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#Spreadsheet????
Message #129817
Paul, no, actually my days seem like 72 hours each… (grin) I'm currently in a long trip across North America, so haven't been online much.
James, the last version of Switcher I released is 1.10. There is no 1.30. Khalid.
Maxiplan files
Message #66566
Does anyone know if the different Maxiplan versions out there have different file formats? I would like to get files saved with all those different versions for testing. Khalid.
Mike, hehehe.. yes… it's even worse when most of your testers have debugging tools like mungwall/enforcer… especially when you can't duplicate the hits. But in general, I agree, no news is good news, since about 90% of feedback is normally bad news. 🙂 Khalid.
Wayne, From my experience with beta testers, most seems to give feedback in bursts… a lot during the first 2-3 weeks, then in cycles of low to medium feedback. If you have enough testers, and keep changing them often enough, you will have a good test team. Then there are…
Wayne, That's a very valid point about choosing beta testers. There aren't many programmers that really listen to feedback. I think that's one of the biggest problems with software that ends up as somewhat useful, but not really good enough for power users. Khalid.
John, I'm still here…. I've been watching the messages quietly, not wanting to cause a major message thread. (grin) I've been working on it for a long time now… it's close to completion. I don't want to release anything half-done, I'm sure you understand. Khalid.
Chris, That bug has been reported to me… only seems to happen under 1.3. It is fixed already, so I might release a simple bug fix upgrade. Khalid. e
Tryg, thanks….. tho I haven't seen it yet.. waiting for it to show up in the mail.. (probably another week or so) Khalid.
Tom, are these the keyboard up/down keys, or the scroll up/down gadgets in the FR window? Khalid.
Bob, Yes.. I managed to duplicated the bug.. will fix it. Thanks Switcher has actually been around since '89.. but never got the attention it derserved.. (IMHO) (ducking) Thanks for your feedback. Khalid.
Bob, yes.. using the l, p, or q options makes FR_Bypass totally ignore the specified library. As a result, in the control panel, that button is not shown at all, as if the library wasn't found in libs: I probably should document this behaviour. (grin) Khalid.
Bob, I fixed it. It had to happen in that exact sequence for the bug to show up. I was trying to open the FR on a non-existant screen… Intuition didn't like that much. 🙂 Any more bugs? Suggestions? Comments? (grin) Khalid.
Bob, ok.. that is a genuine bug… I just duplicated it. Will fix it. Thanks. Khalid.
Rich, ok.. I'll fish out a 1.3 machine and try it out. Khalid.
Bill, try running it as "FR_Bypass q" in the startup-sequence. This will make it not intercept calls to req.library. I haven't been using 1.3 for a long time now, so something might have broken there… what guru # do you get? Khalid.
Bill, hmmm… I thought that problem was fixed long ago. I can't duplicate it here. Are you sure you are using the latest FR_Bypass? You can disable the req.library bypass and leave the rest working easily. Khalid.
#FR 3.13
Message #56375
I uploaded version 3.13 of my file requester to AmigaTech library 13, as FRQLIB.LZH a couple of days ago…. go get it! (smile) Khalid.
Bob, try the new history list feature….. really useful. Khalid.
#New FRQLIB
Message #53935
A new release of my file requester library is now up in AmigaTech, Lib 13, as FRQLIB.LZH. This fixes all reported bugs with the asl bypass, and adds several neat features.
Ben, not a bad idea.. I'm willing to participate.. just name the time and place. (grin) The main problem with the ASL requester is that the interaction between AllocAslRequest() call and the AslRequest() call isn't well documented, which makes someone trying to intercept these calls work a lot harder to…
Michael, I am fairly cetain it was NOT the slash stuff. M err, My code did handle the slash stuff before, removing it for asl calls. The problem was more complicated than that.
Michael, hehehe.. then I'll reserve the technical explanation of the problem/solution for another forum. 🙂 Khalid.
Michael, ok… I'll email it to you later today… I just started playing with PageStream after years of using ProPage… so far, looks good. (grin)
Ben, hehehe… in fact it wasn't about the trailing '/'.. I know enough to handle that like it should.. (asl, req and arp each require different handling) It was a lot more interesting than that. (smile) Khalid.
PgS 2.2 and FRQLIB
Message #51513
I have identified and fixed the problem with my file requester bypass program (FR_Bypass) failing to work correctly with PageStream 2.2. This is going through a couple of days of testing and I will be uploading the new version very soon. Since I didn't have PageStream before, I couldn't really…
Jim, no.. but it's a good idea. ok.. I'll put it in. Khalid.
John, I wouldn't mind seeing the source for launching a WB program, too. Although I understand the technique, I haven't had the time to sit down and write one myself. (You know.. programmers are lazy by nature… most of us, anyway 🙂 Khalid.
Chris, thanks.. I have been informed of a couple of bugs in the asl bypass, and I'm going to do a full rewrite of it very soon. I hope this fixes the current problems.. (and not introduce any new ones 🙂 Khalid.
Rob, hehehe.. Awali? No kidding?! (grin)
Rob, I believe switch() doesn't support char arrays (strings) as cases. You'll have to use strcmp() or a similar string compare routine to do that. Also, *argv[1] is a pointer to the first character in argv[1], i.e. the switch() statement is only getting the first character of argv[1] into the…
Tom, hmm… I might have a solution for this problem… I've been thinking about it for a while. I'll see what I can come up with. Khalid.
Mike, you might want to look at DKBSRC.lzh in Lib 5. It has a file called gifdecod.c which shows how to read/decode a GIF file. I believe this was written originally by Steve Bennet, so he might be able to help, too. Khalid.
Roy, if you tell me where to find SoundPrefs or email it to me I'll see what I can do. Khalid.
Michael, that's a good idea.. I'll think about it. Khalid.
Tom, the list you get is simply the entire path/filename of each file or directory in the user or history lists, so no updates are necessary. I'm fixing a couple of bugs this weekend and should have a new release ready by then. Khalid.
Jim, no, it's not supposed to bypass the FR in TurboText, but it incorrectly intercepts the font requester in it, I'm told. I'm working on a fix for this problem. Khalid.
Steve, it's a question of getting used to it. (grin) Most of the 'unusual' things in it were done by a conscious decision.. I followed the Amiga convention as much as I could without sacrificing power/speed.. plus the FR was designed almost 2 1/2 years ago… at that time things…
Mike, maybe… but not for the next version. When I've got some free programming time maybe. (grin) Khalid.
Steve, it's a bit tricky… since I do a lot of manipulation of the string gadget myself. I just enabled the normal Intuition handling of it for now.. it works ok, but it gets confused sometimes since it tends to remember what the string was when I asked it to…
Steve, I'll look into ExAll, then, if it is faster. (probably some time next week) Khalid.
Tom, just finished adding another one… a History list. This is a list of the last 100 files you OK'd in the FR in the current session, from any program. The list is shown last file first. Again, this is accessed by the right mouse button.. after the user list.…
Michael, double-click DOES work… are you sure you're double-clicking fast enough?? Khalid.
Tom, hehehe.. ok… it's a user-defined list of files/directories that you define in a config-file, or on the fly in the FR. You can access that list immediately from the FR in any program by clicking the right mouse button or the F2 key and you'll get your user list…
John, I have a test directory on my hard disk with 4500 entries, simply to test the FR on such a situation. (grin) In most cases, the overhead is in the device itself, and not the FR, although after about 2000 entries the sort code does start to slow down…
Steve, you mean ExAll()? My gripe with it is that it requires me to pre-define the buffer size for reading the directory. As I have do idea how big the directory will be, it is a tough call….. i.e. do I use a large buffer and lose memory or use…
Steve, hmm… I suppose it could be done.. disabling on a per-application basis. Lemme think about it. Khalid.
Jim, thanks for the report.. the About button was a last-minute addition… not really thought out, I admit. I'll fix it. Khalid.
Dave, I just tried the GETFILE with ADPro2 and my FR… works fine. How is the breaking for you? crashing? gururing? simply not working? Khalid.
Steve, FR_Bypass does have a silent startup option, and selective disabling of each bypass module. FR_Bypass w (means no startup window) It's there in the docs… somewhere! (grin) Khalid.
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