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Don – I just tried doing what you suggested. I didn't see any default setting. I already had it set to other and tried using some of the others but nothing made a difference. I then tried appending the *tty to my user_id but the system kept saying invalid id.…
Thanks Don. I'll give it a try. -Jack
How do I tell what kind of chip it is? -Jack
Thanks Dave. I appreciate the help. -Jack
Thanks Stuart – it does. Jack
#9600 mesages
Message #216595
Whenever I connect at 9600 and try to type a message on-line, the cursor doesn't return to the beginning of line when I hit CR. It just drops down one line and to the right one character. Everything works fine at 2400. Both worked fine untill about a month ago.…
#adding scsi devices
Message #216594
I would like to add a removable hard disk and/or a tape system to my A3000. I have seen some pretty goods deals on some lately. Will any scsi device work? I have the standard scsi controller that came with the computer. I appreciate any guidance. Thanks, Jack
Commodities help
Message #47924
I am still trying to figure out how a commodities program can tell which program generated a message it received. I obtained an InputEvent structure using CxMsgData() thinking that the ie.addr field would contain the answer since the RKM says it is the event address. But I can't figure out…
Commodities/timer
Message #47837
I am trying to use the commodities library to recognize a timer event from a specific program. However it gets a constant string of timer events. Is there a way to isolate which event the program looks at? -Jack
I appreciate the helpful reply. I have the CD so I'll look it up. Thanks – Jack
Someone I know still uses an A1000 in her work. She has no plans of updating it and is waiting till there is a more secure future for the Amiga before buying a new one. Normally I try to write most of my programs so that they will run under…
Thanks Werner. I am aware of the commodities library but I did want the program to be 1.3 compatible. Thanks, Jack
#input device
Message #47633
I need to be able to monitor the keyboard at all times ( so I can use a hot-key). From what I can get from the manuals, I need to add a handler to the input device. First, I would like to know if this is the way to go…
#47451-
Help me with C !!!
Message #47542
When you compile include the option -lm, which tells it to link the math library. So your line would be something like dcc -lm input file -o output file. Hope this helps. Jack
Dmake help
Message #47436
Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? If I have something like the following in a make file it works. prog : dir/sub_dir/file compile command But if I change it "%f\n", celsius);
Thanks again Vic. No need to apologize. I'm glad I got the response that I did. -Jack
Thanks Vic, I appreciate all of your effort and input on this problem. I was thinking that the creators of DICE might be able to supply an answer but they no longer have a spot on the vendors forum. Do you know if I can reach them online some other…
Dice has the geta4() also. I thought of that and tried using it but it didn't make a difference but I may have been using it wrong. I placed it at the beginnning of the child process. Do you know if this is correct?
Shraddhan, I am using CreateProc on purpose since I want the resultant code to be both 1.3 and 2.0 compatible. And yes, I am using Dice. As far as preventing the call to currentdir is concerned, if there is a way to prevent it I don't know it. Thanks for…
Vic – I'm not sure I understand your question about the child getting the WB message. But if you are asking why I have the struct WBStartup *msg as an argument, that is just for form. I tried it with a void *msg also but it did not make a…
Thnaks for the effort Shraddhan. I don't know much about Assembler but the info you supplied does give me a few ideas on where to start looking. Thanks, Jack
#Enforcer hit
Message #42739
I have uploaded a program I have been having trouble with. It is a program to start a process and it gets an enforcer hit. If anyone has the time or inclination to take a look at it I would appreciate any feedback or ideas on how to fix it.…
Vic – I am almost certain the hit occurs right when the child starts. I realize this could still be caused by the parent, but I have tried a lot of different things and that seems to be where it occurs. I have uploaded the code under the name of…
Steve – I think I tried RefreshGList() but I'll give it another shot. Thanks for the suggestion. -Jack
#Border Gadget
Message #42656
I never needed to have a gadget in the top border until now and I am having trouble getting it to work. I set the GRELRIGHT flag and put TOPBORDER in the activation field. It works fine if the window doesn't use the drag bar flag. But if used, the…
Vic, I am running SegTracker. Since I do not have a lot of experience with it, I could be interpreting it wrong, but the Enforcer hit names the child as the problem. But like I said before, I think, the same parent program runs fine with a program compiled last…
Process Enf hit
Message #42476
I have a small program I run as a background process. I originally compiled it with the registered version of Dice back in March and it worked fine with no enforcer hits. I recompiled it with the new released version of Dice and it now gets an enforcer hit. The…
Thanks Brian. I played around with that idea a little but it seemed that all I was really doing was moving all of the code into one fcn since I still had to have different statements for each call to GetSucc,for example.
#exec lists
Message #42216
I am using exec list handling functions to handle three separate lists. As the program stands now, there are three sets of functions that are basically the same; three add-to-list functions, three sort functions, etc. Is there a way to have one function perform the same job for each list.…
Thanks Dale. I'm going to start all over from scratch and see what happens. I'll give the stack message a try first though. -Jack
Thanks Andy. I'm using 2.04. I'll give the config file another going over. -Jack
Arp programmers manual, section 3.1.1.
Maybe I don't understand your response or the basic premise of VMake but I am starting VMake from the CLI myself. DME doesn't invoke it. Is this correct or am I totally off base on this. -Jack
I am running a stock A3000. I understand about the apparent console hang from the documentation. However, these are real hangs,usually resulting in system alert messages and reboots. DICE runs fine when I use DME so my paths and assigns must be ok. I am assuming that VMake is runnable…
The documentation I have says to link with it so I got hung up on that. Reading in a another section I found where it says OpenLibrary will also work. Thanks for you patient reply. -Jack
#Using VMake
Message #83540
I just got the released version of Dice and have tried using VMake. However it seems that no matter what I do the program always hangs the computer. Should the program work as it is or am I causing the problem by not setting it up right? -Jack
#Linking Arp
Message #41271
I am trying to link the arp library with one of my older programs. But I keep getting the message "error parsing object module arp.library offset 0" when I try it. I am using the -l option of Dice and have linked other libraries successfully. Does anyone know what I…
Thanks for your help Andrew. I'll try it and let you know the results. _jack
Dynamic gadget creation
Message #40783
I need to be able to create a variable number of gadgets on the fly. I came up with the following function to accomplish this (the actual funtion would contain a loop). However, after running it and clicking on the gadget a few times, if I try to recompile, the…
You may want to take a look at the file ifflib.lha. It contains quite a bit of info on using the iff library. -Jack
I appreciate that Fred. -Jack
Yes, I am very interested Fred. I have gotten a lot of good ideas from others on the question but I don't know if I have enough experience to implement them. A working example would be prefect and truly appreciated. Thanks again – Jack
Thanks Brian. I didn't think of that. I will give it a try. -Jack
Thanks Jim. I was thinking the same thing. I just have to implement it now. -JAck
Thanks for the suggestions Jerry. I'll download the files and take a look at them. -Jack
It is an inventory program I am working on and someof the fileds are name, location, cost and the like. The program normally sorts on the name filed but the user can request it to sort on location for instance. Thanks for the suggestion on how to sort using the…
Jerry, Forgot to answer your first question. Yes it is a string comparison. Could this be one of the reasons why it takes so long? -Jack
I think I am doing an insertion sort now. I go through each item in the list until I find where it belong and rearrange the pointers. But if an items is at at the end of the list a lot of time is wasted on the going through all…
Thanks Jerry. I'll give it a try. But since I have not done this before would you have any idea of where an example might be found? Jack
Jim, It is a linked list because each time the program is ran any number of items may be added to it thus I don't know its final size. The whole file is in memory at all times. The structure I am using has 10 items, the program can sort…
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