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<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Executable envelopes |released=1998 }} &#039;&#039;&#039;DIZ2EXE&#039;&#039;&#039; is a Windows utility that converts a small (80x25 characters) text file to an ...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Executable envelopes<br /> |released=1998<br /> }}<br /> '''DIZ2EXE''' is a Windows utility that converts a small (80x25 characters) text file to an [[Portable Executable|EXE]] file that, when executed, displays the text in a window. It was developed by Olan Patrick Barnes.<br /> <br /> DIZ2EXE is a 32-bit Windows console mode app. The EXE files it generates are 32-bit Windows GUI.<br /> <br /> &quot;DIZ&quot; is a reference to [[FILE_ID.DIZ]].<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> For v1.0 (the only known version), the first 8224 or so bytes of a generated file are probably always the same. An example of an identifying marking might be the minimal &quot;D2E&quot; error strings: bytes <br /> {{magic|65 72 72 6f 72 3a 20 23 44 32 45 32 00 65 72 72 6f 72 3a 20 23 44 32 45 31}} at offset 5768.<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|windows-6pak/disk5/Misc-Programming-Tools/DIZ2EXE.ZIP|DIZ2EXE v1.0}} ([{{SACFTPURL|utiltext|diz2exe.zip}} another copy])<br /> <br /> == Sample files ==<br /> * The README.EXE file included with the software</div>

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