I need a DSX-Cutter

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:22 am

mctny wrote:so does this DSX cutter work for version 7.1, i.e., jobs designed with DS version 7.1 server edition and exported into a dsx file?

Sure.

mctny · Post by **mctny** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:31 am

can someone explain how to install it on windows? do I have to install cygwin or can I do it in Ms Dos prompt? will I use the last code that is written in this thread or will I use both, ( i.e, the last and the second from the last) ?

Cowmix · Post by **Cowmix** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:09 am

For the Perl based cutter in this thread you can use Cygwin but you can also use ActiveState Perl:

http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/

The Perl cutter works fine but it has a few issues:

1. It only 'cuts' jobs and nothing else like shared containers, etc.
2. It drops some lines from DSX files it processes that contain certain meta-characters.

In a few days I'll try to post my cutter that I wrote that, in theory, will correct these two issues. Mine will have a requirement of installing Python instead of Perl...

thanks!

jdmiceli · Post by **jdmiceli** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:03 pm

Here is a link for a bunch of Perl scripts I have written, including a cutter, joiner, and parameter block replacer. Feel free to use them!

viewtopic.php?t=113429&highlight=perl

Bestest!