Currency (The Currency Conversion Tool) OpenStep Version 2.0 by Eric Tremblay (ericet@cam.org) Submitted to: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/submissions Should end up in: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/windows/apps/financial Intro: ====== This is an OLD app that I "converted". It's NOT EASY the conversion from NEXTSTEP to OpenStep. At least not as easy as we were lead to believe. Even a VERY simple application such as this one does not automatically convert to OpenStep. I can only imagine the work that it takes to convert something like WriteUp or other fancy applications... Onces converted it was VERY EASY to port it to Windows NT. Simply a recompile did the trick. Bravo NeXT! Currency is a valuble tool to the people who travel or are going to travel. It permits the user to convert his dollars into any foreign currency. How to I get the lastest rates? Well you can first start out with your local newspaper or on the World Wide Web. Here's my favorite places: http://www.ibm.net/currency.html http://www.olsen.ch/cgi-bin/exmenu http://www.bloomberg.com/cgi-bin/tdisp.sh?markets/fxc.html Other comments: =============== This application is FREE to anyone using OpenStep. If you enjoy it, please write me and email! INSTALLATION: ============ WINNT: 1. Unpack the software distribution a. open a "Bourne Shell" window b. change directory to location of distribution, for example, C:\temp cd C:\temp c. gunzip the distribution: gunzip TheApp.w.NT.bs.tar.gz d. untar the resulting uncompressed file: tar xvf TheApp.w.NT.bs.tar The Package: ============ Version 2.0 comes complete in a tar.gz package. Which includes: - Currency.app binary for OpenStep Intel for Windows NT - README.TXT This file - Nebula.rtfd Information about the Nebula CDROM - Includes Full Source Code - Intel Windows NT binaries. Compiling: ========== This version includes all the source code necessary to recompile the program from scratch on OpenStep 4.0 or above. CONTACT INFO: ============= Comments and suggestions are welcomed: E-mail: ericet@cam.org WWW: http://www.cam.org/~ericet