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First post, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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I just purchased SSI's Stronghold: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Kingdom Simulator from ebay. The documentations come on the CD. Alas, they all come in .DOX format, which I've never heard of. The manual files are ADD.DOX, STRONG.DOX, BUILD.DOX, and CHEAT.DOX.

The CD includes an executable named DOX.EXE in its manual folder. However, I just could not execute the program. Everyime I clicked the executable in Windows Exlporer, it promptly quit. I have tried executing the DOX.EXE from DOSBox (0.70), but it still quit as well. I also have tried adding the .DOX file name as parameter (i.e: DOX.EXE STRONG.DOX), but te result stayed the same.

Anyone experienced with this DOX.EXE before? What is the correct command line parameter(s) to view the .DOX files? Alternatively, is there any known Windows-based .DOX reader out there? I have Googled, but to no avail.

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Reply 1 of 10, by njaydg

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Hi KAN!

About those DOX... I seem to remember those! Despite the unusual format, I believe you could open them with a regular text editor (notepad,wordpad,Word, etc.) with the probability to have some slight formatting issues, but they should still be viewable.

If you still don't succeed, you could post a sample of one of those files here to see what we can come up with. 😉

Reply 2 of 10, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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njaydg wrote:

Hi KAN!

About those DOX... I seem to remember those! Despite the unusual format, I believe you could open them with a regular text editor (notepad,wordpad,Word, etc.) with the probability to have some slight formatting issues, but they should still be viewable.

Ah, you're correct! It's a plain TXT file, only with different extension! I'm an idiot *castrates self*

njaydg wrote:

If you still don't succeed, you could post a sample of one of those files here to see what we can come up with. 😉

Hmmm... it seems to me that the .DOX file somehow adhere to certain formatting rules, although not as strict as, say, HTML. Here's an example:

STRONGHOLD MANUAL
--Index--

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION                                            1

MAIN MENU                                               1
    New Game                                            1
    Save Game, Load Game                                2
    Delete Game                                         2
    Quit Game                                           2
    Message Delay                                       2
    Great Achievements                                  2
    Begin Play                                          2
MOVEMENT                                                3
    Terrain                                             3

THE OVERHEAD VIEW                                       4

And here's another:


--Index--
--Page 1--

INTRODUCTION

STRONGHOLD is a kingdom simulator
based in the DUNGEONS &
DRAGONS game. You can civilize
and conquer vast new lands by
leading a party of up to five
characters who create and maintain a growing
empire.

I think the "--" symbol means page break of some sort.

Attachments

  • Filename
    STRONG.TXT
    File size
    65.5 KiB
    Downloads
    432 downloads
    File license
    Fair use/fair dealing exception

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Reply 3 of 10, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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PS: I renamed STRONG.DOX to STRONG.TXT because I got the error message "DOX extension is not allowed".

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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.

Reply 4 of 10, by njaydg

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Glad I could help, KAN! 😎

However, don't blame yourself, happens to everyone once in a while... 😀

[sarcasm]And what kind of extension is DOX??? Sounds like a warez kind of thing... What's the deal?!?! 😁 [/sarcasm]

It's indeed as I remembered, the DOX is a plain text file but with a "strange" text format. I only wonder if there's a proper editor for this specific extension.

I'll give it a search and let you know in a while...

Reply 5 of 10, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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njaydg wrote:

However, don't blame yourself, happens to everyone once in a while... 😀

Yes, but self-castration is fun, especially in front of webcam. 😁

njaydg wrote:

I'll give it a search and let you know in a while...

Thanks! While Notepad is fine, I'm actually curious if there is a working DOX reader out there. I believe a DOX reader should be able to display the document in the intended format, such as putting page breaks and page number in the parts where the "--" sign is displayed (such as "--Page 1--" or "--Index").

Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.

Reply 6 of 10, by njaydg

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Ok, I found something...

Saw your post on the TR forums 😁 Google is amazing 😀

Seriously, the only reference I found is the following:

dox200d.zip DOX v2.00 - RTF/TXT/HTML Converter for DOS

Couldn't test it properly cause I'm at work right know.

If it's not what you're looking for, then your only choice is either testing it in real DOS to see if it works properly, or just settle for notepad.

Reply 8 of 10, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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It seems that the .DOX file created by SSI (Stronghold manual) is not the same with Multimate's .DOX files. Here's a snippet of a .DOX file included by Multimate:

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The .DOX file included in Stronghold, on the other hand, is just plain ASCII.

--Index--
--Page 1--

INTRODUCTION

STRONGHOLD is a kingdom simulator
based in the DUNGEONS &
DRAGONS game. You can civilize
and conquer vast new lands by
leading a party of up to five
characters who create and maintain a growing
empire. You choose when and where
to build your castle,
build housing, or clear land. You
take care of existing buildings and
try to acquire more. You recruit
units to your "stronghold" and train
them for combat. You defend your
land from evil enemies. And, you
even have the power to speed up or
pause time in your kingdom.

Furthermore, whenever I open the STRONG.DOX in Multimate, it always prompts for document conversion:
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Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.

Reply 10 of 10, by eL_PuSHeR

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Why is it in Spanish? I will translate it.

Drive: C Document: STRONG
Path: \MM\

Automatic conversion was cancelled.
Specified name with .DOX extension already exists.

Select an option:

Cancel operation

Replace older file

Change filename
F10 to select

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