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Most such formats are covered (or would be covered) in the article for the corresponding document format. There are probably a lot of old self-displaying [[Graphics#Raster Graphics Formats|raster graphics]] formats of this type, e.g. self-running [[Flexible Line Interpretation|FLI]], but they are rarely documented specially. | Most such formats are covered (or would be covered) in the article for the corresponding document format. There are probably a lot of old self-displaying [[Graphics#Raster Graphics Formats|raster graphics]] formats of this type, e.g. self-running [[Flexible Line Interpretation|FLI]], but they are rarely documented specially. | ||
+ | * [[BIGTEXT (Kevin Solway)]] [{{CdTextfilesURL|simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/FILUTL/BIGTEXT.ZIP}}] | ||
+ | * [[BREEZE text to .EXE format]] (Kevin Solway) [{{CdTextfilesURL|simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/EDITOR/BREEZE50.ZIP}}] | ||
+ | * [[DIZ2EXE]] (Olan Patrick Barnes) [{{SACFTPURL|utiltext|diz2exe.zip}}] | ||
* [[Graphic Workshop self-displaying picture]] | * [[Graphic Workshop self-displaying picture]] | ||
* [[sMAUG ANSI Executable]] | * [[sMAUG ANSI Executable]] | ||
* [[TEXE]] | * [[TEXE]] | ||
+ | * [[TEXTLIFE]] (Kevin Solway) [{{CdTextfilesURL|simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/FILUTL/TEXTLIFE.ZIP}}] | ||
* [[TXT2COM (De Trans Software)]] | * [[TXT2COM (De Trans Software)]] | ||
* [[TXT2COM (Keith P. Graham)]] | * [[TXT2COM (Keith P. Graham)]] | ||
* [[TXT2COM (Prakash.K)]] | * [[TXT2COM (Prakash.K)]] | ||
* [[TXT2COM (Wiering Software)]] | * [[TXT2COM (Wiering Software)]] | ||
+ | * [[TurboTXT]] (by HyperWare, part of ExtraDOS Toolbox) [{{SACFTPURL|utiltext|txt500.zip}}] | ||
* [[XDOC (JauMing Tseng)]] | * [[XDOC (JauMing Tseng)]] | ||
+ | * [[X-Filer]] (Philip P. Kapusta) [{{SACFTPURL|utiltext|xfile101.zip}}] | ||
== Executable libraries == | == Executable libraries == |
Revision as of 19:27, 28 October 2021
Executable envelopes refers to a diverse class of files that use a standard executable format, but which were generated in a formulaic way from some original file (which may or may not have itself been executable). They usually consist of a boilerplate decoder section, plus a payload section that could potentially be extracted to a standard format.
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Executable compression
Refer to Executable compression.
Some executable compression utilities can also do executable obfuscation, encryption and password protection, expiration, etc.
Self-extracting archives
Most self-extracting archive formats are covered (or would be covered) in the article for the corresponding Archiving format.
A few are listed at Archiving#Self-extracting archives, especially if they have their own article.
Self-extracting installers
Self-extracting installer formats are listed at Archiving#Program/App/Applet/Installer specialized archive formats, along with other formats.
Executable documents
(A document in some known format, combined with a viewer for that format.)
Most such formats are covered (or would be covered) in the article for the corresponding document format. There are probably a lot of old self-displaying raster graphics formats of this type, e.g. self-running FLI, but they are rarely documented specially.
- BIGTEXT (Kevin Solway) [1]
- BREEZE text to .EXE format (Kevin Solway) [2]
- DIZ2EXE (Olan Patrick Barnes) [3]
- Graphic Workshop self-displaying picture
- sMAUG ANSI Executable
- TEXE
- TEXTLIFE (Kevin Solway) [4]
- TXT2COM (De Trans Software)
- TXT2COM (Keith P. Graham)
- TXT2COM (Prakash.K)
- TXT2COM (Wiering Software)
- TurboTXT (by HyperWare, part of ExtraDOS Toolbox) [5]
- XDOC (JauMing Tseng)
- X-Filer (Philip P. Kapusta) [6]
Executable libraries
(Multiple executable files combined into one executable file.)
Transfer-encoded executables
(A file that remains executable despite having had a transfer encoding or the like applied. This is impossible or impractical with most executable formats, unless they are very "raw", as .COM format is.)
- c2t (Jørgen Ibsen)
- com2txt (Naoyuki Nide)
- Com2txt (Dark Stalker)
- COMT