PSPDocmakerGUI Remake 2024

PSP Docmaker GUI Remake 2024
General
Author	pav13
Type	File Operation
Version	0.29
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2024/12/17
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A graphical frontend of Dark_Alex's docmaker that allows you to creat DOCUMENT.DAT (in-game guides/walkthroughs) for PS1 games on PSP (or just images like jpegbook / TXT2JPG). Developed using HiAsm.

It is a remake of the PSP DocMaker GUI that adds support for UTF-8 encoding, a functional preview window, word wrapping, indentation settings, extracting graphics from a DAT file, and more.

Features

• Preview. In the preview window, you can flip through pages (only forward) by clicking on them.
• Support for various encodings of input text files .txt: UTF-8, ANSI, WIN, DOS, KOI-8, Macintosh.
• Select Game ID/Game title (for modern custom firmware this option is not relevant, but it is convenient to use for file systematization).
• Output image size: 480x248, 480x272 or 480x480.
• Line breaks by image width in whole words (can be disabled).
• You can save images of finished pages in the program folder (by disabling the option to delete temporary files).
• Extract images from DOCUMENT.DAT (saved to the program folder).
• Support for in-text tags: Page Break - @pb@
• Selecting and customizing the font, additional customization of the font color, adding your own font to the list of temporary fonts: fon, fnt, ttf, ttc, otf.
• Set background image: bmp, jpg, jpeg, png, gif. You can use any images, they are scaled.
• Background fill options: solid color, color gradient, gradient with a border and "Random style".
• Adjust the size of the text indentation from the screen borders.
• Drag`n`Drop support: fonts, images, DAT files, texts and folders.
• Save any settings and reset all settings by pressing the corresponding buttons.
• Necessary files and shortcut are created on first run.
• Simple guide on how to use when you hover over the "? Help" text.
• Interface language: english, russian.

If you want to add other languages, edit this file and let me know.

Changelog

December 17, 2024 - version 0.29

• Auto-detection of input text file encodings: UTF-8, WIN / ANSI
• Graphics rework
• Fixed frame rendering when using gradient
• Fixed file list error after resetting settings

December 7, 2024 - version 0.28

• Optimization
• Added a database for matching Game ID <-> Game title
• Game title is used when creating folder names
• File count counter in the list
• Option "Random style - frame" (frame style changes every page)
• Tag "Page break": @pb@ . If the text contains the line @pb@, then this line is deleted, and the next line will start on a new page. If you insert two such lines in a row, then one empty page will be inserted
• Window with links to related resources when clicking on the line with the version

November 28, 2024 - version 0.27

• Added a button to open the program folder in Explorer
• Added a warning about the 999 page limit in the .DAT file when exceeding this amount
• Added a camera shutter sound when pressing the screenshot button
• Other minor fixes

November 23, 2024 - version 0.26

• Improved stability
• Extract PNG images from DOCUMENT.DAT
• Drag`n`Drop supports .DAT files
• Added buttons to change the order of files in the list. Relevant for the option to combine all files into one document.dat
• Prompt to create a shortcut on the desktop on first launch

August 31, 2024 - version 0.25

• Stability improvements and optimizations
• The "Screenshot" button (camera icon) saves the current preview window to the program folder in the Screenshots subfolder
• Replacement of text, background and margin settings buttons with icons

August 27, 2024 - version 0.23

• Added change of target code page for text files. Change only if necessary. ANSI is set by default

August 26, 2024 - version 0.22

• Optimization
• More tips in the status bar
• Drag`n`Drop supports files and folders
• Option "Random style" (gradient style changes on each page, which gives an interesting visual effect when turning)
• Image size 480x272 (not suitable for document.dat, you can disable "Delete temporary files" and get a series of full-screen images, like jpegbook/TXT2JPG or just convert a lot of wallpapers for PSP)
• Scaling of uploaded images to the selected size
• Input files can be text and/or images
• Option "Merge all files into one project" (works with both text files and images)

August 22, 2024 - version 0.1

• First release

Screenshots

External links

• PSPx Forum - https://www.pspx.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=115223
• HiAsm Forum - https://forum.hiasm.com/topic/68327
• Google Drive - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17Dd_KlLYyp85ecpWnXgsiIKC3ICCYzJY