assist.lha utility/misc - Comments

dan.hutch (92.7.177.29) @ 28 Jun 2015, 12:49.45

Sun, 28 Jun 2015 12:49:45 +0200

By: dan.hutch (92.7.177.29)

@ddni 
 
I had considered a website in the past and have not ruled it out. However, there are features of Assist that would not be feasible on a website and I will focus on for these time being. Thanks for the feedback.

ddni (31.50.109.231) @ 20 Jun 2015, 11:03.58

Sat, 20 Jun 2015 23:03:58 +0200

By: ddni (31.50.109.231)

Having used this a few times,  I really appreciate your hard work on it but I can't shake the feeling that it may work better as a website.

gtmooya (2.103.201.124) @ 12 May 2014, 09:28.15

Mon, 12 May 2014 21:28:15 +0200

By: gtmooya (2.103.201.124)

Thanks all for the feedback! 
 
@samo79 
 
Fullscreen was removed as switching to fullscreen seems to cause a GrimReaper here, although only when launching Assist from AmiDock (strangely). This is a long standing bug that I've not found a solution to. Unless I can find a solution the plan is to take out fullscreen completely in 2.0 rather than leave in a buggy feature. If I can fix it will probably add a fullscreen button to the top left with current buttons for prefs, etc. 
 
The 'lost' layer issue is one I've come across at random once or twice but not been able to replicate. Will take another look, may resolve itself as I plan to rewrite Navigation.hws for the 2.0 release.

HKvalhe (80.213.142.202) @ 12 May 2014, 07:07.47

Mon, 12 May 2014 19:07:47 +0200

By: HKvalhe (80.213.142.202)

Thank you again for this new version :) Works marvellous and gets better and better! Keep up the excellent work! :)

samo79 (93.147.194.240) @ 12 May 2014, 03:36.58

Mon, 12 May 2014 15:36:58 +0200

By: samo79 (93.147.194.240)

@gtmooya 
 
Thanks for the new version! 
I see you have removed the fullscreen option in prefs, well at this point how about reintroducing it using (so in this case adding) a zoom gadget of the window 
 
Aniway i also found a new crash in letter A (AmigaOS.net link) 
 
- 
Cannot find layer "103" in current BGPic! 
File: Navigation.hws (current line: 13 - In function: SetLayerStyle) 
- 
 
But i can replicate a similar issue also on other letters, just the layer name will change but problem seems always related to BGPic and Navigation.hws

ddni (86.164.95.226) @ 12 May 2014, 01:52.37

Mon, 12 May 2014 13:52:37 +0200

By: ddni (86.164.95.226)

This getting better and better. Time for a download I think! Thanks

whose (80.226.1.7) @ 19 Feb 2014, 04:36.15

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:36:15 +0100

By: whose (80.226.1.7)

gtmooya (80.47.36.7) @ 19 Feb 2014, 01:23.07

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:23:07 +0100

By: gtmooya (80.47.36.7)

@whose 
 
Thanks for the feedback, glad you like Assist! 
 
For Downloads a different destination can be set in Preferences. There is no standard path for this in AmigaOS so thought best to default to somewhere in RAM Disk. Will change this so that Assist asks for user to choose own location first time they download anything rather than defaulting to RAm Disk. 
 
Had stopped using Commander recently on my A1-500 as noticed it wasn't working properly, although I assumed it was A1-500 related as recently moved from a Sam440 (where Commander worked fine) to the new machine. 
 
Thanks!

whose (80.226.1.16) @ 18 Feb 2014, 10:53.08

Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:53:08 +0100

By: whose (80.226.1.16)

whose (80.226.1.16) @ 18 Feb 2014, 10:49.23

Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:49:23 +0100

By: whose (80.226.1.16)

gtmooya (92.17.226.221) @ 17 Feb 2014, 09:43.51

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:43:51 +0100

By: gtmooya (92.17.226.221)

@zzd10h 
 
Have uploaded a fixed archive (currently in the queue). The image in the Brushes drawer that should be renamed is 'icon', should be renamed 'assist'. 
 
The issue of not being able to restart the program after an error is due to the file T:Assist/status being not being deleted. This file is there to stop Assist being run multiple times and to show the display if the program icon is clicked and Assist is already running but iconified or hidden. Will try to a better way that takes into account errors like this. 
 
Thanks for the report.

zzd10h (80.119.216.201) @ 17 Feb 2014, 07:41.36

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 07:41:36 +0100

By: zzd10h (80.119.216.201)

"Error locking Brushes/assist!" at startup. 
It seems that you forget to include this picture. By just duplicating another one to "Brushes/assist" allow to start Assist. 
Another thing, when crashing, it's impossible to restart except to manually delete the T:Assist drawer. 
Bye

gtmooya (92.17.227.186) @ 19 Dec 2013, 10:19.44

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:19:44 +0100

By: gtmooya (92.17.227.186)

@samo79 
 
Fixed in 1.72, thanks for reporting.

HKvalhe (2.149.215.169) @ 19 Dec 2013, 07:00.54

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:00:54 +0100

By: HKvalhe (2.149.215.169)

Installed the latest version, and it works perfectly well on my system, synchronized with Jack Appstore. Thanks again for another excellent update :-)

samo79 (2.40.75.203) @ 19 Dec 2013, 03:32.46

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 03:32:46 +0100

By: samo79 (2.40.75.203)

Using the new 1.71 i got a new crash in prefs window: 
 
Function p_prefsiconifybusy() not found! 
File: Assist.hws (current line: 83908 - In function: func)

gtmooya (89.168.188.49) @ 18 Dec 2013, 11:00.59

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:00:59 +0100

By: gtmooya (89.168.188.49)

@HKvalhe 
 
Have uploaded version 1.71 which fixes this issue. Also found the same issue affected the log when the user specified a custom location that didn't exist when Assist tried to find it. Thanks for reporting.

HKvalhe (85.164.237.73) @ 01 Dec 2013, 09:06.01

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:06:01 +0100

By: HKvalhe (85.164.237.73)

@gtmooya 
 
I'm happy to try to help and that this problem will be fixed in the next version of Assist :) However, i solved the problem by removing ALL OLD traces of Assist, like you said, installed the 1.7 version and made it running again, after removing these files you mentioned. 
 
I went into Assist Preference and chose it to connect to Jack AppStore and download files and applications from there, which will be installed in the Home Directory's User Files Download section of Jack, where i have this Home Directory in Diverse :) While Assist itself is placed in SYS:Utilities, i do not have download stuffs and such in SYS, but in Diverse. 
 
But now we know where this bug is and why it happens, the Preference should remember the settings properly and NOT create this bug that happened. 
 
I'm sure this will be solved for the next version, which might be 1.8 or 1.7.1. 
 
Thanks in advance :) It's a really great tool :) Could you also mention tools like TheMaestrix and OctaMED SoundStudio, as such are still widely used by many users, like myself.

gtmooya (2.103.201.77) @ 01 Dec 2013, 08:51.58

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 20:51:58 +0100

By: gtmooya (2.103.201.77)

@HKvalhe 
 
Managed to produce the bug. Essentially Assist is trying to check whether the destination set for Downloads is a file or folder before checking whether it actually exists which causes the error. 
 
This can happen if the user has set the Downloads destination in Assist's Preferences, but actually just go with the default location T:Assist/Downloads rather than specify their own path. 
 
Open a Shell and enter the following command to delete the problem settings file: 
 
delete ENVARC:Assist/downloads 
 
Then reboot or delete T:Assist/status before attempting to open Assist again. 
 
Thanks for reporting, will fix in next update.

HKvalhe (85.164.237.73) @ 01 Dec 2013, 08:06.17

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 20:06:17 +0100

By: HKvalhe (85.164.237.73)

It would seem that i would have to give the same Download path as Jack is using, which means in Diverse in the Home Directory of Jack in the User Configuration, where Downloads is. 
 
Ok, i try again, with the latest version 1.7. Wish me luck :)

gtmooya (2.103.201.77) @ 01 Dec 2013, 07:59.03

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:59:03 +0100

By: gtmooya (2.103.201.77)

@HKvalhe 
 
Looks as though there may be a problem with the path Assist is trying to access for Downloads. 
 
If you can get to Assist's Preferences try changing the Downloads destination to another drawer or use the 'Reset' option and the bottom. 
 
If not, make sure Assist is closed. Navigate to ENVARC:Assist and delete the file called 'downloads' if it exists. 
 
Because of the error you may need to either reboot or delete T:Assist/status before you can open Assist again, otherwise you may keep getting the message saying Assist is already running.

HKvalhe (85.164.237.73) @ 01 Dec 2013, 07:49.16

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:49:16 +0100

By: HKvalhe (85.164.237.73)

It's interesting to have the changes the new kernel causes in mind. The problem with Assist now is frustrating. Hope it will be fixed, but for now, i have left it out of my system until the solution is in place. Your comments however are interesting ones, djrikki. Probably unrelated yes, but there is a good point in what you are saying.

djrikki (80.5.186.220) @ 01 Dec 2013, 07:36.01

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:36:01 +0100

By: djrikki (80.5.186.220)

Okay ignore my comment its unrelated.

HKvalhe (85.164.237.73) @ 01 Dec 2013, 07:34.07

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:34:07 +0100

By: HKvalhe (85.164.237.73)

Ok, i tried again, downloaded Assist 1.62 again from Jack AppStore, and tried to run Assist. It gave this Hollywood error message: "Error locking T:Assist/Downloads/! File: Functions.hws (current line: 286 - In function: lsDirectory). That is the error it creates.

djrikki (80.5.186.220) @ 01 Dec 2013, 07:31.19

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:31:19 +0100

By: djrikki (80.5.186.220)

Unless of courses its nothing to a DSI.

djrikki (80.5.186.220) @ 01 Dec 2013, 07:29.56

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:29:56 +0100

By: djrikki (80.5.186.220)

Perhaps I can shed some light on this.  Yes, there is an outstanding Hollywood issue that has already been reported to the developer.  It appeared after the most recent Kernel update and has been pinpointed to the 'DownloadFile' function, this function can cause a DSI to appear.  Hopefully this will be fixed shortly.

HKvalhe (85.164.237.73) @ 01 Dec 2013, 07:25.45

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:25:45 +0100

By: HKvalhe (85.164.237.73)

Give me a moment to trace down the problem. I'm trying again, then i come back to you, gtmooya.

gtmooya (2.103.201.77) @ 01 Dec 2013, 07:13.43

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:13:43 +0100

By: gtmooya (2.103.201.77)

@HKvalhe 
 
Are you able to give any more details of what the message is and what seems to trigger the error? I take it you are using Assist's 'Download in Jack' option? Thanks.

HKvalhe (85.164.237.73) @ 01 Dec 2013, 05:58.09

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:58:09 +0100

By: HKvalhe (85.164.237.73)

Version 1.62 and the new 1.7 causes a Hollywood error when the latest Jack 4.1 is installed. I have unfortunately removed Assist, until this bug is fixed. As it is related to a Hollwood issue, it leaves me to think that something has to be fixed in that language.

gtmooya (89.168.188.220) @ 03 Nov 2013, 03:41.42

Sun, 03 Nov 2013 15:41:42 +0100

By: gtmooya (89.168.188.220)

zzd10h (80.119.216.201) @ 03 Nov 2013, 02:59.16

Sun, 03 Nov 2013 14:59:16 +0100

By: zzd10h (80.119.216.201)

Thank to mention, in your "What's new" the new "Time based' function of FlipPaper 1.4... 
but I don't have released yet this version ;)

gtmooya (89.168.191.218) @ 30 Sep 2013, 08:35.47

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:35:47 +0200

By: gtmooya (89.168.191.218)

@zzd10h 
 
No problem. Yes, that's normal for 'What's new?'. Thanks.

zzd10h (80.119.216.201) @ 30 Sep 2013, 07:46.42

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:46:42 +0200

By: zzd10h (80.119.216.201)

Thank you to have added aTunes. 
In the "What's new" part, is it normal that the entries are not clickables ? 
 
Works great !

gtmooya (31.86.19.146) @ 17 Aug 2013, 04:21.56

Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:21:56 +0200

By: gtmooya (31.86.19.146)

Thanks for reports, will fix in next update.

samo79 (2.40.115.113) @ 13 Aug 2013, 09:53.03

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:53:03 +0200

By: samo79 (2.40.115.113)

Yep confirmed, here the crash: 
 
Cannot find layer "15" in current BGPic! 
File: Navigation.hws (current line: 57 - In function: HideLayer)

Nicsoft (83.183.46.175) @ 13 Aug 2013, 09:12.48

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:12:48 +0200

By: Nicsoft (83.183.46.175)

I think there is a bug in the latest version! 
Choosing the letter "I" and selecting page 2 makes Assist crash...

gtmooya (2.103.200.255) @ 13 Aug 2013, 01:10.05

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:10:05 +0200

By: gtmooya (2.103.200.255)

@samo79 
 
Will come for the tutorial articles later, they work differently to the A to Z so numbering needs to be implemented in a different way for these. 
 
Have been thinking of adding a pull down or pop-up menu for a while but need to learn how. Thanks for the links, will do some reading. :-)

samo79 (2.40.115.113) @ 13 Aug 2013, 04:39.22

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:39:22 +0200

By: samo79 (2.40.115.113)

Pretty nice, thanks :-) 
however i noted that the arrows are not present into the article section, but just on the "letter" section 
 
Just a though, for the future releases do you think you can add in Assist a support for the popup menu (gadget) ? 
 
http://wiki.amigaos.net/index.php/BOOPSI_Popup_Menus_-_Part_1 
http://wiki.amigaos.net/index.php/BOOPSI_Popup_Menus_-_Part_2

gtmooya (92.25.32.90) @ 22 Jul 2013, 05:11.26

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:11:26 +0200

By: gtmooya (92.25.32.90)

@HKvalhe 
 
Good to hear, thanks! 
 
@samo79 
 
Nice idea, will add soon. Thanks for the feedback.

samo79 (2.40.115.113) @ 19 Jul 2013, 11:00.18

Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:00:18 +0200

By: samo79 (2.40.115.113)

@gtmooya 
 
I have a small feature request :-) 
 
- When for a "letter" we have more that one page availible would be cool to add number reference with the numbers of the page so users will know exactly how many page is availible for a certain letter, for example say we have 4 pages for a letter: 
 
1/4 --> (page 1 to 4) 
2/4 
3/4 
4/4 
 
Etc for any multipage .. :-) 
 
That reference page numbers can be added between the back/forward AISS arrows

HKvalhe (85.167.227.247) @ 18 Jul 2013, 11:35.35

Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:35:35 +0200

By: HKvalhe (85.167.227.247)

AmiUpdate brought up the latest version 1.51, and it works very well. It's faster, too. Thanks :)

samo79 (93.144.79.147) @ 14 Jul 2013, 02:55.29

Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:55:29 +0200

By: samo79 (93.144.79.147)

Yep just tried the new 1.42 and the problem is solved at 100% 
 
Thanks ;-)

anonymous (92.25.37.45) @ 13 Jul 2013, 02:06.20

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:06:20 +0200

By: anonymous (92.25.37.45)

@samo79 
 
Uploaded a new version (0.41), should work ok now. Thanks for reporting.

gtmooya (92.25.35.170) @ 13 Jul 2013, 10:26.16

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:26:16 +0200

By: gtmooya (92.25.35.170)

@samo79 
 
Looks like it might be related to the Jack AppStore option. See if the file ENVARC:Assist/jack exists and if so delete it. Let me know how you get on, thanks.

samo79 (93.144.79.147) @ 13 Jul 2013, 03:41.23

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 03:41:23 +0200

By: samo79 (93.144.79.147)

Version 1.4 crash at startup! 
 
-- 
Cannot read beyond end of file! 
File: Start.hws (current line: 58- In function: ReadLine) 
--

gtmooya (78.150.107.175) @ 10 Jun 2013, 08:49.08

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:49:08 +0200

By: gtmooya (78.150.107.175)

Seems there was a missing image, am uploading a fixed archive. Thanks.

samo79 (93.144.86.147) @ 10 Jun 2013, 03:51.27

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:51:27 +0200

By: samo79 (93.144.86.147)

Iconify in Assist 1.2 seems broken 
 
Cannot read file iconify ! 
File: Assist.hws (current line: 89257 - In function: LoadBrush)

gtmooya (2.100.193.66) @ 21 May 2013, 06:10.49

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:10:49 +0200

By: gtmooya (2.100.193.66)

@amigaprez 
 
Glad you like Assist and thanks for taking the time to demo! Tutorials for the other themes are on the way, so watch this space as they say. Requests for particular tutorials are welcome as are contributions (see blog).

amigaprez (65.78.191.179) @ 21 May 2013, 09:47.37

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:37 +0200

By: amigaprez (65.78.191.179)

Just demoed this great piece for our user group tonight here in Sacramento, CA, USA.  Everything worked well with the exception of the "theme" buttons.  Only the "System and Workbench" theme showed any content.  The rest were blank.  Are they coming soon?  We hope so.

samo79 (93.144.75.113) @ 18 Feb 2013, 07:05.47

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:05:47 +0100

By: samo79 (93.144.75.113)

@gtmooya 
 
All bugs seems fixed now, thanks :-)

gtmooya (78.150.125.127) @ 18 Feb 2013, 12:01.52

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:01:52 +0100

By: gtmooya (78.150.125.127)

@samo79 
 
Thanks, fixed in 0.91 (currently in upload queue).

samo79 (93.144.75.113) @ 18 Feb 2013, 09:39.35

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:39:35 +0100

By: samo79 (93.144.75.113)

Agg another one :-) 
 
---------------------------------------------------------- 
Cannot find layer "play" in current BGPic! 
File Assist.hws (current line: 147 - In function: HideLayer) 
---------------------------------------------------------- 
 
Now i will to check exactly how to reproduce it but i was in "Tour section"

samo79 (93.144.75.113) @ 18 Feb 2013, 09:34.29

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:34:29 +0100

By: samo79 (93.144.75.113)

gtmooya (78.150.125.127) @ 18 Feb 2013, 09:21.38

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:21:38 +0100

By: gtmooya (78.150.125.127)

@samo79 
 
Thanks for the reports. In prefs all the buttons should be clickable as well as text, I overlooked this when I came back to working on Assist yesterday. 
 
I'll see what I can do about the requester, thinking about it there's probably a way Assist can identify whether it's running on a Sam460 or not. 
 
Update on it's way :-)

samo79 (93.144.75.113) @ 18 Feb 2013, 02:04.25

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:04:25 +0100

By: samo79 (93.144.75.113)

Another little glitch that still in latest 0.9 
 
in "F" if you click on the "flash" item a download of the FlashPlayerPlugin will started automatically, the correct way (as any other downloadable file from Assist) would be to use the download button on the right :-)

samo79 (93.144.75.113) @ 18 Feb 2013, 01:39.46

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:39:46 +0100

By: samo79 (93.144.75.113)

Found a bug in Assist 0.9, when i click on "Iconify while downloading" option in prefs i always got an Hollywood crash. 
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Function _p_prefshldedisplay() not found! 
File: Assist.hws (current line; 87678 - In function: funct) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
i didn't set anythings, i just start Assist clicking on that option. 
 
Also a suggest, i understand that on Sam460 the fullscreen may have issue, but on all other machines having a confirm requester to go in fullscreen still a bit annoying ... please can you add an option, maybe as tooltype in order to active/disactive this extra requester ? 
 
BTW: The "Fullscreen" option can't be enabled clicking on the "red circle" button but only  clicking on the text ?

gtmooya (92.17.107.233) @ 30 Dec 2012, 08:17.20

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:17:20 +0100

By: gtmooya (92.17.107.233)

@gtmooya 
 
Not been able to reproduce on Sam440, will have to investigate further.

djrikki (37.152.32.178) @ 29 Dec 2012, 12:47.21

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:47:21 +0100

By: djrikki (37.152.32.178)

Full screen mode freezes mouse pointer on SAM460ex.  Had to CTRL+C to break Assist and then delete envarc:assist/fullscreen to remove.

gtmooya (92.25.37.20) @ 20 Jun 2012, 08:55.33

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:55:33 +0200

By: gtmooya (92.25.37.20)

@samo79 
 
Bug fixed in next release (0.65). Sorry, managed to miss this bug somehow in the last two updates :-)

samo79 (188.152.129.129) @ 15 Jun 2012, 05:26.10

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:26:10 +0200

By: samo79 (188.152.129.129)

Just found another bug in version 0.63 
 
Clicking on thumbnail of the Abiword section (the video) 
 
---- 
Wrong operator for this type! 
File: Assist.hws (current line: 7665 - In function: func) 
----

samo79 (188.152.129.24) @ 12 Jun 2012, 01:41.09

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:41:09 +0200

By: samo79 (188.152.129.24)

>>> 
Assist is looking for a brush image called drawers_preview which has been renamed video_drawers (changed names of some brushes due to a planned new feature). I can't find any more references to the old file name in the script which is puzzling as it must be there to create this error. :-/ 
 
Running from RAM is unrelated, however running a 'fresh' copy rather than an AmiUpdate of 0.5 would partly explain updating via AmiUpdate will have left the old brushes untouched therefore Assist could still access the old drawers_preview brush and the error wouldn't occur. 
>>> 
 
Ah-ah thanks for explain, you are right still a bit strange, but almost now all seems fixed, i will test it further for sure but with 0.62 all seems ok for now ! 
 
Thanks !

anonymous (92.25.43.103) @ 11 Jun 2012, 09:21.29

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:21:29 +0200

By: anonymous (92.25.43.103)

@samo79 
 
Assist is looking for a brush image called drawers_preview which has been renamed video_drawers (changed names of some brushes due to a planned new feature). I can't find any more references to the old file name in the script which is puzzling as it must be there to create this error. :-/ 
 
Running from RAM is unrelated, however running a 'fresh' copy rather than an AmiUpdate of 0.5 would partly explain updating via AmiUpdate will have left the old brushes untouched therefore Assist could still access the old drawers_preview brush and the error wouldn't occur. 
 
Anyway, did find a bug related to the same video and another which meant they wouldn't play and not been able to recreate the error in 0.62 so hopefully the problem is fixed now. 
 
Thanks!

samo79 (188.152.129.24) @ 11 Jun 2012, 08:01.43

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:01:43 +0200

By: samo79 (188.152.129.24)

No need to "sorry" at all, bugs are normal so we are ;-) 
 
Sadly I noted also the other bug that still not fixed yet --> 
 
Cannot read file drawers_preview ! 
File: Assist.hws (current line: 114096 - In function: LoadBrush) 
 
Altrough with a different number/line compared to my previews report ... my test is nothing special at the end, i just open the progran (in RAM at the moment) and then i browse the various links/letters of Assist, then at some point it crash here or there ,,

gtmooya (92.25.43.103) @ 11 Jun 2012, 06:02.58

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:02:58 +0200

By: gtmooya (92.25.43.103)

@samo79 
 
Sorry about this, will take another look.

samo79 (188.152.129.24) @ 11 Jun 2012, 05:44.50

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:44:50 +0200

By: samo79 (188.152.129.24)

Thanks mate, however after a very quick try (starting Assist 0.61 from RAM DIsk) i had a very similar issue, this time clicking on "Tour" link and then on "b" letter 
 
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Cannot find layer "__layer73" in current BGPic! 
File: Assist.hws (current line: 2683 - In function: SetLayerStyle) 
----

gtmooya (2.100.196.96) @ 11 Jun 2012, 08:47.24

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:47:24 +0200

By: gtmooya (2.100.196.96)

@samo79 
 
Thanks for the reports, have fixed the bugs in the new version I've just uploaded. Thanks again for the feedback.

samo79 (188.152.129.24) @ 11 Jun 2012, 03:11.19

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:11:19 +0200

By: samo79 (188.152.129.24)

And another one when i browse the various content (i was in fullscreen) clicking on the letters) 
 
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Cannot read file drawers_preview ! 
File: Assist.hws (current line: 114096 - In function: LoadBrush) 
---

samo79 (188.152.129.24) @ 11 Jun 2012, 03:04.27

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:04:27 +0200

By: samo79 (188.152.129.24)

Latest version 0.6 crashed on my system when i select the "Tour" option and then a letter (i press "A") 
 
---- 
Cannot find layer "__layer74" in current BGPic! 
File: Assist.hws (current line: 2698 - In function: SetLayerStyle) 
----

gtmooya (2.100.192.139) @ 13 May 2012, 11:24.25

Sun, 13 May 2012 11:24:25 +0200

By: gtmooya (2.100.192.139)

@djrikki 
 
Thanks, will take a look at OS4Coding and let you know how I get on. Would be great to have asynchronous downloading, especially for the larger downloads.

djrikki (81.104.219.70) @ 13 May 2012, 07:27.47

Sun, 13 May 2012 07:27:47 +0200

By: djrikki (81.104.219.70)

If you want source code for asynchronous downloading let me know, however the code is on OS4Coding anyway, you are free to use it. It has only been writing with HTTP Redirection in mind which OS4Depot uses, doesn't work with Aminet at present, HW bug, Andreas knows about it.

gtmooya (92.30.251.247) @ 06 May 2012, 10:43.32

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:43:32 +0200

By: gtmooya (92.30.251.247)

@samo79 
 
Good to hear the problem's fixed, may well have had something to do with starting from RAM Disk. This shouldn't cause problems any more. Thanks again for the feedback.

samo79 (188.152.128.55) @ 06 May 2012, 10:47.37

Sun, 06 May 2012 10:47:37 +0200

By: samo79 (188.152.128.55)

Cool latest 0.43 seems pretty fine now, no more crash even when i start it from RAM ;-) 
So yes bug is fixed, thanks !

gtmooya (92.30.249.69) @ 04 May 2012, 09:38.55

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:38:55 +0200

By: gtmooya (92.30.249.69)

@samo79 
 
Wasn't able to recreate the error, but I think the Startup script was probably to blame. This has been updated in 0.43 (currently in upload queue). Hopefully it behaves better now?

gtmooya (92.30.249.69) @ 04 May 2012, 08:10.44

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:10:44 +0200

By: gtmooya (92.30.249.69)

@samo79 
 
Thanks for the feedback. Assist now looks for a DOWNLOADS: assign on startup, if not found it should temporarily assign this to RAM Disk. Have previously tested here and didn't come across this error, will run a few more tests and see if I can fix.

samo79 (188.152.132.231) @ 04 May 2012, 04:37.00

Fri, 04 May 2012 04:37:00 +0200

By: samo79 (188.152.132.231)

Mmm just download 0.42, unarchived in RAM and when i start it i got this: 
 
--- 
AmigaDOS Process: 512 
Insert a disk 
DOWNLOADS: 
In a unit 
 
Process: "if" 
--- 
 
Then sometimes program start and sometimes not, i got an Hollywood error so Assist will be closed

Leszec (77.237.22.152) @ 29 May 2011, 11:36.50

Sun, 29 May 2011 23:36:50 +0200

By: Leszec (77.237.22.152)

Nice Idea;but- Workbench is small, only Execute command and Find?

gregthecanuck (96.48.249.8) @ 28 May 2011, 12:02.06

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:02:06 +0200

By: gregthecanuck (96.48.249.8)

Nice work - looks very handy!

Lio (95.171.140.47) @ 27 May 2011, 05:50.43

Fri, 27 May 2011 17:50:43 +0200

By: Lio (95.171.140.47)

good idea ! 
thanks...

Daniel (78.150.104.22) @ 27 May 2011, 12:39.12

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:39:12 +0200

By: Daniel (78.150.104.22)

@kas1e 
 
The intention is to help users learn the shortcuts, especially new users or those have been away for a while. The idea came from something similar I saw for Ubuntu, of course most of these are listed in the menus but some are not that obvious/easy to remember. I have discovered some 'hidden' shortcuts after some research that still work in OS4.1 and will add these in the near future. Thanks.

kas1e (78.36.137.245) @ 27 May 2011, 12:17.13

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:17:13 +0200

By: kas1e (78.36.137.245)

Should to say, while its can looks like "simply work", still, its very handy and helpfull. I even learn some new combos :) 
 
@Daniel 
Its all the combos avail in current WB, or it have some more, which you just not type here ?