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Article #1249Re: More dataypes problems
From: singh
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 22:14
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 22:14
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In article <4c7ajv$g5c@uwm.edu>, integral@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Noah I Rosenberg) wrote: > I've been trying for a really long time to get my datatypes to work, and I > can't figure it out for the life of me. I have d/l'ed some datatypes from > aminet and insstalled them like this. > > I have a SYS:devs/datatypes directory, containing: > > [4][Workbench:Devs/DataTypes] ls > AmigaGuide FTXT JFIF WAVE > BMP GIF VOC exe > > > then I have a sys:classes/datatypes directory, looks like this: > > [4][Workbench:Classes/DataTypes] ls > VOC_DT.Doc bmp.datatype text.datatype > ZGIFDatatype.Doc exe.datatype voc.datatype > amigaguide.datatype gif.datatype wav.datatype > ascii.datatype jfif.datatype > > > I also have a line in my startup-sequence: > > C:AddDatatypes REFRESH QUIET > > > > Does this look like everything is set up correctly? That is the extent of my > set-up.. should datatypes work now? I've never gotten them to work in any > program.. I'm trying to get IBrowse to have inlined gifs, or MultiView, or > ANYTHING, nothing wants to work for me. I can't figure it out. Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance.. > > -Noah Rosenberg > > > -- > CONTROL INTEGRITY LUST > in'T@-gr@l http://www.uwm.edu/~integral > "Send money or I'll die." > -integral@csd.uwm.edu > > > > -- > CONTROL INTEGRITY LUST > in'T@-gr@l http://www.uwm.edu/~integral > "Send money or I'll die." > -integral@csd.uwm.edu Where in the startup-sequence do you have that line? I had problems with datatypes and corrected it by putting adddatatypes refresh further down. Also check the spelling you used, a common mistake is the type: addatatypes instead of "adddatatypes." -- Support Amiga development, *BUY* amiga software!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!pool3-001.wwa.com!user From: singh@wwa.com (singh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Subject: Re: More dataypes problems Date: 4 Jan 1996 22:14:33 GMT Organization: WorldWide Access (tm) - Chicagoland Internet Services (http://www.wwa.com) Message-ID: <singh-0402951618590001@pool3-001.wwa.com> References: <4c7ajv$g5c@uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool3-001.wwa.com X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b27.1+