niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson) (04/04/91)
In article <1991Apr3.233014.13798@sbcs.sunysb.edu> there is written: > > > I am having the same problems when I use AmiDock to run newshell > > When I click on the newshell "icon" I get harddrive access but nothing > comes up. If I change it to Workbench...my machine guru's immediately > I played with the arguments by sending it the newcon stuff and it comes up > sometimes...but usually nothing happens. Precisely my problem... > I don't think I am guru-ing because of the stack since I tried adding > the newshell as a new item...using the load button and use C: as the path > and newshell as the file and it just fills in the stack value...I guess > it gets it from somewhere. It filled in 4096 and that didn't work so > I tried like 40000 and that didn't work either. I think the program is > a must for HD users but I would like it to get it to work for anything > before I send in $25. Again, the same. I doubt that the stack size has _much_ to do with the program not even starting up... See below. > BTW- I have a brand new 2000HD. And I an elderly A500 (1 Meg, 65M hard drive, etc...) > Also it works for everything else I use it for: > Aquarium , Ncomm , Excellence , ... > > but all of those have an associated icon for the path I use to > run them... *Brainstorm!* > Please help.... Okay... Try making an icon file for the associated program! I did so for VLTjr (after moving it around my HD for a bit before even messing with AmiDock) and, lo and behold, it works! I've got a hunch that AmiDock is fairly sophisticated about dealing with programs under a WorkBench environment, and might actually look in the .info file for various things like stack size, tooltypes, etc., but I'm not positive. Any comments? Along those lines, how in the world can I get VLTjr to recognize my setup script upon startup? I know how to make an alias under a shell to tell it, but AmiDock apparently can't get it across to VLTjr that it should check out the script when it starts up, even if I put `rexx:setup.scp' in the AmiDock arguments for VLTjr... Any hints? Perhaps I should tell it what to use in the tooltypes for the program, in the VLTjr.info file, but I haven't received my VLT manual yet. Perhaps somebody could provide me with a list of tooltypes used? Many thanks. > Erik > > ekarlin@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu -- ) _ | | But I like it when that // | Free _ |\/ | (_) |B | (_) (\/) * | lightning comes!!! -- The Cure Z7 | Yourself!_ // -----------------------------------------------------------/--| AMIGA! \X/ Christopher W. Carlson, Student -- niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu | Be Yourself!