Why another text converter? Even though there are many such utilities out there, I wanted one with the drag and drop feature. Since I couldn't find one, I wrote it myself. However, to lively things up a little I tried to alter the look of the interface somewhat. I see this as a suggestion for what I would like to see in System 8 as far as push buttons are concerned. After all, the color and gray scale Macs have been here a long time now, but the basic interface is still in black and white.
Now to the functionality of the program: Simply drag any text document, Mac or DOS, onto the icon of this program. There's no limit on how many documents you can drag at one time. The documents will be converted to their "opposite," i.e. an MS-DOS file will be converted to the Macintosh format, and a Macintosh document will become a DOS file. You can even mix the two formats in the same batch, since each document is checked individually before conversion. A dialog box will report on the conversions made before the program exits.
A DOS file that can't be opened because "the application that created it could not be found," will be set to type 'TEXT' if "washed" by DOSWasher. This will enable you to open it with any Macintosh text editor. Double clicking such a converted document will put up a dialog box, normally asking you to open it using TeachText. If the document is larger than 32K you have to use another application, such as a word processor.
Note that if you "wash" a stationery document, the stationery itself will be altered — NOT a copy of it!
DOSWasher 1.0 is released as shareware. There are no restrictions on distributing this application, as long as this document is enclosed. DOSWasher is not to be sold without a written permission. If you use it and find it helpful, please send U.S. $5 to:
N. Jonas Englund
Post Office Box 26
New Canaan, Connecticut 06840
For technical assistance, bug reports and comments:
America Online: BusJohnny — AppleLink: N.J.ENGLUND — CompuServe: 71740,2532
