FAQ

I can't save the position and size of the MUI-message requesters and
the System info window. Why?

AmiComSys will calculate a new suitable size and position every time
it's opened. The System Info window is a message requester.

If you want to snapshot the size and position go to the settings,
select the Windows page - message requester tab. Then check the
checkbox "snapshotable requester". Then you will be able to snapshot
the requesters like any other MUI-window.

Where do I enter the message to send?

This is changed from version 1.25 of AmiComSys. In lower part of the
main window, to the right of the status combobox, you will
find a button with the label 'New'. Press that one to open
the Message Send Popup window. Enter your message in that window
and press return or the Send button to send the message.

Everytime I start AmiComSys the MUI settings get squeezed

You probably have a screen size lower than 640x512. Then set the Tooltype
LOWRESOLUTION in the AmiComSys icon. Then AmiComSys will open with the
two toolbars merged to one and put in the lower part of the window. This
layout should work with any usable screen size.

If you are a registered user you may customize the toolbar positions to your
own taste.

Can I use the NewIcons graphics set even though I don't have the NewIcons version
3 or 4 installed?

Yes, NewIcons is not required. I call them NewIcons-style-images because they have more
colours than 8, indifference to the MagicWB-style graphics set.

The number of connected is no more in the About box. Where do I find it?

Place the mouse pointer on the Client List and then wait until the bubble help appear. There
you will see it. Make sure that you have enabled bubble help in the MUI-System-prefs.

Why is the toolbar with the MultiSend button wider than the other one?
That's because the text "MultiS" takes larger size than the images their self. To
fix this go to the Toolbar-settings in the MUI-prefs and choose a smaller Font-size.

If you have the two toolbars in sequence then merge them by pressing the right mouse button
on them and choose the "Merge toolbars" menu item.

Why do the window borders get corrupted, or overwritten when I place a window
in front of the Main Window, PChat window, and the HotLine window, or resize
the ditto.

Should not happened in AmiComSys version 1.25+. This MUI-bug have been worked
around.

This is not an AmiComSys bug. It's seems like MUI's simple refresh and
redraw without clear settings don't work correctly. So to correct this
problem go to the MUI-prefs and open the Windows-page. There you should
find a setting called "Refresh" and "Redraw". They could be localized.

Set this settings to "Refresh: Smart" and "Redraw: with clear". This will
fix the problems, and your windows will also be refreshed quicker.

When I try to resize the Rules Window and the IgnoreList window my computer
crashes.

Should not happened in AmiComSys version 1.25+. This MUI-bug have been worked
around.

How do I enter a Smiley :-) in the HotLine?
In addition to the keys you usually press to get that ':', press the CTRL-key.

Usually the message-requesters appear at the centre of the screen, but sometimes
they appear in the upper left. How come?

AmiComSys detects keypresses. So it knows when you are using the keyboard.
If it has detected a keypress within one second before the requester is
to open, it will open in the upper left instead of centered. This prevents
it from being opened in front of the text you are working with. You usually
aren't typing in the upper left, are you?

At the same time it also opened unactivated to prevent it from stealing the
current focus. See below.

How do I create my own chat room, with only people I have invited?

Press the PChat button while one of them you want to chat with is selected
in the client list. Then when you are connected you can pick the menu item
'invite selected client' in the Action menu of the PChat window. That
client will then be added to your PChat window. Read more about this here.

Sometimes the message requesters stoles the current focus. So when
I think I am typing text in one text field I'm actually not. And if I press
Return the message requester is accidently closed. What to do?

AmiComSys has a feature which try to avoid these situations. It listens
on your key-presses. If you haven't pressed a key for one second AmiComSys
thinks it's safe to pop up an active window, but for some people that
time is to short. You can increase it in the Windows-settings - Message Requester
tab - Activate Delay. Test to increase it with one second steps and see
if that is long enough.

Will AmiComSys be able to connect to ICQ in the future?

This is a very difficult question. It should be possible to implement ICQ compatibility
into AmiComSys because there are a couple of sources which anyone have connection
to. But such a version would currently be illegal. Even though StrICQ has existed
for a very long time without Mirabilis doing anything about it.
Therefore I can't implement ICQ into AmiComSys, even though it would be nice!

All sources that are available are only using the old ICQ version 2 protocol,
which Mirabilis probably will drop its support for in a few months. To get rid
of all these ICQ clones ... ICQ 98 for Windows is using version 4 if I remember right.

What will happen in the future I can't tell. Maybe Mirabilis, or AOL, will release
the ICQ protocol, and then I will of course add it to AmiComSys.

How can friends not using an Amiga contact me when I'm online. And how can I contact them?

First how people can contact you:
* Tell them to go to the AmiComSys Message Center at the AmiComSys home page
https://amicomsys.tibb.at/messagecenter.html
There they need to enter your nick-name and can send you an instant message. They can see
if you are online by looking at https://amicomsys.tibb.at/clientlist.html

* If you have a Pagoo user id they can send you a message via Pagoo.

* Via email.

* Using one of the illegal ICQ clones for Amiga ...

Second, how you may contact them:

* If they are using ICQ, you can visit their message center,
located at https://wwp.mirabilis/ICQUIN/
and send a message. Exchange ICQUIN with their ICQ #.

* If they use Pagoo you can send a message by picking the Windows/Pagoo/Send Message
menu item in AmiComSys. You will then be taken to the Pagoo Send Message Home Page.

* Use one of the illegal ICQ clones for Amiga in parallel with AmiComSys ...

* If they use another AOL clone, I don't know what to do. Maybe they also have some kind
of Home Page Message Center. Tell me!