1. Translator Request
- Posted by Elliott Sales de Andrade <quantum_analyst at hotmail.com> Sep 17, 2003
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I have two programs that I would like translated to C and compiled to DLL's, but I do not own the registered translator. These are two examples for a project I will be releasing as soon as these files are translated. The files need to be translated due to the nature of their use. There are two requirements, though. The translator must be version 2.4 and it must be translated to Borland C. I do not mind if it is not the newest version of the Borland compiler. Please e-mail me at this address if you would like to translate these programs for me. TIA
2. Translator Request
- Posted by "Greg Haberek" <ghaberek at gmail.com> Mar 17, 2006
- 536 views
Now I don't make a whole lot of random "feature requests" but I feel my input in this case may help others. These requests apply to ecw, as they are Windows-only features. 1) A -xp option. This would automatically add the XP Manifest file as a linked resource so translated apps appear properly in Windows XP. I've done this manually several times before and could assist if needed. 2) A -icon option. This would add an icon file as a resource in the executable. I believe there is a feature like this for the binder. I could be wrong, as I've never used the binder. This is a pretty standard thing to do, I doubt it'd be very difficult. This way, when I make an app for Windows (as I almost always do) I could do the following and end up with a professional looking executable: ecw myapp.exw -xp -icon myapp.ico ~Greg
3. Re: Translator Request
- Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Mar 17, 2006
- 536 views
Greg Haberek wrote: > Now I don't make a whole lot of random "feature requests" but I feel > my input in this case may help others. These requests apply to ecw, as > they are Windows-only features. > > 1) A -xp option. This would automatically add the XP Manifest file as > a linked resource so translated apps appear properly in Windows XP. > I've done this manually several times before and could assist if > needed. > > 2) A -icon option. This would add an icon file as a resource in the > executable. I believe there is a feature like this for the binder. I > could be wrong, as I've never used the binder. This is a pretty > standard thing to do, I doubt it'd be very difficult. Yes, you can do that with the Binder. Someone else also asked for that capability to be added to the Translator. > This way, when I make an app for Windows (as I almost always do) I > could do the following and end up with a professional looking > executable: > > ecw myapp.exw -xp -icon myapp.ico If you can post examples of what you've done it would save me some research time and increase the chance that I'll get around to implementing those features. I'm still putting together a list of features for 3.0 alpha. I should have something in a day or so. Regards, Rob Craig Rapid Deployment Software http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
4. Re: Translator Request
- Posted by "Greg Haberek" <ghaberek at gmail.com> Mar 17, 2006
- 541 views
> Yes, you can do that with the Binder. Someone else also > asked for that capability to be added to the Translator. This would be a totally awesome feature, my users always think I'm handing them a virus when it has the 'generic' icon. > If you can post examples of what you've done it would > save me some research time and increase the chance > that I'll get around to implementing those features. Its pretty simple. It should be even easier from inside the translator. I whipped up a little how-to: http://www.freewebtown.com/ghaberek/xp_resource.htm > I'm still putting together a list of features for 3.0 alpha. > I should have something in a day or so. I'm looking forward to it! I think I have about $17 in Micro Economy bucks that should help when 3.0 comes out. :) ~Greg
5. Re: Translator Request
- Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Mar 17, 2006
- 556 views
Robert Craig wrote: > Greg Haberek wrote: > >> Now I don't make a whole lot of random "feature requests" but I feel >> my input in this case may help others. These requests apply to ecw, as >> they are Windows-only features. >> >> 1) A -xp option. This would automatically add the XP Manifest file as >> a linked resource so translated apps appear properly in Windows XP. >> I've done this manually several times before and could assist if >> needed. >> >> 2) A -icon option. This would add an icon file as a resource in the >> executable. I believe there is a feature like this for the binder. I >> could be wrong, as I've never used the binder. This is a pretty >> standard thing to do, I doubt it'd be very difficult. > > Yes, you can do that with the Binder. Someone else also > asked for that capability to be added to the Translator. > >> This way, when I make an app for Windows (as I almost always do) I >> could do the following and end up with a professional looking >> executable: >> >> ecw myapp.exw -xp -icon myapp.ico I think it's much more powerful and flexible to make it possible to link *arbitrary* resources. So I'd like to suggest something like this: ecw -rc myapp.rc myapp.exw For linking an icon, the file "myapp.rc" just could contain the line myapp ICON myapp.ico > If you can post examples of what you've done it would > save me some research time and increase the chance > that I'll get around to implementing those features. Please look at my contribution "ecwr.zip". > I'm still putting together a list of features for 3.0 alpha. > I should have something in a day or so. Oh, that's nice. Thanks. Regards, Juergen -- Have you read a good program lately?
6. Re: Translator Request
- Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Mar 17, 2006
- 552 views
Greg Haberek wrote: >> Yes, you can do that with the Binder. Someone else also >> asked for that capability to be added to the Translator. > > This would be a totally awesome feature, my users always think I'm > handing them a virus when it has the 'generic' icon. > >> If you can post examples of what you've done it would >> save me some research time and increase the chance >> that I'll get around to implementing those features. > > Its pretty simple. It should be even easier from inside the > translator. I whipped up a little how-to: > > <http://www.freewebtown.com/ghaberek/xp_resource.htm> Greg, after creating the files "WinXP.manifest" and "WinXP.rc" according to your description, have you tried then to run ecwr -rc WinXP.rc YourProg.exw (using my contribution "ecwr.zip")? I am very curious to know whether that would work ... ( Can't test myself because of lack of Windows XP. ) <snip> Regards, Juergen -- Have you read a good program lately?
7. Re: Translator Request
- Posted by Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com> Mar 17, 2006
- 561 views
Juergen Luethje wrote: > I think it's much more powerful and flexible to make it possible to link > *arbitrary* resources. So I'd like to suggest something like this: > ecw -rc myapp.rc myapp.exw > > For linking an icon, the file "myapp.rc" just could contain the line > myapp ICON myapp.ico > I believe agree with you on this. Being able to easily use our own resource files would be very useful. This would be easier on Rob too since all he has to do is add the resource compilers and arguments into emake? He can document that if you want to make icons just add a line like "myapp ICON myapp.ico" into your resource file. > Regards, > Juergen > > -- > Have you read a good program lately? Regards, Vincent
8. Re: Translator Request
- Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Mar 25, 2006
- 572 views
Me wrote: > Greg Haberek wrote: <snip> >> <http://www.freewebtown.com/ghaberek/xp_resource.htm> BTW: Thanks for that description! > Greg, after creating the files "WinXP.manifest" and "WinXP.rc" according > to your description, have you tried then to run > ecwr -rc WinXP.rc YourProg.exw > > (using my contribution "ecwr.zip")? > > I am very curious to know whether that would work ... > ( Can't test myself because of lack of Windows XP. ) Recently I had the opportunity to test it on Windows XP. Everything works fine, ecwr links the file "WinXP.manifest" to the EXE file like any other resource. Regards, Juergen -- The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.