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Applications / Re: [Arca Noae] Dynamic Icons version 2.5.6
« on: May 25, 2025, 06:32:21 am »
If the "Dynamic" size and "Custom Icons" are enabled, since I don't have a PNG icon for .123 or .lwp, it will not show an icon. But I think that limitation was always there, it is just of this release.

To understand what's happening here, I need to know how these data files get their icon: by association with program objects for 123 & LWP , or because there are "123" and "LWP" WPS classes? If by association, they should get the program object's icon regardless of whether it's custom or not. If the icons come from WPS classes, then you'd probably get the set's default data icon.

As a test, you may want to open 'x:\sys\icons\BIGICONS\bigicons.txt' and comment-out the entry for "WPDataFile", then restart the Desktop and see what you get.

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Applications / Re: [Arca Noae] Dynamic Icons version 2.5.6
« on: May 25, 2025, 04:41:18 am »
I do not like this dynamic  icon release, it is buggy  :(

Have you ever considered the possibility that Dynamic Icons _isn't_ buggy and that the real problem is your system's configuration: something *you* are responsible for?

If you look at the status bar at the bottom of either screenshot, it shows the object's name, and in parentheses, its class. On my system (and AFAIK that of everyone who tested this), it says "Folder". On yours, it says "WPFolderEx". IOW, you have an add-on that no one else has that may prevent D.I. from operating normally (sounds like a timing issue).

It's easy enough to find out. If you know the name of the dll for this class, unlock it, then rename it. Next, restart the WPS and see if the problem persists (I doubt it will). Either way restore WPFolderEx's dll and restart the WPS again.

One work-around may be to ensure that WPPngFolder is that last class to replace WPFolder. You can use the WPS ClassList object to unreplace it, then immediately replace it. This should make WPPngFolder the last replacement. Restart the WPS when done.

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Programming / Re: EDM/2 - The API Project - Undocumented
« on: May 17, 2025, 08:28:26 am »
DosOpenMutexWaitSem is the one in the Programming Guide and Reference Addendum, under Additional APIs Supported in Warp Serever for e-business, so not a typo.

??? That item _is_ the typo in question.

Compare the sequence of functions in that listing with those in the Control Program Guide and Reference. Where the Addendum has DosOpenMutexWaitSem, the more authoritative CP Ref has DosOpenMuxWaitSem.

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Programming / Re: EDM/2 - The API Project - Undocumented
« on: May 16, 2025, 05:53:28 pm »
- DosOpenMutexWaitSem

DosOpenMuxWaitSem

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Storage / Re: How to discover the newly assigned USB drive letter?
« on: May 15, 2025, 04:14:37 am »
No need to get fancy here...

SysDriveMap() before calling LVM.
SysDriveMap() after calling LVM.
What changed?

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Programming / Re: An XWorkplace CPU Temperature Widget for AMD CPUs
« on: March 04, 2025, 10:15:58 am »
Run 'testlog acpi' then look at the last 5000+ lines: it's all there. Also, run 'iasl.exe' to see if any of its many options are of use to you.

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Applications / Re: Test build of dooble with qt5
« on: February 26, 2025, 02:27:04 am »
Where can I find it?

See attached. Put the exe in your Startup folder as-is and set it to start minimized.

For testing, dbl-click on it now to get it going, and Ctrl-C to kill it.

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Web applications / Re: Dooble releases, Qt5 builds
« on: February 24, 2025, 08:35:07 pm »
I tried dooble and firefox on archive.org. Each gives a blank page.

I typed "archive.org" into Dooble/QT5 and got a blank page from http://archive.org. When I changed that to https://archive.org the page came up immediately.

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Events / Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« on: February 23, 2025, 06:22:34 pm »
Has anyone used the "new VNC Server" which is said to be "available"?
I cannot even find it or the client.

I have two test installs and neither had it. I booted the AOS installer and found that the VNC option is not selected by default (I thought it was in past versions). Regardless, it's easy to install after-the-fact:

Double-click on the ISO to mount it. On the newly mounted drive navigate to 'x:\CID\SERVER\ARCAPKG', then dbl-click either 'VNC-P4.WPI' or 'VNC-I686.WPI'.

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Applications / Re: hobbesarchive.com FTP
« on: February 18, 2025, 06:01:38 am »
No problem. Rich being Rich.

No, Martin, there is a BIG problem: your arrogance. You did a lousy job of "fixing" something that was none of your business, then you act like I have no reason to complain? Where's your apology?

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Applications / Re: hobbesarchive.com FTP
« on: February 17, 2025, 08:08:34 pm »
I had to do something with the xwp files in Hobbes. It seemed to have some kind of limitation uploading .exe (as far as I understood). I had to bundle the "full" and "lite" in a zip file with the languages.
[...]
It is what I can do for the moment.

WTF???  I know you _think_ you're being helpful but you're NOT!

If you actually wanted to help, you would have emailed me or posted something here letting me know of the problem. But no, you had to come up with the worst possible solution. Why???

When I'm done with this rant, I will implement the *correct* solution: I will rename all the files to *.WPI and re-upload them. Meanwhile, please delete those zips.

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Applications / Re: hobbesarchive.com FTP
« on: February 08, 2025, 07:59:48 pm »
Rich. If you want, post the <upload>.txt files here inside a .zip file and I will upload the files one at a time.

Thank you for the offer but I've taken care of it. The files are in /pub/incoming but not yet cataloged.

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Applications / hobbesarchive.com FTP
« on: February 07, 2025, 08:06:19 pm »
I'd like to use conventional FTP to upload the new version of XWP but all attempts so far have failed. The site's 'Upload policy' page demands that you use FTP but doesn't bother to tell you how to log in. Emails sent to 'webmaster' and 'support' @hobbesarchive.com a couple of days ago seeking guidance have gone unanswered.

I tried logging in using the standard 'anonymous/<email>' name/pword but that failed. I then created an account for the site and confirmed it would log me in to the website, but it failed when used for FTP. I'm aware that there's an upload page but I've got 14 WPIs and 14 ready-to-go "template" files and would like to avoid having to copy/paste all this stuff.

What's a guy to do?

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Applications / XWP v1.0.17
« on: February 05, 2025, 05:07:52 am »

XWorkplace v1.0.17 is now available.

New Features
  • Icon Size page
    For users who have 'Dynamic Icons' installed, a new page has been added to the Desktop's notebook. It provides a simplified way to set the size of icons in folders and XCenter, and ensures all Desktop folders use the size you have chosen. D.I.'s original settings page remains available if you prefer icons that are considerably larger or smaller than the default.
     
  • Memory Map widget
    This addition to XCenter displays private and shared memory use graphically. Unlike other memory utils, it also shows how much memory is unassigned and could be used as either. A quick glance at this "gray area" identifies how much free memory remains without having to examine any numbers. For those who do like numbers, clicking on the widget will display this info numerically.

Updates and Bugfixes
  • Trashcan: objects in the Trash Can now display their original icons rather than the objects' class default icon. The "Trash full" icon now displays properly when 'Dynamic Icons' is installed.
     
  • XWP-Full: first-time installs of XWP-Full are now pre-configured to match the feature set of XWP-Lite. Your ability enable/disable any XWP feature remains in place. The initial "Install objects" dialog has been removed since all objects are created by WarpIn during installation.
     
  • German NLS: Mathias Rißler has provided a major rewrite of the German NLS.
     
  • Startup: displaying the Startup Folder's settings no longer resets the Startup Delay spinbutton to 1 second.
     
  • Folder views: an update now prevents folders from being subject to multiple concurrent refreshes.
     
  • DiskFreeCondensed widget: the widget's saved size is now restored properly when XCenter is opened.
     
  • Sound object: settings that were changed shortly before shutdown might  not be saved; XWP now ensures that they are.
     
Downloads

Files will be uploaded to hobbesarchive once I gain access. Meanwhile they are available from the links below.

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Programming / Re: Qt6 Development
« on: February 04, 2025, 10:47:39 am »
Yeah this does make the tests pass. Interesting, the original changes to qstringconverter.cpp also pass. Committed to main, I'll cherry-pick to 6.8.x when I get a moment

The tests that failed were passing multi-byte UTF8 characters to the converter as "native encoding". The converter thought they were a series of CP850 codepoints and converted each one of the bytes to Unicode. Most of these tests were invalid anyway since CP850 doesn't contain some of the test characters such as a non-breaking space.

Still, I think that at least one of the tests in the revised version should still fail. Could you post the new binary?

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