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Short: OS 2.x MultiView replacement
author: hschuman@cs.uni-magdeburg.de <Horst Schumann>
uploader: hschuman@cs.uni-magdeburg.de <Horst Schumann>
type: /dev/e
Introduction
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This little program should be named MultiView and placed in the C:
directory or somewhere else in the search path.
It was written out of frustration. If you are using OS 2.x and often
download archives from Aminet or the like, you probably know this
situation: doubleclick on an icon and a requester pops up "program
multiview cannot be located". This is especially annoying for CDs,
because it is impossible to change the default tool.
Here is where this program comes in. It is called instead of the 3.x
MultiView and there is a pre-configured viewer that you like best
for all the usual file extensions.
How to use it?
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Very simple, if you have AmigaE by Wouter van Oortmerssen.
Thanks Wouter for this incredible piece of software and the support!
It was written using version 3.1a, but might work with earlier
versions too.
(If not, get the latest version from Aminet and try the demo and
register afterwards 8-) )
I put in my favourite viewers (players can also be used). To change
that, just edit the source code to fit your needs and compile it.
As the last step, put it in your C: directory as MultiView.
Then you are set.
In addition, I created a Toolmanager dock for my program. That makes
it possible to simply drag a document on this icon and it is viewed.
(great for readme files on Aminet CDs without icons)
Requirements
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- Amiga computer (kind of obvious)
- enough memory to load the program and to display all
the requesters (and for the viewers and data as well)
- OS 2.x (3.x and more comes with a real MultiView, so why bother?)
Some problems
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- viewers must be in C: or complete path must be coded, when used
from WB
(DOS.library`s Execute function related)
(any ideas for fixing, please contact me)
- doesn`t replace OS 3.x data types
(it doesn`t even try 8-( )
- no external prefs file/program
(faster for same reason)
data types do not change very often
- can handle only commands up to 512 characters
(including parameters, quotes, spaces, colons, slashes ...)
(max. CLI command length is 512)
- file needs to have an extension (.something) to recognize
file type (currently up to 6 characters)
otherwise the requester for unknown file types comes up
Legal Stuff
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This program was written, using some example routines from the
AmigaE_v3.1a package, (thanks again to Wouter) by:
Horst Schumann
Helmstedter Str. 18
39167 Irxleben
Germany
e-mail: hschuman@cs.uni-magdeburg.de
WWW: http://www.cs.uni-magddeburg.de/~hschuman/hschuman.html (links only)
I call it anythingware (same as giftware)! Everybody can use it,
modify it, compile it, re-release it, etc. provided he/she (Are
there any girls using the Amiga? I'd love to hear from you!)
sends me anything like e-mails, postcards, letters, money, Amiga
equipment, Amigas (no PCs, please!), etc., but if you can`t
afford any of it, please use it anyway, it might be useful. Own
programs, especially those of the useful kind, are very much
welcome too (uncrippled of course).
And now the standard disclaimer
-------------------------------
NO WARRANTY
If something happens and you don`t want it, blame somebody else!
History
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This release got some requesters added in case the file type is
unknown. Instead of using the default viewer a custom viewer can
be selected.
Future Plans?
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Who knows what the future will bring...