Template Creator for Windows available!

[Harry Potter]

Hi! I'm Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter, and I just registered here yesterday. I'm trying to come up with some game ideas for the NES with some success. Until then, I want to advertise a program that could be helpful for NES programming but is not specific to NES programming. It's called Template Creator for Windows. TmpCreat is a program that allows for the creation, handling, organizing and using of template files under Windows. A DOS version is also available, but it is out-of-date. Both can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projetcs/tmpcreat/files/. Now, there are some template files there but nothing for the NES. I'm working on some right now. Until then, if you like TmpCreat, you can donate templates. Just e-mail them to me at rose.joseph12@yahoo.com. Enjoy!

BTW, thank you for the editing tip! I changed the URL.

[rainwarrior]

I have no idea what a "template file" is, but you may want to edit your link because the word "projects" requires a letter "t" in it.

Could you maybe explain what this utility does? I'm having trouble getting past the word "template" specifically, because that seems to be the only word you use to describe its function. What kind of template is this? What are they used for?

[Harry Potter]

I'm sorry for the misspelling. And as far as "template," a template is a file that can act as a base for other files. For example, if you're attending college, one template can act as a base for all essays for a particular class and can include the header, a space for the title, your name and any format settings. New files can be made from this "template" file, saving from some typing. Does this help?

[rainwarrior]

No, I understand the meaning of the word "template". I don't understand what kind of templates your utility is supposed to create, or what they would be used for.

Are you saying this makes templates for writing essays? In a DOS emulator?


By the way, you can edit your post to fix your broken link.

[Harry Potter]

I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. It is a general-purpose program that can handle almost any type of template. Note that it doesn't actually "create" the template. It just holds the template file given it and makes new files from it as needed.

BTW, thank you for the edit tip!

[furrykef]

Perhaps it would be clearer if you gave an example of use, instead of assuming we know what you mean.

[rainwarrior]

LOL

[darryl.revok]

Anybody can just take the template. But HOLDING the template. That's really the important part.

[Drew Sebastino]

OLO

[Harry Potter]

Perhaps it would be clearer if you gave an example of use, instead of assuming we know what you mean.

Okay. Let's say you are creating several NES games of a particular design: they all share the same scrolling code, code to handle the players and enemies, code to handle input and sound, etc. With TmpCreat, you can write the code once, add it to TmpCreat's database and male new files from the templates. BTW it does not delete the template after use.

BTW, the latest version allows for two-level grouping.

[adam_smasher]

So it basically makes copies of files?

[darryl.revok]

BTW it does not delete the template after use.

I hate self-destructing templates.

Me: "I would like to compose a letter."

Computer: "I'm sorry, you have already written a letter. How about a baby album?"

[tepples]

I think the way it's done nowadays is to make your templates into GitHub projects, and then fork them when you want to start a new project.

[Harry Potter]

So it basically makes copies of files?

Technically, yes. But it does allow easier organization of template files and on-demand access to them. It adds itself to the Wndows Shell's New menu--you don't have to hunt for the file to make copies.

[cpow]

Blast from the past:

Uz: do I have your permission to contribute TempCSimple for DOS to the cc65 contribs site? It is a DOS-based program that helps C programmers by starting the code modules for you. It is purpose-based, meaning it is supposed to create code custom-tailored to your project's needs. It is supposed to handle many compilers, but for now, is is mostly useful for cc65. Also, much of the program's functionality is not yet available. It is in its Alpha stsages. It includes source code in Visual Basic for DOS Pro 1.0. I am asking because it is not written under cc65: it just targets it.

Joseph. I think the message you should be getting is, "you're still trying to solve a problem nobody has."

EDIT: The link is still broken. projetcs?