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Read a dsa file

2sharp2sharp Posts: 54
in Daz Studio Discussion

I have a wayward file.  Dock_Area_dsa is in a non DS folder. Is there a way to open and read the file to see where it belongs?

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  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,809
    edited April 2021

    .dsa should be text files, you can open them with a text editor (I like Notepad++ for example) or in the script IDE tab in DS. Not sure reading the text of the preset will help you much though.

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  • 2sharp2sharp Posts: 54
    edited April 2021

    Leana said:

    .dsa should be text files, you can open them with a text editor (I like Notepad++ for example) or in the script IDE tab in DS. Not sure reading the text of the preset will help you much though.

    Thank you. I thought  the script could only be read by DS so never tried a text editor. I now know what product it goes to.

    Maybe I can now figure out what folder it should be in.

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,252

    .dsa is ASCII (plain text), .dsb is compressed ASCI (needs expanding with an archive tool, or a text editor that opens compressed files, but is readable). Only .dse is encrypted and unreadable (even by the original author).

  • 2sharp2sharp Posts: 54
    edited April 2021

    Richard Haseltine said:

    .dsa is ASCII (plain text), .dsb is compressed ASCI (needs expanding with an archive tool, or a text editor that opens compressed files, but is readable). Only .dse is encrypted and unreadable (even by the original author).

    Thanks again Richard  Your explanation explains my misconception of  what  scripts I have and have not been able to open. Does the file naming convention "Dock_Area_Toggle" underlines instead of blank spaces suggest this file belongs in Runtime>Support folder?

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,252

    It sounds like a script to show/hide something - the dock area is the place you put groups of panes, perhaps the script can expand/collapse it (thought hat is easy enough to do in the UI by clicking an open pane's tab).

  • 2sharp2sharp Posts: 54
    edited April 2021

    Richard Haseltine said:

    It sounds like a script to show/hide something - the dock area is the place you put groups of panes, perhaps the script can expand/collapse it (thought hat is easy enough to do in the UI by clicking an open pane's tab).

    Again more thanks Richard. Indeed after reading the script more carefully I see it is exactly what you said

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • BejaymacBejaymac Posts: 1,897

    Richard Haseltine said:

    .dsa is ASCII (plain text), .dsb is compressed ASCI (needs expanding with an archive tool, or a text editor that opens compressed files, but is readable). Only .dse is encrypted and unreadable (even by the original author).

    Not quite, DSB = Daz Script Binary, the built in Script IDE is about the only thing you can use to read/edit them, archive programs wont uncompress them as they aren't compressed to start with

    DSE = encrypted DSB, only way to edit them is to hack the encryption, which is easier said than done.

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