Wow! These are GREAT programs!! Good job Kirk!!

Andrew

cock.

Wow, great job Kirk.

(Third comment, woohoo)

It does a pretty good job at detecting libraries, but it doesn't always detect all the required ones. For example, if a library requires another library.

you're good at finding faults of just about anything you come in contact with :)

I guess you could say I am a perfectionist sometimes...

Heh... you will notice that the title of this article is "Kirk Meyer Releases Screen Shot Utility" not "Kirk Meyer Releases FACHK"... the reason being, that FACHK is pretty much not written very well... the whole thing is a hack of a bunch of files that I gathered.

I haven't tried it, but I'm assuming you mean the 89/92+ stuff. It would seem the easiest way to detect libraries would be to write a 68k program that does exactly what the Doors/Plusshell loaders do.

Right, except DoorsOS doesn't do the best job of it either. It doesn't catch the libraries that are required by other libraries. :)

For goodness sakes. Why would you code a library that needs another library? Libraries suck in general. The memory wasted in negligable considering the hassle that libraries cause to the user, especially users who don't program assembly, and just want to play some games. I mean, is it really that hard to just code your own routines if you program 68k? take for example gray4lib. I've never even written a 68k game and i could write my own grayscale handler. Why would you purposefully inconvenience your user by making them load libraries and the correct version of that library. I'm pretty sure this has been discussed by 68k coders before, but i thought i'd say something anyways. p.s. nice program kirk.

Don't ask me, ask the Doors Team. :)

Would some one please explain to me how to set up this program. I can't seam to get it right.

I'm assuming you mean the TISShot. Here's what you do. You go to Start > Run > and type "regedit" and do ok. then from the file menu of regedit, import the file called "tisshot.reg". Exit regedit. Now run the program, and you will have an icon in your system tray. The docs should be very clear from that point on...

I tried running regedit, but got the following message:

'Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator.'

Is there any other way?

No, then you're out of luck. Find a copy of Policy Editor (comes burried on the Windows 98 CD and for NT, either the CD or with the Resource Kit), and enable registry editing. Hehe, if it's not your computer (like a school lab), make sure you set it back or they'll get suspicious (assuming the sysadmin isn't a moron as they are 98% of the time).

I haven't downloaded it, but why are you required to edit the registry?

Nick Chaves

You are not required to actually edit the registry, just import a registry file (it contains the definitions for the different emulators and makes the utility customizeable). I think you might be able to use some utility to import into the registry that bypasses security since it goes into HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

A few points:
First, importing a .reg file is equivalent to editing the registry because you can do anything in the file that you can do in the program. The whole point of disabling the registry editing tools is for security, so why should it allow .reg files to be imported?
Second, importing a registry file by right clicking on it runs regedit.exe with some options, so it would be disallowed the same as running it without any options.
Third, the "disable registry editing" policy is laughable. All that happens is that a key is written into the registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\ DisableRegistryEditing = 1
(That may not be exactly right, it's from memory.)
When regedit.exe is run, it checks the key and closes itself if it is present.
So you can do one of two things: write a program yourself that removes this key (poledit.exe will work, if you have it) or hack regedit.exe and change the DisableRegistryEditing text (I think it might be in unicode.. try searching by eye in a hex editor) to something else. Even one byte will do.
To go back to the root of this thread, why not just run the program on your home computer or any other computer that you have control over?

The only computer I have is the one in my dorm room supplied by the college (with the exception of the Apple IIe at my parents house). So the option of using a different computer is pretty much out. As for changing the registry disabling, I wouldn't have a clue how to do that.

Just sucks for me I guess. Just another reason to be pissed off at my colleges computer system (the number 1 reason being the damn firewall they have installed).

Kirk, How hard would it be to make this program work with the simulator in the TI-83+ SDK?

Very easy. All you have to do is add some registry entries, but unfortunately I'm the only one who has the software to get exactly the right numbers. But I don't have a copy of the TI-83+ SDK either...

Virtual TI is _much_ better than the emulator in the 83+ SDK :)

This is true but VTI does not run apps :)