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18.Jun. 1996
Documentation for
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VTXT2EXE V1.0ß
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This program is freeware. Copyright by Tobias Winkler.
I would like to hear, if you like this program, or have any comments
or ideas about it. (You can reach me per EMail, or Fido-Netmail.)
My Fido-Net address is:
Tobias Winkler@2:2411/901.38 (Bummi-Box,Frankfurt/Oder)
By Internet-EMail I can be reached at this address:
Tobias_Winkler@p38.f901.n2411.z2.sesom.de
Or via snail mail: Tobias Winkler
G.-Hauptmann-Str. 17
15234 Frankfurt (Oder)
Germany
(By the way, I know my English isn't that good. So don't blame me for it.
Ok, I could use my native language, but wouldn't you agree that German is
one of the worst languages (at least for computers...)?)
What is VTXT2EXE ?
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This is a common textfile_to_executable-compiler, which makes textfiles
self-executable (self-showing but not self-viewing ;-)).
It is based on my viewer ViewS (V1.96), but the resulting executable will
only support the basic functions of ViewS, to keep the compiled file as
small as possible.
Search, Help, PositionSave, AttributeTables, CharConversionTables and
related functions are not included.
The size of the binary part of the resulting executable file will be around
20 KByte (compressed by DIET 1.45f by Teddy Matsumoto).
I know this is quite big for a self-executable-text, but additionally the
actual text-part of the executable will be compressed too (with the SUPPACK-
library by Christian Worm).
So the result of bigger (>20K) textfiles can even be smaller than the
original.
BUT up to now, the size of the input(-text)-file MUST be smaller than 64KByte.
If someone thinks, this is too small (although I've seen very few bigger
textfiles up to now), I will think about a change...
For the case, when the textfile is only slightly bigger than 64K, you should
try my utility PACKTXT (should be included in the package). It will reduce
the size of the textfile losless, by replacing Space-sequences with Tabs,
and optionally terminating lines with 1byte CR or LF instead of the 2byte
CR/LF.
Commandline:
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VTXT2EXE <textfile> [<outfile>.EXE]
If only the name of the textfile is given, the resulting executable will
have the same name, but with the extension EXE.
The resulting executable file will show the original textfile comfortably
when running.
It's options can be configured by VIEWSCFG like the original ViewS.
eg.: VIEWSCFG TEXT.EXE
(Of course only the supported options will be used.)
Hmm, don't know what else to explain. Ask me if something is not clear.
Bye,
TW.