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===============================================================================
=== Summary =================================================================
===============================================================================
Summary:
========
- Description.
- Necessary Material.
- About ?
- Usage.
- AppPP's Messages.
- To Do.
- Bugs.
- Thanks.
- Hints & Tips.
Description:
============
- Description.
Necessary Material:
===================
- What this program requires at least.
About ?:
========
- The rights I reserve on this program, the doc and the source code. (Respect
them, because not restrictive.)
- program's garantuees.
- Bug report.
Usage:
======
- Startup.
- Configuration Panel.
- Crunch or decrunch Files.
- Stop file treatements.
AppPP's Messages:
=================
- Errors.
- Other messages.
To Do:
======
- General.
- Configuration Panel.
- Crunching Interface.
Bugs:
=====
- Seriouses.
- Cosmetics.
Thanks:
=======
- To Commodore-Amiga.
- To Jan Van den Baard.
- To ALLEN Jen.
- To CORNU Gérard.
- To the Migros.
- To Pfrender Alain.
Hints & Tips:
=============
- Drawers.
- Command & LoadSeg Files.
- Before loosing files.
- Small limitation.
===============================================================================
=== Description =============================================================
===============================================================================
AppPP is a crunching program made to avoid loading Powerpacker or another
utility like that everytime You have one or several files to crunch or decrunch.
It has an AppIcon and a Gadtools graphical user interface which makes it easy to
configure and to use. It is specially made to be used from the WBStartUp,
althouth nothing prevent to use it from the Workbench.
Because it's entierely in Assembly written, it takes a minimum of place in the
WBStartUp, it's so particulary adapted to small configurations. (like mine...)
It can save the files in a alternative path, so that the source file is not
overwritten.
For the crunching fanatics, the datas has been organized in the executable so
that it can be crunched efficiently !
===============================================================================
=== Necessary Material. =====================================================
===============================================================================
What this program requires at least:
====================================
- The 2.04 (V37) of the AmigaOS.
- powerpacker.library V35+ in Libs:. Powerpacker.library is © by Nico François.
(Very easy to find. (Eventually look for PPLib on Fred Fish's AmigaLibsDisk))
- asl.library in Libs:. (Is provided with the standard Wb 2.0+)
- 512 Ko of RAM.
===============================================================================
=== About ? =================================================================
===============================================================================
The rights I reserve on this program, the doc and the source code:
==================================================================
AppPP is distributed as FreeWare, which means that you could copy it freely,
while all the files are distibuted in original and unmodified form. It is
forbidden to add, delete or modify anything in the AppPP package. If you have
propositions for the program or the source code, simply contact me.
Because it is freely distributable, gratuitous and entirely fonctionnal, I think
that the user could easily respect the minimum I demand.
Please always pay the minimum for freely distributable programs. This program
was is and should always be gratuitous. It is not forbidden to take a little
amount for postage and copying. Try to always pay the less possible for freely
distrbutable programs. It is very important for the public domain spirit. And
if someone should make money with this program, it should be me... not a
distributor that only duplicate it.
Here the list of the package content:
- AppPP | The executable
- AppPP.info | Normal icon for an interlaced Workbench
- AppPP icône 2 | Special icon for a non-interlaced Workbench
- AppPP English Doc | English doc of AppPP
- AppPP Doc Française | French doc of AppPP
- AppPP English Doc.info | Icon of the english doc
- AppPP Doc Française.info | Icon of the french doc
Program's garantuees.:
======================
Althouth all the care I've taken and intensive tests of this program everytime
during programming, I could not garantee that it has no bug. I decline all
responsability in case of a file loss. As user, you assume entirely all the
risks (direct or undirect) encoured by using this program.
Bug report:
===========
If a bug appears, you should (moral obligation) warn me of the problem so that I
could remove it to protect other users from losses. In this case, give me a
complete description of the problem with the most of details possible.
Unfortunately, I haven't any EMail, but here is something to join me.
Adress: BURNAND Patrick
Ch. de la Grangette 16b
1010 Lausanne
Switzerland
Telephone: 021/653.29.73
Fax: 021/653.29.73 (If someone answer, tell that it's for a fax)
For the telephone or the fax number, "021" represents the preffix of the
Lausanne region. If you live in another country (it's very probable, because
of the very small size of the country), you must certainly replace the "021" by
the preffix to call to switzerland. I don't know these preffix. You should
consult the telephone book.
===============================================================================
=== Usage ===================================================================
===============================================================================
StartUp:
========
No problem, simply double click on the program's icon. You could start it
automatically at the Worbench startup by dragging it's icon in the WBStartUp
drawer. In this case the tooltype "DoNotWait" must be set. AppPP is volontary
not runnable by the CLI, AmigaShell, AmigaDOS, or others Text Interfaces. In
this case, the program will quit immediately. AppPP is an AppIcon program
written to be started from the WBStartUp the Workbench should be started, and
once the workbench is started, you needn't really the Dos to run programs.
Configuration Panel:
====================
It's a graphical interface to configure rapidly and easily the program. It
appears when the config file is not found or when you double-click on the
AppIcon.
Add #?.pp:
----------
When you crunch a file and this gadget is checked, the resulting file name will
have a ".pp" postpended to it. It's the standard extension for the files
crunched with Powerpacker.
Rem #?.pp:
----------
When you decrunch a file and this gadget is checked, the resulting file name
will have a ".pp" removed from it if the filename ends with a ".pp".
Copy Icons:
-----------
If the gadget "Use Alt Path" is checked (see below) and the gadget "Copy Icons"
is checked too, all the icon corresponding to the treated files will be copied.
It uses the standard icon.library/GetDiskObject and icon.library/PutDiskObject
to be compatible with an eventually new way to store icons. (Perhaps on WB 4)
Use Alt Path:
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With AppPP, it's not obigatory to overwrite the file that you crunch or
decrunch. To use this option, select the gadget "Use Alt Path". "Use Alt Path"
is short of "Use Alternative Path". When the gadget is checked, the file is
saved in the directory indicated by the String Gadget "Alt Path". If the gadget
is not checked, the file is overwri