CompuServe Thread

#BUY DOPUS 5!!!

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#208267From: Ron LegroAug 14, 1995 8:28 PM
Greg, I can rather easily make DOpus 5.0 or 5.11 crash on my Workbench 3.1-based A2000. All I have to do is try firing up some concurrent task, such as opening a prefs requester within DOpus while one of its file lister windows is busy. Crash. Furthermore, scripts don't always work, even the plain-vanilla LHA one that is supplied with 5.11. Tinkering has not solved the problem. I'm about to try reinstalling the whole thing. When it works, it's great, but on my machine it's too unstable to run constantly, or to use as a Workbench replacement. — from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Amiga AUTOPILOT v1.80 [Are you asleep at the stick?]
#208284From: Greg PerryAug 14, 1995 10:45 PM
Thanks for the comments. We find Opus 5.11 quite stable on a normal Amiga system from WB2.0 – 3.1. We run it on 4 machines on a 14hr/day basis. Two of these run as WBReplacement and two on its own screen. Each of Opus's listers is a totally separate task so have no effect on other applications etc. So I can attempt to track your problem, please provide some details (to my internet address below) of what you think is causing your problems. Please also supply a list of what else you are using. There are some programs which we have found are not compatible and can cause problems because they incorrectly look for "workbench" etc. The plain vanilla LHA script in the User Menu is very simply and just takes the source files/dirs and archives them to the destination Lister under the name provided. The Filetypes LHA settings (by default) either display the list of the archive, or, if you drag and drop the archive will de-archive it into the given lister. The only reason why these would not work would be if the LHA was not on your command PATH. As a check, you can look at the files created by Opus in the T: directory to see the exact commands it is executing and then check if the command script can access the programs nammed. As far as the LHADIR scripts supplied, these were provided by 3rd party but I and many others are it without significant problems as far as I am aware ?? __ Regards, Dr Greg Perry GPSoftware, PO Box 570 , ASHGROVE AUSTRALIA 4060 Phone/Fax +61 7 3661402 InterNet: zzgperry@mailbox.uq.oz.au