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After a decade of use, dePbo dll has come to a crossroad, where, in order to continue it must split into component parts so that arma_frequent upgrades to the dll (as bis move goalposts) don't impose penalties on the users by needing ever-increasingly large downloads to keep up.
To this end, 'oem dlls' are provided for 3rd party, open source, software that is not really part of dePbo proper but were merely containered within it. Formerly supplied internally, this was as convenience to users. Now, it has become a penalty due to the payload involved. The chances of these additional dlls being changed are very low. Hence the desirability of isolating them.
Currently, only one extra dll is required.
MakePbo.exe, Dewss.exe, etc
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DePbo.dll
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Support dlls
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Microsoft mfc dlls
Many exes are dual apps. They either work in genuine dos prompt and batch files, or, as a standard windows gui.
The exe decides which mode to work in based on (lack of) command line arguments.
When provided, a separate dos only exe is supplied in the package. It is always called <NameofExe>Dos.exe
It serves no purpose for majority use and does not need installing. It is available to the cognoscenti who either:
Drop a file onto the exe via windows explorer OR in a dos prompt
NameOfExe -some_options some\file(s)
General command line syntax for all tools is
NameOfexe [-options...] \whatever\source\file[.ext] [destination]
In general -options are only for special case. Default behaviour is the norm.
In general [.ext] is not required for the sourcefile. In general, the ext type is implicit.
In general destinations are optional. When not specified, output file(s) are to same folder.
All dos tools handle destination PATHS versus destination FILES. Either, can be specified.
Most dos tools also handle source PATHS versus a single FILE.
Options are always case InSensItiVe
Provision is made to distinguish std output to screen (which can be >piped) versus error information, also sent to screen, but via stderr. Error info is not normally, >piped
Pressing the escape key normally causes any dos tool to exit
All dos tools return 0 on success
The -P option for all exes is reserved for bat file use: do not pause.
For dos tools: Typing the command only (no parameters) will display a help page
For dual dos/gui tools: Typing -syntax achieves same result