Short: A handy GUI to clean up .backdrop files Author: Bruce Steers Uploader: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bsteers/ Version: 1.8 (07.03.2001) Type: util/wb Requires: ARexx, AWNPipe (web.ukonline.co.uk/awnpipe) Distribution: Aminet, Others please ask me Fix.backdrop Yet another handy utility from Bruce Steers ------------------------------------------- This is an Arexx script i wrote to Clean up the .backdrop file of a disk '.backdrop' holds the info for icons to 'Leave Out' on the workbench it seems you can have many obsolete paths still in this file. reasons for this could be you manualy deleted a 'left out' file or maybe the .backdrop file is an old file Restored from a backUp whatever the reason this GUI will show all files that are listed in a .backdrop file and if any paths are missing an icon (this will cause file to NOT be left out and is thus Obsolete) Usage: ------ To start.. Simply Double Click the Fix.backdrop Icon you must have AWNPipe installed If you do not have AWNPipe then get the latest archive from the support site http://web.ukonline.co.uk/awnpipe/ NOTE: C:Version MUST be the original Commodore Version If you have something like VersionWB installed the you can change the path at the beggining of the script to point to c:Version.orig or whatever it's called. Fix.backdrop gets a list of devices and finds which ones have .backdrop's Disks that are either 'missing a .backdrop' or are 'Write Protected' will not be listed below the main ListView is a Chooser Gadget with 'Information' displayed Use this gadget to select a device once the .backdrop file is checked , if any Paths are Obsolete the 'Fix .backdrop' Gadget Becomes un-disabled Simply Click the 'Fix .backdrop' Gadget to renew the file ---------------------------------------- History: up to version 1.5 i didn't keep any history :( 1.8: ---- Fixed a bug that caused a failiure rather than reporting if there are no .backdrop files found on any writable disks. (thanks Martin Elsner for reporting that :) 1.7: ---- OOPS!, fixed a bug causing it to fail when fixing :( 1.6: ---- now uses a listbrowser for devices not a cycle gadget. now it beeps when a .backdrop has errors. now it has a gadget to re-read devices for .backdrop files. now window is disabled when updating lists now OpenURL.library is used for the menu urls ---------------------------------------- Thanks to: William Parker .. for making the AWNPipe device http://web.ukonline.co.uk/awnpipe/ Michaela Prüß .. for reporting a few little bugs that have now been splatted ;) All the Best Brucey ()_\ () / mailto:bsteers@ukonline.co.uk http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bsteers/ ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1328 710 46.5% 07-Mar-01 00:36:52 Fix.backdrop.info 839 587 30.0% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +awnp.info 136 121 11.0% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +AWNPIPE 481 262 45.5% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +AWNPIPE.info 75956 37520 50.6% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +awnpipe-handler 7727 2838 63.2% 07-Mar-01 00:41:30 +Fix.backdrop 2864 1431 50.0% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +Fix.backdrop.info 3199 1340 58.1% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +Fix.backdrop.readme 1351 800 40.7% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +Fix.backdrop.readme.info 1656 673 59.3% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +Install_en 1241 529 57.3% 07-Mar-01 00:36:50 +Install_en.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 96778 46811 51.6% 07-Mar-101 06:57:44 11 files