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Title: Annoying assign problem
Post by: Amiduffer on January 20, 2006, 01:46:26 AM

This is Annoying!

Everytime I open an Icon for any directory, I get a requester for ImageFX twice. I recently removed and re-installed ImageFX, I looked in the User-Startup script, and all seems normal. Why the (:madashell:) is this happening?

Ami3000, OS3.5

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: zipper on January 20, 2006, 08:15:17 AM

A possibility: ImageFX may put some path to env: for jpg encoding

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: odin on January 20, 2006, 05:44:18 PM

Perhaps ImageFX has altered s:startup-sequence?

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: cecilia on January 20, 2006, 06:11:05 PM

what does your assign look like?
mine is this:

;BEGIN ImageFX4
Assign "ImageFX4:" "Gfx:ImageFX4"
If NOT EXISTS ENV:ImageFX4
  Makedir ENV:ImageFX4
EndIf
;SetEnv ImageFX/JPEG_Smoothing ON
;END ImageFX4


what that does is create a dir in ram so that IFX can place various files during processes. and while I have commented out the jpeg smoothing (which that does whenever you load a jpg), you can uncomment it so that happens. it's up to you.

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: Amiduffer on January 22, 2006, 02:00:52 AM

Nope, Startup-Sequence is involute. :-)

Hmmm, I think the script looks a little different. Let me write it down and take a look. Thanks.

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: Amiduffer on January 29, 2006, 11:32:03 PM

Quote

what does your assign look like?
mine is this:

;BEGIN ImageFX4
Assign "ImageFX4:" "Gfx:ImageFX4"
If NOT EXISTS ENV:ImageFX4
  Makedir ENV:ImageFX4
EndIf
;SetEnv ImageFX/JPEG_Smoothing ON
;END ImageFX4
quote]

Yes, it's like that, and I put the ; in front of SetEnv, but nothing has changed. The annoying requester keeps popping up. I'm thinking of erasing the entire program, editing the user-startup to get rid of it, then re-installing the whole thing again.

On another ImageFX4.5 Studio issue, what stack size do you have? The default ammount given during installation was too small and would crash the program upon booting, which I increased by a small amount.

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: amigagr on January 30, 2006, 12:43:25 AM

search in envarc: usualy the imagefx setting a path for amigaguide command there. it's not necesery a dir imagefx there it's something else but i can't remember the name.
i had a lot of this kind of troubles once when i install an old version of it from the cu amiga magazine.

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: cecilia on January 30, 2006, 05:50:40 PM

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search in envarc: usualy the imagefx setting a path for amigaguide command there.

correct, there may be a (text) file in RAM:env/ that looks for the amigaguide help files for ifx

ram:env/amigaguide/path

the file Path should read

"ImageFX4:Help"

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I don't think you actually need this ram text file. I have included in the IFX icon the following tooltype:

HELP=ImageFX4:Help

--
that should let you access the amigaguide manual just by hiting the Help button on your amiga. (only when you are accessing it from the IFX program, of course) :-D

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: Mark on January 31, 2006, 01:13:23 AM

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Everytime I open an Icon for any directory, I get a requester for ImageFX twice.

I'm curious about your choice of words.  This could mean that using ImageFX to open an icon file causes requesters, or it could mean double clicking a directory icon to open the directory does.  If it is the latter, fix envarc:sys/def_drawer.info or delete it and restore from a known good backup.

Title: Re: Annoying assign problem
Post by: Amiduffer on February 11, 2006, 08:18:14 PM

Hey guys. I know this took awhile, but it worked!!  :banana: I erased the amigaguide script from ENVARC and ENV, put the script in the tool and the requester doesn't show up anymore! Thanks for the advice.