Amiga.org

Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Managarm on October 06, 2008, 03:15:00 PM

Title: Trying To Run AmiDock
Post by: Managarm on October 06, 2008, 03:15:00 PM
Hi Everyone,

I think I'm being stupid as I can't get amiDock to tun. I've copied the executable to C:, made sure I have the arp.library so I think it's failing on the bit where you have to assign dock:

The redme says to assign dock to the same location as the config file. So to the bottom of my list of assigns in my startup sequence I've added

Assign >NIL DOCK: programs:wb/amidock/dock/interlaced/maindock/

When I run the AmiDock program it asks me to insert DOCK: in any drive.

Any help with whatever basic thing I've managed to screw up would be much appreciated.

Title: Re: Trying To Run AmiDock
Post by: Ball000 on October 06, 2008, 04:02:27 PM
Quote

Managarm wrote:

Assign >NIL DOCK: programs:wb/amidock/dock/interlaced/maindock/

If you properly wrote back here what you added to your S:Startup-Sequence, the failure is normal: you have to redirect the output to "NIL:" and not to "NIL". So the correct line would be:
Code: [Select]
Assign >NIL: DOCK: programs:wb/amidock/dock/interlaced/maindock/
Title: Re: Trying To Run AmiDock
Post by: Managarm on October 06, 2008, 04:29:08 PM
Just checked my typing. The mistake was here on the forum, in the startup sequence I've put the colon after NIL.
Title: Re: Trying To Run AmiDock
Post by: Ball000 on October 07, 2008, 08:16:11 AM
Looking at AmiDock's Readme, there is no "d" at the end of "interlace"... did you add it here on the forum only? ;-)

I guess this should work:
Code: [Select]
Assign >NIL: DOCK: programs:wb/amidock/dock/interlace/maindock/

Btw AmiDock is unfortunately a very old piece of software, especially the version on Aminet (I know that Gary Knight has maintained it some time after this 1.3 version, and he sent new versions to registered users (I was one of them). I don't know if he's still reachable nowadays...). In fact, ToolManager did almost the same thing and had a lot more success and improvements, but didn't work on 1.x systems.