XFD Package - Release 1.07 ========================== COPYRIGHT --------- All parts of this software package are freely distributable for noncommercial use. If you redistribute XFD, you have to keep all files together. All programs are copyright by their authors. DISCLAIMER ---------- The authors are not liable for any changes made to any part of the package, or consequences thereof as they cannot be made responsible for damages or loss of data directly or indirectly caused by their software. AUTHORS ------- Georg Hörmann - Definition of XFD standard, xfdmaster.library, xfdLibInfo, xfdList, xfdDecrunch, Asm support, some external decrunchers. Anders Melchiorsen - 'C' includes, protos, pragmas. Dexter&Bartman/Abyss - External decrunchers for FIRE and RNC. WEPL - External decrunchers for SSUR, TPWM & TSM. INTRODUCTION ------------ Almost every Amiga user has some crunched files on his (hard)disks, either Powerpacked docs or crunched demos, utilities or whatever. But what to do when you need the files to be uncrunched, and you don't call the cruncher your own (or it doesn't support decrunching)? Enters XFD. FEATURES -------- This software package allows you to decrunch nearly every packed file known on the Amiga. It consists of the xfdmaster.library as the brain and a couple of programs that offer certain functions to the user. The xfdmaster.library is a standard Amiga shared, runtime library. It works with Kickstart V33+ and offers applications the possibility to directly support any crunched files. Other than the predecessor decrunch.library, the xfdmaster.library has a more flexible user interface, offers the possibility to decrunch already loaded program segments and supports external decrunchers. EXTERNAL DECRUNCHERS -------------------- External decrunchers can be easily written by any programmer who has knowledge about the inner workings of a new cruncher. That way almost everybody is able to keep the library up-to-date. External decrunchers are stored in "LIBS:xfd/" and xfdmaster.library loads them on startup. The following are available at the moment: Chryseis - supports Chryseis Cruncher 0.9 PMC - supports PowerPlayer Module Cruncher (Normal/Sample mode) XPK - supports any XPK sublibs (Crunchers/Encryptors) FIRE - supports FIRE Cruncher RNC - supports Rob Northern (RNC1 & RNC2) Cruncher SSUR - supports SSUR data files TPWM - supports TPWM data files TSM - supports TSM data files SUBMISSIONS ----------- You are a programmer who has - developed external decrunchers for xfdmaster.library? - written applications that support xfdmaster.library? You have new crunchers that are not supported yet? Please send anything of the above to the following address: Georg Hörmann Martinswinkelstraße 16c <=- NEW ADDRESS 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany TO DO ----- [xfdmaster.library] - Add segment support to all internal relocatible decrunchers. [xfdDecrunch] - Add some more options like removing/adding of suffixes. Other ideas? Write to the address above! HISTORY ------- XFD 1.07 [xfdmaster.library 34.1] - Added new sublibs for SSUR, TPWM and TSM crunchers. Thanks to WEPL for sending them. - Added RNC2 support to the RNC external decruncher. Thanks to WEPL again for sending me the sourcecode. XFD 1.06 [xfdmaster.library 34.1] - Increased library version to 34 because of new features. The V34 library is fully downward compatible to V33 libraries. - Rewritten xfdGetErrorText() function with lots of new error codes. - Added xfdTestHunkStructureNew() routine that returns detailed error codes. - Added xfdRelocate() routine for better segment list support. - Extended xfdSegmentInfo structure for relocation mode support. - Overworked autodocs for more detailed information. - Overworked whole 'C' support stuff (includes, protos, pragmas). - Updated Assembler support files. - Added external decruncher for PMC files. - Added support for recognition and decrunching of segments to the following slaves: - PowerPacker 2.3 command files (all modes) - PowerPacker 3.0 command files (all modes) - PowerPacker 4.0 command files (all modes) - Added new version of xfdLibInfo with extended information. - Added external decrunchers for RNC and FIRE files. Thanks to Dexter&BartMan/Abyss for sending me this stuff. - Added ATN! support to xfdmaster.library. Dexter/Abyss sent me an external for this one, but it's just a FImp clone, so I added it to the internals. XFD 1.05 [xfdmaster.library 33.6] - Added decrunch support for StoneCracker 4.04 executables. - Added external decruncher for XPK files. XFD 1.04 [xfdmaster.library 33.4] - Added 'C' includes, protos, pragmas. Thanks to Anders Melchiorsen for typing all this stuff. Thanks to Brice Allenbrand too. He also typed some 'C' stuff, but Anders was 3 days faster. Sorry! - Removed arp.library from the package as everybody has it anyway. - Added decrunch support for StoneCracker 4.04 data & address files. XFD 1.03 [xfdmaster.library 33.3] - Added new version of xfdDecrunch with extended features. XFD 1.02 [xfdmaster.library 33.3] - Did astonishing speed optimization to CrunchMania decruncher. All files with lots of relocs will decrunch about 30 times faster. Thanks to Markus Schmall who sent me a file (GadToolsBox with over 8000 [!] reloc entries) that took 90 seconds (!) before that code cleanup and 3 seconds afterwards. Actually he thought XFD would crash, but who waits 90 seconds ??? ;-) - Added Chryseis 0.9 decruncher. This one is implemented as external decruncher including sourcecode as an example on how to code that kind of thing. - Added File Imploder (FImp) decruncher. - Added new version of xfdDecrunch with lots of new features. XFD 1.01 [xfdmaster.library 33.2] - Added asm includes, autodocs and fd files. - Final fixes in password code. - Added new versions of xfdDecrunch and xfdLibInfo. - Added support for external decrunchers. XFD 1.00 [xfdmaster.library 33.1] - First public release.