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From: "Steve Dunn" <steve@backroom.tm>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: Tool Support (was Re: New Yaroze Dev FAQ)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 14:56:40 +0100
Organization: Backroom Software Ltd.
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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void usage( ) ;

char* pFilename ;

void main(int argc, char* argv[])
{


 FILE* fpIn = NULL ;

 char* pMem = NULL ;

 if(argc < 2 )
  usage();

 pFilename = argv[1];
 int nWidth = argv[2] ? atoi(argv[2]) : 10 ;

 if(!(fpIn = fopen(pFilename,"rb")))
 {
  printf("Cannot open input file!\n");
  exit(1);
 }

 fseek( fpIn, 0, SEEK_END ) ;
 long lSize = ftell( fpIn ) ;
 fseek( fpIn, 0, SEEK_SET ) ;
 pMem = (char*)malloc( lSize ) ;
 if ( (long)fread( pMem, sizeof(char), lSize, fpIn ) != lSize )
 {
  printf("file error !\n" ) ;
  exit( 1 ) ;
 }

 printf("unsigned char data[] = {" ) ;
 for ( long l = 0 ; l < lSize ; l++ )
 {
  if ( l % nWidth == 0)
   printf("\n" ) ;
  printf("0x%02x", *(unsigned char*)(pMem+l) ) ;
  if ( l != lSize-1 )
   printf("," ) ;
  printf(" " ) ;
 }
 printf("\n};\n") ;

 fclose( fpIn ) ;

}

void usage(void)
{
 printf( "bin2hex by Steve Dunn\n");
 printf( "Converts binary files to hex text\n"
     "for inclusion in source files.\n\n");
 printf( "USAGE: bin2hex file [width=10] [>> outfile]\n\n" ) ;
 exit(1);
}





Philip Gooch wrote in message <359A3F13.5AD1DE2D@easynet.co.uk>...
>
>
>Steve Dunn wrote:
>
>> >
>> >On a related note, if I produce a game that makes use of MWDebugIO.lib,
and
>> I
>> >want to enter it for Sony's monthly cover CD competition, what can I do?
>> Would I
>> >need to use the _DEBUG_IO switch to activate the standard OS open(),
read()
>> etc
>> >functions for the CD version?
>> >
>> Bearing in mind SIOCONS can load CW exes, I'd suggest just before
releasing
>> your code, to incorporate all files that need loading as static data in
your
>> source.  Theres a tool 'bin2hex' that will do this.  Of course, if your
>> files exceed the amount of memory, you're stuffed.
>> bin2hex is available at http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~steved  To run
it,
>> just give it a name of a file, like alien.tim and stream the output to a
>> filename of your choice, then simply include that filename in your build.
>> You can stream any amount of data into one source file.
>
>Steve - ignore my previous post. This works like a charm. Would you be
willing
>to release the source code so that I can produce a Mac version (I assume
it's
>written in standard C?)
>
>Phil
>