AMOS-L

>>>Has anyone got a util to convert AMOS source into an ASCII file?
>>>Is it possible to write an AMOS program which can in turn load a source
and
>>> save it as ASCII?

> > Load your prg in the editor. Select all from the block menu. Store from
>> block menu. Save block as ASCII. Tada.

>I think I wanted something to do it on the fly. He said he was looking for
>a tool to add to DOpus and display the sources as ASCII files, without
>storing the ASCII files on the hd.

Thats exactly what I meant.
I attempted to start writing a conversion program lst night but didn't get
very far.
I was trying to get it to just do REM statements initially but had trouble
splitting up the file into the bits I wanted.

So far I have got a header of 20 chars (using AMOS Pro v2 - probably
different on other versions) and a trailer of 10(ish) chars.

If I strip these bits of I am left with the main program in some encrypted
format.
Coding a small program...

Rem a
Rem b

...shows me that the HEX string for the REM statement.
Now if my program is just 1 line then I get approx 8 character back which
seem to map to the REM followed by some junk followed by the actual remark
(a).
With the program above I would expect just for the string to be repeated
with b replacing a and maybe a decimal 10 and 13 stuck inbetween - no such
luck though!
It seems that it just sticks what it likes in the file.

At the rate I am going its not looking very promising - it would probably
take me a couple of years to find out the format.

Do I recall correctly that the source for Amos is now PD?
If so, does anyone know where I could get it.
I think if I had the source then I could just pull out the LOAD, BLOCK ALL
and SAVE AS ASCII commands and stick them into an executable .