Icon causes system to hang.

[EDanaII]

Running on WinUAE, using either an AmiKit config or just a plain OS3.9 configuration, I cannot run a custom program using an icon.

The program runs fine, without an icon, but when I associate it with an icon, it hangs the entire system. When I rename the program to match an pre-existing icon, I get the same results. IconEdit on AmiKit doesn't work, but works on OS3.9 and gives me the same results: system locks.

No clue why this is happening. I may be doing something fatally stupid. Any and all clues appreciated.

Ed.

[EDanaII]

No. At least I don't think so. The CLI stack is set to 8k. One of the icons I'm trying is also set to 8k. Running from the CLI works, but the icon (still) doesn't.

[EDanaII]

It's an old workbench based game that I decided to give a face-lift too, so that shouldn't be the issue.


@ amipal

I'm not specifying any tooltypes.

Ed.

[EDanaII]

Sorry, but I'm not being clear.

It is a Workbench based program, not CLI, that I can launch from the CLI or the Workbench using a default icon, but I cannot launch it using a ".info" icon. When I launch it from the CLI, I have 8k of stack, so I do not think that is the issue.

The original program, before I upgraded launches from an icon fine. My new version, launches fine, except when I use the original ".info" icon or when I use my own custom ".info" icon. But for that small difference, everything works, without issues.

I, BTW, cannot change the stack in either the original or newer icon. I change the value, then save, quit and then reload the icon and it still contians the original values.

Ed.

[EDanaII]

No, it's definitely a bug, Merc, just as Matt suggests. I've tried a number of different ways to create an icon and only my program dies when I create one for it.


@ Matt_H

The problem is, I'm using a cross compiler to do the work, so debuging isn't possible. Are there any stand alone debuggers out there?

Ed.

[EDanaII]

All right, I figured it out. Even though the original program did not use the Icon library, I needed to. Not sure why this is, but everything works as it should. :-)

Ed.