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- RemoveDA 1.12 (08 May 1998)
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-
- Written by Jonathan Brady
- for Sliced Software, © 1997-98
-
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-
- Introduction
-
- RemoveDA is a utility for removing Dynamic areas which are left when an
- application crashes.
-
- WARNING : This program is potentially dangerous if a Dynamic area is removed
- which is in use it can crash the system, use with caution.
-
- This program is based on an original version by Dave Thomas and the design
- of the main window and the application icon were done by him, and the text of
- this help file is based on his original.
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- Usage
-
- Load RemoveDA by double-clicking on it's icon in a filer window. Once
- loaded it will sit in the background waiting for you to press Ctrl-D, upon
- which it will open its main window (in most cases, it will only open when no
- other window or icon has the input focus). This window will list all of the
- ‘application’ dynamic areas, so it won’t include the Wimp Sprite Pool or any
- of the System areas. For example, say the main window shows the following
- areas:
- 256 - Zap bitmaps (76K)
- 257 - Zap files (8K)
- 259 - SparkFS (28K)
- 260 - Zap bitmaps (76K)
- 261 - Zap files (8K)
-
- Two of these areas are ‘dead’ areas left by an earlier incarnation of Zap
- which had crashed. By clicking on the ‘Remove’ button next to each of them,
- the dynamic areas will be removed and the memory freed. If you are unsure of
- which area to remove or simply require more details about the area then this
- is available by using the ‘Details...’ menu option.
-
- Although you can remove Dynamic areas which belong to running programs,
- *don’t*, you’ll only crash the application it belongs to or even the whole
- system.
-
- The list will automatically update when Dynamic areas are created or
- removed, or when the size of the areas changes.
-
- For safety’s sake, the remove icon of any ‘ROM patches’ area is shaded and
- the area cannot be removed, you should never need to remove it anyway.
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- Licence
-
- This software is copyrighted work of Jonathan Brady, it is supplied
- “as is”; using it is entirely at your own risk. I make no warranty as to
- the fitness of this software for any purpose. This software may be passed
- on to other people as long as the following conditions are met:
-
- 1) Copies may be passed between private individuals as long as this is
- done free of charge.
-
- 2) It may be distributed by public domain libraries, as long as no more
- than £2.00 is charged for a 800Kb (E format) disk of P.D. software
- containing RemoveDA and no more than £2.50 is charged for a 1.6Mb (F
- format disk). If charges are higher than this, then my permission must
- be obtained first.
-
- 3) It may be distributed by remote databases such as FTP sites or mail
- servers on the Internet or bulletin boards, as long as no charge is
- made for downloading it (other than the cost of the phone call).
-
- 4) It may be distributed by any other method (including magazine discs)
- provided that my permission has been obtained first.
-
- 5) The copyright remains mine at all times.
-
- 6) The software is distributed intact and unchanged (including this help
- file).
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-
- Versions
-
- 1.00 (15 Oct 1997)
- - Had a look at RemoveDA by Dave Thomas and decided I could improve on
- it. Well it works and uses a filter instead of a window to trap the
- keypress.
-
- 1.01 (15 Oct 1997)
- - Filter changed to just TaskManager instead of all tasks which was
- preventing Ctrl-D being passed on at all.
-
- 1.02 (16 Oct 1997)
- - ROM patches now shaded for the RISCOS 3.7 patches as well.
-
- 1.03 (03 Nov 1997)
- - First release version.
- - Automatic update feature added.
-
- 1.04 (08 Nov 1997)
- - Second release version.
- - Now implements full details on area.
-
- 1.05 (30 Dec 1997)
- - Help file added and code modified to work with Justin Fletcher’s
- DummyDynamicAreas.
-
- 1.06 (03 Jan 1997)
- - Third release version.
- - Recompiled with modified JFPatch for better error checking.
-
- 1.07 (02 Feb 1998)
- - Fourth release version.
- Bug which stopped code working with DummyDynamicAreas fixed (Justin
- don't just use error number 0, Acorn gave us specific error numbers for
- a reason :-) ).
-
- 1.08 (04 Mar 1998)
- - Interactive help implemented on main menu
- - Interactive help code tidied up to reduce size of code.
-
- 1.09 (13 Mar 1998)
- - Modified to use TaskInfo (© J. Brady, 1998) to provide menus in the
- taskmanager.
- - All menus now created using messagetrans.
-
- 1.10 (15 Mar 1998)
- - Fifth release version.
- - Separate interactive help available for shaded remove menu item.
-
- 1.11 (29 Apr 1998)
- - Can now be installed before the desktop due to new filter system,
- needs WimpSWIve though.
- - Interactive help for full details window fixed.
- - Menu button now works over shaded remove icons.
- - Proper interactive help now supplied for shaded remove icons.
- - Areas sorted into numerical order in main window (bubblesort - well
- what did you expect?).
- - 'None' displayed instead of '&00000000' if area handler not present.
- - Complete internationalisation, all I need now is someone to translate
- the message files.
-
- 1.12 (08 May 1998)
- - Sixth release version.
- - Minor cosmetic changes.
- - Window no longer automatically re-centres whenever any changes occur
- to dynamic areas.
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- To do list
-
- Check error message when no dynamic area system present in machine.
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- Contact Addresses
-
- If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions for future versions or
- anything else don't hesitate to contact me at :
-
- Mail: Mr J.T.J. Brady
- 147 Higher Bebington Road
- Higher Bebington
- Wirral
- Merseyside
- L63 2PN
-
- Email: removada@sliced.demon.co.uk
-
- WWW: http://www.sliced.demon.co.uk/