

Puz2Pil.exe

This program is provided free as a service from Penguin Software.  It's 
purpose is to allow importing Crossword puzzle data from various sources 
into the XWord program so they can travel with you on your Pilot.
It does this by converting the various format files into .pdb files
which can then be loaded onto the Pilot.

Please note that this program is not supported by any of the companies
listed below and it attempts to interpret the proprietary format of the file.
This interpretation could be incomplete or incorrect, and any of the formats
could change without notice.  I will attempt to keep them up to date
but be aware that any of these could fail without warning.
Because of this, this program comes with no warantee or guarantee of
of usefulness.  It is provided free and unsupported and is not directly 
connected with the XWord program.


It currently supports the following formats:

	Crossword Express Professional
	USA Today
	New York Times - Across Lite
	London Times

	http://www.puzzledepot.com/cwe/down1.shtml
	http://www.usatoday.com/life/puzzles/puzzle.htm
	http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/
	http://www.nytimes.com/



To run the program from the DOS prompt simply run:

	for USA Today and NYTimes:
		puz2pil FILENAME.puz   
	for Crossword Express:
		puz2pil FILENAME.cwe
	for London Times:
		puz2pil FILENAME.htm

	(Replace 'FILENAME' with the name of the puzzle file you are converting)

	This will create a file called FILENAME.pdb.  You can then use the
	instapp program to install this file on your pilot, and the next time
	you run XWord, it will be shown in the list of available puzzles.

	For USA Today puzzles, the title of the puzzle will display, and for
	CWE puzzles, the FILENAME will show in the list.


Version 1.4  5/2000   Fixed bug with parsing some USA Today puzzles.

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Puz2Pil.exe and this file are 
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