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FTE.EXE created with HXDEV and VC++ Toolkit 2003 (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 10.03.2008, 08:55

Japheth wrote in other thread:

> (the superior, fine and free MS VC 2003 Toolkit for example)...

Really ? For what use ? Just want to be safe, King Hutch wrote:

> Legality is not a negotiable matter

Japheth wrote:

> Thanks for this hint, but the purpose of my post wasn't to provide another
> "fantastic" and "most up-to-date" DOS editor, but to prove
> - that VC TK 2003 works with - slightly modified - HXDEV 2.14.

YES.

> - that linking with HX's static Win32 code works for real-life apps as
> well, not just artificial samples.

YES.

> - that DGPJJ is inferior and heavily bloated compared to MSVC. The VC
> binary is just 510 kB and includes a 34 kB DPMI host, while the original
> DGPJJ binary is 680 kB without DPMI host.

1. You forgot to boast that your binary is 510 BEFORE UPX'ing

2. It indeed starts in DOS and does something ... but either it's unusable or I don't know how to use it ... same as with the D port

3. The D guys should notice this

4. For me, still, the only 2 usable editors are KINESICS (requires HX) and INFOPAD (minor bugs left). Even both FASM IDE's failed my S&R tests

5. Maybe you could also port/hack also KINESICS this way ? It couldn't "directly" compete against a D port since there is none, but it could compete against all the buggy / premature "DOS" editors compiled with D ...

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Complete thread:

• hx 2.14 - Japheth, 03.03.2008, 09:12 (Announce)
  • hx 2.14 - RayeR, 03.03.2008, 17:48
    • hx 2.14 - Japheth, 04.03.2008, 08:50
  • HX 2.14 "end-user" - DOS386, 04.03.2008, 01:53
    • HX 2.14 "end-user" - Japheth, 05.03.2008, 10:55
      • FTE.EXE created with HXDEV and VC++ Toolkit 2003 - Japheth, 06.03.2008, 08:58
        • FTE.EXE created with HXDEV and VC++ Toolkit 2003 - Rugxulo, 09.03.2008, 00:58
          • FTE.EXE created with HXDEV and VC++ Toolkit 2003 - Japheth, 09.03.2008, 08:26
            • FTE.EXE created with HXDEV and VC++ Toolkit 2003 - Rugxulo, 10.03.2008, 03:52
            • FTE.EXE created with HXDEV and VC++ Toolkit 2003 - DOS386, 10.03.2008, 08:55
              • FTE.EXE created with HXDEV - bugs? - Japheth, 10.03.2008, 09:28
    • HX 2.14 "end-user" - Japheth, 08.03.2008, 15:30
      • HX 2.14 kernel bugs - DOS386, 09.03.2008, 02:07