RE: [Plib-devel] PLIB developers needed.

[Paul B. <pbl...@di...>]

Microsoft ships convx.exe with the directx sdk (no source):

C:\DX8SDKW1\bin\dxutil\xfiles>convx

CONVX(1)                                                     CONVX(1)

NAME
        convx - convert X files

SYNOPSIS
        convx [-tso] file

DESCRIPTION
        The convert utility reads an X file and converts it to either
        the binary or text X file format with or without templates.

        The options are as follows:

        -t Generate text format X files

        -s Include template definitions in X files (stand-alone)

        -o "filename" - Name output file


USAGE

        convx file.x        generate binary X file with no templates

        convx -t file.x     generate text X file with no templates

        convx -s file.x     generate binary X file with templates

        convx -t -s file.x  generate text X file with templates

 MICROSOFT              May 28,1996                     1

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McClurg [mailto:Dav...@dy...]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 7:28 PM
To: 'pli...@li...'
Subject: RE: [Plib-devel] PLIB developers needed.


Wolfram wrote: 
> BTW, IIRC, Micro$oft gives away a converter to convert 
> between ASCII and binary *.x files. 
that would be helpful. then we only need to support ASCII! 
i forgot. i found both ascii (txt) and binary (bin) .x 
files in the DirectX 7.0 SDK: 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/dropship.x   - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/egg.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/engine1.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/land4.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/multi.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/prism2.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/skmech.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/sphere1.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/teapot.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/tiger.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/media/toecone.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/src/Egg/egg.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/D3DRM/src/QuickStart/egg.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/DXMisc/Media/toecone.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/DXMisc/Media/sphere1.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/VBSamples/DXMisc/Media/prism2.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/D3DIM/media/car.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/D3DIM/media/heli.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/D3DIM/media/tiger.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/D3DIM/media/teapot.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DIM/media/dolphin_group.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DIM/media/dolphin.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/D3DIM/media/seafloor.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/D3DIM/media/envcube.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/cherry.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/camera.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/bigship1.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_cube.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/dropship.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/egg.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/land4.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/mslogo.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/multi.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/ncube.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_bship.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_cam.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_chrry.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/cube.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_torus.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_egg.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_land4.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_mslog.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_multi.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_rmlog.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_sph0.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_sph1.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_sph2.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_sph3.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_sph4.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_dship.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_tpot.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_tpot0.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_tpot1.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_tpot2.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_tpot3.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/pm_tree.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/rmlogo.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/sphere0.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/sphere1.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/sphere2.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/sphere3.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/tpot2.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/teapot.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/tiger.x - txt 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/torus.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/tpot0.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/tpot1.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/sphere4.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/tree.x - bin 
samples/Multimedia/D3DRM/media/tpot3.x - bin 
include/rmxftmpl.x - txt 
--Dave