Re: Brutal Deluxe Software releases CADIUS

[Olivier Zardini <olivier.zardini@cooperteam.fr>]

On 29 juin, 14:21, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> Also consider AppleCommander's command line interface:

     I'm not sure if Apple Commander can handle properly the Extended
Files (Data + Resource Fork) coming from the Apple IIgs usage of
Prodos Disk file. Because we are mainly Apple IIgs programmers, the
initial need was to send the output of Merlin 16+ into a Prodos Image
disk (most of the time, it is a S16 file, having data + resource).

    The idea of Cadius is to have a basic API set to handle the file
transfer between the Prodos Disk Image and the Windows file system
(Extract File, Extract Folder, Extract Volume, Add File, Add
Folder...) without limitation (the files can be added anywhere on the
disk image) and all the properties can be set (access flags, Time
Date, Macintosh Finder Info). Cadius can mirror a Prodos Disk Image in
a Windows File system and send them back to the Prodos Disk image
without loosing anything. Sometime, it is easier to organize Folders &
Files outside on the Prodos world (create a compilation) and send them
back when finished.

    Unlike AppleCommander, with Cadius, we have limited the goal of
the project to basic File transfer calls. No conversion, no viewer, no
GUI. Now, thanks to the Design of the application (basically an
interface for Prodos Disk Image), anyone can use it to build a GUI
application to handle Disk Image Content. The missing part is the GUI
and the events (drag & drop...).

     Olivier