Installation

Installing AWeb

Installing AWeb is straightforward. Just double-click the Install icon.

The archive contains three different Workbench icons for AWeb: for the standard Workbench, for MagicWB, and for NewIcons. The installation process will ask you which you want to install. The other icons are saved in a separate drawer so you can switch icons later.

AWeb needs some ClassAct classes. These are included in the archive, and the installation process will ask you if you want to install them. You are strongly encouraged to do so. If you do not install ClassAct, you have to make sure that AWeb can find its classes, for instance by executing the MakeAssign script before you start AWeb. If you do install ClassAct, you don't have to worry about this.

If you haven't saved your settings from within AWeb, the installation procedure will also ask you some questions to be able to install one of the predefined configurations. Note that you can always change the configuration afterwards, using the settings requester.

First, it asks if you have 2 MB of memory in your Amiga, or more. If you have only 2 MB of memory, then a different setup is needed to get the most out of AWeb. Have look at these tips to see how you should set up AWeb for a 2 MB Amiga.
Also, you will be asked if you prefer small fonts or large fonts. The large fonts option will make AWeb look as closely as possible to the standard Netscape setup, using only standard Workbench fonts. Although the HTML standard doesn't impose specific fonts in any way, many pages on the World Wide Web are designed to look best using these fonts. If you plan to use AWeb on a small screen (less than 640 x 400), you might want to use the small fonts, or else the window will contain very little text.
Note: The large fonts settings makes use of the CGTimes scalable font found on the Workbench Fonts diskette. Make sure you have this font properly installed if you choose large fonts.

Installer problems

In the past, Commodore has released several versions of the Installer program with quite different capabilities. Unfortunately, some misbehaving installation procedures of other applications might have copied an earlier version of the Installer program onto your hard disk. This can result in error messages like:

   Unable to compile script

when you try to install AWeb.

If you get such error message, you should delete SYS:Utilities/Installer if it exists in that drawer, and make sure the file SYS:C/Installer is the same as the one on your Workbench 3.x Install diskette.

Configuring the JFIF datatype

If you use the JFIF datatype (by Christoph Feck, TowerSystems), then please read this:

The JFIF datatype doesn't seem to handle shareable pens on public screens correctly under all circumstances. You have to install AWeb in the datatype or else AWeb will not be able to show inline JPEG images.

In the JFIF preference editor, you must add an application named AWebIP (AWeb Image Processing), and then select Single-Pass Quantization (in the GadTools version of the preference editor) or One-pass (in the MUI version).