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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.
-