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!ProFiler/Dox/Compatible
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.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
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| Filename: | !ProFiler/Dox/Compatible |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 079B bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
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<html> <head> <title>ProFiler compatibility</title> </head> <body> <h1><center><u>Compatibility</u></center></h1> ProFiler has been in use by testers since about September 1996. I haven't personally used the ROM filer since then. Even though there are still things that need to be implemented, there are no serious shortcomings, as far as I know. <p>However, there are other programs that patch or use the filer in a special way, so it has been tested with the following: <h2>Pinboard+</h2> No problems, but early Pinboard+ versions use Filer+ sprites (see below). In order to get the correct sprites, you will need Pinboard+ 1.20 or later. If you also want the open/closed directories to update properly, you'll need version 1.23. <h2>Filer+ (FilerPatch)</h2> You can�t use both ProFiler and FilerPatch, as they are both complete filer modules called �Filer�. Most of the FilerPatch functionality is provided by ProFiler, and you can use the same sprite conventions if you load SC_Filer+. <h2>Filer- & PlaceIt</h2> Both of these had problems before Filer 1.29, due to some unfortunate assumptions made. These assumptions have been made valid with a kludge from 1.29. <h2>ImageFS and MovieFS</h2> ProFiler versions before 1.21 had some problems with these, but from now on they should both work as intended. <h2>OverFiler</h2> OverFiler version 0.07 did not work completely with ProFiler<=1.21, because it relies on getting row and column of the files saved. ProFiler>=1.23 sends sensible dummy values for this, so it works from now on. ProFiler is made to work with any icon-arrangement (not necessarily placed on a grid), so row and column values may not be very meaningful. <h2>Director</h2> Director version 0.21 has had problems, but all but one should have been fixed by now. The remaining problem is that Adjust on a disc icon is supposed to open a directory tree menu, which it doesn't. This will be tracked down eventually.
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I haven't per| 000000c0 73 6f 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 68 65 |sonally used the| 000000d0 20 52 4f 4d 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 73 69 6e 63 65 | ROM filer since| 000000e0 20 74 68 65 6e 2e 20 45 76 65 6e 20 74 68 6f 75 | then. 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Pro| 00000610 46 69 6c 65 72 20 69 73 20 6d 61 64 65 20 74 6f |Filer is made to| 00000620 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 79 20 69 | work with any i| 00000630 63 6f 6e 2d 61 72 72 61 6e 67 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 |con-arrangement | 00000640 28 6e 6f 74 20 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 69 6c 79 |(not necessarily| 00000650 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 67 72 69 | placed on a gri| 00000660 64 29 2c 20 73 6f 20 72 6f 77 20 61 6e 64 20 63 |d), so row and c| 00000670 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 76 61 6c 75 65 73 20 6d 61 79 |olumn values may| 00000680 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 76 65 72 79 20 6d 65 61 | not be very mea| 00000690 6e 69 6e 67 66 75 6c 2e 0a 0a 3c 68 32 3e 44 69 |ningful...<h2>Di| 000006a0 72 65 63 74 6f 72 3c 2f 68 32 3e 0a 0a 44 69 72 |rector</h2>..Dir| 000006b0 65 63 74 6f 72 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 30 2e |ector version 0.| 000006c0 32 31 20 68 61 73 20 68 61 64 20 70 72 6f 62 6c |21 has had probl| 000006d0 65 6d 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 62 75 74 |ems, but all but| 000006e0 20 6f 6e 65 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 68 61 76 65 | one should have| 000006f0 20 62 65 65 6e 20 66 69 78 65 64 20 62 79 20 6e | been fixed by n| 00000700 6f 77 2e 20 54 68 65 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 69 6e |ow. The remainin| 00000710 67 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 |g problem is tha| 00000720 74 20 41 64 6a 75 73 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 64 69 |t Adjust on a di| 00000730 73 63 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 73 75 70 70 6f |sc icon is suppo| 00000740 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 20 64 69 |sed to open a di| 00000750 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 74 72 65 65 20 6d 65 6e |rectory tree men| 00000760 75 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 |u, which it does| 00000770 6e 27 74 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 |n't. This will b| 00000780 65 20 74 72 61 63 6b 65 64 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 65 |e tracked down e| 00000790 76 65 6e 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 2e 0a |ventually..| 0000079b
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