ClassPatch v1.0 beta

                                      by

                               Tomasz Muszynski

    Beta version is FREEWARE (Now there is only beta version available)
                       Full version will be GIFTWARE

DISCLAIMER
==========

USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK. THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR RELIABLE
FUNCTIONING OF THIS PROGRAM (SYSTEM CRASHES ARE POSSIBLE!!!).

Introduction
============

  This utility replaces standard GUI style, you can use variable gadget styles
with correct proportions. To achieve this, I've patched frameiclass and sysiclass.

If you want to know - this program was developed on:

  A1200T/030/50MHz + 8 MB RAM (Blizzard III) + HD 800Mb + Atapi Sony CD-ROM.

and written in: C and assembly language (libraries and preference program are
fully in C).

Requirements
============

  Kickstart 3.0 or higher

Features
========

  - finds the best pen on a screen - GUI will look good on all screens,
  - you can add new GUIs,
  - all GUIs are proportional,
  - if a screen has only 2 planes it will use standard style GUI.

Usage
=====

  ClassPatch consists of two programs:  the main patcher and preferences.
In the preferences program you can choose your GUI style and select needed
patches to use (They patch frameiclass and sysiclass).  To install this
patcher   first   you  need  to  copy  contents  of  Classes  directory  to
Sys:Classes,  then  run  the  preferences program and choose the GUI style.
You should also add following lines in your startup-sequence:
  ...
  LoadWB
  Run >NIL: <NIL: ClassPatch   ; You should add this line
  EndCli

You  can also run ClassPatch automatically during startup - simply copy the
mainfile to WBStartup.

To Do
=====

  - Patch window system gadgets (close gadget, zip, depth, size),
  - Add proportions to system gadgets (size gadget),
  - new GUIs (Macintosh®, X-Windows®, my own GUI, and much more, ...),
  - patch image of cycle gadget and Amiga menu image,
  - example library with sources and includes in C will be available in full
    version.

Bugs
====

  - Windows95.style has a serious bug - some programs with mx and checkbox
gadgets crash - maybe I'm using too much colors?  (other styles should work
properly)
  - mx and checkbox gadgets don't find the best colors on other screens than
    Workbench screen.

History
=======

v1.0 beta (15/01/95)
     - first public release

Credits
=======

  - me and my brother - for bug reports :-)
  - Luke Elliot - for his MagicFrames (available on aminet) - I used his
    code to do ClassPatch (sorry for disassembling).

Contact
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  e-mail: muszynsk@ipeneuro.ipe.pw.edu.pl