is there a way to load the .exe file into the PAM so i can use mac on stick from the menu? if you can, can i do it with other progs?
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Mac-On-A-Stick uses a batch file to start. You will need to get an executable that runs the batch file.
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You could always use AutoIT. It's not very hard and comes with a help file with all the commmands and stuff.
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if i use autoIT then it will help me add the batch file to the menu?
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AutoIT would create an EXE that you could add to the menu, you wouldn't need the batch file then.
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is it hard to find?
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Zoop
no, lolz, you can find it here http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.php
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it doesent say that it can make a .exe for a batch file. thogh i do like the option to make GUI's.
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Zoop
If you just read the help file, it should be relatively easy to, instead of using the batch, put the commands from the batch into the AU3 script. It DOES NOT convert the batch to EXE, you rewrite the batch as an AU3 script, then use the AU3 compiler to create the EXE to be visible in PAM. Another very similar scripting language is AutoHotKey, also free, AKH is open-source and very powerful for automation. IMHO, it's worth learning at least one of them, if not both.
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AU3?
and i wont have to write code right?
(sorry if this is annoying!)
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Zoop
AU3 script = AutoIT Version 3
and yes, it is coding, but it's really easy. it's essentially copy/paste from the help file, or fill-in-the-blank, not much more difficult than writing a batch file.
Oh, and there was a typo in my above post. i said AutoHotKey, then used AKH as the shorthand name...it should be AHK
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i cant write code worth my life. i havent even nailed Basicv2 yet. (--) its sad but i am very new to the world of codes and $h!t!!! (mopes)
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Zoop
if you can write a batch file, know how to read, or can use copy/paste, im sure you could handle AutoIT or AutoHotKey. It took me all of 5 minutes to write my first AutoHotKey program. It remapped my work laptop's keyboard to use the extra function key for any keyboard shortcut that should use the Windows key, because the laptop doesnt have a Win key.
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I CANT WRITE CODES. i dont know any code languige at all. but if you know any places where i can learn, and please for the love of god(s) please do not tell me to look at codes and figure it out! that is what everyone sugests.
srry if this sound forward or anything.
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Zoop
Edit: you won't have to rewrite anything at all, keep the batch file, and for an AutoHotKey exe file, all you need is a single line that says
Run, "path to batch file"
quotes are not needed
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its a shortcut to activate the batchfile from an .exe that pam will recocnise in the menu. right?
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Zoop
Yeah, pretty much. I was a bit zoned out in my first few posts and started trying to convince you that you had to rewrite the batch as AHK or AU3 script. But after I woke up, I realized that all you really need is a single-line AHK script that will run the batch
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sweet.
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Zoop
I know this posting has been cold for almost a month now, but that about the Batch file thing made me re-check my Mac-on-Stick installation as well as the main site. Mac-on-Stick uses Mini vMac, and as far as I was aware, all you need is the Mini vMac ".EXE" file, a ROM file (named "vMac.ROM"), and your main disk image (named "Disk1.DSK). I haven't noticed any problems with my installation and the PAM at all, but still that Batch file comment got me curious.
and figured that since the .exe has to be in the folder and not in any subfolders(for all versions of the PAM) then just copy all of the files out of the "bin" folder into the main folder and place it where pam picks it up(for 1.0 that would be in Whatever:\portable apps\Mac-On-Stick. for the prerelease just drag it onto the flash or your drive.
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Zoop
You can't start just the EXE because it takes the name of a hard disk image to use as a command line argument. So you either need to have a batch file, or a shortcut, or you can drop a disk image onto the EXE. Either way, PAM can't launch it this way directly. A launcher made with NSIS or AutoIt would be the way to go ATM. Maybe PAM will be more configurable in the future, hopefully.
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i just desided to use the .exe and load the disk immage every time, s'not really a hassle or anything.
(Note: if you take all of the files that are in the sub-folder and place them in the folder, PAM can launch mac-on-stick without any problem. i tried it and i havent had any problems yet.)
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Open the directory in which your Mac on Stick files are contained. Create a new folder in this directory, with "bin" as the name. Move all your Mac on Stick files into this folder.
Next, open Notepad. Copy-paste the following two lines of text, verbatim:
Exit Notepad, saving the new text file in the same directory as your new bin folder (not inside the bin folder). Use "Start Mini vMac.bat.txt" for the filename.
Next, go into the bin folder and copy the exact filename of your disk image. Open the new text file, and replace "hfs52.dsk" with the new filename. Close the text file and save changes.
Now, right-click the text file, and select "Rename." delete ".txt" from the end of the filename. Windows may throw up a warning, telling you that the file may become unstable if you change its extension. Click "Yes" to confirm your answer.
Use your new batch file to launch Mac on Stick. Enjoy!
P.S.: If you're having difficulty with this procedure, here's a pre-assembled package for you: http://www.mediafire.com/?803munemdnr
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