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MakeApp v1.00 10jun90
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© Stuart Hickinbottom
© John 'Lofty' Wallace
Introduction
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This RISC OS utility will convert a BASIC program
file (FFB) into an absolute program file (FF8).
It does this by simple putting an ARM code header
onto the front of the file, which calls BASIC and
tells it where it can find the actual BASIC
program (this is how Twin and the Basic Editor give
the edited program back to BASIC, by the way).
The purpose of this?? Firstly, it makes programs
slightly more secure, in that you can't simply go
into basic and LOAD them, and secondly (and more
importantly) is that they can be squeezed by the
Acorn utility 'squeeze' (from the Software
Developers Toolkit).
In use
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Load the utility by double-clicking on the !MakeApp
icon, it will soon appear on the icon-bar.
Now select the BASIC file you want to convert to an
application file, and drag it onto the MakeApp
icon.
A 'standard' save window will appear, containing
the full pathname of the file dropped onto the
icon.
If you want to save the Absolute file over the
original file then simply click OK or press RETURN
(note, however, this will LOSE your original
program unless you have a copy elsewhere). If you
wish to save the copy somewhere else then drag the
icon to the destination filer window, or alter the
pathname and click OK or press RETURN.
The program file is now converted (an hourglass
will indicate the progress).
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This program has been placed into the public domain
by Stuart Hickinbottom. It may be freely copied and
distributed for non-profit making purposes (a small
charge to cover cost of distribution is allowed,
however), so long as the code is not altered (apart
from customising !Run/!Boot files) and this text
file remains present and unaltered. If you have any
queries/suggestions then I would be chuffed to hear
from you, so please write to me:
Stuart Hickinbottom,
37a High Street,
Amblecote,
Stourbridge,
West Midlands.
DY8 4DG
email: S.Hickinbottom@uk.ac.lut (until July 1991)