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- !MakeCSV Release 2 Copyright Justin Williams 1992,1993
-
- The purpose of !MakeCSV is to take a text file, in normal format and
- convert it into a file in CSV format.
-
- Why would you want to do this ?
-
- Well, I had a list of names of files, with dates, and sizes. I wanted to
- sort them into size order using Pipedream, but could not because the info
- was all on the same line. It was all nicely columnised, but this didn't
- help Pipedream. I had to do the conversion using Quattro Pro on the PC,
- and when a PC can do something my Archie can't I get annoyed. Hence this
- program was born.
-
- Instructions :
-
- Drag your text file onto the !MakeCSV icon (on the icon bar). A window
- will pop up showing the 1st 2 lines of the text file, and its guess at
- how you want the columns. Each set of ttt's or nnn's indicates a column,
- and the format. (text or numerical). If you want to change this, just
- edit it. When it looks ok, then select the make CSV button and drag the
- CSV file icon to the filer window.
-
- There are options to strip leading and trailing spaces. These are do as
- they say, and strip the leading or trailing spaces.
-
- Thats it. Now for the copyright bit.
-
- This program is not PD, but is Authorware. That means that I retain the
- copyright to it. You may distributed it to anybody you like, provided
- that all the files are included and that it remains unaltered.
-
- It may be altered by you for your own personal use, but the altered
- version may not be distributed. Send it to me, I will give it a version
- number and give you the credit, and then make it available for general
- distribution.
-
- If you find this program useful, please send in a donation of £1 to the
- South African Archimedes User Group, or if getting hold of pounds is a
- problem, then send a blank disc or two.
-
- I ask that all users of this program register. Registration is FREE, and
- there are no advantages to registration, other than me knowing who is
- using my program. The donation is optional!
-
-
- Please note : I take all responsibility for any bugs in the program, but no
- responsibility for any damage that they may cause.
-
- If you need to contact me to report any bugs etc, please write to :
-
- Justin Williams
- PO Box 1051
- Wandsbeck
- 3631
- Natal
- South Africa
-
- E-Mail : williamj@shrike.und.ac.za (Until January 1994)
-
- 8 April 1993
-
- Version 1.0
-
- - first release
-
- Version 2.1
-
- - Alterations of the field icon now work correctly when multiple spaces
- separate a field
- - Inter application transfers work (but the source file must be on disc!)
- - The leading/trailing space options have been enabled
- - The program is no longer public domain, but Authorware.
-
- Version 2.2
-
- - Fixed up the menus to work with Risc OS 3
- - Increased the size of the view window to allow for 255 char widths
- - Compacted the source code using Risc OS 3's crunch command with all options
- - Reduced the slot size of the program to 48k
- - Released onto Newcastle
-
- Version 2.3
-
- - included option to allow end of line markers other than <return>.
- - allowed the reading of fixed length records which have no end of record
- marker eg. DBase files
- - the record length limit of 255 characters makes the above feature near
- to useless.
- - re-worked some small pieces of the code. No functional difference.
- - moved the icons in the main window around to make space for the new one
- - tested crunching with !BasCrnch2, is far more efficient than Basic's crunch
- but, using Basic Crunch before !BasCrnch2 is even more efficient!
-
- Original Size : 11880
- Basic's Crunch : 9179
- BasCrunch 1.02 : 5494
- Crunch + BasCrunch : 5323
- BasCrunch + Crunch : 5494
-
- Interesting huh?
-
- Version 2.3.1
-
- - further reduced the slotsize of the program to 32k
- - how are you supposed to determine the slotsize ???
- - removed a newly introduced bug which occurred with EOF when using non-13
- end of line markers
- - placed close icon on save box. Window now in new format.
- - second release to Newcastle (first one had a corrupted template file)
-
- Version 2.3.2
-
- - removed the old menu system and introduced Petrov Software's system, this
- is much superior, and doesn't need to be "kludged" to work under Risc OS 3
- - allow the user to press "RETURN" in the 'End of line' field to redo
- descriptor automatically without having to select it on the menu
- - had to introduce an exceptions list for variables to be crunched. The
- functions called by the menu handler must not be crunched!
-
- Please note : the new features in this version are not fully functional and
- still need a bit of work. Converting plain text files to CSV
- will work fine, but fixed length record files needs some
- refinement.
-
- Version 2.4
-
- - altered the template slightly to make space for the TSV option
- - can now have fields which are not seperate by spaces, simply use different
- case eg. TTTTtttt will give two fields (text) of 4 chars each.
- - implemented the CSV and TSV choice option. The icon changes to suit the
- type. (Is the TSV filetype supposed to be TEXT??)
- - removed the program version number from the template, is now filled in by
- the program at RunTime
- - introduced an error box, pretty useless though as doesn't allow recovery
- - started using !Zap to edit the program. Is great, almost as good as the
- old ArmBE. I still miss the LIST IF command of BASIC. The search command
- could also be improved, but, it is the best BASIC editor around, better
- than !DeskEdit. Try it see!
- - the error box now doesn't quit! Could result in infinite loops though, but
- now the data isn't lost.
-
- Version 2.5
-
- - solid drags now work, and only when the CMOS bit is set. Doesn't bother to
- check it is a Risc OS 3 machine, so Risc OS 2 machines with the bit set
- will have a problem.
- - interactive help implemented, didn't do much for the code length, went from
- around 5500 bytes to 7800 bytes. Anyway, if people is it it might be worth
- it. I didn't increase the slot size, so if you have any problems, just
- increase it to 48k.
-
- Possible future enhancements :
-
- - Allow the guess format option to be used on lines other than the 1st two
- - Allow the maximum input line length to be >255 characters
- (will require major re-write though!)
- - Speed up the program
- - Make the window and icons re-size according to the file being converted
-