chtml Testing

Fyron · #1 April 29th, 2006, 07:30 PM

I have added a preliminary gui frontend (chtmlgui.exe):

chtml_2006_04_29a.zip

You might need to get the library file MFC71.dll if you can not run chtmlgui.exe. You should be able to place it in the chtml folder and get the gui to run. If not, placing it in Windows\System32 should work.

I should also mention that the file menu doesn't do much of anything. I might add the ability to load and save settings files in the future, or I might delete it.

Edit:

Fixed an issue with image file extension.

Captain Kwok · #2 April 29th, 2006, 08:35 PM

Thanks. For some odd reason it just feels easier to use the program with the visual gui! I even generated a few files and it seems to work well.

Glad to see you took some of my advice.

There's a typo in the option choice - it just says "Option", perhaps it should be "Options". Also I would change "Parse Which Files" to something else.

I will try using the program to generate some SQL DBs for my SFEmod website next weekend.

Yimboli · #3 April 29th, 2006, 11:18 PM

not sure what chtml is?

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 April 30th, 2006, 12:18 AM

Neither am I.

Fyron · #5 April 30th, 2006, 12:51 AM

CHTML is a program designed to generate HTML files for the data files
in any mod. These can be used as part of a mod manual, a mod web site, etc.

Captain Kwok · #6 April 30th, 2006, 01:57 AM

I think you need to give your program a better name than CHTML - which doesn't really reveal its function. It's too late tonight for me to think of anything better at the moment though.

For the image options box:

I'd make "Image Extension" to "Image Type" and have a drop-list of supported extensions rather than allowing user input. You probably should also put (pixels) by image size so people know what the units are.

And I suspect that you'll add functional browse dialogs for the input/output fields etc?

Yimboli · #7 April 30th, 2006, 05:08 PM

so if I made a mod, I could run chtml to generate more appealing-to-the-eye information on what I changed? does it compare values to "stock" values to filter and only show what's changed? actually i have lotsa questions but i'll wait til i get home thursday and try it out myself =)

Fyron · #8 May 9th, 2006, 09:27 PM

I have made the SQL outputs work properly. There are no longer any "results" fields, since I plan to convert my site to use INNER JOIN.

chtml_2006_05_09.zip