MultiView can't open text or guide files

Armitage · 25 December 2019, 16:35

Hey all,

I'm completely new to setting up a system from scratch. I've got most of the issues solved at this point, but I'm at a bit of a loss on this one.

I have a completely fresh installation of 3.1.4, patched to 3.1.4.1 with BestWB 1.2. At some point, MultiView was working fine but now it is unable to open README files, .txt files, AmigaGuide files, etc. For example, the "Welcome!" that BestWB places on the Workbench used to open but no longer does:

"Unknown data type for BestWB.guide"

I have AmigaGuide in SYS:Devs/DataTypes and amigaguide.library in SYS:Libs and my PATH looks correct based on other threads here about MultiView:

PATH >NIL: RAM: C: SYS:Utilities SYS:Rexxc SYS:System S: SYS:Prefs SYS:WBStartup SYS:Tools SYS:Tools/Commodories Apps:vim-5.3

Any ideas where I should look? Thanks!

PeterK · 25 December 2019, 18:15

The datatype descritors are in Devs:datatypes. It seems you have that.

The datatypes are in Sys:Classes/Datatypes, like amigaguide.datatype, text.datatype

You need an assign

Quote:

Assign >NIL: LIBS: SYS:Classes ADD

Check all assigns, also for Devs: and Libs: with the Assign command

and you need a line

Quote:

C:AddDataTypes REFRESH QUIET

and you need Libs:datatypes.library

Armitage · 25 December 2019, 21:26

Thanks for the info! So it appears that I am completely missing SYS:Classes and everything in it. I have no idea how that could have happened. I'll try restoring the dir by cloning it from a fresh install and see what happens.

Update: it works now after cloning SYS:Classes from the install floppy and adding the lines you provided to my startup-sequence. Why is the Assign necessary anyway? I thought this would have worked right out of the box (it did work up at one point).

PeterK · 25 December 2019, 22:03

Multiview or any other tool using datatypes reads from "Libs:datatypes/xxxx.datatype" and not from "Sys:Classes/datatypes/xxxx.datatype".

Armitage · 26 December 2019, 03:46

Good to know, thanks! Just to verify, I did a fresh 3.1.4 install in emulation and BestWB on top of that and in both cases the correct Assign line was present so either something I installed later removed the line or I messed it up accidentally.

Thanks for your help!

25 December 2019, 16:35	#1
Armitage Registered User Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 41	MultiView can't open text or guide files Hey all, I'm completely new to setting up a system from scratch. I've got most of the issues solved at this point, but I'm at a bit of a loss on this one. I have a completely fresh installation of 3.1.4, patched to 3.1.4.1 with BestWB 1.2. At some point, MultiView was working fine but now it is unable to open README files, .txt files, AmigaGuide files, etc. For example, the "Welcome!" that BestWB places on the Workbench used to open but no longer does: "Unknown data type for BestWB.guide" I have AmigaGuide in SYS:Devs/DataTypes and amigaguide.library in SYS:Libs and my PATH looks correct based on other threads here about MultiView: PATH >NIL: RAM: C: SYS:Utilities SYS:Rexxc SYS:System S: SYS:Prefs SYS:WBStartup SYS:Tools SYS:Tools/Commodories Apps:vim-5.3 Any ideas where I should look? Thanks!

25 December 2019, 21:26	#3
Armitage Registered User Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 41	Thanks for the info! So it appears that I am completely missing SYS:Classes and everything in it. I have no idea how that could have happened. I'll try restoring the dir by cloning it from a fresh install and see what happens. Update: it works now after cloning SYS:Classes from the install floppy and adding the lines you provided to my startup-sequence. Why is the Assign necessary anyway? I thought this would have worked right out of the box (it did work up at one point). Last edited by Armitage; 25 December 2019 at 21:39.

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PeterK Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: digital hell, Germany, after 1984, but worse Posts: 3,378	Multiview or any other tool using datatypes reads from "Libs:datatypes/xxxx.datatype" and not from "Sys:Classes/datatypes/xxxx.datatype".

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Armitage Registered User Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 41	Good to know, thanks! Just to verify, I did a fresh 3.1.4 install in emulation and BestWB on top of that and in both cases the correct Assign line was present so either something I installed later removed the line or I messed it up accidentally. Thanks for your help!

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