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Bible converter – Jari

Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	Hi I asked a while ago about the eBible formats and since there is Bibles around the net in formats of MS access and plain text file so I thought it would be good to have conversion utility between the formats. So I made an conversion tool which currently supports reading from MS access format and saving to two similar text formats. Here's a screenshot of the current build: http://koti.mbnet.fi/jaristr/screenshots/BibleConverter.jpg What do you think? ------------------ Psalms 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. [This message has been edited by Jari (edited May 13, 2005).]
HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004	Cool! Seems like a neat little utility! What did you code it in? I'm gonna' guess.... VB 6? ------------------ http://www.includingjudas.com/christiangame.html
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	quote: Originally posted by HanClinto: Cool! Seems like a neat little utility! What did you code it in? I'm gonna' guess.... VB 6? C++ and MFC. I'm beginner at MFC though which is causing a bit grief. ------------------ Psalms 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
fingolfin Member Posts: 197 From: IL Registered: 03-19-2005	what's MFC? (yeah, VB would be good for that....) ------------------ Try to explain divine election, and you may lose your mind, try to explain it away and you could lose your soul (my youth pastor quoting somebaody he can't remeber)
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	quote: Originally posted by fingolfin: what's MFC? (yeah, VB would be good for that....) It's "Microsoft Foundation Class". Helps creating windows and managing dialogs. ------------------ Psalms 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	This is how it looks now: http://koti.mbnet.fi/jaristr/screenshots/bibleconverter2.jpg It can now read and write 3 text file formats like: (book chapter verse scripture) and MS access database. Weird though that when I tried to compile the release version using VC toolkit from command line it gave linker error. Something about std::basic_string referenced from std::list even I'm not using std::string and including other std classes than list seems make things even worse. I need to use different compiler to build the release since I'm using VC 6.0 introductory edition for debug builds only. Maybe God doesn't want me to release this... ------------------ Psalms 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. [This message has been edited by Jari (edited May 15, 2005).]
Goldrush13 Member Posts: 107 From: Registered: 02-27-2005	Yeah that's right blame God, it's always his fault isn't it?
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	quote: Originally posted by Goldrush13: Yeah that's right blame God, it's always his fault isn't it? I'm not blaming God. I'm simply trying to do he's will. If God don't want me to do something then it's great to know what. What I was thinking that maybe some one could use this tool to make fake Bibles and obviously that's not good. Btw. It's Satan who we whould blame about bad things. ------------------ Psalms 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
Goldrush13 Member Posts: 107 From: Registered: 02-27-2005	quote: Originally posted by Jari: I'm not blaming God. I'm simply trying to do he's will. If God don't want me to do something then it's great to know what. What I was thinking that maybe some one could use this tool to make fake Bibles and obviously that's not good. Btw. It's Satan who we whould blame about bad things. Yeah that's right blame God, it's always his fault isn't it? Does that maybe highlight my intentions a little better? I even put one on the subject this time, I don't exactly hate smilies, I just remember a time when wit/sarcasm/jokes could be deciphered from a sentence without the use of tiny graphics. [This message has been edited by Goldrush13 (edited May 15, 2005).] [This message has been edited by Goldrush13 (edited May 15, 2005).]
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	quote: Originally posted by Goldrush13: Yeah that's right blame God, it's always his fault isn't it? Does that maybe highlight my intentions a little better? Ok, you we're sarcastic. quote: Originally posted by Goldrush13: I even put one on the subject this time, I don't exactly hate smilies, I just remember a time when wit/sarcasm/jokes could be deciphered from a sentence without the use of tiny graphics. Sometimes image tells more than thousand words, here's one for you: :P edit: well, you can consider it as an image ------------------ Psalms 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. [This message has been edited by jari (edited May 15, 2005).]