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Short: TheChoice V1.05 - Simple Program Selector
Author: c_wich@river.prima.ruhr.de (Carsten Wich)
Uploader: c_wich@river.prima.ruhr.de (Carsten Wich)
Type: util/boot
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= TheChoice V1.05 =
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Copyright 1993-95
by
Carsten Wich
Hagebuttenweg 34
44289 Dortmund
Germany
Phone +49-2304-43692
E-Mail c_wich@river.prima.ruhr.de
The Choice is a small Program Selector especially useful for Game Partitions
of Harddisks (or SyQuest etc.).
It allows up to 102 entries to be displayed on a PAL HiresLace Screen or 48
entries on a PAL Hires Screen. All the Programms appear as Intuition Gadgets
and can be easily selected by a Left Mouse Click.
Installation is quite simply. Just place TheChoice in a path of your choice
and create a config file.
The config file has to be located in S: Directory and has to be named
"TheChoice.config".
The Contents of this file breaks down as follows :
<Name of Program 1>
<executable script for Program 1>
<Name of Program 2>
<executable script for Program 2>
<Name of Program 3>
<executable script for Program 3>
.
.
.
.
<Name of Program 78>
<executable script for Program 78>
The <Name of Program> Text appears in the Gadget and the <executable script for
Program> will be executed after selection of the appropiate gadget.
That's basically all you have to know (Quite simply, eh).
I also included the Source Code in this release, feel free to take a look at it.
If you have any proposals or find any bugs then let me know. I would also like
to hear some opinions about this little program so that I can see if there is a
need in the Amiga World for it or if I should waste my time on something other.
History:
1.0 - 23.11.1993 First Release
1.01 - 13.03.1994 Bugfixed Release
TheChoice crashed if the Config-File had more than 77 Programs
1.02-
1.03 - internal beta Versions
1.04 - still beta, but several bug fixes and improvements...
- only PAL screen possible -> more max entries possible
- TheChoice now searches for the config script in S: rather than in Games:S
- TheChoice now copies the choosen script to the file "RAM:Script" which
you have to execute after you started TheChoice
1.05 - 27.07.1995 First AmiNet Release
- Removed some beta code so the executable is now a bit shorter
- Removed the switch between PAL and NTSC because NTSC is not supported in
this Release
- TheChoice excutes the script again (due to some complaints by a friend of
mine
Future:
I am currently planning the new version 2.0 of TheChoice. It will be entirely
written in SAS-C and will automatically fit its window to the choosen PubScreen
or creates its own one. The ModeID, Font and location of the config file can
be choosen via tooltypes / shell-arguments.
Don't expect this version before September '95 because I am going on vacation
the whole August.
So long, tramps like us...
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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1233 595 51.7% 28-Jul-95 15:19:52 TheChoice.info
143 91 36.3% 23-Nov-93 16:55:50 +TheChoice.config
40 40 0.0% 23-Nov-93 16:18:18 +BoulderDash
43 43 0.0% 23-Nov-93 11:37:04 +E_II
61 60 1.6% 23-Nov-93 13:13:28 +GS2000
60 60 0.0% 23-Nov-93 15:46:36 +Syndicate
41 41 0.0% 23-Nov-93 11:45:10 +WingComm
13500 7595 43.7% 28-Jul-95 14:47:56 +TheChoice
682 454 33.4% 28-Jul-95 15:19:52 +TheChoice.info
5943 1892 68.1% 28-Jul-95 14:46:36 +TheChoice.mod
3294 1449 56.0% 28-Jul-95 15:16:48 +TheChoice.ReadMe
1432 538 62.4% 28-Jul-95 15:19:52 +TheChoice.ReadMe.info
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