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XMASH GUI Interface for Hydra's XMASH V1.0.1
XMash GUI is (c) Thrasher of Nowhere in particular
XMash GUI is a interface for Xmash making it easy to use from the workbench
At the moment it basically allows you to Mash a disk, UnMash it, add the file
descriptions, banners, to test an archive and to change the track increase.
Requirments
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Just Workbench 2.0 or higher. XMash V1.0 by Hydra. Reqtools library.
How to install XMash GUI
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To install first make sure you have XMash from Hydra installed, with the
XMash executable in your C directory and just put XMash GUI where you
usually keep you utils that you use from the Workbench and thats it.
How to use XMASH GUI
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I haven't put all of XMash's option in XMash GUI at the moment only the
ones that are most useful but if anyone wants them all in drop me a line
and I'll see what I can do.
So on with how to use it. To make an XMS arc just put the arc name in the
'Select File' gadget, any banners, description files in the 'Banner',
'File Description' gadgets and select which Cruncher you want and click
on 'Read'. It's as simple as that.
To Unarc just select the file you want with either the file requester
gadget or type it in, select which drive you want and click on 'Write'
To add a description to an existing arc just select an XMS file, the
description file and click on 'Desc'. To add a banner same as, but click
on 'AddText'
'TrackInc' allows you to specify the number of tracks to be read before
they are crunched, the more selected the better the crunching.
'Low' and 'High' are the tracks From and To, to archive.
New functions (as of version 1.0.1)
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'Append' allows you to add a range of tracks eg. 7 to 17 will add them
to an already crunched file (see Hydra's docs for more info)
'XMStrip' calls hydra's program of the same name to strip all banners
and file ids.
'XMS2File' calls another of Hydra's progs to split the archive into
its individual tracks.
-The above two commands require the said progs in your c: directory
'SavePrefs' saves all current setting to a prefs file in s:
-There you go Bill - just for you ;-)
'Tracks' this will allow you to add any track or tracks you want to
an archive, just keep typing in the track numbers, then just press
return and it will either add then to an existing file or create a
new arc with just these tracks, great for trainers etc.
Version notes
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V0.1:
erm first release.
V0.2:
A glitch in the rendering of the gadgets when run on a K2.0 machine.
When checking if an archive can be created a file is left over with
with 0 bytes in it. All fixed now.
V0.3
Now checks to see which Xpk libraries you have installed.
(never released)
V1.0.1
Now needs Reqtools library.
Bugs
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No more known but I'm sure there are ;-) (There was!)
Future enhancements
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Any Ideas ? &-)
Thrasher.
2 Spotland Tops
Cutgate
Rochdale
Lancs
Or ring 0706 351181
Note to Hydra
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Great Util m8, but I've noticed a bug, it won't recognise an XMS archive
if the extension is in lower case, I've got around that in the XMash GUI
by just putting the filename to upper case. And if you abort a Read it
leaves the destination file with a few bytes.
Also if you want you can bung XMashGUI in the XMash archive as a util for
XMash it's fine by me.
Thrasher...