This is an update to my little script that converts MS DOS ASCII files, such as NFO's or FILE_ID.DIZ text files (Code Page 437, USA) to ASCII files with HTML encoded Unicode characters and also to Unicode text for the use in MS Windows. The HTML encoded ASCII files can be used to display the ASCII art, specifically the "High ASCII" or block ASCII art on a web site. The script is written in VBScript, but the release package also includes a Windows executable, which is the VBScript converted via VBSEdit by Adersoft.
I used the same script to prepare the ASCIIs in my text art galleries on my web site, such as:
- My ASCII Art Gallery
- My Early ASCII Art Gallery
- Various ASCII Art by Others
- or my FILE_ID.DIZ Collection
just to name a few.
You can download the script here: 
ROY-BATCHCONVERT-ASCII2WEB2.ZIP (700KB)
The Release NFO File :)
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A little script that converts MS DOS ASCII files, such as NFO's
or FILE_ID.DIZ text files (Code Page 437, USA) to ASCII
but HTML encoded files that can be used to display the ASCII
art, specifically the "High ASCII" or block ASCII art on a
web site or to Unicode Text files for the use in Windows Apps.
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For example the small logo above (which is in DOS ASCII Format)
would be converted to the following;
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Note: I manually added line breaks and spaces to the example for
NFO layout reasons and it is also not the entire logo.
I included the files roy.asc and roy.web as examples also.
The file Roy.TXT contains the same example for the conversion to
Unicode text result.
The Web Encoded ASCII does not include <BR> Tags for the line–breaks
You have to add those manually or do what I do on my web site and
enclose the code in <PRE> </PRE> tags, which preserves the line–breaks
within the enclosed text.
Since the result is Unicode and not DOS ASCII anymore, you can
use any monospace font to display the ASCII somewhat correctly.
You won't get a 100% acurate result anyway, because the old
MS DOS font set is not part of Windows anymore. What you can get
is only a close aproximation. I use on my web site the font
"Lucida Console", which seems to be installed on many machines.
If the Windows of the user who visits your page with the ASCII for
example does not have that font installed, Windows will automatically
pick another font that comes close. I use the following CSS formatting
for the PRE tags where I show ASCIIs.
pre {
background–color:#000;
color:#FFF;
display:block;
font–family:"Lucida Console", monospace;
font–size:9pt;
line–height:12px;
padding:10px;
text–align:left;
}
If the PRE Tag is also used for something else on your web site
then you can also define it for a specific class selector like
pre.asciiart {
...
}
You would then also have to extend the PRE HTML tag like this:
<PRE class=asciiart>
...
</PRE>
The script is designed to convert all files with a specified
extension (.ASC by default) to web ready files with a new
extension (.WEB by default, but you could also make it .HTML or
whatever).
There are two additional options, where I recommend
to use the defaults (which is "yes").
The first option is "HTML Encode?", which means that all non–US–ASCII
characters (the 7 bit ASCII codes) will be converted to HTML codes
like &#XXX;. Also standard ASCII characters that could be misinterpreted
by HTML or DHTML and XML are also encoded, like the " becomes ",
& becomes &, < becomes < and > becomes > etc.
If you select "No", the ASCII will be converted to Windows Unicode (UTF–8)
instead.
The second one is "Sanitize?"
What that does, is removing ASCII characters with an ASCII code
smaller than 32, which are special control characters that cannot
be printed anyway, with 3 exceptions, chr(10) = line–feed,
chr(13) = cariage–return and chr(9) = tab. LF and CR remain unchanged.
Tab characters will be converted to 8 spaces, which is the default
MS DOS tab–stop. You might not want to select "Yes", if you convert
ASCII files to Windows Unicode, but you could, if you like.
Part of this package is the image "Batch–ASCII2WebOrUniCode–Steps.jpg",
which shows screenshots of all the steps where the script goes through.
Enjoy!
Carsten aka Roy/SAC
p.s. This script is freeware. Do with it whatever you like, except
selling it. You can use it free, copy it, share it, even modify it
if you like to. You are using it at your own risk. You cannot make me
liable for any damage or loss of data that might results directly
or indirectly because of the use of my script.
p.s.2 I also included a very early beta of a HTA version of the tool
with an interface. The conversion from Unicode to ASCII is not supported
by the HTA application yet and the file selector uses MS Word and might
not work, if you don't have Office installed. Since the latest security
updates for Windows XP as well as Vista and Windows 7, the drag and drop
feature also stopped working unfortunately.
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You can either execute the VBS script file (which is the source code
and should be executed by WSCRIPT.EXE, which comes with Windows) or
run the EXE file. The EXE is just the VBScript converted to an
executable via VBSEdit by Adersoft.
Also check out my little intro "RoySAC.exe" :)
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Defacto2.net, Scene.org, Textfiles.com, Pouet.net
Demoscene.tv, GfxZone, Intro Inferno, C64.org, OSDM,
AMP, Edge, Sizteen Colors, Flashtro, Old–Skool.net,
Untergrund.net, Bitfellas, Exotica and everybody else who
works on preserving the rich history of the scene and makes
it accessible for future generations to enjoy.
Group Greetings:
Blocktronix (thanks for keeping the ANSI scene alive and kickin)
CPI (Oldskool forver!)
Andomeda Software Development (Your demos rock! Period!)
Personal Greetings to:
Madmax/CPI, Peace/Testaware, Smash/Fairlight, Shamen/Dytec,
DaLezy, Dipswitch, Mandibular Joint Dysfunction, RaD Man/ACiD,
Jason Scott/Textfiles.com, Ben Garrett/Defacto2, my blog readers,
Lord Scarlet/SixteenColors, Zerovision/Blocktronics and everybody
else I know and forgot to mention :)
For a full list of greetings, check out my Intro, which is
included with this release.
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Check out the intro in this release "RoySACIntro.exe" :)
and don't forget visiting http://www.RoySAC.com
and to check out my blog at http://www.roysac.com/blog
Additional URLs you might want to check out
Over 300 demos, cracktros and other scene related videos
http://www.youtube.com/sacreleases
Scene Images of all sorts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cumbrowski/collections/72157611288618058/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cumbrowski/collections/72157612320706642/
My Mediafire.com file share with tons of files to download!
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b570d9e07985879c7069484bded33bcd06b0971baa3373fa
My ASCII Art Academy to learn more about classic Text Art
http://www.roysac.com/learn/
Links to other useful resources online to learn more about the scene
http://www.roysac.com/roy_links.asp
Signing off!
Roy of Superior Art Creations, CPI, Dytec,
Razor 1911, TRSI, TDU–Jam, PNS
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You can download the script here: ROY-BATCHCONVERT-ASCII2WEB2.ZIP (700 KB)
You can download the script here: ROY-BATCHCONVERT-ASCII2WEB2.ZIP (700 KB)
Enjoy!
Carsten aka Roy/SAC
PS. This script is freeware. Do with it whatever you like, except selling it. You can use it free, copy it, share it, even modify it if you like to. You are using it at your own risk. You cannot make me liable for any damage or loss of data that might results directly or indirectly because of the use of my script.
