QUAD-SFX DEMO

[encode]

Okay, here are some test files for QUAD-SFX. Currently, the size of QUAD-SFX stub is about 44 KB. It can be significantly smaller with different compiler. It's a demo anyway...

datacompression.pdf:
dc-sfx.exe (4,806 KB)

fp.log:
fp-sfx.exe (650 KB)

mptrack.exe:
mptrack-sfx.exe (539 KB)

reaktor.exe:
reaktor-sfx.exe (2,105 KB)

world95.txt:
world95-sfx.exe (626 KB)

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ENWIK8
enwik8-sfx.exe (28,473 KB)

[Bulat Ziganshin]

i guess that users are more interested in sfx itself, not in enwik or fp.log

[encode]

Yepp. But at this moment it's just for fun and to prove that it is possible.

PariahInterface.utx
pi-sfx.exe (5,550 KB)

[Black_Fox1]

My attempt for SFX URL

[encode]

Wow! Cool!

[Black_Fox1]

Wow! Cool!

Its your sfx stub what is cool here!

[encode]

Yepp! Happy hacking!

[encode]

Okay, and here is a standalone sfx stub.

Link:
quad-sfx.zip (20 KB)

Instructions:

You need a hex editor.

First, compress any file with QUAD 1.12:

quad -x test.txt test.quad

After, you should modify the stub. Open your favorite HexEditor, open the "quad.sfx", find the "PUT_YOUR_FILENAME_HERE" string and replace it with your file name, ending with zero - e.g. "test.txt" plus 0x00.

Okay, now assemble our SFX:

copy /b quad.sfx+test.quad test-sfx.exe

That's it! Enjoy!

[Black_Fox1]

Thanks encode

[encode]

Link:
stubmod.zip (34 KB)

-- stub + stub editor.

Now you can create sfx-archive without hex editor:

quad -x mptrack.exe

stubmod mptrack.exe

copy /b quad.sfx+mptrack.exe.quad mpt-sfx.exe

[LovePimple]

Thanks Ilia!

[LovePimple]

Okay, and here is a standalone sfx stub.

Link:
quad-sfx.zip (20 KB)

Instructions:

You need a hex editor.

First, compress any file with QUAD 1.12:

quad -x test.txt test.quad

After, you should modify the stub. Open your favorite HexEditor, open the "quad.sfx", find the "PUT_YOUR_FILENAME_HERE" string and replace it with your file name, ending with zero - e.g. "test.txt" plus 0x00.

Okay, now assemble our SFX:

copy /b quad.sfx+test.quad test-sfx.exe

Thats it! Enjoy!

I have written a freeware "Send To" interface that does this automatically.

Download

[encode]

Thank you! However, this stub has some sort of bug. If you try to run SFX inside console (run Command Prompt and enter SFX-name). SFX raise an error like "No such file or directory"...

All SFXs assembled by myself (i.e. recompiled stub for each file) work properly.

It's only a DEMO anyway...

[LovePimple]

Thank you! However, this stub has some sort of bug. If you try to run SFX inside console (run Command Prompt and enter SFX-name). SFX raise an error like "No such file or directory"...

It works OK if you add the ".exe" to the end.

e.g.

Typing: "test.bmp.qsfx" does not work.

Typing: "test.bmp.qsfx.exe" decompresses the file perfectly.


Same problem with "world95-sfx.exe" from your first post. I havent tested any of the other SFX files.

[encode]

Yepp.

The problem with argv[0]!

Currently I'm working on LZPM 0.03. But when I get some spare time I'll fix the SFX stub.

[LovePimple]

But when I get some spare time Ill fix the SFX stub.

Thanks!

[encode]

Check out a new stub which is just 20 KB long:
fp.exe (626 KB)

I hope soon I'll release a fully functional stub-maker!