Short: Gives you a tip of the day on bootup! Author: Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk) Uploader: Gareth Murfin (gazy globalnet co uk) Type: util/boot Replaces: AmiTip10a.lha Architecture: m68k-amigaos AmiTip v1.0b - By Gareth Murfin aka Gaz ----------------------------------------- This is a little program I made because I was using a PC and I saw the 'Tip of the day' thing on Word. I decided that the Amiga should have that too but maybe on BootUp so it happens more often. Then I decided to do it and created this. Its a simple little utility which must be dragged into your WBstartup drawer and will amuse you on bootup with serious, funny and jokey tips which are picked at random from 46. It has some extra features because I tried to get the most out of using BlitzBasic, they are :- o Needs NO installation, drag into your WBstartup drawer and its done! o Can be ran simply by double clicking too o Makes rebooting more interesting! o Supports Tools types! o Works on ALL versions of Workbench and Setpatch * o Works on ALL Amiga's * o No special requirements *² o Supports the NEW $Poo Command! *³ * This is TRUE in theory although it has only been tested on :- Workbench 3.1 + Amiga International® SetPatch 97 running on my A1200Tg 040/25/25/MMU + 18Meg RAM + 2xCD,520HD, *² Well actually there are very basic requirements, these are :- A battery backed up clock (Most Accelerators have these) *³ Poo is a revolutionary new command like Version. Download it from AmiNet or the Alpha URL today! NOTE: AmiTip only has 46 tips because I couldnt think of anymore, over the next few versions I will try and add many, many more tips but it would be handy if you, the user could give me ideas for new tips! If you want to add some tips and get a mention in this doc for it then please do the tips as text in the format below and email them to me for me to add. This tip must be like this:- "Must be 50 characters enclosed within speech marks" If you have many ideas for tips then simply send me a big list of them in this format and Ill add them all and credit you in this doc :)) BUGS ---- it has been brought to my attention that this program sometimes suffers from a 'Window Error'. This is actually caused by a display bug in the Blitz Basic programming language. It happens when AmiTip tries to open a window over another one. Ie, The Wb has another screen already opened. This could be for example a game, BootPic or maybe even a browser. The point is to get AmiTip to work the WB has to be empty of other screens, for instance if you double click on the amitip icon after bootup has finished it should be fine. So if AmiTip fails to work turn off all your boot pics etc and see if it works then. If you think AmiTip is being executed too early in the WbStartup drawer you could try renaming it to 'ZamiTip', this would make it the last thing which the wb loads before bootup is finished. It May work now, but if it doesnt then please eMail me with details of your setup. If you're a coder then you might even be able to help me solve the problem. Right then, install this and then let me know what you think via email (gazy@globalnet.co.uk) Also look out on AmiNet for my other creations which are :- Dwarfx24.lha - The Ultimate AmIRC enhancement package Theme040.lha - An 040 patch for ThemePark ZombieFest.lha - A small Zombie Music and Gfx demo Dwarfdemo.lha - A small Music and Gfx demo with nice scrolling text JoyMouse.lha - Mouse emulator for CD³² pad Zippyxdemo - GFX & SFX MegaDemo Hoppyxdemo - GFX & SFX MegaDemo Carnlevels - Replacement levels for Carnage Other Cool Utilities Ive made in Blitz Include :- AmiClock10a.lha - A nice Blitz Clock with date AmiGreet10a.lha - Greets you on BootUp AmiBlank10a.lha - Funky ScreenSaver! AmiTip10a.lha - Gives you a Tip every day of the year! At the moment I have coded in BlitzBasic, Arexx, Dos and Reality, I hope to learn C++ in the future but right now Im working on a game in BlitzBasic, let me know if you want to help or you just want details... C O M I N G S O O N * * * DAWN OF THE DEADER RPG * * * C O M I N G S O O N -------------------+-+ |®| Gaz (Alpha Software) +-+ Email - gazy@globalnet.co.uk URL - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gazy/ (Alpha Software URL) _ _ // \\// Amiga Makes it possible....® \/