Compile a "binary" ?
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Yes that is possible.
I don't know if Rev-Ed plan to do that, but if not I'm willing to do it. This will probably need the permission of Rev-Ed and done in conjunction with or through them, and no source code will be released.
You'll need to install the Rev-Ed command line compilers, run another application which will compile the .bas file to a .obx file which will be an encrypted file which can be sent to someone else. They can use the same application to download the .obx file to a PICAXE.
Hopefully Rev-Ed will say "go ahread" as they've now embraced the idea of third-party tools which can interact with the compilers.
I don't know if Rev-Ed plan to do that, but if not I'm willing to do it. This will probably need the permission of Rev-Ed and done in conjunction with or through them, and no source code will be released.
You'll need to install the Rev-Ed command line compilers, run another application which will compile the .bas file to a .obx file which will be an encrypted file which can be sent to someone else. They can use the same application to download the .obx file to a PICAXE.
Hopefully Rev-Ed will say "go ahread" as they've now embraced the idea of third-party tools which can interact with the compilers.
leftyretro
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"go ahread"
Hope the encryption thing is tolerant of humans Kidding aside, sounds like a very useful tool that could open up opportunities for both creators and consumers of this cool thing called picaxe
Got it working.
Needs some tidying up and documentation but a "MakeObx" utility creates this .obx file, that gets emailed to the user or posted on a web-site, they can download it to their PICAXE using a "LoadObx" utility. The .obx file is the equivalent of a .hex file for a PICmicro.
A third "ViewObx" utility allows a .obx file to be examined to show what version release it is, what the PICAXE target is etc. Release versioning and target tracking is all automatic.
Needs some tidying up and documentation but a "MakeObx" utility creates this .obx file, that gets emailed to the user or posted on a web-site, they can download it to their PICAXE using a "LoadObx" utility. The .obx file is the equivalent of a .hex file for a PICmicro.
A third "ViewObx" utility allows a .obx file to be examined to show what version release it is, what the PICAXE target is etc. Release versioning and target tracking is all automatic.
Yes, this is a feature already prepared, and the code will be encrypted so that it cannot be decoded.
This sounds excellent.
When and where can we get hold of copies to try out?
...or is it still in the Alpha testing stage(probably is!)?
Do you know if RevEd are going to include this in their full-featured programming editor, or produce a stand-alone application for doing this?
We have no objection to third parties doing their own, but as Hippy suggests for maximum versatility it will be included in the command line compiler once the current beta testing phase is over. So you will run the compiler with something like this to create an 'encrypted picaxe file' using your unique password
picaxe08m -emy_password filename.bas
produces an encryted file (filename.epf)
Then to program it at the far end
picaxe08m -dmy_password -cCOM7 filename.epf
Programming Editor will also include this feature via the PICAXE>Encrypt menu.
You can then, for instance, safely post the .epf file on a website, no-one can use it unless they know your password aswell.
picaxe08m -emy_password filename.bas
produces an encryted file (filename.epf)
Then to program it at the far end
picaxe08m -dmy_password -cCOM7 filename.epf
Programming Editor will also include this feature via the PICAXE>Encrypt menu.
You can then, for instance, safely post the .epf file on a website, no-one can use it unless they know your password aswell.
Bear in mind that there is nothing which can be written for a PICAXE which can be kept entirely secret once you hand it over to someone else. Security aspects are being discussed in the other thread ...
http://www.picaxeforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9942
http://www.picaxeforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9942
A useful feature would be to have a run once only or set number of times facility.
smartpartzzkidd
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I still think the real question needed to be asked is why? Programming in Hex makes things simpler, and it takes less space on the chip(usually).
Any latest news on this (for the Windows PE)?
I see that the feature has disappeared from http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/revision.txt
I see that the feature has disappeared from http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/revision.txt