ARCANUN v1.1
an Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura unDat program
by: Amitiu   (amitiu@hotmail.com)
1/25/2002

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 ABOUT
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this utility let's one view the contents of *.dat files that come with Arcanum, and extract the files inside them.  Extraction may be done to selected files or to all files inside a dat file.  I have made some changes/optimizations that I think makes it easier to use as well as speeds up the extraction process.  Any suggestions and problems let me know and I will see what I can do.  Remember I did this in my free time and may not be able to respond to you or make changes rapidly, but I will try.

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 INSTALLATION
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run the setup.exe program included in the archive and install it somewhere you will remember on your hard drive.  this utility will install CompressZIt into the windows system folder, this is used to decompressed the internally compressed file within the dats.

NOTE:
you MUST have Microsoft Visual Basic Runtime Library v6sp5 installed on your computer for this utility to run!!!!!  Also, some systems may require their DCOM installation to be upgraded.  Both of those are made by and are available by Microsoft and can be found on Microsoft's website.

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 USAGE
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run Arcanun.exe from the installation directory or use the icon placed in your Start Menu.  once up and running, use File->Open to load in a dat file from Arcanum.  This may take a little time depending on the size of the dat you are opening.

once a dat is loaded you can "check" individual files in the Tree view or you can select a folder which will select all of the files it contains.  clicking on a single file will show its uncompressed size on the right of the utility.

to extract file(s) with Arcanun, you can either select files or click the "Export All" button which will extract all the files from the Dat to where you specify.  Remember extrating files may take some time depending on the number of files you extract.

NOTE:
extracting files will overwrite any files of the same name in the folder you extract to!!!


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 DISCLAIMER
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I make no guaruntees that this program will work as specified on any
computer.  I also accept no responsibility for any problems/damages
that may arise from the use/installation or retrieval of this program.
Though this program was tested on Windows 2000, 98, and ME... I cannot
guaruntee that this program will function as intended on all computers.

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 NOTES
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In any case you may contact me if you cannot get the program to function
properly and I may see what I can do to help... email me at
amitiu@hotmail.com

the zlib.dll is copyrighted by the following:
(C) 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler

the CompressZIt.ocx was written by:
Benjamin Dowse,
DowseWare
Software Solutions