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[majkinetor]

Memory functions for StdLib

Installation: Save the script in Lib folder.



Code:

Bin2Hex Dump FormatHexNum Hex2Bin StrAtAdr





Download             Documentation (.mht, save on disc)

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[Laszlo]

Good that you collected these functions, but some of them are old, outdated versions.

[polyethene]

That's right, and why mht? A base64 text javascript is ridiculous.
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[Laszlo]

I like mht: you can have pictures, text, scripts all in one file, to be shown by MSIE.

[polyethene]

You can embed any media for standards compliant browsers with data URIs.
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[Laszlo]

Those data files have to be stored somewhere. If you want to see a saved webpage offline, the many small linked pictures, scripts, etc. will have to be saved in a directory, as separate files. Sometimes you end up with hundreds of small files saved next to a html file. mht packs them all into one larger file.

[polyethene]

You missed my point: standards compliant browsers like Firefox, Opera, Safari, Konqueror et al. support the data URI scheme which means you can embed pictures, videos and any other media in a standalone HTML file with any mainstream binary to text encoding. It's far more efficient than the proprietary multipart mht format and can be viewed in nearly every browser/device - even in MSIE with the right plugins or javascript transformations. majkinetors choice is very restrictive and now virtually deprecated, and as a non-standard format you can never be sure it will render as expected on all computers.
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[Laszlo]

MSIE needs a plugin for URI, which has to be rewritten, reinstalled for each major release. Out of the box it does not support URI. On the other hand, in MSIE a web page, an opened html file (with references), a picture, etc. can be simply saved in mht format, which is a single file, not multi-part. Windows comes with MSIE, so you don't have to download and install and constantly re-install anything.

In this forum we discuss Windows automation, enhancements. Nothing is standard, everything is proprietary. Why do you complain about an MS file format, when we use MS dll's, calling conventions, API's, data exchange format, etc.?

I tried a number of alternative browsers, and came back to MSIE. There are websites, which only show properly, when using MSIE. I don't have the time and enrgy to change the rendering engine, set options for each funny website, so I don't struggle any more with the other browsers. MSIE is there, it is free, and it does the job. And one of its native file format is mht.

[majkinetor]

[daonlyfreez]

[majkinetor]

[daonlyfreez]

[majkinetor]

I told you, we don't live in utopia where all things are like they should be. Theory is one thing, practice is another. We all know IE sucks, but that is not important. What is important is that every site was made for IE in mind. As an end user I don't give a damn who holds monopoly, I give a damn if some site can't be shown in my Opera browser (frequent scenario, less frequent then before when it was usual) and Opera developers try to convince ppl it is the right way they handle the html. I know that, I just don't care, I can't see the site.

The correct comparisson would be with cars and roads. Imagine standard HTML is nice flat road and non standard HTML is bad road, with holes and bumps. So you can take Toyota witch is superb on flat roats, never gets stuked or so, made by all standards to protect nature and ppl and so on, but on bad road it behaves less powerful, its bottom often get scratched by bumps and holes. Or, you can take some Jip and don't have any problems.

Some countries have flat roads, some, like mine, have extremely bad roads. Internet is in the second category.

Its not question what is older - did ppl made Jip because of bad roads or Jip made ppl tolerate bad road creation.

We think about now. And now, the internet is 70% in bad roads and ppl use Jips to drive.

Now if we talk about utopia, I expect Toyota that can be transformed into Jip when neccessary, possible autodetecting the road type.
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[daonlyfreez]

Sure, we can't change the fact that Internet Explorer is a shitty browser, or that most users use it, or can't change the fact that most people drive Jeeps.

That doesn't change the fact however that those socalled designers keep designing "sites" that don't work well on other browsers, effectively shunning out 30% of users, or - in your analogy - keep building shitty roads with holes in them.

Please don't tell me that that is not the fault of the designers.
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