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THE AMIGAVISION PLAYER: AVPLAYER, release 2.04
(c) Copyright 1992 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
AVPlayer, avdb.library, avtextgad.library, camd.library,
realtime.library, and associated documentation and icons are
(c) Copyright 1992 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
THIS SOFTWARE AND/OR INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS-IS". NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE MADE, AND ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN
RISK. NEITHER COMMODORE NOR THE AUTHORS ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY
OR LIABILITY WHATSOEVER.
This archive contains a freely redistributable player program
called AVPlayer. AVPlayer is a version of AmigaVision Professional
without the Flow Editor. It allows you to play back flows created
in AmigaVision Professional or AmigaVision 1.7.
This archive may be distributed provided the following rules are
complied with:
A) No change may be made to the AVPlayer, its libraries or
documentation.
B) AVPlayer and its associated libraries may not be installed on
a user's system or Workbench unless the installation procedure
included with the distributed product has determined that
the user's system or Workbench does not include more recent
versions of these files.
C) The AVPlayer must be distributed in its complete form,
containing the 8 files listed below:
1) AVPlayer, version 2.4
2) AVPlayer.info
3) AVPlayer.doc
4) AVPlayer.doc.info
5) avdb.library, version 2.2
6) avtextgad.library, version 1.1
7) camd.library, version 37.13
8) realtime.library, version 37.3
AmigaVision Professional is an icon-based authoring tool for
creating presentations, point-of-information displays and
interactive courseware. It is compatible with AmigaVision version
1.7. Among its many new features are: CDTV support, playback of CD
Digital Audio and CD-XL Motion Video files, multi-dimensional
arrays, streamed-in animation and sound files, ANIM Brush support,
more screen transitions, V39 compatibility and AA graphics support.
USING AVPLAYER
To use the AmigaVision player program, enter the following from the
AmigaDOS CLI:
AVPlayer <filename.AVf> [-sXXXXX]
The first parameter, the AmigaVision file to be presented, should
contain the file's complete path, and the .AVf extension. For
example:
AVPlayer MyDisk:examples/Quiz.avf
The second optional parameter overrides the default stack size.
When the AVPlayer is started, it sets a default stack size of 20K.
To override this stack size, specify the "-s" parameter followed by
a number which represents the new stack size. For example:
AVPlayer MyDisk:examples/Quiz.avf -s10000
will cause the AVPlayer to set a stack size of 10K.
Before the AVPlayer creates its stack, it will check the system
stack. If the system stack is the larger than the stack that
AVPlayer wants to create, a new stack will not be created, the
system stack will be used instead. If the system stack is smaller
than the one that AVPlayer wants to create, a second stack will be
created for the AVPlayer.
This version of the AmigaVision player cannot be run from Workbench.
This version of the player has been divided into three portions:
AVPlayer : the main executable, and
avdb.library : a library containing all AV's database
functionality,
avtextgad.library : a library containing all AV's input field
form functionality.
The optional libraries are needed only if the flow contains icons
from the Data sub-menu. They are intended to be placed in the Libs:
directory or in the same directory as AVPlayer. As they are
specific to AmigaVision, we recommend that they be stored with the
executable.
Camd.library and realtime.library must be present in the Libs:
directory if you plan to play MIDI files with AmigaVision. If you
have copies of these libraries that are older than those in the
AVPlayer archive, use the libraries from the AVPlayer archive.
You can determine the version number of your libraries by using the
version command. For example,
version libs:camd.library
will return the version number of the camd.library file in your
LIBS: directory.
RUNNING THE AVPLAYER FROM A PROJECT ICON
To play an AmigaVision flow from a Workbench icon, the following
procedure may be used:
1. Create a Project-type icon (same type as an AmigaVision Flow
icon). For this explanation the Project icon will be called
"RunFlow.info".
2. Set the Default Tool of the Project icon to c:IconX. Do this by
selecting the Project icon, and then choosing Information or
Info from the Workbench menu. Enter "c:IconX" in the Default
Tool, and then select Save.
3. Use a text editor to create a text script file as follows,
substituting the path and name of your AmigaVision flow.
Sample script file:
.key none
.bra {
.ket }
MyDisk:AVPlayer MyDisk:examples/Quiz.avf
4. Save the text script file in the same directory as your Project
icon and with the same name as the icon minus the ".info". So,
if your Project icon is called "RunFlow.info", then the text
script file must be saved as "RunFlow".
5. Now, if you double-click your Project icon, IconX will execute
your script.
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ERROR REQUESTER CODES
1007 Amiga is low on memory; Please free some and try again.
1010 Screen resolution and interlace settings of consecutive pictures
must be the same to perform specified transition.
(Fade transitions will work)
1022 Warning: Insufficient or Fragmented memory! Free Memory and hit
Continue to try again, or Cancel to Abort AmigaVision.
1023 Operation could not be performed as specified.
Select:
Continue: to continue presentation
Cancel: to terminate presentation.
1026 Evaluation was terminated due to lack of memory.
2002 Insufficient memory.
2008 Cannot open file specified.
2009 Specified file is not of IFF format.
2010 Cannot open screen.
2011 Cannot open window.
2012 Video Error: Cannot open Devs:Player.device. Please install
proper driver software.
2014 Type Mismatch of variables in expression.
2015 Syntax error. Please refer to the User's Manual.
2016 Incomplete expression.
2017 Numeric operation on a string or a boolean variable is not allowed.
2018 Divide by zero. Please check variable values.
2020 String table overflow.
2021 Incorrect parameter type.
2022 Incorrect number of parameters.
2023 Variable name too long.
2025 Unknown variable. Please define variable before using...
2027 Field name is empty or contains illegal characters.
2028 No Fields specified for Database.
2029 Cannot insert - Record length would exceed maximum size of 4000
Characters.
2031 Cannot insert - Database already contains record with this key.
2032 Cannot insert - Empty Keys are not allowed.
2033 Cannot insert - A Boolean has not been set.
2034 Cannot create - Filename invalid or not specified.
2035 Cannot open/create - More than 10 Databases open.
2040 Specified file is not of ILBM format.
2041 Specified file is not of ANIM5 format.
2042 Specified file is not of 8SVX format.
2043 Specified file is not of SMUS format.
2044 Specified file is not an AmigaVision application.
2045 Specified file is not an ILBM or ANIM5 format.
2046 Specified file is not ASCII.
2048 Incompatible application file format.
2049 Value is not the correct type.
2050 Value is out of range.
2051 Value is invalid.
2053 Presentation error: Could not open screen; aborting.
2055 Image output only possible on printer.
2056 Value cannot be negative.
2057 Field is Invalid.
2058 Number will not fit in field when properly formatted.
2059 Date is Invalid.
2060 Cannot initialize video player. Please check player, cable, and settings.
2061 Filename & type is too long. (30 character maximum)
2062 Specified file is not an AmigaVision 'Display Object' file.
2063 Specified file is not of dBaseIII format.
2064 Cannot create Workbench icon file: Filename is too long.
2065 Cannot create backup file: Filename is too long.
2066 Backup file will not have a Workbench icon: Filename is too long.
2067 Drawer & filename is too long. (255 character maximum)
2068 Drawer is too long. (255 character maximum)
2069 Filename & type may not contain the characters: / \
2070 Command specified in Execute icon cannot be performed.
2071 Cannot find default tool for project in Execute icon.
2072 Illegal negative parameter: This function accepts positive values only.
2073 The second parameter must be greater in value than the first.
2074 Cannot open specified database
2075 Cannot delete record
2076 Database record must be selected before performing action
2080 Valid Timer units are 1..9 inclusive.
2081 Function does not accept input of zero (0).
2082 Parameter(s) outside of acceptable range.
2084 Cannot load file: it was created by a newer version of AmigaVision.
3001 Can't find Workbench 1.3 libraries
3002 No textfile specified.
3003 Cant open textfile.
3004 Bad chunk read
3005 Flowfile read error
4001 Unable to open file '%s'
4002 Not an IFF file '%s'
4003 Read Error
4004 Can't find instrument '%s'
4005 Bad Compress Type in '%s'
4006 Not enough memory
4007 Not a valid ANIM5 file '%s'
4010 Expression syntax error
4011 Can't open translator library
4012 Can't open narrator device
4013 An SMUS file is running
4014 Not a valid 8SVX file '%s'
4015 Too many sounds
4016 Can't open audio device
4017 Not a valid SMUS file '%s'
4018 Too many instruments
4019 Cache manager not running
4020 Unable to open desired screen
4021 Display object already in use
4022 Voice is active
4023 Serial device is busy
4024 Audio device is busy
4025 Timer device is busy
4026 SMUS file contains no instruments
4027 ILBM too deep
4028 Filename needed for 'File Defined' usage
4029 A Forms icon is already executing: second activation ignored.
4030 Current CD does not contain the track(s) specified.
4031 Invalid range specification for CD Audio play command.
4033 Not a valid ANIMBRUSH file '%s'
4035 Can't open camd.library.
4036 Can't open realtime.library.