Short: v1.2, Brand new unarchiving solution (XAD).
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 4.0+
          util/libs/mui38usr.lha    - version 3.8+
          dev/mui/MCC_NList0_89.lha - version 0.89+
          util/libs/WBStart.lha     - version 2.2+
          (WBStart only required if you use pre-OS 3.5!)
Optional: util/virus/xvslibrary.lha
          

 Introduction
 ------------

 Voodoo-X is 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 the 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 multiview) 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 archivers
 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, OFS, FFS, DirCache, International,
       double-density and high-density disks formats are all supported.

 New changes for version 1.2
 ---------------------------

 - Added a new settings window.
 - Entries are not longer viewed as a linear list of files, but instead
   as a proper directory structure. Although the user can still view file
   as a linear list if he/she wants to, by using the new settings window.
 - Support for embedded archives. You can now browse and view the contents of
   that LHA archive inside that DMS archive which is inside that ADF file
   that just happens to be inside that big LZX archive (well, you get the
   idea anyway :-), with only a few clicks of the mouse. 
 - File extraction is now a lot faster than version 1.1.
 - Protection bits are now showen in the main lister.
 - Quick access to multiple destinations (via a new popup list).
 - Uses MUI's standard images for drawers.
 - More menu shortcuts
 - Several bug fixes.

 Please refer to the history text file inside the archive for a more detailed
 change list.

 Features
 --------

 - Browse many archives very quickly. Voodoo-X contains an archive history
   list, much like the URL history list of a web browser, which allows you
   to switch between archives VERY QUICKLY with only three clicks of the
   mouse button.

 - Browse archives inside archives. Note: This might require lots of memory
   depending on how deep the archives are, since embedded archives need
   to be temporarily extracted to T:.

 - Quickly view pictures, documents or similar files that are inside archives
   simply by double clicking on an entry. Doing so will make Voodoo-X extract
   the selected file then launch multiview to view it.

 - Drag one or more archive icons from Workbench into the main window to
   browse their contents.

 - Virus checking. If you have Georg Hörmann's xvs.library system installed
   then you can check archives for file viruses.

 - Lots of archiver formats are support (common ones and obscure ones).

 - Retrieve files from within DMS archives (and other disk based archive
   formats too).

 - Fast decompression, thanks to xadmaster.library. Note: 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.

 - Very easy-to-use user interface, thanks to MUI.

 - Quickly copy, move or delete archives using pull down menus.

 - Nice progress bars. :-)

 Copyright
 ---------

 Voodoo-X is Copyright © 2000 Andrew Bell. All rights reserved. Voodoo-X
 is FREEWARE and is provided "AS IS". Please refer to the documentation
 for more information.

 Although Voodoo-X is FREEWARE, 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.
 wbstart.library        - Copyright © 1992-1996 Stefan Becker.
 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!