-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- What's New of XPACK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] addition [-] removal [*] improvement [!] bug fix [?] possible future revision [:] user report b4 current release What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {m} [Jul 28 '97] [!] incorrect tab size bug fixed (display problem) (this bug happened if length of input-pathname > 13) special thanks to: Suriadi Taslim (wie@sby.mega.net.id) for this bug report! :) What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {l} [Jul 15 '97] [*] now "XPACK -a" can "see" hidden files:) What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {k} [Jun 12 '97] [*] XPACKed TP6/BP7,Symantec C,WATCOM C(16bit),BC3/TC2,MSC/QB EXE will not be unpacked by TEU(1.69d/e) now What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {j} [May 28 '97] [*] exe-sfx optimized for size What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {i} [May 27 '97] [+] added option '-t' -t: Test integrity of archive Example: XPAck -t archive *.exe What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {h} [May 25 '97] [+] added option '-l' -l: List contents of archive The field on the display [..ADLSHR] stands for: A -> file Archive/backup status D -> this name is a Directory L -> this name is a disk volume Label S -> this file is a System file H -> this file is a Hidden file R -> this file is a ReadOnly file Example: XPAck -l archive [*] option '-e' (Extract files from archive) and '-l' (List contents of archive) now can extract/list files which match specified wildcards only What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {g} [May 01 '97] [*] XPACKed TP6/BP7,BC3/TC2,MSC EXE will not be unpacked by intruder(v1.30) now (plz 1st unpack ms-exepack b4 u xpack msc exe:) What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {f} [Apr 22 '97] [*] The way to detect if is a Borland C program of option -Ux improved:) (suggestion from PReDaToR 666, thx:) [*] XPACKed TP6,Symantec C,WATCOM C(16bit) EXE will not be unpacked by UPC(v1.06.3),TEU(1.66d),ENTPACK(961011) now (this revision provide u _total_ solution to guard upc v1.06.3:p) What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {e} [Apr 19 '97] [*] XPACKed BP7,BC3/TC2,MSC/QB EXE will not be unpacked by UPC(v1.06.3),TEU(1.66d),ENTPACK(961011) now (plz 1st unpack ms-exepack b4 u xpack msc/qb exe:) What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {d} [Apr 13 '97] [*] added some guard codes for some smart unpacker:) [*] The way to detect if is a QB program of option -Ux improved:) [*] The way to detect if is a Borland C program of option -Ux improved:) (suggestions from Alec Tseng) What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {c} [Apr 07 '97] [*] The way to detect if is a QB program of option -Ux improved:) (suggestion from Alec Tseng) What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {b} [Apr 04 '97] [*] Better compression ratio & speed for .COM & .SYS What's New in XPACK 1.67 revision {a} [Mar 31 '97] [*] The way to detect if is a MSC/QB program of option -Ux improved:) [*] The way to detect if is a Symantec C program of option -Ux improved:) (suggestions from Alec Tseng) What's New in XPACK 1.66 [Mar 28 '97] [+] Basic Archiver function (add(-a),extract(-e)) included:) [*] XPAV now allow you assign which drive to scan other than current one in argument [*] The way to detect if is a MSC/QB program of option -Ux improved:) [*] The way to detect if is a Symantec C program of option -Ux improved:) [*] The way to detect if is a Borland C program of option -Ux improved:) [*] The way to detect if is a Turbo Pascal program of option -Ux improved:) What's New in XPACK 1.65 [Mar 10 '97] (Official) [+] XPAV[XPackAntiVirus (turbo/fast!) scanner&cleaner] included:)) What's New in XPACK 1.65ç4 [Mar 07 '97] [+] added option [-c1]: add comment at beginning of EXE and [-c2]: add comment at end of EXE What's New in XPACK 1.65ç3 [Mar 05 '97] [+] added Anti-Virus-Recovery-Information to Xpacked EXE! and option "-v-" to disable it! Don't panic, XPAV(XPackAntiVirus scaner&cleaner) will be released soon What's New in XPACK 1.65ç2 [Mar 02 '97] [+] New API added, See xpackapi.doc (COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS A MEMORY BLOCK) What's New in XPACK 1.65ç1 [Feb 25 '97] [*] The way to detect if is a MSC/QB program of option -Ux improved:) [*] The way to detect if is a Symantec C program of option -Ux improved:) What's New in XPACK 1.65á9 [Feb 19 '97] [*] The way to detect if is a Borland C program of option -Ux improved:) (Q: Is option [-ux] 100% compatible with upc? ) (A: NOTE: option [-ux] is NOT a clone of upc! There are many ) ( differences in the way option [-ux] operates. Please keep) ( this in mind when reporting bugs:p ) ( or u can use antiupc to test option [-ux]:) ) What's New in XPACK 1.65á8 [Feb 06 '97] [*] XPACKed TP 6.0 EXE will not be unpacked by UPC(v105) now What's New in XPACK 1.65á7 [Feb 03 '97] [+] New API added, See xpackapi.doc (GET/SET TEMPORARY DIRECTORY NAME) What's New in XPACK 1.65á6 [Jan 25 '97] [*] XPACKed TP/BP 7.0 EXE will not be unpacked by UPC(v105) now [*] enhanced tp/bp detection routine for option -ux [*] sfx of method5 is 57~67 bytes smaller compared to 1.65beta5 What's New in XPACK 1.65á5 [Jan 24 '97] [*] a floppy cache problem with smartdrv fixed:) [*] enhanced eten chinese system detection routine:) What's New in XPACK 1.65á4 [Dec 21 '96] [*] changed keyboard i/o to avoid problem with german keyboard:) What's New in XPACK 1.65á3 [Dec 18 '96] [*] some code sequences of sfx is changed to avoid tbav's false alarm (Special thanks to Bulent Eren for hints:) What's New in XPACK 1.65á2 [Dec 11 '96] [*] sfx of method5 Optimized further more by http://www.xs4all.nl/~feldmann [*] message "CRC error" in sfx of exe changed to "This program is damaged and can't run!" (to reduce size of sfx:) What's New in XPACK 1.65á1 [Oct 26 '96] [!] UPC.guard codes of v1.64 cause BC 3.1 startup codes setting incorrect segment of environment, fixed Special Thanks to James Mclaughlin for this buggy report:) What's New in XPACK 1.64 [Oct 07 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Dec '96) [*] XPACKed BC 3.1 EXE will not be unpacked by UPC(v105) now [+] more bonus packs :) [+] sfx of .XDi compressed diskette image will be a bonus function to registered users:) What's New in XPACK 1.63 [Oct 01 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Nov '96) [*] fix some typo in xpack.frm [*] put in a warning message b4 uncompressing XDI image file to diskette. What's New in XPACK 1.60 [Sep 17 '96] [+] Added option -ux to unpack some high level language compiled progys! (remember use fullpath & extension if u want to unpack a overlay-exe) (this option doesn't accept wildcards! :D) [*] XPACKed BC 3.1 EXE will not be unpacked by UPC(v104) now [*] XPACKed MSC EXE will not be unpacked by UPC now (remember unpack MsExePack b4 XPACK!:) other compiler users plz send me #2 sample files, tnx ;) [+] 1.60+ become shareware The more registrations i get the more improvements i will make to this program, Thanks! :) What's New in XPACK 1.52 [Sep 08 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Oct '96) [+] Xpack OnLine DeCompression System integrated added option -z : install Xpack OnLine DeCompression System -zr: release Xpack OnLine DeCompression System -z-: deactive Xpack OnLine DeCompression System -z+: active Xpack OnLine DeCompression System What's New in XPACK 1.49 [Aug 27 '96] (tested in Archive Comp. Test Sep '96) [+] added options "-pd"/"-ud" to pack/unpack data files. those data files can be used by XPACK OnLine Decompression System which gives painless access to XPACKed-Data files What's New in XPACK 1.47 [Aug 11 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Sep '96) [*] In creating compressed diskette image: If the data is unpackable, it will be simply stored. Check if disk full. [*] In restoring compressed diskette image: Check .XDi signature (6ah,6dh) before unpacking. Check .XDi filetype (2) before unpacking. Check .XDi disktype before unpacking. Check .XDi integrity before unpacking. [+] Support official fdformated 1.72M, 1.68M, 1.64M, 1.6M, 1.48M diskette for .XDi file. [+] Now recognize codeview debug information. What's New in XPACK 1.46 [Jul 20 '96] (tested in Archive Comp. Test Aug '96) [!] minor bug fixed: some message's offset is incorrect while i cleanup my source (change spaces to tabs) [!] bug fixed: avoid generate offset = ffff when optimizing EXE's relocation [*] use quick sort instead of bubble sort if number of relocations <= 8192 [+] create/restore compressed diskette image implemented What's New in XPACK 1.44 [Jul 03 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Aug '96) [-] method2, 3 removed. [+] method5 implemented (not yet optimized) [*] message "CRC error" in sfx of exe changed to "This program has been damaged and cannot be run!" (suggestion from Peter Gutmann) What's New in XPACK 1.39 [Jun 01 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Jul '96) [*] Optimized by http://www.xs4all.nl/~feldmann What's New in XPACK 1.34 [Apr 20 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Jun '96) [!] bug fixed: reset memory usage to original program's requirement special thanks to Cristi Bradiceanu for sending a sample file:) What's New in XPACK 1.33 [Apr 04 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM May '96) [+] compression method 4 implemented (better ratio if input file > 64k) [*] startup screen support eten chinese system What's New in XPACK 1.30 [Mar 11 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Apr '96) [*] method3:unpack optimized, Special thanks to Harald Feldmann for hints:) [-] build-in new VGA font with Chinese character removed What's New in XPACK 1.20 [Jan 14 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Mar '96) [*] Revised documentation (XPACK.REV) by John Kiernan [*] Options are now case-insensitive [*] Option /? (/H) will display a help screen instead of XPACK.DOC [-] Self-contained XPACK.DOC removed from XPACK.COM What's New in XPACK 1.0m [Jan 06 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Feb '96) [+] added elapsed time info What's New in XPACK 1.0a [Aug 30 '95] (1st public version in '95) [+] added option -h to display Help documentation Verify Authentication ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To verify authentication, use "pgp" to check the signatures, the correct messages should read: ... Good signature from user "JauMing Tseng ". Signature made 1998/??/?? ????? GMT using 2048-bit key, key ID 8A249D7D ... To get author's public key, send a email to xpa@pcmail.com.tw with Subject: get public key tnx:) features ~~~~~~~~ [+] backup to/restore from: compressed archive .XPa [*] Now XPACK allows you to restore .XDi (Xpacked Diskette Image file) to larger diskette (e.g. .XDi of 1.2M to diskette of 1.44M,etc.) [*] Now a .XDi file supports diskettes of *ANY* size, as long as: 1. it can be read under dos 2. its 512 bytes per sector [+] Supports Microsoft 3 1/2" High-Density DMF-format floppy 1.68M diskette for .XDi file. "FDFORMAT can emulate the DMF format" "with the following command line:" "FDFORMAT A: /T:80 /N:21 /C:4 /D:16 /M:240" [+] Supports .COM and .SYS compression (implemented in '92, now integrated with Xpack) [+] added Anti-Virus-Recovery-Information to Xpacked EXE! and option "-v-" to disable it! futures ~~~~~~~ [?] Possible revision in near future: [+] recurse subdirectories/extract files with full pathname [+] support multi-volume, sfx of compressed archive [?] Possible revision in near future: [+] library for programmer to read XPACKed data files! [+] add sfx for windows 3.1, windows 95, os/2, dos protect mode, dos overlay executable! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: cp850 iQEVAwUBNX5RJmmFCPuKJJ19AQEfNAgAwUldYxdoIPJ9UzaaoB9SD0OLaxS/pKAM YF0bJ8sbZmFeGjlUlCcbYF+2lBXmzjsH7Mh3Wx7uLIKpNNFoMxUyCLdVEdC3YKQA 2BIT5Xu0+YryHU9Cl+VrWUyJ4E8nrnucMPDSl6RO3VG0+4Ip2l6+pYM4/I6vZNSM KIL5xrKHQwK2es2YkAQ2lzUA9NCs8tE4gDm/abc3d6HgbPmticgMuby0+VjR2TFu cVOUpGsFqgMXrLDWQzmzUOy0KGzqhszotIaMma9aTjf3XNBj3/dKNoAFcFPnC5bm HTKvcPIkFKp+Gieo+pvmgraVinp+DIuWowZYPWuVJVo+MUWlnP//Yg== =IGHs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----