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PeterK · 11 July 2018, 08:50

MCP 1.30 and 1.33 are obviously for OS 2.04 up to OS 3.1. The original authors could not know anything about OS 3.5/3.9 a the time when the original MPC was written. The old ToolAlias feature patches the old GetIcon() function of OS 3.0/3.1, which was responsible for loading icons. OS 3.5/3.9 don't use GetIcon() anymore, because there is the new GetIconTagList() function as a replacement now. So, patching a function that is never called on OS 3.5/3.9 should have no effect. In icon.library v44/45 the GetIcon() function was simply removed and disabled. My own icon.library supports it again for OS 3.0/3.1. Thus, the ToolAlias patch may work, but only on OS 3.0/3.1. Just try your WB 3.1 HDF with my library.

For OS 3.9 you would need to update to the newer versions of MCP, written by Dieter Groppé. AmiKit uses v1.49c already.

11 July 2018, 08:50	#2312
PeterK Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: digital hell, Germany, after 1984, but worse Posts: 3,373	MCP 1.30 and 1.33 are obviously for OS 2.04 up to OS 3.1. The original authors could not know anything about OS 3.5/3.9 a the time when the original MPC was written. The old ToolAlias feature patches the old GetIcon() function of OS 3.0/3.1, which was responsible for loading icons. OS 3.5/3.9 don't use GetIcon() anymore, because there is the new GetIconTagList() function as a replacement now. So, patching a function that is never called on OS 3.5/3.9 should have no effect. In icon.library v44/45 the GetIcon() function was simply removed and disabled. My own icon.library supports it again for OS 3.0/3.1. Thus, the ToolAlias patch may work, but only on OS 3.0/3.1. Just try your WB 3.1 HDF with my library. For OS 3.9 you would need to update to the newer versions of MCP, written by Dieter Groppé. AmiKit uses v1.49c already.