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I see now the Amiga range is listed and shown in the lasted dealer catalogue/price list from SDL. The 4000T looks nice, or it's case does. About the only flaw is the price and I honestly think there'll not sell when they get placed next to a 133Mhz Pentium when…
Steve, By "going under" I was leaning more to the fact of software not been available anymore, which is a great shame. Well I've always kept DTP and word processing separate, as the speed of the graphic word processors isn't fast enough. Never got round to getting Protext, as Scribble…
Hi Steve, Not that it's any help, but I still use Scribble today and it's never let me down. It's unfortunate when companies go under for whatever reason because if their ever was any new users we couldn't get our hands on your products even if we tried and just…
MainActor Professional mentions in it's adverts that it can convert multi-platform animations and pictures. It examples .AVI & .FLI formats. Telephone numbers for Europe: Village Tronic (Germany) +49/(0)5066/701311 Blittersoft (UK) +44(0)1908261466 Charles Collinson – Co-ordinated Computer Integration Thirsk – North Yorkshire – UK
Hi Zeddock, I assumed that a typewriter program would be somewhere on CI$, in fact I assumed this one was – obviously not. I'll post it somewhere for the Sysops to figure a good spot for it – maybe WP forum or something. I'm not the author of it, just…
Hadler, Couldn't find my tips file on Interceptor for you but you need to press "Shift F" to release the resue pod. You should be able to find the pilot easy enough as he'll have a beacon you can track. Fly low and slow over him dropping the resue pod…
I did, at one point, have a complete help file for Interceptor and I myself was once struck at the place you are. Been so long now though I've forgotten all about it. I'll try and find you the help file. As to where the downed pilot is I'm not…
Hank, Not sure what the XII lib is but I tried XAnim on a FLC extension anim and all it did was ask for a .resource/ "something" and failed due to some FLC fault, forget which, some kind of calculation fault I'm sure. Back to the drawing board I think…
Wayne, Well I've just glanced the docs now and see it is "temp disabled" in two formats; DL animations and PFX. What the X11 is I don't know but it was just mentioned in the magazines description of it. Sorry I can't help further. Charles Collinson Thirsk – North Yorkshire…
Wayne and Hank, I've just got this XAnim on a mag coverdisk here in the UK and although I haven't had a go with it, or read the docs yet the article that describes it states that "this" version has a few formats disabled and to use the program fully…
#UK Update
Message #102838
Hi Jerrell, Seems you have had a good mention in the Amiga Computing mag here in the UK. Denny Atkin gave a good run down of what you're plans are over the coming year with Helm for the Amiga and the Windows version, good job I mentioned it to him…
Mileage software
Message #185903
MILEMO.lha Mileage recording software requires the MMMPAT.lha ARexx file also in Eagle Tree Software's lib. to correct the destination and client lists, which were left with useless development entries in. MMMPAT.lha Eagle Tree Software Library (Lib 18?) Amigavendor forum. Sorry for the inconvenience incurred. Charles Collinson Thirsk – North Yorkshire…
Phone cut off…
Message #102016
Hi Jerrell, Thanks for the date to day calculation, haven't had time to use it any. I'll also have a look at the chip memory option and see what she does. Well I noticed the font problem since I got Helm but I was having other more important problems at…
Mileage software
Message #185893
Anyone interested in the recent mileage sofware request for monitoring there business road mileage may want to know that there is a Helm book available in Eagle Tree Software's section library of Amigavendor forum that was developed from this request. Filename: MILEMO.lha Requires Helmbrowser (also available from the same lib.)…
Jerrell, OK on the history doc, downloaded it the other day. Haven't had the opp. to look into the updated Helm as yet, although the running of two helm books has been solved which does help with one book I have. I'll have get some info on ARexx, as I'm…
#History doc file?
Message #98782
Jerrell, The "recentHistory.guide" file in the latest upload patch isn't the latest. Could you upload the latest Ver1.67 version of the guide file? Thanks.. Charles Collinson – Co-ordinated Computer Integration Thirsk – North Yorkshire – UK
Doug, Sorry I couldn't be more helpful on the clock. I just tried the clock over an anim and it wasn't very good. I've never tried AmigaVision so wouldn't know what it does with screens. My only other thought would be another authoring system – not an ideal answer but…
Hi Doug, Not sure as to what you really want and unsure about AmigaVision but will SPCLOCK work. It is sprite based and always appears at the front of all screens. I think it's in the libs somewhere. If you don't find it, or it's no good keep me posted…
Multiple Books?
Message #95829
Jerrell, I'm playing with an idea of using two "books" running together. To link them I was going to use the AREXX ports. It says in the docs that Helm automatically creates different port names (Helm.1,Helm2 etc), giving the impression this was possible. The problem is when I try to…
Thanks for the tip on using the script to affect the page turning screen effects. I have it working perfectly. Unless it is already in the Lib. I would suggest uploading the Helmbrowser program as well as the next upgrade. Charles Collinson – Co-ordinated Computer Integration Thirsk – North Yorkshire…
#Sliders & Effects
Message #95416
Jerrell, Is there anyway to change the body size of a slider selector from script? Also is it possible to "set" the values and effects in the page open & close effects menu requester. Otherwise, how is it possible to have both a close and then openning effect for a…
Jerrell, Well that WAS an obscure problem with the command. At least I got round it. Quite how and why I don't know :). I've just been looking at the command syntax and was wondering whether there was a case for adding a border keyword in there. I'm not totally…
Jerrell, I didn't get time to play with the "Click on…" prob. I will though. In the book I'm working on, which is based on your Bookcase book, I find the book is some 200K which I find difficult to believe. This could be pointing to some problem or other…
Jerrell, Well there isn't anything over the textfield when I "click on" it. I'll check again but there isn't. If there is it doesn't show when I say edit it and if there was anything there it would have to be over other textfields that are named by a single…
#Object names & Unlock
Message #94951
Jerrell, I've been trying to access a textfield that is only different in its name. It contains a space in the field name. When I try to "Click on …." this textfield it won't and the screen flickers. I've tried it through the id number but still the same. Maybe…
Bill, Thanks for the help, I think your suggestion is the one to go for if I can't get the systems timers to work better for my purposes. In truth I'm really trying to count a minute so I could quite easily use an equal amount of seconds to complete…
The reason for using ARexx is that the authoring system I'm using doesn't have a timer that works for my needs. In short, it halts whenever I do anything else in the program. I was thinking that an ARexx script could cover this area somehow, it may also help me…
#Arexx timer help
Message #43102
I'm looking for some help with AREXX. As of yet I've not tried anything with AREXX but now find I'm in need of a script or some help in knowing which commands I want. What I need is a script that counts seconds and for every second do a loop.…
I knew they'd be an answer….and here's me thinking I knew nearly everything . Thanks Dale….I'll go have a play with it now. C.C.I. Computer Applications * Thirsk – North Yorkshire – United Kingdom *
#Workbench backdrops?
Message #152442
After looking at a few amiga screenshots in mags I see these fancy workbench backdrops. Now I can use some of these files if there IFF files etc, but what gets me is that in all shots the words (DH1:, Work: etc.) are all using some kind of non-masking, as…
Well I don't know about the install system as mine was installed via the dealer and I've had quite a few crashes requiring a manual install. I also seem to have a few programs or features that don't work as advertised but nothind as serious as yours. Sorry I can't…
Another thought would be the overscan setting. You have all the software that comes with WB 3 I take it. Also is the A1200 setup on WB 3 software and not any earlier WB. Failing that I could maybe pass you a little program that could alter the screen offsets…
Well unfortunately I don't have the answer. I was assuming that you had a software fault due to you having a hard disk configured wrongly. But it does sound like hardware problems. Yes some A1200s had display problems but I thought that was only to do with the RF output.…
Carl, What exactly is your problem? I've only got the back end of this thread. C.C.I. Computer Applications * Thirsk – North Yorkshire – United Kingdom *
Disk Cataloger – to dos
Message #41243
Hi Larry In your diskcatalog program you mention the need for hard copy of the file list. Surely this "file list" is a textfield, so able to be "put" into a "container". Once it's in a container you simply "save" as so the script would be:- put empty into printdoc…
Larry, I see the idea behind the pages for a database but would prefer a disk file system. Now the only thing I would lose is the facility to sort info but that could be got around but wouldn't harm having a "sortarray" script function. Now to my understanding problems.…
I'll give your Helm books a look see as and when they surface on the board. Back to form figuring?!?!? C.C.I. Computer Applications * Thirsk – North Yorkshire – United Kingdom *
#Helm – New Customer
Message #41226
Hi Jerrell, Just received Helm this morning and it looks more than adequate for my needs, although some conversion is in order on my part to generally understand it. My main concern is the need to store/sort/find/loop process database arrays and I think you mentioned that Helm does this automatically…
Hi Larry, Thanks for the supplemented WShell info and will check it out further once I start looking into AREXX for my applications C.C.I. Computer Applications * Thirsk – North Yorkshire – United Kingdom *
Well I Dloaded your Demo, but again it's of no real use without a manual of some sort. Anyway it's all by-the-by now as due to several needs I've had to opt for buying Helm and stopping work til I get it. There's no point coding one just to re-code…
Well I won't be getting Helm for at least a month anyhow, so I can wait awhile yet. On this "count" function and the freehand use, is it possible to count the single pixels under the edge of a polygon and/or straight line. The use would be to calculate an…
OK Paul I've kept our comments and will look into WShell when my AREXX fingers start walking as they will be sometime soon, I can feel it coming….. C.C.I. Computer Applications * Thirsk – North Yorkshire – United Kingdom *
I was looking for your price in the event of having trouble finding the latest version. I gave Meridian a ring and there price is in good order with the general mail-order price so that's OK, but the guy couldn't find a version number on the package, he just said…
Thankanyou for the WShell info there Paul. So WShell is a super powerful Shell, as the name suggests. Now I don't really use the shell at all apart from the odd de-arcing, but this may change and at least I know where to look if I need the shell power-up.…
Finally found some large reviews of Helm after about two weeks of searching the loft . And yes it looks very good and has a few things I'm really looking for. The reviews were of version 1.35. Is this the latest or is there a newer one. If so which,…
Thanks for the titbits of Helm info…it sounds like a good move and one I should be taking sometime over the coming months. One thing that did help was the willingness of Jerrell when it comes to "user" surpport a key element today. I'll have to have a good look…
OK on the file access that's what I need to know. Also is Helm a Workbench 2+ only or is it possible for it to work on all Amigas. This mainly goes for the programs developed with it. To add to this is it say possible to use the Amigaguide…
Thanks for the info Larry. Helm is certainly looking like the move I want. What did your friend think to Helm as compared with CanDo. Also the time diffrence could have something to do with the scripting language ?. Maybe he said "you can't do that with mine as easy"…
Well the PC port sounds good and probably right up my street…stick with it . I take it these "seek" commands, as well as the read and write commands don't actually load the disk file into RAM. I need the file to stay on HD as it will be to…
Jerrell, Well it's nice to hear you are thinking of an intelligent complier, just hope it comes about what with all the other things you are doing. Just what is the "cross platform version" you are working on? I'm interested in Helm there's no doubt. I'm looking into either Blitz…
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