ImageFX 4.5 Studio Download Available On AmiSphere Server

[10MARC]

I just ordered my copy. I own ImageFX 4.3 but cannot find my "Disk 1" - so this is wonderful!
I am very excited to try this out - it will supplement Art Department Pro quite nicely!

Thanks for releasing this!

[OlafS3]

I have ordered ImageFX

how can I download it?

[amigakit]

@OlafS3

Thanks for the order.

The digital purchase has been added the Amisphere user account you opened.  Login here with those Amisphere user details to download: www.amisphere.com

[OlafS3]

thanx

I have lost the registration details

Could you send me them again please?

I already own Personal Paint so I had something

[amigakit]

You have an email.

[10MARC]

There seems to be a problem while installing this on a AmigaOS 3.1.4 install that has been installed over Amiga OS3.9 (so you can still use Reaction)
On test installs, as soon as ImageFX is loaded and you reboot, the resource.library stops working, so almost any Reaction software will fail. In my case it kills Amidock, and won't let me open some prefs.
I am currently restoring my entire SYS: folder to see if it fixes it.
I have not tested to see if it breaks AmigaOS 3.9 installations, but will try that later.

Addendum: restoring the entire SYS: partition gets me back and running - next I will try just restoring "Libs:", although to be honest, resource.library seemed untouched.

Addendum 2: The same problem occurs with a pure Amiga OS 3.9 installation. It reports that resource.library cannot be loaded on a reboot. It is most definitively overwriting something that it should not be overwriting.

[kolla]

Wild guess - it steals the LIBS: assign so that it no longer points at SYS:Libs, SYS:Classes etc.

Perhaps there is a typo somewhere - what did it write to S:User-Startup? Perhaps there is an "Assign LIBS: ...." that lacks an "ADD"?

[10MARC]

Wild guess - it steals the LIBS: assign so that it no longer points at SYS:Libs, SYS:Classes etc.

Perhaps there is a typo somewhere - what did it write to S:User-Startup? Perhaps there is an "Assign LIBS: ...." that lacks an "ADD"?

Good thought. going to LIBS: brings me to the normal place. I suspect they replaced some library that resource.library needs, as resource.library seems to itself remain intact. I am going to dig thru the installer script to try and find the culprit.

[TribbleSmasher]

The installation protocol did not reveal anything suspicious?

[walkero]

I would say check the installation script and search with .library or LIBS: to see what exactly it does. Unfortunately, I don't have it here to check it myself.

[10MARC]

I got the problem fixed with the Amiga OS 3.9 / 3.1.4 upgrade fixed. The installer is doing something to the SYS:classes/gadgets or SYS:classes/images files. I initially assumed it was the "chooser.gadget" or the "bevel.image" file that was overwritten, as those are the only two files that the installer overwrites. Copying them from a known working folder individually did not seem to solve it, but when I copied the ENTIRE contents of the SYS:classes/images and SYS:classes/gadgets folders from a working installation to the corrupted one, it works!
Note that this was tested on three different installs - two of which were Amiga OS 3.9 with Amiga OS 3.1.4 installed over it using the script, and the third was just a native AmigaOS 3.9 install.
Until the devs fix the issue with the installer, the best solution is to back up your entire "SYS:Classes" folder prior to installation, and manually restore it when you are done... If not things like Amidock, the entire prefs files, and anything that needs resource.library will totally fail.
I will reach out to Matthew Leahman directly in case he does not catch this thread.

[amigakit]

Ill take a look at the installer this weekend and fix it.  Thanks for your reports.

[amigakit]

I checked the installation and it copies over bevel.image and chooser.gadget which are now outdated in OS3.9.  If you install with advanced mode then it should warn you that you are copying over an older version.  However for a more robust solution, I added a version check for both files and it does not copy over the two files in intermediate or novice modes now if you have newer versions already installed.

New installer added to ImageFX image and uploaded to AmiSphere server.

[nbache]

@amigakit:

I added a version check for both files

Just a matter of using copylib instead of copyfiles, I assume?

Best regards,

Niels

[amigakit]

@nbache

I checked and Copylib is already used in the code but for some reason, it seems from the reports here that the classes were still being installed.    My extra checks bypass the classes installation if ReAction is already used.

[kolla]

@amigakit
“outdated”? By what? If YOUR classes make Os 3.9 components fail, YOUR classes have compatibility problems and should not be distributed.

Now what was it Thomas was writing about such things? What does Minious say about this?

Also, a reminder that AmiSphere Terms&Conditions are still “Error: File Not Found” and many of the services that require login credentials on on amiga.org do not work with https - GDPR dictates that you shall protect user data as best possible, something you keep failing at - too many web servers and domains to maintain perhaps? A big shoutout to amigapassion.co.uk and amigastore.eu!