WinASCII Version 3.10a 10-13-92 Copyright © 1991,92 Dynamic Solutions International SHAREWARE LICENSE TERMS The WinASCII utility is NOT public domain or free software, but is being distributed as SHAREWARE. This means that if you are a regular user of WinASCII you should register and recieve the enhanced version as a bonus. Only from the income from your registrations can the authors continue to provide product support, make enhancements and basically stay in business. Non-registered users of this software are granted a limited license to make an evaluation copy for the trial use on a private, non-commercial basis, for the purpose of determining if WinASCII is suitable. At the end of this trial period, the user should either register his or her copy or discontinue use. Registered users of WinASCII may use WinASCII on any computer as long as there is no chance of the same copy being run on multiple computers at the same time. Operators of BBS'S are encouraged to post WinASCII and other other material by DSI, for downloading by their users. This license to use WinASCII does NOT include the right to distribute or sell WinASCII. These terms follow. DISTRIBUTION OF WinASCII BY VENDORS AND COMPUTER DEALERS Distributers of "public domain" or user supported software libraries must obtain written permission to distribute WinASCII and related material. No one may use WinASCII as a promotion for any commercial venture or as an enticement for the user to pay for any program, product, or service unless they have RECEIVED the express written permission of the programs author. In order to distribute WinASCII the dealer must comply with the following conditions: 1.) You must obtain written permission from DSI to distribute WinASCII. If you receive no reply, write again: silence does not constitute permission, and you may not distribute pending receipt of permission. 2.) A fee no greater than $10.00 may be charged for each disk sold. WinASCII may not be included on and disk sold for more than $10.00, including CD-ROM or optical disks, w/o express written permission from DSI. 3.) Vendors may not modify or delete any files on the disk. Vendors may add a "GO" or any other reasonable text file to assist the user. These files added by the vendor must be easily identifiable and end users must be allowed to delete the added files. 4.) Vendors must make a reasonable effort to distribute only the most recent versions of WinASCII. All vendors who have requested and receeved written permission to distribute WinASCII will be notified of updates as they are released. DSI disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether expressed or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and all such warranties are expressly and specifically disclaimed. Neither DSI nor anyone else who has been involved in the creation, production or delivery of this software shall be liable for any indirect, consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use or inability to use such software even if DSI has been advised of the possibility if such damages or claims. In no event shall DSI liability for any damages ever excedd the price paid for the license to use the software, regardless of the form of claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software. Some states do not allow the exclusion of the limit of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California and shall inure to the benefit of DSI and any successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent jurisdiction located in Benicia, California. The parites herby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts. This software and the disks on which it is contained is licensed to you, for your own use. This is copyrighted software. You are not obtaining title to the software or any copyright rights. You may not sublicense, rent, license, convey, modify, translate, convert to another programming language, decompile or disassemble the software for any purpose. You may make as many copies of this software as you need for back-up purposes. You may not use this software on more than one computer, provided there is no chance it will be used simultaneously on more than one computer. If you need to use the software on more than one computer simultaneously, please contact me for information about site licenses. DO YOU SUSPECT TAMPERED FILES? If you believe your copy of WinASCII has been tampered or altered in anyway, shape or form. Please contact us immediately! We'll get you an unadulterated copy immediately, by the mail or via modem. Do not hesitate a moment to inform us. Remember, shareware should be available to all, in the original form, so please do not accept modified or damaged versions of our software. Thanks. TECHNICAL SUPPORT DSI will make every reasonable effort to fix any bugs with the program, and help registered users by answering technical and other related questions. There are several forms of correspondance available: 1.) By letter to : Daniel Otis DSI 1889 Lindo St. Benicia, CA 94510-2315 2.) By telephone : Monday to Friday, 10am - 7pm PST. 3.) Via e-mail. daniel@holonet.net 4.) Via the support BBS @ 707-747-6076 9600+ 12am - 6am PST If you send disks or listings that you wish returned, be sure to enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient postage. If you don't enclose a SASE, your material will not be returned. If you have problems with using or setting up WinASCII, please have the following information available: 1.) The version of WinASCII. The version number is displayed on the main window and in the output file. 2.) The computer system your using, ie. American Megatrend 286, VGA, hard drive etc. 3.) A copy of your Autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini and system.ini. 4.) Any TSR's that you are running. 5.) Exactly what your problem is written down. 6.) What where you doing when something happened? Possibly the last thing you did before an ill effect happened or whatever. What it does WinASCII is a utility which scans a file or files and strips out all of the text for display. It now has "Identifiers" I supply ~40 identifying strings and there is room for 110 user supplied strings. These are things like copyright notices, the language and compiler used to make the program (Microsoft C,C++ Borland C++,TurboC,C++, Turbo Pascal for Dos and Windows, BASCIA, GWBASIC, QBASIC) and a few others... It can tell if a program is for Windows, if its a DOS 5.0 support file (supplied by Microsoft). It can tell if the program accesses Extended(XMS), or Expanded(EMS) memory or if the program accesses or modifies SmartDRV. Installation Unzip WASC####.ZIP (or ARC, PAK, ARJ, LZH) into an empty directory and run WINSTALL (must be run from within Windows). Provide WINSTALL with a destination directory, press and WinASCII will be automatically installed in the WinASCII group. Options Include file statistics ----------------------------- This will place information about the file at the end of the output file. Minimize output file ---------------------------- The ouput file will load in a minimized state. Minimize when processing -------------------------------------- WinASCII will minimize itself while it processes the selected file. If run from the command line, it will exit upon completion, if not it will restore itself when file processing is completed. Auto-Exit when finished ---------------------------------- WinASCII will terminate itself when processing is completed. Sound --------- To beep or not to beep. Use identifiers -------------------- Collects identified strings and appends them to the end if the report. Use identifiers exclusively ------------------------------------- Only display indentied strings in the report. Compressed file warning ----------------------------------- You will be alerted to a file compressed with PKLite(tm), LZEXE(tm), DIET(tm). You will also be alerted if you try to open an archive (ZIP, ARC, LZH or LHA, ARJ, or PAK). Save window position ------------------------------- Saves the current window position. The next time you start WinASCII it appear where you last left the window. Show HEX address ---------------------------- Shows the HEX address of the found text so you can pinpoint exactly where it came from. Highlight copyright info --------------------------------- Places a marker in front of any copyright information. This is not an intelligent search and merely marks any text containing the string "copyright", "(c)" or "copr" (not case sensitive). Viewer ---------- Enter the name of your favorite Windows or DOS file viewer here. A default extension of EXE is assumed. Minimum valid line length ------------------------------------ The minimum line length works almost like a signal to noise filter. If it is set too low, there will be so much garbage that you will have a hard time finding anything of value. If it is set too high you will get little or no information at all. Registration Enter your name in the "Name" field exactly as shown in the registration confirmation letter I sent. Then enter the coded registration number in the "Reg#" field. Should you get a "Registration Error" message, check to make sure that your name and number were entered correctly. If you are unable to register, please call (707) 747-6076 for assistance. Command line use WinASCII can be used from a Windows command line interface such as 4WIN, PSHELL, IMPOSTER, WCOMMAND, etc... Format is: WINASCII [filename[.ext]] When used in this way, WinASCII uses the options stored in WINASCII.INI. It will "Auto-Exit" when finished. Drag and Drop You can drag one or more files from the File Manager to WinASCII. How to contact me Daniel Otis 1889 Lindo St. Benicia, CA 94510-2315 or call 1-(707) 747-6076 10am - 7pm PST or Internet: daniel@holonet.net or address email to Daniel Otis on the FIDOnet Shareware echo Shareware Registration Please fill out the registration form in REGISTER.TXT and send it in along with payment. Updates If you are registered with the updates option, a disk will be mailed to you with the latest version. The latest version is always available at CICA.CICA.INDIANA.EDU via FTP. ======================================================================== This document Copyright © 1991,92 DSI All Rights Reserved ========================================================================