How to create a desktop icon for WB >= 1.3?

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@AmigaSystem

Thank you for all
Just one thing, I tried to add run >NIL: before runme.exe on the text file, however nothing changed.
I've then decided to add to Icon ToolTypes "WINDOW=NIL:" and now it works

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Probably something is wrong, here, however, we are talking about Shell commands or through a script of TolTypes, look at the attached video test

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Probabilmente sbagli qualcosa, qui comunque stiamo parlando di comandi Shell o attaverso un script no di TolTypes, guarda video allegato

[kolla]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

Probably something is wrong, here, however, we are talking about Shell commands or through a script of TolTypes, look at the attached video test

I don't get what you try to demonstrate in this video.

Your "Ital" already detaches itself from the screen and does not produce output, so it is rather pointless with "Ital >NIL:" and "run >NIL Ital". Try using something software that does not detach... clock for example, and pass on argument "?" for it to spit out something..

Shell: > Clock

The clock opens, but the shell prompt does not come back until the clock is closed, either by you closing its GUI (or via menu), or simply by ctrl-c in the console.

Shell: > Clock ?
DIGITAL/S,LEFT/N,TOP/N,WIDTH/N,HEIGHT/N,24HOUR/S,SECONDS/S,DATE/S,FORMAT/N,PUBSCREEN/K: DIGITAL

Clock shows all its flags - type "DIGITAL" and press enter, and clock again opens like in first example, but as a digital type. Shell is not available until clock again is closed.

Shell: > Clock ? >NIL:
DIGITAL

Like above, you ask Clock to show its flags, but you don't see them, because you redirect the output to NIL: device. It still takes input from the console though, so type DIGITAL and enter, and the clock appears.

Shell: > Run Clock
[CLI 3]
Shell: >

Here you ask the Clock to run as a new task, detached from the current shell, and so it opens as task number 3, and you have the shell back.

Shell: > Run Clock ?
[CLI 4]
Shell :> DIGITAL/S,LEFT/N,TOP/N,WIDTH/N,HEIGHT/N,24HOUR/S,SECONDS/S,DATE/S,FORMAT/N,PUBSCREEN/K:

Here is a confusing example - you run clock detached from current shell, so you get the prompt back, but since you also pass along ? it will print all its flags to the standard outoput, the console, and since there is no input method of the detached process, it will just pass a default enter to clock so it pops up anyways.

Shell: > Echo DIGITAL to T:bla
Shell: > Run Clock ? < T:bla
[CLI 5]
Shell: > DIGITAL/S,LEFT/N,TOP/N,WIDTH/N,HEIGHT/N,24HOUR/S,SECONDS/S,DATE/S,FORMAT/N,PUBSCREEN/K:

Well, like previous example, except you tell "clock ?" to pick its input from a file T:bla, which you on the line before have filled with "DIGITAL", so.. it is used as flag.

And finally:

Shell: > Echo DIGITAL to T:bla
Shell: > Run >NIL: Clock ? < T:bla
Shell: >

No output, no "[CLI 4]", no option flags from Clock, just a digital clock. Of course it is equivalent to

Shell: > Run >NIL: Clock DIGITAL

but using files descriptors for input to programs has plenty of use cases too.


So you have the clock running in the background...

Shell: > Status
Process  1: Loaded as command: ToolsDaemon
Process  2: Loaded as command: Workbench
Process  3: Loaded as command: clock
Process  4: Loaded as command: Status

You can then tell Clock to close down, using the Break command:

Shell: > Break 3

or if you want to be fancy:

Shell: > Break `Status Command Clock`

... and there is plenty more to be mentioned

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by kolla

I don't get what you try to demonstrate in this video.

Your "Ital" already detaches itself from the screen and does not produce output, so it is rather pointless with "Ital >NIL:" and "run >NIL Ital". Try using something software that does not detach... clock for example, and pass on argument "?" for it to spit out something..

It is not important what i launched "Ital application was just an example", the video only showed how to type the command correctly