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README.DOC September 1994
Welcome to CXT - the C EXPLORATION TOOLS!
The C Function Tree Generator (CFT) and the C Structure Tree
Generator (CST) are powerful program development, maintenance and
documentation tools. They provide the programmer the ability to
analyse the C or C++ source code of applications, no matter how
big or complex they are. CFT and CST are very useful to explore
new, unknown software and to support software reuse and
maintenance.
By preprocessing, scanning and analyzing the program source code,
these programs build an internal representation of the function
call hierarchy (CFT) and of the data structure (CST) relations.
The analysis is done with the original source code, no additional
editing to mark functions or data types in the source code is
necessary. Several features and options allow the user to
customize the generated hierarchy tree chart output and to get a
large set of useful informations about the source code.
An important feature is the database generation which allows the
recalling of informations without reprocessing the source. This
database can again be read from CFT and CST to produce different
outputs or to add new files to the database. The database format
is dBASE compatible. Special recall programs called CFTN and CSTN
allow fast searching for items in the database. These programs
can be used within any environment, for example from inside
editors like BRIEF, QEDIT or MicroEMACS (DOS and WINDOWS
version), to provide a full software project management system
with access to all functions and data types with just a
keystroke. This feature makes a comfortable "hypertext source
code browser and locator" system out of the editor.
Other features are the calculation of the critical function call
path and deepest structure nesting level or the support for byte
offset calculation for selected structures/unions by CST. For C++
code a class inheritance graph can be generated. It is possible
to generate formatted ASCII text files with lists of the
functions/data types and the scanned files which can be used as
input for other programs like wordprocessors or spreadsheet
calculators.
This software package is provided either as a compressed
self-extracting archive file CXTnmm.EXE (C EXPLORATION TOOLS
version n.mm) or as a ZIPped archive file CXTnmm.ZIP and contains
the following files:
CFT.EXE The C Function Tree Generator
CST.EXE The C Structure Tree Generator
CFTN.EXE The C Function Tree Navigator
CSTN.EXE The C Structure Tree Navigator
CXT.CM The BRIEF macro file
CXTKEYS.CM The BRIEF macro key definition file
CXTKEYS.CB The source code for the BRIEF key definition file
CXT_QEDT.DAT The QEDIT macro source code
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CXT_ME.CMD The MicroEMACS macro source code
CFTIDE.BAT The Borland IDE transfer batch file for CFT
CSTIDE.BAT The Borland IDE transfer batch file for CST
SXT.DOC The complete SXT documentation
INSTALL.DOC The installation instructions
EXAMPLE.DOC The example for a CFT and CST session
PRODUCTS.DOC The SXT product overview
REGISTER.US The INTERNATIONAL registration informations
REGISTER.GER The GERMAN registration informations
NEWnmm.DOC The new features and changes for version n.mm
HISTORY.DOC The revision history
README.DOC The file that you are currently reading
Similar to the DOS version is the WINDOWS version available as a
compressed self-extracting archive file CXTWnmm.EXE (C
EXPLORATION TOOLS version n.mm for Windows) or as a ZIPped
archive file CXTWnmm.ZIP. The archive contains the same files as
listed above except that the files CFT.EXE and CST.EXE are
replaced by the Windows versions CFTWIN.EXE and CSTWIN.EXE and
the files SXTWIN.DOC and NEWnmm.WIN have been added.
If you find any other than the above listed files, then you know
that this is not the official shareware distribution diskette
and/or archive. All documentation files are ASCII files and
should be printable on every printer.
For more informations about usage, hardware and software system
requirements, installation, trademarks, warranties, license and
registration details see the appropriate documentation,
especially SXT.DOC, INSTALL.DOC and REGISTER.US resp.
REGISTER.GER.
This software is Copyright (C) 1988-1994 by Juergen Mueller,
Aldingerstrasse 22, D-70806 Kornwestheim, GERMANY. This software
is NOT public domain or free software, but is being distributed
as SHAREWARE.
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