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Welcome to the wonderful world of the Directory Opus Magellan II ARexx interface Come aboard for a fascinating journey through the twisted mind of an unqualified person who is trying to impart some knowledge upon other people. It'll make you laugh, it'll make you cry. WARNING: Parts of this guide have been subjected to a 'dry' sense of humour, if you find one please return it to the owner. SECOND WARNING: This part of the tutorial was originally an AmigaGuide document. It has been mechanically translated into an HTML document, so it doesn't look as good as the rest of the tutorial. The management wishes to apologise for this and remind you that your statutory rights are not affected. DISCLAIMER: Some of the stuff in this guide works better in AmigaGuide form. LATE BREAKING NEWS: After playing around with this tutorial in it's hastily converted HTML format, I can tell you that I think HTML sucks :-/ None of the examples will run from within the HTML, do yourself a favour and load the AmigaGuide version folks ;-) Introduction What is this? Requirements You want what! Resources Never enough... Format Nice hard drive ;^) Credits Uh oh, Martin's in trouble >:-| Author The character that wrote this tripe. Where the results end up I want results! Where the error come from It's all Opus' fault. The Opus Screen/Window dopus front / back A view to a kill. dopus screen You'll get square eyes. dopus query Well, I didn't know that! dopus set in concrete. dopus getdesktop Watch it, that's oak! dopus checkdesktop Quick, what's in the drawers?! dopus matchdesktop A right pair they make. dopus desktoppopup Yoohoo, I'm over here! Version and Errors dopus version Next year's model. dopus error A problem? Never! Getting information from the user dopus request I get a choice? dopus getstring I value your input. lister request I can't make up my mind. lister getstring Who asked you? Opening and Closing Listers lister new Come on, open up. lister close Drink up, it's closing time. lister iconify I feel really small. lister read Every path a story. lister copy We're all clones... lister wait As if we don't do enough already. Giving the user some feedback dopus read It's learnt to read! dopus progress We're moving! lister progress We progress through this, to... lister newprogress Nothing stands in the way of progress. Finding and Setting Lister Attributes lister query Hello sailor... lister set A change is as good as a holiday...NOT! lister position Position number 217... lister visible Now you see me, now you don't. File Manipulation and Information dopus getfiletype Stereotyped again! lister query entry No, you can't come in! lister select I want that one! lister remove You don't get rid of me that easily! lister add 1 and 1 is 3...err...2 lister addstem Nuffin' 'rong wi' a bit a graft guv'. Calling the Internal Commands command "By your command..." Using OpusFTP Functions Missing Directory Opus 4 commands? CopyWin SwapWin Troubleshooting The simple things in life are very expensive. ARexx error codes Most of it a trial, all of it in error. ARexx tracing We know where you are. The Opus CLI A commanding position. Integrating Opus and other Programs Opus - AWeb-II v2 "Come in to my parlour", said the spider. Some ideas for you to start with :) Wouldn't want me to wear my brains out :) ArcDir.dopus5 Example 1: Opening a lister to the path of your current shell Example 2: Changing your shell path to the same as the lister Example 3: An improved DOS-DOpus script (Example 1) Example 4: Copying Source lister to Destination lister Example 5: Swapping the Source and Destination listers Example 6: Changing the background every 30 seconds Example 7: Simple ARexx module #1 Example 8: Simple ARexx module #2 Example 9: Using a module to do other things Example 10: A Simple Custom Handler for a Lister Example 11: A Simple Custom Handler for an AppIcon Example 12: Improving the internal commands Example 13: Cloning Source listers Example 14: Comparing files in two listers Example 15: Adding a bit of Win95 BLAH!! Example 16: Adding a simple directory tree function Example: Finding All listers Example: Finding the Active lister and the State Example: Finding the current Source lister Example: Finding the current Destination lister