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Miscellany/!ResFiler/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| File size: | 147A bytes |
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File contents
Fake Resources Filer ' !ResFiler ' (c)1993 Roger & Chris Wylde.
Programming : Roger Wylde.
Templates : Roger Wylde.
Program Icon : Chris Wylde (it's supposed to represent D.I.Y. Rom Apps).
Started : 14th April 1993.
Completion Date : 21st July 1993 Version 1.80.
Reason for writting : Having one machine with RISC OS 3 and the other with
RISC OS 2 I had to try to bridge the gap in some way.
User Instructions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fake Resources Filer is an application designed to give RISC OS 2 users the
convenience of selecting their favourite applications just by clicking on an
icon on the icon bar. It is modelled on the RISC OS 3 Resources Filer (and
will run on RISC OS 3 machines as well). It differs in that you can choose
any applications to place in the window, this may prove more useful than
the normal !Alarm, !Calc, !Chars, !Configure etc.
The program can be loaded by double clicking on its icon in the directory or
more usefully it can be loaded in the computers boot sequence (provided you
have a hard disc or network). Its icon will be installed on the left of the
icon bar.
Clicking on its icon will open up the 'Resources Applications' window which
looks very much like a directory window (if the window was already open then
it will be brought to the front of the desktop). Up to 8 icons will be
displayed along with their filenames. Double clicking on any icon will load
that application (double clicking on the name will not suffice).
To access the programs other facilities you need to click menu over either
the 'Resources Applications' window or the program icon. This will bring up
the following menu :-
+-------------------+
| Info ->|
| Application Paths |
| Save Settings |
| Quit |
+-------------------+
Moving across the arrow to the right of the info option will display details
such as the program version number and creation date.
'Application Paths' will display a window showing the file paths of each
program (these are the path of the application as a whole not of any files
within it). The paths can be entered by hand or by dragging an application
onto the chosen box (note : dragging a file from another program's save box
will not work - and is appropriately trapped). The 'Remove' buttons will
blank the boxes to their left. When you have finished making any alterations
you can select the 'Save Settings' option. The new icons will not appear on
the 'Resources Applications' window until the 'Reboot the above applications
to get hold of their sprites' button is pressed. After a few seconds the
window will update, any file errors will be reported as they are found. The
chosen applications must have sprites or an error will be generated, although
a !Boot file is not necessary as the program will load !Sprites if it can't
run !Boot.
Next time the program is loaded the saved settings file will be loaded back
and all of the programs will be booted.
Technical Instructions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The file !Config inside the directory holds the paths of the 8 chosen
programs. Each is followed by a zero byte. The program will not crash if the
!Config file is corrupted or even completely absent. It will save back a
correct version next time you use the 'Save Settings' option.
Each application pathname can be upto 200 characters although it is very
unlikely that you would have a directory structure stretching so deep.
The whole program is written in C and so needs at least the Clib 3.50 module
and FPEmulator 2.70 (Usually found in a current !System directory).
Whilst you could probably get away with tampering with the templates file I
would not avise it as this may affect the way the program works, especially
with window redrawing.
The WimpSlot is currently set at 96K, it may be possible to reduce this
slightly on 1 and 2 meg machines. As both of my machines are 4 meg I have
been unable to test this out.
The program icon can easily be changed. I originally used the RISC OS 3
'romapps' sprite but changed it later as I am not sure whether it is
copyrighted to Acorn, as they did draw it. You could put any icon in its
place as the program will account for it automatically.
Disclaimer
~~~~~~~~~~
Whilst I have taken great care to make this program very reliable, I've yet
to crash it, I cannot be held responsible for any damage, lost of data or
CPU time as well as loss of life and other such nasties. Please remember
that most crashes result from the complexity of the Desktop itself and
occasionally poorly written software. I have written this program in C and
have not used any 'ify' pieces of programming. If loading a program from the
'Resources Applications' window results in a system crash it is almost
certainly the fault of the program being loaded.
Possible Future Improvements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Larger number of applications on show, perhaps 16 (shouldn't be difficult).
Ability to handle separate programs that are not in !Application form.
Animation of icon (pointless but interesting)
Flashy buttons like Computer Concepts Impression.
Ability to drag applications direct to the 'Resources Applications' window,
but this might go against the idea of it not being a true filer window.
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T| 00000970 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 6c |he new icons wil| 00000980 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 6f 6e 0a |l not appear on.| 00000990 74 68 65 20 27 52 65 73 6f 75 72 63 65 73 20 41 |the 'Resources A| 000009a0 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 27 20 77 69 6e |pplications' win| 000009b0 64 6f 77 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 74 68 65 20 27 52 |dow until the 'R| 000009c0 65 62 6f 6f 74 20 74 68 65 20 61 62 6f 76 65 20 |eboot the above | 000009d0 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 74 6f 20 |applications.to | 000009e0 67 65 74 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 69 |get hold of thei| 000009f0 72 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 27 20 62 75 74 74 6f |r sprites' butto| 00000a00 6e 20 69 73 20 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 2e 20 41 66 |n is pressed. 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