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Short: UAE-ADF Mount+Unmount Workbench-Interface
Author: hippie@cheerful.com [ Ralf Steines aka Hippie2000 ]
Uploader: hippie@cheerful.com [ Ralf Steines aka Hippie2000 ]
Type: misc/emu
$VER: UAE-App 0.1.2 by Hippie2000
UAE-ADF Mount+Unmount Workbench-Interface
Introduction
UAE-App is a Commodity integrating the DF0: - DF3: ADF disk emulation control of UAE in the
Amiga-OS. It provides the entire scale of Amiga User-Interfaces, such as Shell / Workbench /
AppIcon / AppWindow / AppMenuItem / PopupGUI / Commodity to make ADF disk emulation
handling as simple as possible.
Requirements
UAE-App is a single 40K executable (and its icon), designed to be placed in the wbstartup folder of
your UAE-emulated V37+ workbench. It does not require any special libraries, just those which are
part of the AmigaOS. It should work with all UAE ports which allow to mount parts of the native
host-filesystem as amiga volumes.
Download
Check http://metamonk.com/uae/ for online doc and newest version!
Installation
1) Decide where you want to store all your ADF images. This may either be an already mounted
native-filesystem harddisk emulation or a new volume just for this purpose. If you decide to use a new
volume (eg ADF:) use the UAE-GUI or UAE commandline-arguments to mount it and put all yor
ADFs there. Start UAE and check if the new volume appears on your workbench.
2) Unpack the UAE-App archive in a temporary folder and drag the UAE-App application in your
wbstartup folder. Do not start it before you have finished configuration.
3) Currently all amiga-side configurations are done by modifying the following 3 workbench tooltypes
of sys:wbstartup/uae-app.info.
HOST-PATH=D:\amiga\adfopus\disks\
AMIGA-PATH=ADF:
HOST-SLASH=\
The tooltype "HOST-PATH" must be set to the native path in your host filesystem which you have
choosen in step (1) to keep all your ADF images. MUST END WITH A DELIMITER! (dosish: "\" or
":\" and unixish: "/" or ":"). "AMIGA-PATH" must point at exactly the same location as defined in
tooltype HOST-PATH, but seen from the amiga side. "HOST-SLASH" must be the slash character
used by the host filesystem to divide directorynames from filenames in pathes. (dosish: "\" and unixish:
"/"). Mounting of ADF images will be limited to the both pathes above, what may be useful to avoid
mounting files which end in ".adf" and are no amiga disk files (eg adobe uses this file extension too)
4) "Reboot" your emulation and have fun!
Usage
GUI POPUP WINDOW
UAE-App normally hides its GUI until you call the ADF disk insertion function by one of the interfaces
described below. The GUI will pop up, showing you the path of the ADF image you want to insert,
enabling the buttons "Insert 0" to "Insert 3". Click one of them and the virtual disk will be inserted in the
appropriate drive. Or click "Ignore", and the last insertion event will be ignored. ADF disk insertion is
limited to ".adf" images within the path specified in the AMIGA-PATH tooltype (case insensitive).
Anything else you may attemp to insert will just flash your workbench screen.
APP INTERFACE (DRAG AND DROP )
UAE-App enables the complete Workbench App-Interface to trigger ADF disk insertion and removal
operations. Dragging an ADF image file in the Workench-App-Icon or the Popup-GUI or activating
the file and using the App-MenuItem will call the disk insertion function (ADF file does not need to
have an icon for this). Dragging a disk icon associated with a DFx: virtual floppy drive in the
Workench-App-Icon or the Popup-GUI or activating it and using the App-MenuItem will call the disk
removal function in turn.
DEFAULT TOOL INTERFACE
You may create Project Icons for your ADF image files, pointing at sys:wbstartup/uae-app as default
tool. This will enable you to insert ADF images by double-clicking at them, and will be the future
interface to store UAE settings in the workbench tooltypes of each ADF image. (TODO)
SHELL INTERFACE
sys:wbstartup/uae-app <filename.adf> may be called from shell to insert the named disk image. This
may be useful in scripts or to integrate UAE-App functions in other programs, such as DOPUS or
Toolmanager. Note that this call is asynchronous and does not wait for the disk insertion to be
completed (yet?).
SHUTTING DOWN UAE-APP
Yo do not want to do this, do you? OK! Use Commodities Exchange, use 'Quit' in the GUI's 'Project'
menu to shut down the server. This will disable all functionality of UAE-App, even the shell interface
and the default tool interface. Relaunch UAE-App from workbench to enable all features again.
Technical info
UAE-App is a hybrid single executable solution. The first instance is launched as a (unique) commodity
from your wbstartup. It acts as a message server to handle the GUI, the AppInterface and a remote
event dispatcher port in asynchronous way . Any further instances of UAE-App (launched by the
default tool interface and the shell interface) send their arguments to the server, to be inserted in the
input stream.
Bugs-Warnings-Todo
- No character translation in filenames yet (except slashes)
- Disk images are not locked yet when mounted
History
990319 uae-app_012.lha first aminet release.
- added about window, button and menue.
- added status display line, displaying all operations in gui.
- fixed cx_popkey bug with CX V37 (cx_popkey installation now properly CX V38+).
- checks AMIGA-PATH for uae.device now, fails safe on hardfiles and real amigas.
- added pattern gadget to filerequesters, including adz and adf.gz files now.
- fixed filerequesters to work with v36+ os (oops, called v39 stuff before).
- added emulator menue to call softreset/hardreset/exitemu/debug.
- added Create function, creates blank 880K adf image.
- enhanced asynchronous GUI filename refresh.
990312 uae-app_011.lha first usable version.
- added appmenuitem.
- added prelimary shell argument handler.
- added ADF project icon default tool interface.
- added Project menue.
- simplified gui.
- added ASL filerequester.
- added skip button.
- added CX_POPKEY tooltype and function (defaults to ctrl alt u).
990306 uae-app_010.lha initial alpha release.
Legal Stuff
(c) 1999 Ralf Steines aka Hippie2000, FREEWARE, must not be sold, may be
distributed as original archive by any medium, may be included as single files in any
UAE distribution, even commercial ones. PROVIDED "AS IS", NO WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK....
Feedback Form
It's impossible for me to test this program with all ports of UAE, so i need your
feedback to make it work best. Email to metamonk@yahoo.com or use the form
at http://metamonk.com/uae/ for feedback. Thanks.