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Author:       hippie@cheerful.com  [ Ralf Steines AKA Hippie2000 ]
Uploader:     hippie cheerful com  [ Ralf Steines AKA Hippie2000 ]
Type:         misc/emu
Replaces:     misc/emu/uae-app_014*
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

$VER: UAE-App 0.1.5 by Hippie2000

UAE-ADF Mount+Unmount Workbench-Interface

What's New?

    As of version 0.1.5, the program will no longer be launched from WBStartup.
    The executable is called "UA" now for good, and its location is C: from now on.
    A new command "ua startup" was added to launch the server from user-startup.
    Configuration no longer comes from the icon tooltypes, but from environment vars,
    which get created/modified by a comfortable installer script. The installer script
    preserves existing configuration from now on, just this time you will have to enter
    hostpath and hostslash again. UAE-App is now availlable in two versions, the
    normal one which just contains all my work, and the "fat" version which includes
    all optional files, to allow an "installation in one go" with just answering two
    questions. The documentation has been improved, and an amigaguide version has
    been included, with basic online help features in the GUI.

Introduction

    UAE-App is a Commodity integrating the DF0: - DF3: ADF disk emulation control
    of UAE in the Amiga-OS. It provides the entire scale of Amiga User-Interfaces,
    to make ADF disk emulation handling as simple as possible. A popup GUI for all
    functions is provided, as well as a shell scripting interface. Archiving and
    dearchiving functions are implemented to handle gzip/zip/dms compressed disk
    images with or without GUI.

Requirements

    UAE-App requires at least V37 of the Amiga-OS (Kick 2.04/Workbench 2.04),
    running on any port of UAE which allows to mount parts of the native host
    filesystem as amiga volumes. It was successfully tested with recent Windows,
    Linux, Mac and Amiga ports of UAE. UAE-App does not require any special
    libraries, just those which are part of the AmigaOS. However, if you want
    to enable the optional archiving support functions you need to have the
    GZip/UnZip/xDMS executables in your C: directory and of course ixemul.library
    in your libs: folder. If you do not already have these files present, you should
    consider to download the "fat" version,&nbsp;which contains them all.
    (See "Download" below)

Download

    http://metamonk.com/uae-app/uae-app_015.lha
    http://metamonk.com/uae-app/uae-app_015.readme
    http://metamonk.com/uae-app/uae-app_015_fat.lha

Installation

    IMPORTANT: If you do not already have UAE-App 0.1.4 and its optional files
    on your system, you should download the "fat" version of UAE-App, since it
    contains all necessary compression utilities with a common installer script,
    doing all in one go. (see "Download" section above). The fat version is not
    spread through aminet, so if you got this archive from aminet you should go
    to http://metamonk.com/uae-app/ to get the latest fat version of UAE-App.
    
    1) Mount a new volume "ADF:" using the UAE-GUI or UAE commandline-arguments.
    This must be a native-filesystem harddisk emulation, no harddisk image!
    Put all your ADF images there and start UAE to check if the new volume
    appears on your workbench.
    
    2) Unpack the UAE-App archive in a temporary folder and double click the
    "Install" icon. The installation script will prompt you to anwer two questtions
    about the new volume "ADF:" which you have mounted before. First you will get
    asked for the path of the mounted directory within your host filesystem. Sample
    answer is "D:\amiga\adf\". Make sure that this path ends in a delimiter!
    Next you will have to enter the slash character used in your host filesystem
    to divide directorynames from filenames within pathes. Sample answer is "\".
    That's all. Once installation is finished UAE-App will be launched automatically
    so you will not have to reboot.
    
    Note: The installation script automatically shuts down your old UAE-App server
    (if it is running). Whenever you want to change the settings of your UAE-App
    installation you just need to run the installation script again. You do not
    need to enter all information again, since it will be retrieved from your
    current settings.

GUI Usage

    GUI POPUP WINDOW
    
    UAE-App normally hides its GUI until you call an ADF disk insertion function
    by one of the interfaces described below. The GUI will pop up, showing you the
    path of the ADF image you want to insert, enabling the buttons "Insert 0" to
    "Insert 3". Click one of them and the virtual disk will be inserted in the
    appropriate drive. Or click "Ignore", and the last insertion event will be
    ignored. ADF disk insertion is limited files matching the insertion pattern
    within the volume "ADF:". Anything else you may attempt to insert will just
    flash your workbench screen.
    
    APP INTERFACE (DRAG AND DROP )
    
    UAE-App enables the complete Workbench App-Interface to trigger ADF disk
    insertion and removal operations. Dragging an ADF image file in the Workench-
    App-Icon or the Popup-GUI or activating the file and using the App-MenuItem
    will call the disk insertion function (ADF file does not need to have an icon
    for this). Dragging a disk icon associated with a DFx: virtual floppy drive
    in the Workbench-App-Icon or the Popup-GUI or activating it and using the
    App-MenuItem will call the disk removal function in turn.
    
    DEFAULT TOOL INTERFACE
    
    You may create Project Icons for your ADF image files, pointing at "c:ua" as
    default tool. This will enable you to insert ADF images by double-clicking
    at them, and MAY be the future interface to store UAE settings within the
    Workbench tooltypes of each ADF image. (TODO?)
    
    SHUTTING DOWN UAE-APP
    
    You do not want to do this, do you? OK! Use Commodities Exchange, or use "Quit"
    in the GUI's "Project" menu, or send a Ctrl-F to the ua process to shut down the
    server. This will disable all functionality of UAE-App, even the shell interface
    and the default tool interface. Relaunch UAE-App to enable all features again.

Shell Usage

    The executable is called "ua" and resides in your C: directory. It has an easy to
    use shell interface to all functions the GUI provides. The syntax is very simple,
    all keywords are the same ones as used in the GUI. The shell interface runs from
    a separate process, controlling the server in remote. The GUI, part of the server,
    may be used as a realtime monitor to all actions you trigger. All UAE-APP shell
    operations which provide a destination drive (eg "DF0:") WAIT for the action to be
    finished. The GUI (if opened) shows an asterisk (*) in front of the filename display
    of each drive to monitor the wait state. If the wait state blocks for some reason
    (eg a bug) you may use the PRELIMARY menu "beta hacks-&gt;clear wait flags" to unblock
    it again. Please try to find out what happened and send me a bug report. Here's the
    complete list of shell commands:
    
    ua insert &lt;adffile&gt; [&lt;drive&gt;]
    ua remove &lt;drive&gt;
    
    ua create &lt;adffile&gt; [&lt;drive&gt;]
    ua delete &lt;adffile&gt;
    
    ua gzip &lt;adffile&gt; [&lt;drive&gt;]
    ua unpack &lt;archive&gt; [&lt;drive&gt;]
    ua test &lt;archive&gt; [&lt;drive&gt;]
    
    ua reset
    ua hardreset
    ua debug
    ua quituae
    
    ua popup
    ua hide
    ua quitapp
    ua startup

Technical info

    UAE-App is a hybrid single executable solution. The first instance is launched
    from your user-startup. It acts as a server to handle all uaelib functions, the
    GUI, the AppInterface and a remote message-port in asynchronous way. Any further
    instances of UAE-App (as launched by the filerequesters, the default tool interface
    or the shell interface) send their results to the server, to be inserted in the
    action stream.....

Bugs-Warnings-Todo

    - No character translation in filenames yet (except slashes)
    - Disk images are not locked yet when mounted
    - Don't run multiple scripts at once!

History

    
    990423 uae-app_015.lha 4th aminet release.
    - ADDED:   "fat" version which includes all optional files.
    - ADDED:   installer script, 7 clicks and 2 questions to setup all.
    - ADDED:   server now can be started from shell. (c:ua startup)
    - ADDED:   uae-app.guide = Help function/button/menu.
    - CHANGED: configuration comes from environment vars now. (env:uae-app)
    - CHANGED: executable is called C:UA launched from user-startup (c:ua startup)
    - CHANGED: uae-app homepage relocated to http://metamonk.com/uae-app/
    - CHANGED: icons renamed to def_*.info. def_dms added, moved all to env:uae-app
    - FIXED:   uae-app.readme now contains download links and no more CRLFs.
    
    990411 uae-app_014.lha 3rd aminet release.
    - ADDED:   most buttons in GUI now have hotkey equivalents.
    - ADDED:   Scans for c:gzip, c:xdms, c:unzip, enabling compression functions in GUI.
    - ADDED:   GZip/UnPack compression/decompression commands (handle gzip/zip/dms).
    - ADDED:   Delete command.
    - ADDED:   Disk-Image menu with all disk related commands (Select/Create...).
    - CHANGED: more realistic window limits now (resizes 1.5 times min-xsize).
    - CHANGED: removed tooltype UAE-DEVICE and its display in about window.
    - CHANGED: exchange-(in)activation does nothing now, didnt make any sense.
    - CHANGED: realtime sync now comes from timer.device, not from cxfilter any more.
    - FIXED:   now properly handles changing defpubscreen (closes+reopens on popup).
    - FIXED:   appicon now has no_icon_position (dopus5 wb replacement compatiblity).
    - FIXED:   initial opening of gui doesnt flicker any more (exept drive contents).
    - FIXED:   major bcpl string misinterpretion (worked, but ouch).
    - FIXED:   major nil pointer bugs in shell interface (ouch).
    
    990401 uae-app_013.lha second aminet release.
    - ADDED:   CX_POPUP and CX_PRIORITY to commodities broker.
    - ADDED:   error message if used from shell or default tool without server running.
    - ADDED:   relaunching from workbench now shows popup window.
    - ADDED:   improved shell interface, added wait feature.
    - ADDED:   device name display (DHx:) in about/amigapath section.
    - CHANGED: improved error check.
    - CHANGED: improved uae-app.info tooltypes.
    - CHANGED: only 2 tooltypes are required in uae-app.info from now on. others are optional.
    - CHANGED: cleaned up the whole source, rewrote each routine.
    - CHANGED: entire GUI works 100% asynchronous from now on, no more blocking of GUI and eventstream.
    - CHANGED: filerequesters spawn own process now. Multiple filerequesters possible now.
    - FIXED:   zero pointer bug in command dispatcher (ouch).
    - FIXED:   appicon bug which sometimes called the guru (ouch).
    
    990319 uae-app_012.lha first aminet release.
    - ADDED:   about window, button and menue.
    - ADDED:   status display line, displaying all operations in gui.
    - ADDED:   pattern gadget to filerequesters, including adz and adf.gz files now.
    - ADDED:   emulator menue to call softreset/hardreset/exitemu/debug.
    - ADDED:   Create function, creates blank 880K adf image.
    - CHANGED: checks AMIGA-PATH for uae.device now, fails safe on hardfiles and real amigas.
    - CHANGED: enhanced asynchronous GUI filename refresh.
    - FIXED:   cx_popkey bug with CX V37 (cx_popkey installation now properly CX V38+).
    - FIXED:   filerequesters to work with v36+ os (oops, called v39 stuff before).
    
    990312 uae-app_011.lha first usable version.
    - ADDED:   AppMenuItem.
    - ADDED:   prelimary shell argument handler.
    - ADDED:   ADF project icon default tool interface.
    - ADDED:   Project menue.
    - ADDED:   ASL filerequester.
    - ADDED:   ignore button.
    - ADDED:   CX_POPKEY tooltype and function (defaults to ctrl alt u).
    - CHANGED: simplified gui.
    
    990306 uae-app_010.lha initial alpha release.

Legal Stuff

    (c) 1999 Ralf Steines aka Hippie2000, FREEWARE, must not be sold, may be
    distributed as original archive by any medium, may be included in any UAE
    distribution, even commercial ones. PROVIDED "AS IS", NO WARRANTY OF ANY
    KIND, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK....
    
    The fat version has an additional folder "3rdparty", wich contains some
    binaries from GNU or Freeware utilities downloaded from the following locations:
    
    Geek Gadgets boot archive (gzip/ixemul.library)
    =&gt; ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/geekgadgets/amiga/m68k/snapshots/980523/BOOT.lha
    
    UnZip-5.32 (unzip/unzip.doc/COPYING)
    =&gt; http://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/arc/UnZip.lha
    
    xDMS-1.3 (xdms/xdms.txt)
    =&gt; http://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/arc/xDMS.lha
    
    All data in the 3rdparty folder is NOT the property of me, the author of uae-app.
    Look at the copyright notices in each program's manual to find out more.

Updates-Feedback

    If you don't read this doc online you should go to http://metamonk.com/uae-app/ to
    find the latest version of UAE-App. (Current release frequency: once each 2 weeks).
    It's impossible for me to test this program with all ports of UAE, so I need
    your feedback to make it work best. Email to metamonk@yahoo.com or use the form below
    and provide at least your email and a message. Please use the form if you want
    to report bugs, and answer all questions about your system carefully then. Thanks.
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