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*Multishow
This is some kind of proof-of-concept and approach to achieve something like a
Multiview/Datatypes (AmigaOS3.0/3.1) and Deficons (AmigaOS3.5/3.9) clone for
AmigaOS 2.1.
*Motivation
Back in the 90's - still working with my A2000 with AmigaOS 2.1 - I somewhat
envied all those who had the brand new AmigaOS3.x (x=0,1) running on their AGA
machines. I was fascinated by the datatypes concept and the Multiview
application.
My addiction to DirOPUS 4 and its rather easy kind of data handling and file
type/file action definition and my idea to use the "apig.library" for
programming
OS defined GUI elements with ARexx lead to this software package.
For those of you who can read German there is a text about idea and concept in
the
"Idee+Konzept" drawer.
*Installation
To use all features of MultiShow you need at least the "apig.library" and the
"rexxreqtools.library" (Aminet: "util/rexx/APIG", "util/rexx/RexxReqTools") in
your
LIBS: drawer.
If your are running this on AmigaOS < 3.5 you need the command "WBRun" in your
command
path (Aminet: "util/cli/WBRun_fix" - it also needs an additional library
"parm.library"
to be installed in LIBS:).
If you're using AmigaOS >= 3.5 DO NOT INSTALL the package "util/cli/WBRun_fix",
'cos
since OS3.5 there is already an "WBRun" command in your C: drawer. The path to
the
"WBRun" command should be set up with the MSP.rexx application (see menu entry).
Copy the "MultiShow" drawer wherever you like and make an "assign MultiShow:
<yourpath>".
That's it.
*How to use
Double click the MS.rexx icon (RexxMast must be running, of course) and you see:
nothing.
MultiShow itself is nothing more than a ARexx host that sits in your RAM and
awaits
commands to its ARexx port "MULTISHOW.1". It is addressed by sending commands
like this:
rx "ADDRESS MULTISHOW.1 'DH1:Pics/Bild4.iff'"
After getting an appropiate command it searches the "filetypes" to recognize a
file type
and start a defined program (i.e. a picture viewer) by executing the
corresponding user
defined "command". There are already some defined filetypes/commands in the
package.
There are some more keywords that can be sent to MultiShow - see
"Help/MSHelp.text" or
"Help/MSHelp.guide". For testing purposes you can give
rx "ADDRESS MULTISHOW.1 'REQ'"
a try - it should open a ReqTools requester to select whatever data file you
want to be
handled by MultiShow.
The MSP.rexx in the "Prefs" drawer is the GUI driven part for defining file
types and
actions (i.e. launching a picture viewer) - very similar to DirOPUS 4. It
features
real file scanning like DOpus (not only file extension analysis). There is no
help file
for this but the screenshots in "Idee+Konzept" and the pre-defined "filetypes"
and
"commands" should explain enough.
In the "Tools" drawer are some utility scripts to bind the MultiShow ARexx host
to a
Toolmanager AppIcon - which was the main aim of this project. By configurating
ToolManager
to use this script with an AppIcon you can drop any file to that ToolManager
AppIcon and
MultiShow does the rest. But of course it can be used from every other software
like
DirMaster, DirOpus etc. as well.
In the "Sources" drawer are the more prettified scripts of MS.rexx and MSP.rexx
with full
comments. Sorry, all texts (guide, help files and source code comments) are
still in
German - but it should be rather straightforward to see what's going on...
*The End
This proof-of-concept lead to something that worked some years, almost every
day, totally
flawless, invisible and transparent on my AmigaOS2.1 machine. Even after
upgrading to
AmigaOS3.1 it was still in action (but often using MultiView as the defined
viewer
application).
I hope this package might be of use for your AmigaOS enviroment or as an
extensive
example what can be done with ARexx (i.e. using apig.library or making some cool
voodoo
with the self-interpretation feature of ARexx).
* Requirements (from Aminet)
util/rexx/APIG
util/rexx/RexxReqTools
util/cli/WBRun_fix (only for AmigaOS < 3.5)
optional:
util/libs/iff.library-23
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[generic] 1887 4584 41.2% -lh5- 9756 Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/Commands.info
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[generic] 31 31 100.0% -lh0- de2a Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/ANIM.command
[generic] 2115 5002 42.3% -lh5- 2f9b Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/ANIM.command.info
[generic] 58 58 100.0% -lh0- 70b6 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/BMP.command
[generic] 2129 5002 42.6% -lh5- 663f Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/BMP.command.info
[generic] 31 31 100.0% -lh0- 2a0f Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/FLI.command
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[generic] 41 41 100.0% -lh0- 6040 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/GIF.command
[generic] 2397 5002 47.9% -lh5- 26c0 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/GIF.command.info
[generic] 37 37 100.0% -lh0- 9fba Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/GUIDE.command
[generic] 2415 5002 48.3% -lh5- 3bd9 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/GUIDE.command.info
[generic] 99 102 97.1% -lh5- 31c1 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/HEX.command
[generic] 2433 5002 48.6% -lh5- b9c6 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/HEX.command.info
[generic] 36 36 100.0% -lh0- 7cdc Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/ILBM.command
[generic] 2397 5002 47.9% -lh5- d7f7 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/ILBM.command.info
[generic] 41 41 100.0% -lh0- 201f Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/JFIF.command
[generic] 2414 5002 48.3% -lh5- cdc2 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/JFIF.command.info
[generic] 42 42 100.0% -lh0- f64d Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/MPEG.command
[generic] 2147 5002 42.9% -lh5- 1cec Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/MPEG.command.info
[generic] 42 42 100.0% -lh0- f64d Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/MPG.command
[generic] 2113 5002 42.2% -lh5- f69f Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/MPG.command.info
[generic] 42 42 100.0% -lh0- 6bf7 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/TARGA.command
[generic] 2130 5002 42.6% -lh5- 3133 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/TARGA.command.info
[generic] 31 31 100.0% -lh0- 1d95 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/TEXT.command
[generic] 2150 5002 43.0% -lh5- d6d9 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/TEXT.command.info
[generic] 42 42 100.0% -lh0- 6bf7 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/TGA.command
[generic] 2113 5002 42.2% -lh5- 5019 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/TGA.command.info
[generic] 50 50 100.0% -lh0- 2719 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Commands/TIFF.command
[generic] 2127 5002 42.5% -lh5- 9967 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Commands/TIFF.command.info
[generic] 1889 4584 41.2% -lh5- d3ef Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/Filetypes.info
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- 82ce Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/8SVX.filetype
[generic] 2490 4986 49.9% -lh5- c590 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/8SVX.filetype.info
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- 06b4 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/ANIM.filetype
[generic] 2580 4986 51.7% -lh5- 73ee Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/ANIM.filetype.info
[generic] 15 15 100.0% -lh0- 7884 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/BMP.filetype
[generic] 2508 4986 50.3% -lh5- 52ea Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/BMP.filetype.info
[generic] 14 14 100.0% -lh0- 6819 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/FLI.filetype
[generic] 2573 4986 51.6% -lh5- 7d01 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/FLI.filetype.info
[generic] 17 17 100.0% -lh0- cc80 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/GIF.filetype
[generic] 2498 4986 50.1% -lh5- eec0 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/GIF.filetype.info
[generic] 36 36 100.0% -lh0- 52e2 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/GUIDE.filetype
[generic] 2500 4986 50.1% -lh5- 0300 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/GUIDE.filetype.info
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- e599 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/ILBM.filetype
[generic] 2591 4986 52.0% -lh5- 7d0d Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/ILBM.filetype.info
[generic] 35 35 100.0% -lh0- fc07 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/JFIF.filetype
[generic] 2490 4986 49.9% -lh5- b3f3 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/JFIF.filetype.info
[generic] 14 14 100.0% -lh0- 7196 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/MPEG.filetype
[generic] 2579 4986 51.7% -lh5- f49d Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/MPEG.filetype.info
[generic] 13 13 100.0% -lh0- 49f3 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/MPG.filetype
[generic] 2509 4986 50.3% -lh5- 563f Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/MPG.filetype.info
[generic] 15 15 100.0% -lh0- 52d4 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/TARGA.filetype
[generic] 2573 4986 51.6% -lh5- cc5d Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/TARGA.filetype.info
[generic] 13 13 100.0% -lh0- cb85 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/TGA.filetype
[generic] 2495 4986 50.0% -lh5- 8c0d Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/TGA.filetype.info
[generic] 20 20 100.0% -lh0- a692 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Filetypes/TIFF.filetype
[generic] 2591 4986 52.0% -lh5- ed75 Dec 5 18:54 MultiShow/Filetypes/TIFF.filetype.info
[generic] 1885 4584 41.1% -lh5- ee02 Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/Help.info
[generic] 655 1139 57.5% -lh5- 8cf3 Dec 5 18:34 MultiShow/Help/MSHelp.guide
[generic] 600 997 60.2% -lh5- bf46 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Help/MSHelp.text
[generic] 582 1704 34.2% -lh5- dcc5 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Help/MSINTRO.ilbm.inactive
[generic] 582 1704 34.2% -lh5- dcc5 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Help/MSPINTRO.ilbm.inactive
[generic] 1883 4584 41.1% -lh5- 2aac Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/Icons.info
[generic] 1980 5002 39.6% -lh5- bf07 Dec 5 18:55 MultiShow/Icons/def_command.info
[generic] 2049 4986 41.1% -lh5- 327d Dec 5 18:55 MultiShow/Icons/def_filetype.info
[generic] 1885 4584 41.1% -lh5- 55ca Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/Konzept+Idee.info
[generic] 5233 12274 42.6% -lh5- c076 Dec 5 18:53 MultiShow/Konzept+Idee/Idee+Konzept.txt
[generic] 27073 27073 100.0% -lh0- e10a Dec 5 18:49 MultiShow/Konzept+Idee/ms-p.gif
[generic] 3808 3808 100.0% -lh0- d0e4 Dec 5 18:50 MultiShow/Konzept+Idee/msp-Capture1.gif
[generic] 6338 6338 100.0% -lh0- 5ba7 Dec 5 18:52 MultiShow/Konzept+Idee/msp-Capture2.gif
[generic] 3831 12289 31.2% -lh5- 9957 Dec 5 18:34 MultiShow/MS.rexx
[generic] 2968 5346 55.5% -lh5- ff0f Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/MS.rexx.info
[generic] 2059 4318 47.7% -lh5- bc96 Dec 6 22:27 MultiShow/multishow.readme
[generic] 1857 4584 40.5% -lh5- 2591 Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/Prefs.info
[generic] 10026 46604 21.5% -lh5- 6752 Dec 5 18:34 MultiShow/Prefs/MSP.rexx
[generic] 3208 5410 59.3% -lh5- 9ead Dec 5 18:55 MultiShow/Prefs/MSP.rexx.info
[generic] 1886 4584 41.1% -lh5- 6a69 Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/Sources.info
[generic] 17118 113241 15.1% -lh5- 60c5 Dec 5 18:33 MultiShow/Sources/MultiShowPrefs_full_commented.rexx
[generic] 3614 5427 66.6% -lh5- 3658 Dec 5 18:56 MultiShow/Sources/MultiShowPrefs_full_commented.rexx.info
[generic] 7444 35743 20.8% -lh5- b246 Dec 5 18:33 MultiShow/Sources/MultiShow_full_commented.rexx
[generic] 3364 5363 62.7% -lh5- 76ab Dec 5 18:56 MultiShow/Sources/MultiShow_full_commented.rexx.info
[generic] 1889 4584 41.2% -lh5- df4d Dec 6 22:28 MultiShow/Tools.info
[generic] 325 572 56.8% -lh5- 91e0 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Tools/MS-TM.push
[generic] 2942 5273 55.8% -lh5- c463 Dec 5 18:56 MultiShow/Tools/MS-TM.push.info
[generic] 214 327 65.4% -lh5- f19e Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Tools/MS.init
[generic] 3017 5350 56.4% -lh5- c0f0 Dec 5 18:56 MultiShow/Tools/MS.init.info
[generic] 216 331 65.3% -lh5- f597 Jul 10 2002 MultiShow/Tools/MS.stop
[generic] 3197 5440 58.8% -lh5- bd9b Dec 5 18:56 MultiShow/Tools/MS.stop.info
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Total 90 files 196963 498102 39.5% Dec 6 20:29
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