Why is Imagecraft's VGA driver source password protected?

Rayman

I just installed Imagecraft's C and opened up the VGATest project to see how to interface with Spin objects...

I want to take a look at vga_text.c to see how this is done.

Fortunately, it was provided in the file libsrc.zip.

Unfortunately, the file is password protected...

What gives?· Why put a password protected zip file in the installation?

Ron Sutcliffe

@Rayman

Look in libsrc.prop

Ron

Mike Green

The documentation states that the source of the library (other than the Prop specific stuff) is only available if you have the password that comes with the Professional version which you use for the compiler and to unlock the .zip files.

Ron Sutcliffe

Other than Prop specific stuff thats why you look in .prop.
I have the limited version

jazzed

ImageCraft is using the VgaText module I provided which uses Chip's VGA.spin. Look in OBEX. There is no direct .spin interface; there is a PASM interface though which is the same as the Spin/PASM interface.

As far as the password goes, but I'm pretty sure you know it, but just don't know you know it. Of course it's Richard judgement to tell you or not. If you have the "full featured" edition you can find it with: ICC IDE -> Help -> Show Library Source Code Password.

Edit: too much but [noparse]:)[/noparse]

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Post Edited (jazzed) : 9/5/2008 3:54:27 PM GMT

Rayman

Ok, I get it now... I didn't bother with the dongle yet, but once I put it in, I got the password from the "Show Library Source Code Password" command.

Thanks!

ImageCraft

Sorry, the "password protected" feature should only apply in general to our own libraries, especially things that took blood, sweat, and tear to write (why, malloc()/free() is so easy, I wrote it 3 times).