AmigaOS 3.0+, MC68020, 2-4MB of RAM recommended.
- util/arc/xadmaster.lha - version 5.0+
- util/libs/mui38usr.lha - version 3.8+
- dev/mui/MCC_NList0_89.lha - version 0.89+
- Optional: util/virus/xvslibrary.lha - version 33+
-
- ============================================================================
- Introduction
- ============================================================================
-
- Voodoo-X is an MUI based front-end for Dirk Stoecker's powerful unarchiving
- system xadmaster.library (Shareware). Unlike other dearchiver front-ends,
- Voodoo-X doesn't depend on external archiver commands (such as LZX, LHA,
- DMS, etc.) being in the C: drawer nor does it require complicated command
- line setups for these commands. This is because XAD does all the hard work.
- :-)
-
- Voodoo-X allows you to quickly browse an archive's contents and view
- individual files (with filetypes) like pictures and documents just by
- double clicking your mouse. This method of browsing archives proves to
- be highly effective since you don't need to get your hands dirty by
- extracting files to temporary locations such as Ram:. Voodoo-X does all
- that for you.
-
- With the help of XAD, Voodoo-X supports more archiver formats than you
- can wave a stick at, Amiga and non-Amiga, these include:
-
- LZX, LHA, ZIP, WinZip-MS EXE, DMS, DMS-SFX, Tar, GZip, RAR, SuperDuper,
- CrunchDisk, xDisk, PackDev, Zoom, Shrink and many many more.
-
- xadmaster.library is a modular system and will support even more archiver
- formats in the future.
-
- Note: Voodoo-X doesn't actually write disk based archives (like DMS, xMash,
- etc.) back to disk, but instead examines them to see if they are
- OFS or FFS formatted, if they are, it then allows you to browse
- through the contents of them and retrieve individual files.
-
- Voodoo-X can also retrieve files from inside standard FFS formatted
- (i.e AmigaDOS) ADF files like those used with WinUAE. OFS, FFS,
- DirCache, International, double-density and high-density disks
- formats are all supported.
-
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- New things for Voodoo-X 1.3
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-
- o Configurable filetypes and viewers.
- o Support for multipart archives.
- o Search window.
- o Support for Listtree.mcc (now has 3 view modes).
- o Added a vertical parent button.
- o Archives can now be dropped onto the application icon.
- o Added more control buttons to the main window.
- o Removed the need for wbstart.library.
- o Click sortable NList columns.
- o New menu layout.
- o Archive copy and move routines now show a progress bar.
- o Fixed progress bar corruption on large archives.
- o Lots of minor bug fixes.
-
- Please refer to the history text file inside the archive for a more detailed
- change list.
-
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- Features
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-
- o Browse many archives very quickly. Voodoo-X contains an archive history
- list, much like the URL history list of a web browser. This allows you
- to switch between archives VERY QUICKLY with only three clicks of the
- mouse button.
-
- o Retrieve files from within DMS archives (and other disk based archive
- formats too) without having to extract the entire archive to disk or
- a virtual disk device like FMS.
-
- o Browse archives inside archives. Quickly gain access to that document
- inside that LHA inside that LZX inside that DMS. ;)
-
- o Quickly view pictures, documents or similar files that are inside archives
- simply by double clicking on a file. Voodoo-X will then extract it and
- start the viewer of your choice.
-
- o Drag one or more archive icons from Workbench into the main window to
- browse their contents.
-
- o Support for multipart archives.
-
- o Virus checking. If you have Georg Hoermann's xvs.library system installed
- then you can check archives for file viruses. You can also specify if
- every file extracted should be checked.
-
- o Lots of archiver formats are supported (common ones and obscure ones).
- Disk image formats are also supported, so you can treat AmigaDOS
- formatted ADF files as normal archives under Voodoo-X.
-
- o Fast decompression, thanks to xadmaster.library. Note that this really
- depends on the client being used. Some clients are coded in C and might
- noticeably slower than the original archive program on older CPUs.
-
- o Very easy-to-use user interface, thanks to MUI.
-
- o Quickly copy, move or delete archives using pull down menus. This can
- be highly convenient when going through download directories.
-
- o Search window. Search for strings or filename patterns inside archives.
- Uses assembly optimized string search routines for greater speed.
-
- o Nice progress bars. :-)
-
- ============================================================================
- Copyright
- ============================================================================
-
- Voodoo-X is Copyright © 2000 Andrew Bell. All rights reserved. Voodoo-X
- is uncrippled GIFTWARE and is provided "AS IS". Please refer to the
- documentation for more information.
-
- Although Voodoo-X is uncrippled GIFTWARE, xadmaster.library and MUI are
- SHAREWARE. Please consider registering XAD/MUI and show your support for
- Amiga software.
-
- Voodoo-X wouldn't be possible without the following third-party software:
-
- xadmaster.library - Copyright © 1998-2000 Dirk Stoecker.
- muimaster.library - Copyright © 1992-2000 Stefan Stuntz.
- NList MUI custom class - Copyright © 1996-2000 Gilles Masson.
- Listtree MUI custom class - Copyright © 1995-1997 Klaus Melchior.
- xvs.library - Copyright © 1997-2000 Georg Hoermann.
-
- Special thanks to the above programmers, for their hard work.
-
- Another special thanks goes to Dirk for allowing me to access to the beta
- versions of XAD to test with Voodoo-X. Thanks again!
-
-