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Answers to Common Problems
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Q: When I compile using "MEX STARBAR", I get litterally _HUNDREDS_ of errors!
A: You either don't have "SET MEX_INCLUDE" defined in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
or you've put the STARBAR.MH file somewhere MEX can't see it. Make sure
STARBAR.MH is in your ..\m directory, and that MEX_INCLUDE is defined
(see MAX.DOC or STARBAR.DOC on this) in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Q: MEX tells me that str_* variables aren't defined?
A: You either didn't include STARBAR.LH in your <language>.mad file, or you
forgot to MAID it afterwards.
Q: StarBar only displays 2 lines of the description?
A: That's not a problem...it's a feature...try the V)iew Long Description
command!
Q: Files are showing up as <Offline> using StarBar, but are there when using
the internal File_titles command.
A: StarBar works off your FILES.DAT/DMP files, not FILES.BBS. You _MUST_
run FB or FBP anytime you make changes to your file areas.
Q: I keep getting "Invalid Heap Free" errors in my Max.log when using StarBar
A: Try recompiling using the -h switch. EG: MEX -h16000 STARBAR
You can keep increasing this -h value until the problem goes away. However
StarBar compiles and works fine here without this switch, so the problem
may be deeper than I suspect. Please report this if it happens.
Q: StarBar keeps using the internal FILE_TITLES to display the files.
A: Check your MAX.LOG. Either the user didn't meet the requirements to use
StarBar, or the *.DAT/DMP files couldn't be found. Check to make sure
you've run FB and that you have a FileList defined for each area in
FILEAREA.CTL
Q: I keep getting "Patch Bound Exception" errors?
A: You are likely running DOS. At the time of release, StarBar compiled to
just 1,000 bytes below the DOS limit for a MEX program. You can do the
following:
1) In StarBar.MH comment out the #define DO_LOG statement.
2) If that doesn't provide enough room, comment out the
#define DO_LOCAL_DL statement.
With one or both of these commented out, there should be enough room
to run StarBar without affecting anything your users see.
Q: The V)iew Long Description function always reports "No Descriptor File
Found" and "Archive Contains No TXT or DOC files"?
A: Something is wrong with the external archive unpackers. Watch this
operation carefully and look for DOS error messages, such as "File
Not Found" or "Directory Doesn't Exist", etc.
Q: When trying to use GUS or ACLE, I get "File Not Found" errors.
A: GUS and ACLE _MUST_ be in your main BBS directory, not the StarBar dir.
Q: I tried to change the #define KEY_DOWN to "" instead of "2", and I get
garbage for that command when I run Starbar. Why?
A: Damn good question....don't have a good answer. I wrestled with this one
for hours one night. I came to the conclusion that the "" is some kind
of internal control char, used by Max. Mecca doesn't like it either. So
I opted to leave the number values in the command line, even though
the arrows work.
See Register.Doc for information on contacting me, if you have problems not
solved here.