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Hi, just having a problem when adding 'RegisterApplication()' to a docky and so can use Ringhio Notify() feature. When adding a second instace of the same docky RMB stops working on AmiDock, I can "workaround" it by changing 'REGAPP_UniqueApplication, FALSE,' to TRUE, but then only first docky can use application_lib/Notify()... :-/

Tested with DateTime.docky, AmiDock's skeleton.docky demo/test and Guillaume Boesel tried the same on his dockies. RMB doesn't show contextmenu when a second instace of the same docky is launched.

Seems as soon as I open/registerapp() a 2nd time in AmiDock RMB stops woking, no mather if it's 2 instaces of the same docky or 2 different dockies.

Any clue? Will open a BZ ASAP.

javierdlr wrote:Any clue? Will open a BZ ASAP.

I've seen this mentioned before - in the old days it was crashing. This points to it being an "out of signals" problem - if popupmenu.library can't allocate a signal it used to crash, now it just won't show the menu.

@Chris :
Thank you Chris for the information, if I understand well, the dirty PopupMenu is to avoid a crash, right ?

If it's old know bug, I'm afraid that a fix will not come soon

@Chris

but this is even more worrying because for me when the popup menu does not show up, the whole AmiDock's preferences editor would not show up either.

abalaban wrote:but this is even more worrying because for me when the popup menu does not show up, the whole AmiDock's preferences editor would not show up either.

Probably the same thing: it needs a signal, can't allocate one so nothing happens.

Somebody needs to look at AmiDock's signal usage. If every docky being added is using up signals, or dockies allocating signals are allocating them on AmiDock's process, then they are going to run out incredibly fast - there are only 16 available after all.

See also http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz ... =36&t=2303 (a longer term but more permanent solution)

chris wrote: See also http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz ... =36&t=2303 (a longer term but more permanent solution)

I wouldn't really call it a permanent solution as even 48 signals will also eventually run out the same as 16 signals do now. A permanent solution to this problem would be if AmiDock started a new process for handling each docky.