[Coco] VED & VPrint

[Nick Marentes]

Ok. I just changed the data and execution directories accordingly and it 
ran.

Well, it feels very "old school" ... like something from the CP/M era. 
Fine if this is the sort of "retro" interface you like.

Not my liking though.

Nick


On 15/11/2014 11:43 AM, Robert Gault wrote:
> Nick,
>
> I think you are not telling us something. :)
>
> I have tested VED with MESS and VCC, both will load the program from 
> the original disk and run it. If you are getting a 214 error, when 
> trying to start VED, then you may have changed the attributes for that 
> file.
> What method did you use to move the program and files to your boot 
> disk, if that's what you did? There is a script on the disk that is 
> supposed to install VED on a disk in drive0 when the master disk is in 
> drive1. However, there is a problem which the script. The path names 
> are wrong!
>
> The script assumes the directories CMDS, SCR, MACROS, and DOCS are in 
> the root directory. They are not! They are in directory VED_2.9 .
> If you want to use the script, you will need to edit it. 
> Alternatively, you could use dsave to move each directory to your boot 
> disk.
> Depending on what directory you are in when trying to use the script, 
> you may get a 214 error. The attributes of a script not in the current 
> directory must be set for execution or it will not run.
> attr copyfiles e pe
> The above would be prevent any 214 errors when using the script after 
> correcting the path names.
>
> Robert
>
>