Msg: 2344 *Conference*
04-12-92 15:31:20
From: LEX JENKINS
To : RICK LOPES
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #2342 (PACKER.BA)
Rick, First, PACKER.BA shrinks BASIC programs that you can then run in compressed form. Mainly it works by stripping REMarks and condensing the program into the fewest possible lines. PACK compresses .DO, .BA or .CO files for archiving. The compressed files must be unpacked before they can be viewed or run. Be sure to get the help files for both programs. To convert PACKER.DO to PACKER.BA you'll need DO2BA, also from the Library. DO2BA converts .BA files from ASCII to BASIC at blazing speed, and replaces the .DO file with a .BA. It's the best way to convert any BASIC file from ASCII to .BA, and it's the ONLY was to convert large BASIC files from ASCII to .BA. After you've used DO2BA to convert PACKER.BA from ASCII to .BA, then run PACKER.BA. It will in turn create PACKER.CO, which you actually use to shrink BASIC files. Of the two, I consider PACK indispensible and PACKER a nice luxury. Oh, DO2BA is also indispensible! <Lex>