Name:         fix for "AMK Spinning Cursor Bug"
Version:      1.0
Released:     August 2, 1995
Description:  fixes "AMK Spinning Cursor Bug" in Apple Media Kit 1.1 / 1.2


The enclosed file is a self-extracting archive. To use, download, double-click the downloaded file (this decompresses it).
 
Disk Copy can be found in the Utilities folder posted here.


Here are three different solutions for what is coming to be known as the "AMK
Spinning Cursor Bug".
 
The bug occurs primarily on the new PowerPC 604 based machines but could
potentially happen on any PowerPC. The symptom is you have just clicked to go
to a new screen (or even just launched an AMK program) and the machine hangs.
The problem is caused by the spinning color cursors that AMK uses to indicate
that processing is going on.
 
The three solutions address different audiences:
 
Developers with existing titles should distribute the "AMK Launch'NPlay"
application to customers who report crashes. To use AMK Launch'NPlay, just
double-click on it. You will be prompted with a standard get-file dialog.
Navigate to your AMK application and open it. The title will be launched and
will not crash - you will notice there are no spinning cursors!  You must use
AMK Launch'NPlay to open the title *everytime* you want to play it. AMK
Launch'NPlay will not run on non-PowerPC machines because it is only required
for PowerPC users.
 
If you are an Apple Media Tool developer currently working on titles, use the
"PROGRAM" file supplied here. This is just a replacement for one of the files
in the AMT:Runtime Maker:CODES folder. Drag it to this folder and replace the
old PROGRAM with it. Rebuild any titles you are currently working on.
 
If you are an Apple Media Tool Programming Environment user, replace the
cursor.c file in your key:RUNTIME folder with the one supplied here.
 
Please contact DEVSUPPORT if you experience any problems with any of these
solutions.