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Topic: Good text dumper? (Read 1242 times)
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Nightcrawler
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« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2007, 10:48:20 am » |
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Somebody made a fixed length text dumper. I thought YOU did KingMike. I can't remember. I know I've used it. You bafoon. You DID make one. Why didn't your recommend your own utility?  Fixed Length Dumper |
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DarknessSavior
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« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2007, 10:51:36 am » |
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I'm pretty sure I used that program (as I said, I downloaded EVERY dump/insertion tool I could find). The problem is, most of those ask you to input the number of characters per item you want to dump.
Therein lies the problem. While CT has a maximum of 8 characters (9, if you include the symbols next to them), not every item is 8 characters long. The ones that aren't don't have empty spaces after them, either, from what I can tell. I'll double check the hex when I get home. But when I dumped that section, in most dumpers it came out quite screwy because of that.
Is there a dumping and insertion tool available that will let me select when to break and not, or am I out of options?
~DS
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Nightcrawler
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« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2007, 11:01:15 am » |
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Yes, any decent dumper can do that. you define an end string in your table. Usually something like *=FF or /=FF. I don't remember. I haven't used one in a long while. It can be different depending on utility, but most use common Thingy style tables with syntax like that.
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DarknessSavior
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« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2007, 11:04:29 am » |
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So basically I should check to see if those codes are in the hex already, and if so then define them in my table before I dump anything?
*slaps himself in the head* Man, I didn't think of that WHY!? Probably because I haven't bothered looking for control codes yet, not having the script dumped and all. -.-
I'll get right on it when I get home. ^_^
~DS
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Nightcrawler
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« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2007, 11:07:02 am » |
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You got it. If it's not fixed width, each item should end with a control code of sorts. That value will be added as the string end and will be jumped with a line break and carriage return.
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DarknessSavior
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« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2007, 11:09:57 am » |
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Ok, I got the string end and line break, I understand that. What the hell is a carriage return? I've read tons of docs recently, never seen that used before. Then again, people can't agree as to what to CALL a string end and line break control code. =P
~DS
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KaioShin
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« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2007, 11:12:34 am » |
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Ok, I got the string end and line break, I understand that. What the hell is a carriage return? I've read tons of docs recently, never seen that used before. Then again, people can't agree as to what to CALL a string end and line break control code. =P
~DS
Have you never seen a type writer? The "enter" button there is usually called return, since it returns to the beginning of the next line. So yes, carriage return => line break. |
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Nightcrawler
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« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2007, 12:24:58 pm » |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carriage_returnIt's 0x0d at the end of a line in ASCII. I meant line feed (0x0a in ASCII) above rather than line break. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_feedIn any ASCII text document line breaks are properly represented in hex as 0x0d 0x0a with a carriage return followed by a line feed. It's the mechanics of a text file.  Open one up in a hex editor and you can see what I mean.
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DarknessSavior
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« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2007, 02:50:18 pm » |
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Thanks NC. Confused me for a second there. =D
And yes, Kaioshin, I've used typewriters before, and I know what a 'return' is. Hell, I'm pretty sure I have an old keyboard somewhere that still says "Return" instead of "Enter". The problem was I never heard someone call it a "carriage return".
So basically what you mean is that when I configure the string end and line break, then if the dumper see's one, it'll automatically seperate it like so:
Item name (string end) (automatic line break)
Item name (string end) ...
and so on? That's what I want. ^_^
~DS
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