Minimal config for multiview

[jotd]

Hi,

I'd like to display a .guide file on a bare system.

multiview needs DEVS:datatypes/amigaguide

I use adddatatypes refresh

but that's not enough. There's a "Classes" folder too.

Any assigns?

I get a "multiview failed errorcode 20" without further explanation.

[mark_k]

LIBS:datatypes.library?
SYS:Classes/DataTypes/amigaguide.datatype
amigaguide.datatype has "iffparse.library" string in it, not sure whether it requires iffparse (as opposed to it being optional).
SYS:Classes is one of the paths for LIBS:
And I assume MultiView needs at least Kickstart 3.0?

[jotd]

thanks, got a little further but I get a cryptic message

packet request type unknown

[Daedalus]

Are you sure you have compatible versions of everything? Trying to use a 3.5 datatype on a 3.0 installation for example? Kickstart and Workbench agreeing? It should all "just work" with a clean installation - the datatype is part of the standard setup.

Have you got SnoopDOS handy? Does it give you any hints?

[Arnie]

Here's an adf I made for nittamituaki that loads Multiview with minimum files.

[jotd]

Daedalus you may be right about 3.0 & 3.5. Snoopdos is not helping.
Arnie thanks exactly what I needed (using zetr0 principle to launch CD32Load games from Multiview because all other launchers are too cumbersome or just don't work)

[jotd]

Thanks with your adf I could open the document... but it is an amigaguide document and it opens as text: no buttons, no links... Snoopdos tells me it doesn't even load amigaguide.datatype, only ascii & text datatype. Any ideas?
(I have zoned my mini-startup)

[Arnie]

Updated archive post #5

[jotd]

you're a lifesaver (I did not mean a buoy) thanks. I'll test that tonight.

[mark_k]

Have you considered using the (Kickstart 1.3-compatible) version of AmigaGuide instead of MultiView? That might need fewer libs & datatype files.

http://aminet.net/package/text/hyper/aguide34

[jotd]

Yeah mark, as long as I can display my guide, I don't care, you're right.
Aren't you the guy who wrote a big list of patches/cracks for games?

[mark_k]

Yes

[jotd]

Amigaguide expert + your initials gave you away. I remember we talked by mail a couple of decades ago

[jotd]

Thanks Mark Amiga guide V34 from Aminet displays the guide file without further annoyance. However I have a problem. The following works fine:

@{"Aaargh!" SYSTEM "cd32load CD0:GAMES/Aaargh!/aaargh!.slave JOYPAD=2 DATA=data"}

however, if a path has spaces in it, I don't know how to escape the quote chars. I have tried \ but it did not work.

[Daedalus]

According to the developer docs, using the backslash character to escape characters isn't implemented in V35, so I would guess it's not implemented in V34 either. Looks like you're out of luck there. Is there any reason you're not using a standard 2.x or 3.x install so you can use a newer version without the messing?

[idrougge]

Isn't there a V37 or V38 version of Amigaguide?

[daxb]

There is also Guideance and PowerGuide V1.23 (that one from Aminet CDs with update). Maybe its worth a try.
http://www.aminet.net/search.php?query=powerguide

[jotd]

Mark_k: wasn't able to put quotes in my .guide.
daxb: guideance worked, but no way to escape quotes either.
Arnie, I got your new WHDboot, it worked, but same thing: cannot seem to escape the quotes. I have tried \ and * and no luck.

I'm thinking of redirecting the command to a script with execute. It will work, but will create more files.

Edit: did that, works very well. I'm sticking to it. Thanks all!