WB 3.1 - Creating an icon that runs a script file

[DamienD]

Following on from these 2 posts in the "Reshoot-A modern Shoot´em-Up-Experience for Amiga" thread:

... http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=178
... http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=179

I've successfully created a script file that if I run from "Shell" works perfectly

My issue is that I want to create a new icon and then have it run the script file... Damned if I can work out how to achieve this

This has always confused me and I've tried numerious things without success.

Any help would be much appreciated

[Devlin]

make a project icon that runs c:iconx for your script. that's how the oldskool coverdisks typically did it

[zipper]

That's what I did to launch games that needed scripts.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Devlin

make a project icon that runs c:iconx for your script. that's how the oldskool coverdisks typically did it

Cool thanks

...but I can't even work out how to create a new icon in WB 3.1; let alone set it as a project one. Nothing under the "Icons" menu for new...

Can you possibly give me the required steps as I'm really not sure how to achieve this?

Sorry for being a WB noob

[zipper]

IconEdit does it (Tools drawer) - but mostly I just copied and renamed a suitable one (=lazy).

[-Acid-]

If you use Dopus get to your script file in a lister and click AddIcon (sometimes it's the right mouse button function of IconInfo). The you need to change the default tool to c:iconx - you can double click the new icon in dopus to change it or use the information command from the icon menu in workbench after you click it once.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by zipper

IconEdit does it (Tools drawer)

Cheers; will try that

Originally Posted by zipper

but mostly I just copied and renamed a suitable one (=lazy).

Tried that already, right-clicked on copied icon, selected "Information", changed and pointed the "Default Tool" to the file / path of my script file, double-clicked afterwards but no joy:

[DamienD]

...don't worry; sorted now by hacking around

Would still be nice to know the step-by-step process in order to:

a) create a new icon.
b) point this to a script file.

[Retrofan]

I never create the icon-script. I always take an existing one, edit it with the new commands and then I use CopyIcon by Stephan Rupprecht (included in PeterK's Icon library in Aminet, "Third party") to change its image.

[daxb]

Creating a script (text file) and assign an icon is really easy. If you look in Amiga DOS manual at index for Icon and IconX you get the info you need. Generally you just open your faviorite editor, enter your script and save it. Some editor will/can add an icon while saving. If not: Add an project icon to the script file by copy one, use icon editor or just DOpus (or other filemanager) and add "IconX" as default tool. Thats all. A step-by-step process describes only one way of doing it. That might be not the best or what you like to use. You can also create a template "icon + script" and use it as submittal. I think learn by yourselves is the better way in this case because it incluses only elementary knowledge. A search should lead you to a step-by-step manual. Don`t get me wrong. I myself did it (description + screen shots) in the past but in german only.

[Retrofan]

To create a new icon there are three ways that I use:

- Using "Icon Maker" by James icluded in AKReal that uses Image Converter by Thilo Koehler (needs FPU). You only need the image you want to use and it gives you several options.

- Using "Join" included in AKReal. You type in a Cli "Join", it will open and then you select two images, the first for normal and the other for the selected and then you save as name whatever.info and you get dual png icons. This is how for example the Ken's icons are made.

- Using "Icon Edit" included in AKReal. You can select the images for the new icon as normal or selected or also add glow. You can also modify the images pixel by pixel.

[DamienD]

Cheers guys; I'll play around

Originally Posted by daxb

I think learn by yourselves is the better way in this case because it incluses only elementary knowledge.

Trust me; I've taught myself a lot of new stuff Amiga-wise over the past year and assisted others in the process also.

See this thread: WHDLoad Games Converted to HDF

[Amiga1992]

Use IconEdit. You can't change the icontype using tooltypes.

Open the window your script is at, make sure you do "Window -> Show -> All Files" so you can see it.

Open Iconedit (sys:Tools/IconEdit) then drag your script "icon" to its window.
On the "Type" menu select "Project"
THen "Project -> Save" will create its new icon and it will be of the right type.

Now when you enter that icon's INformation, you can set the default tool to be c:IconX and it should work.

[jPV]

Sorry this isn't no help, but I just love how DOpus (Mag2) does it I can't even remember how difficult it can be in plain WB

BTW. one other option is to add S (script) protection bit for your script (protect yourscriptfile +s), and then you can at least launch it from WB if you view all files instead of icons.

But of course it would be cleaner to have a proper .info file for it. Basically it should work as long as you have similarly named .info file to your script, which would be a project icon with iconx default tool, as others have already instructed.

[jPV]

One example, if you have your script in ram:myscript

In the shell:
copy devs:dosdrivers/pipe.info ram:myscript.info

Then open icon information window for it and change the default tool from C:Mount to C:IconX and delete the ACTIVATE=0 tooltype. Now it should work when doubleclicked.

[DamienD]

Cheers all, I'll have a tinker over the weekend

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by jPV

One example, if you have your script in ram:myscript

In the shell:
copy devs:dosdrivers/pipe.info ram:myscript.info

Then open icon information window for it and change the default tool from C:Mount to C:IconX

This advice ignores, as advice before, that it is important to have the right type of icon assigned to a file. In this case, the mountlist PIPE: is indeed a Project type icon, but not all icons are Project type. If you are copying around, make sure you copy an icon of the right type.

Or use IconEdit to change type, as I explained above.

Why did Commodore make it this way? I guess they were just being... Commodore

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Cheers all, I'll have a tinker over the weekend

Is there an easier way to make an executable script. In practice, if a script to assign the attribute S (protection bits) This script will be considered by system an executable, and it can run as if it were a real executable. If my translation is not comprehensible look at my video exhaustive. Add my two other videos on the management of Icons AMiGA

Script transform into executable
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