InfoCourier Compiles HTML into Executable Files

Bruce Tober

How do you distribute an HTML document to someone who hasn't connected to the Web yet? (There are plenty of stand-alone PCs out there.) InfoCourier (IC) solves this problem by compiling HTML documents into an executable file, so you can distribute it to such users. When the recipient activates the file, the IC run-time browser displays the pages as if viewing them on the Internet. If, against all odds, the recipient happens to be on-line and has a standard browser, he or she can click on links in the document and view URLs on-line.

The program enables the author to protect pages against illicit copying or printing, and you can set a time limit on the publication. In addition, you can pass word-protect certain pages of the compiled document so only authorized people can view them. To compile a publication, you open the HTML-formatted page that you want to be your first home page. You then click on File\Compile and IC does the rest, automatically compiling the home page and all other files in the same directory.

Although IC is a 16-bit Windows program, it accepts 32-character filenames. A free, fully working evaluation copy of the program is available at http://www.smartcode.com or ftp://ftp.smartcode.com .

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Product Information

InfoCourier.................99 Pounds UK

Oakley Data Services
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ttoxeter, U.K.
Phone:    +44 1889 565064
Fax:      +44 1889 563219
Internet: 
http://www.smartcode.com

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Executable HTML

screen_link (29 Kbytes)