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- MakeDoc6
- ========
-
- Version 2.0
- 04/04/97
- Pat Beirne
- patb@corel.ca
- pat.beirne@sympatico.ca
-
- WARNING:
- THE VERSION BEFORE THIS HAD A BUG IN THE 32 bit EXECUTABLE.
- THIS BUILD IS CORRECTED. SINCE SO FEW PEOPLE DOWNLOADED THE
- BAD VERSION, I HAVE NOT CHANGED THE VERSION NUMBER!
- GOOD VERSION=date code 4/4/97
-
- Overview
- --------
- This program is a document preprocessor for Rick Bram's PilotDOC reader.
- It runs in a DOS box, and should run on any version of DOS from 3.1
- up.
-
-
-
- Usage
- -----
- The program is invoked normally by typing the name of the source
- file, the name of the Pilot file and the name of the document.
-
- For example:
- makedoc wizoz10.txt wiz.pdb "Wizard of Oz"
-
-
- The first name is the name of the text file. Just about any text will
- do. If you need accented characters, use text that was created in the
- Window environment, since the Pilot uses Windows character
- assignment.
-
- The second name is the name of the transfer file. Its name doesn't
- really matter, since you don't need it after you install the file
- on the Pilot.
-
- The third name is the name of the document. This is the name that
- appears in the book selection menu on your Pilot. If the document
- name has spaces, you can use quotes to glue it together.
-
-
- After you create the .pdb file, use the Windows Explorer to drag and
- drop it on to INSTAPP.EXE in your Pilot directory. This will
- copy it into the correct place for your next hot-sync. You can then
- delete the .pdb file.
-
-
- Options
- -------
- To check that everything worked properly, you can decompress the
- .pdb file back to text.
-
- makedoc -d wiz.pdb wizcheck.txt
-
- To check on the progress and on compression ratio's, you can add
- the -r option to the compressor
-
- makedoc -r wizoz10.txt wiz.pdb "Wizard of Oz"
-
- You can control which category the data is stored into. For
- example, if your Pilot has the categories:
- Unfiles
- Business
- Personal
- Travel
- Fiction
- you can send the wiz file directly to the fiction category with
- makedoc -c4 wizoz10.txt wiz.pdb "Wizard of Oz"
-
-
- To build a .pdb file without compression, use the -n option.
-
- makedoc -n wizoz10.txt wiz.pdb "Wizard of Oz (fat)"
- (I don't know why you'd want to <g>)
-
-
-
- Other Sites
- -----------
- There is a java version of this app at
- http://cpu563.adsl.sympatico.ca/makedocj.htm
-
- There is a windows version of this app at
- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Mark_Pierce/MakeDocW.zip
-
-
-
- Futures
- -------
- This app is finished. No future enhancements are planned.
-
-
- History
- -------
- Ver 2.0 (08/03/97)
- -change readme.txt to reflect preferred use of .pdb extension
- -added category control to the command line
- -advise users of java version and window'ed version
- -renamed app to "makedoc"
- Ver 0.7 (27/11/96)
- -fixed a bug when the user asked for no-compression, the
- .prc files were incorrectly marked as 'compressed'
- Ver 0.6
- -enforce 31 character limit for database name
- Ver 0.5 (23/10/96)
- -fixed a bug in the compressor when the input was >1meg
- -fixed a bug in the decompressor when the file was >2meg
- (both are not realistic numbers on today's Pilot)
- -significant rewrite
- Ver 0.4 (22/10/96)
- -initial release
-
-
-
- Terms
- -----
- If you use this software, you accept full responsibility for any
- loss of data or productivity. No warantee is implied or expressed.
-
- This code is freeware.
-
-