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                       AMOS THE CREATOR - ERRORS.

Typed in by PROTOCOL of SCOOPEX . Edited by PARASITE.
NOTE THAT THIS WASN'T IN THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENTATION.


EDITOR ERRORS

The following are occasionally printed out on the information
line when you are editing the programs.

Bottom of text:
The cursor has reached the last line in your current program.

Cant fit the program into editor buffer:
This will occur when ,the space required for a program to be
 loaded is greater than the area available in the editor buffer.
Responding yes to the resulting query from AMOS will set the text
 buffer to the exact size of the program to be loaded.
You won`t be able to expand the   program,only reduce it in size
. S.BUFFER in the search menu can be called to expand the text
 buffer if neccesary
 Selecting NO will simply abort the load and the minimum required
buffer space will be displayed in the information line

Line too long:
The AMOS editor can only handle lines up to a maximum of 255
characters long

No errors:no errors were detected in your program during test
process.
Not found:the previous search command was unsuccessful.

Not marked:you cant move to a mark because you havent set
any markers.
Not a proceedure:FOLD/UNFOLD only works if you have
positioned the text cursor over a proceedure.
Out of buffer space:You have run out of space in the
editor area.Save your program onto a disk and increase
the buffer using S.BUFFER (in the SEARCH menu)
If you still have problems  you may need to split
 your program into several parts and execute them one
 after another  using the RUN command from AMOS basic

Out of memory: There is no more memory available to hold
your programs.Try using CLOSE WORKBENCH to restore the 40k
used by the Amigas workbench screen.
Syntax error: The syntax (grammar) of the current line
is wrong in some way.Look up the right format in the manual
or on the reference card.
Too many direct mode variables : Thers not enough space
in the variable table to hold your direct mode variables.
Direct mode allows you to create up to 64 new variables but
this could be restricted further if your program is taking up
too much memory.

Top of text:The text cursor has reached the top of your
program. Pressing the up arrow will have no effect.

Variable name buffer too small:AMOS has a buffer which
holds the names for all the variables.If you generate
too many long names this error will be reported back
 Changing the default size of the buffer can be achived from
the CONFIG accessory.

What block?:You cannot CUT/PASTE a block before you have
defined it.


PROGRAM ERRORS

Whenevever you run one of your programs,or check it with the
test command from the menu window ,AMOS performs a complete test of all
the various instructions.This allows you to remove most of the errors
straight from the editor withoutthe inconvenience of
 executing your program
Here is a full list of these error messages:

Array all ready dimensioned:It is only possible to dimension
the same array once in your basic program.

Array not dimensioned: The element you specified in
the expression does not belong to a previously dimensioned array.

DATA must start at the beginning of a line: Any DATA
statements in your program must be placed at the absolute
start of a line (excluding LABEL definitions)

DO without LOOP:The DO and LOOP statements are used in pairs
Each DO structure must be terminated by a single LOOP command

ELSE without ENDIF:Youve omiited the final ENDIF command
from a structured IF test.

ELSE without IF:The ELSE statement can only be used inside a
structured test.

ENDIF without IF :An ENDIF command has been found in your
program which does not correspond to an appropriate IF
statement.

Extension not loaded: Youve attempted to run a program
 which incorporates one of the new commands provided by
 an extension file.Check that the relevant extensions
 have been installed on your boot disk and that the
 extensions are selected for use from the CONFIG accessory.

FOR without matching NEXT: A FOR command is not followed
in the program by the expected NEXT statement.

IF without ENDIF:The instructions inside a structured
IF test should always be terminated by a single ENDIF statement
. Dont confuse these tests with the IF...THEN command-they
are completely different.

Illegal number of parameters:You have attempted to to
enter the wrong number of values into an
instruction or proceedure.

LOOP without DO:A LOOP command has been detected which
does not match a corresponding DO statement.

LABEL defined twice: Each label or proceedure can only be
defined once in your program.

Bad structure: Any nested loops must be placed COMPLETELY
inside each other. Buty its illegal for loops to CROSS
      EXAMPLE:
Do
   If A=B
Loop
   Print A
Endif
THIS IS NOT ALLOWED

NEXT withot FOR:AMOS has encounterd a NEXT instruction
which does not match up with a previous FOR command.

No THEN in a structured test: The IF...THEN command
cannot be placed inside a structured test.
Use IF. ..ENDIF instead.

No jumps allowed in the middle of a loop!:(could cause
havock at Alton Towers..Protocol)You cant jump directly
inside a loop using a GOTO or GOSUB statement,however
once you are within a loop,you can jump out of it.

Not enough loops to exit:The loop counter you specified
in a a EXIT IF command is greater than the number of
active loops.

Out of memory:During the test process this error may
occur if AMOS cannot reserve the required amount of
variable buffer space due to a lack of memory
 (see SET BUFFER)

Proceedures limits must be alone on a line: The
PROCEEDURE and END PROC statements must start on their own line.

Proceedure not closed:The END PROC statement is missing
from one of your proceedures.

Proceedure not opened: An ENDPROC statement has been
discoverd with no corresponding PROCEEDURE definition.
REPEAT without matching UNTIL statement.

Shared must be alone on a line: The SHARED command
must be the only statement on the current line.

Syntax error:The syntax (grammar) of the current line
is wrong in some way.Look up the correct format in
 the manual.

Tƒhis array is not defined in the main program:You have
tried to access an array inside a proccedure which has
not been dimensioned in the main program.

This instruction must be used within a proceedure:The
SHARED command can only be used once INSIDE a
 proceedure definition.

This variable is already defined as shared: You cannot define
 the same variable more than once in a single proceedure.

UNTIL without REPEAT: The UNTIL command does not match
 a previous REPEAT command in your program.

Undefined label: AMOS cannot find the label you specified
 in the instruction.(Hes gone down the wine cellar to find that
 rare vintage for you...Protocol)

Undefined proceedure:The proceedure you have called does
 not presently exist in your program.

Use empty brackets when defining a shared array:To
 define an array as SHARED,use a command like:
         Shared Array()
Iƒt is illegal to add the dimensions of the array as well.

Variable buffer cant be changed in the middle of a program!:The
 SET BUFFER command must always be the
 first line of your program,excluding REMS.

WEND without WHILE: The WEND statement does not match a
 previous WHILE command in your program.

WHILE without matching WEND: AMOS cannot find a
 corresponding WEND statement to match up with the current WHILE.


RUN TIME ERRORS

The following messages are generated when your AMOS program
 encounters an error as it is running, AMOS will then abort
 your program and highlight the current instruction.
 Once you return to the editor, the cursor wull be
 placed immiediately at the offending line.
     If you are using error trapping,you may wish to
 obtain the error message associated with a particular
 number.
Use line like:
Error Errn

Each run time error has its own error number which is listed
 below.
A special FOLLOW command can also be used to see how your
 variables are changing during the running of your program.
 The FOLLOW commands are listed here:

FOLLOW (View the state of one or more variables)
FOLLOW [list of expressions...]
 with your program screen. You can move the window up and
 down the display using the up and down arrow keys.
   Any folded proceedures will not be followed by the
 system,allowing you to simply follow the proceedure or
 routine that needs inspecting.

FOLLOW OFF
This command clears any previous FOLLOW instructions and
 removes the FOLLOW window from the display.

ANIMATION STRING TOO LONG (113):The current AMAL program
 is longer than the maximum of 65536 bytes.Try splitting
 your program into smaller units.Its quite acceptable to
 animate the object using several AMAL channels.

ADDRESS ERROR (25):This will occur when an address is
 used in  DOKE,DEEK,LOKE,or LEEK command that is an odd value

Array already dimensioed (28):You have attempted to dimension
 an array twice in your program.Usually this will be detected
 in the syntax check, but if your program is a complex one
 it will only be discovered when you actually attempt
 to redimension the array.
AUTOTEST ALREADY OPENED (111):An AMAL autotest has been
 defined inside another autotest command.This is of course
 not allowed.

BAD IFF FORMAT (30):Youve tried to use LOAD IFF to load
 a file which has been stored in an unusual format.
 Remember that LOAD IFF can only load screens into memory
,NOT general purpose IFF files.

BANK ALREADY RESERVED (35):You have attempted to create a memory
 bank which already exists.Note that banks 1 to 4 are normally
 used to hold your sprites,icons,music and menu definitions
 respectively.

BANK NOT RESERVED (36):This error indicates that the bank you
 have selected has not been created using RESERVE.It can also
 occur after commands like PASTE ICON or SAMPLAY which
 automatically load information from a specific memory bank.

BLOCK NOT FOUND (65):The block you specified in this in
 instruction has not been created with GET BLOCK.
BLOCK NOT DEFINED(68):The bob you attempted to manipulate has not
 been set up using a previous Bob command.This error can occur
 after a mistake in a PASTE BOB instruction.

BORDERED WINDOWS NOT ON EDGE OF A SCREEN (59):You cant position a
 bordered window at the edge of the screen.You must leave at
 least eight pixels between the window and the screen so as to
 provide space for the border.

CAN'T FIT PICTURE IN CURRENT SCREEN (32):You attempted to load a
 picture into an existing screen with LOAD IFF,but the two
 screens are not of the same type.Tag the number of the
 destination screen to the LOAD IFF command like so:

Load Iff "filename",number

Providing the screen you specified in number is in the correct
 range (0-7),AMOS will automatically create a screen of the
 requuired type during the loading process.

CAN'T RESUME TO A LABEL (4):You cannot resume to a label in an
 error proceedure.

CAN'T SET DUAL PLAYFILD (70):You tried to create dual playfield
 using the wrong sort of screens.See the section DUAL PLAYFIELD
 command for a list of the allowable combinations.

COPPER LIST TOO LONG(77):As a default,your user-defined copper
 list is limited to a maximum of 12k.This may be extended using
 an option from the CONFIG accessory.

COPPER NOT DISABLED (76):You've attempted to use the COP MOVE or
 COP SWAP commands without first disabling the normal copper list
 with COPPER OFF.

DEVICE NOT AVAILABLE (86):The disc or device you specified in the
 instruction is not connected to the Amiga.This error is often
 caused by an unexpected disk change. The solution is to set the
 directory to the actual drive name using a line like:

Dir$="Df0:"
If this occurs when using the file selector,click on one of the
 drive buttons such as "Df0:" and change the directory using the
 setdir button.

DIRECTORY NOT EMPTY (85):Its only possible to erase empty
 directories with KILL.

DIRECTORY NOT FOUND (80):The required directory cannot be found
 on the current disk.Perhaps you have inserted the wrong
 disk?(You thick twat !)

DISK FULL (88): There is no more space on the current disk to
 hold your data.

DISK IS NOT VALIDATED (83):
Whenever you insert a disk the Amiga automatically checks for its
 validity.If an error occurs within this process you will get
 this message.Due to the complexities of the Amiga the validation
 errors are occasionally generated by mistake. If the problem
 persists you may need to use the DISK DOCTOR
 program from the standard workbench disk. This error can occur
 if you kick the plug out of the wall and invalidate the hard
 disk!.

DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED (84):AMOS cannot save out information if
 the disk is physically protected so slide the write protect tab
 or use another disk .

DIVISION BY ZERO (20):You have attempted to divide a number by
 zero.
This is not allowed in any Basic.

END OF FILE (100):The end of the current file has been
 unexpectedlly reached during a disk access.Use  the EOF function
 to test for this condition inside your program.

END OF PROGRAM (10):This message is printed after after AMOS
 executes the last instruction in your program.

ERROR NOT RESUMED (3):You exited from an error handling routine
 without resetting the error using RESUME.

ERROR PROCEEDURE MUST RESUME TO END (8):You cannot exit from an
 error handling proceedure with END PROC.you must use one of the
 special RESUME commands instead.

OUT OF STACK SPACE (0): This error is generated when you try to
 nest too many proceedure calls inside each other. AMOS
 proceedures can call themselves (recursion),but you'll get an
 error after about 50 loops.

FILE ALREADY EXISTS (79): It is not possible to RENAME a file to
 an existing or directory on a disk.

FILE ALREADY OPENED (96) : An attempt to access a file with OPEN
 or APPEND has been aborted because its already open.

struction instead.

FILE IS PROTECTED AGAINST DELETION (89):The Amigas disk system
 lets you protect individual files from deletion using the
 PROTECT   command from CLI.You have probably attempted to erase
 an important system file with delete.

FILE IS PROTECTED AGAINST READING (91): The requested file has
 been protected against reading. See the Amiga users guide which
 came with your computer for full details of the PROTECT command
 which is available from CLI.

FILE IS WRITE PROTECTED (90):You can't alter the selected file
 because its been intentinally locked with the PROTECT command
 from CLI

FILE NOT FOUND (81): You tried to access a file or directory
 which does not exist in the current directory.

FILE NOT OPENED (97): Your program has attempted to transfer data
 to or from a file which has not been previously opened using
 OPEN IN,OPEN OUT,APPEND and so on

FILE TYPE MISMATCH (98): A disk command has been used which is
 not allowed on the current file.This error would occur if you
 were to use the GET and PUT commands to access a sequential
 file.

FLASH DECLARATION ERROR (52): You have made a mistake in the
 animation string used to define a colour sequence with FLASH.

FONTS NOT EXAMINED (37):Before using the SET FONT command,you
 must first create a list of the available fonts using either GET
 FONTS,GET DISK FONTS,or GET ROM FONTS.

I/O ERROR (94): One of your files may be corrupted and cannot be
 accessed correctly.If the problem persists you may need to use
 DISK DOCTOR from CLI  (Diskdoctor is on your workbench disk )

IFF COMPRESSION NOT RECOGNISED (31): The screen you wish to load
 from the disk uses an unfamiliar compression system. If possible
 return to the graphics package you used to produce this screen
 and save it as standard IFF format.

ICON NOT DEFINED (74):The icon you specified in your instruction
 cannot be found in the current icon bank (bank 2)

ILLEGAL BLOCK PARAMETERS (66): There's been a mistake in either a
 GET BLOCK or PUT BLOCK command.The values you have entered are
 not allowed.

ILLEGAL COPPER PARAMETER (78): The values you have entered in a
 COP MOVE,COP MOVEL or COP SWAP instruction lies outside the
 permitted range.

ILLEGAL FILE NAME (82): You have attempted to use a filename
 which does not comply with the standard naming conventions.Refer
 to your Amigas user guide.

ILLEGAL FUNCTION CALL (23): This error is produced if you make a
 mistake when entering values into an AMOS command. Check the
 relevant section of the user manual for a full list of the
 allowable parameters

ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION DURING AUTOTEST (115): You have used an AMAL
 command such as Move or Anim inside an AUTOTEST.Check the case
 of your AMAL labels. You may have  defined an AUTOTEST by
 mistake.

ILLEGAL NUMBER OF COLOURS (49):The Amigas hardware only supports
 certain combinations of colours on screen at once.See the
 chapter on SCREENS for a full list of available option.You have
 probably made a typing error in the SCREEN OPEN command.

ILLEGAL SCREEN PARAMETER (48): The dimensions you specified with
 SCREEN OPEN are unacceptable. The minimum screen size is just
 32x8 and the maximum depends entirely upon the amount of
 available chip memory.

ILLEGAL WINDOW PARAMETER (60): You've entered an incorrect value
 in one of various window commands.

INPUT TOO LONG (99):An input string is too long for a previously
 dimensioned  variable.Or you may have tried to INPUT# a line of
 more than 1000 characters.

INSTRUCTION ONLY VALID IN AUTOTEST (112):The direct or eXit
 commands can only be used inside an AMAL AUTOTEST.

JUMP TO/WITHIN AUTOTEST IN ANIMATIN STRING (110): It's illegal to
 jump directly inside an AUTOTEST from your main AMAL program
 ,use the eXit or direct commands instead.

LABEL ALREADY DEFINED IN AN ANIMATION STRING (109): AMOS has
 encountered two versions of the same label definition in your
 AMAL program.Remember all labels consist of just a single UPPER
 case letter.

LABEL NOT DEFINED (40):The label included in your instruction has
 not been defined in your program.
Check for mistakes in computed GOTOs,GOSUBs or RESTORE
 statements.

LABEL NOT DEFINED IN ANIMATION STRING (114): This error is
 generated when you attempt to jump to a non existent label in an
 AMAL animation string.
MENU ITEM NOT DEFINED (39):The item you have specified in your
 menu command has not been defined previously using MENU$.

MENU NOT OPENED (38):The MENU ON command has been called but
 there is no menu.You will need first to define your menu using
 the MENU$ instruction or MAKE MENU BANK.

NEXT WITHOUT FOR IN ANIMATION STRING (108): This indicates a
 mistake in one of AMAL animation strings.  Each next command
 needs to be associated with a single FOR statement.Check the
 case of any comments in your AMAL program.

NO ON ERROR PROC BEFORE THIS INSTRUCTION (5):RESUME LABEL is
 only allowed after an ON ERROR PROC command.

NO DATA AFTER THIS LABEL (41): RESTORE has tried to move the
 data pointer which does not include any DATA statements.

NO DISK IN DRIVE (93): You've tried to access a drive which does
 not appear to contain a disc.If you have just inserted
 a disk,wait a couple of momennts and try again.

NO PROGRAMS BELOW CURRENT PROGRAM (43): If the program running is
 not installed as an accessory and you try to BGRAB a bank you'll
 receive this error.

NO ZONE DEFINED (73): Before using SET ZONE,you must first
 allocate some memory with RESERVE ZONE.

NON DIMENSIONED ARRAY (27): Your program has tried to refer to
 an array which has not previously been defined.

NOT AN AMIGADOS DISK (92): Unless your using a program like
 Crossdos, AMOS can only read disks that were created on the
 Amiga.So PC and ST(YUK!) disks would create such an error.

OUT OF DATA (33): The READ command has read past the last DATA
 item in   your program. You have probably missed out some
 information when you were entering one of your data lines.Also
 check for any RESTORE commands for typing errors.

OUT OF MEMORY (24): This is a standard error message which is
 generated when you attempt to exceed the available storage
 space.DON'T PANIC !
There are three different ways of conserving memory
1> CLOSE WORKBENCH turns off the Amigas workbench system to
 free 40k.
2> CLOSE EDITOR deactivates the editor window when its not
 being    used...saves 24k!
3>If the information line reports there is plenty of
 spare memory,then save your program and reboot.This will
 correct a memory fragmentation problem caused by the
 Amigas operating system.

OUT OF VARIABLE SPACE (11): As a default,AMOS only allocates
 8k of storage space for your strings and arrays.Use
 SET BUFFER command at the start of your programto increase
 this as required.
OVERFLOW (29): The result of a calculation has exceeeded
the maximum size of the variable

POP WITHOUT GOSUB (2): POP can only be executed within a
 subroutine which was previously entered with GOSUB.Use POP PROC
 to exit from a proceedure.

PROGRAM INTERRUPTED (9):This is not an error:you've
 probably simply pressesd the cntrl-C keys or used a
 stop instruction to exit directly from your program.

PROGRAM NOT FOUND (42):The program named in the PRUN command
 has not been previously loaded into the Amiga's memory.Use
 LOAD OTHER from the  menu window.

RETURN WITHOUT GOSUB (1):RETURN can only be used once to
 exit from a subroutine which was originally entered using GOSUB.

RAINBOW NOT DEFINED (75):Before calling the RAINBOW command in
 one of your programs,you must first define your rainbor effect
 with SET RAINBOW.

RESUME LABEL NOT DEFINED (6): The label you specified in the
 RESUME command does not exist.

RESUME WITHOUT ERROR (7): The RESUME command cannot be
 executed unless an error has occurred inyour program
.Its best used to exit back to AMOS BASIC after an error.

SCREEN ALREADY IN DOUBLE BUFFERING (69): You've attempted to
 call DOUBLE BUFFER twice on the same screen.

SCREEN NOT IN DUAL PLAYFIELD MODE (71): DUAL PRIORITY can
 only be used after you've created a dual playfield.

SCREEN NOT OPENED (47): The screen you have attempted to
 access has not previously been openedusing the screen command.

SCREENS CAN'T BE ANIMated (67):AMAL can only move or
 scroll screens.It is not possible to anmate them using the
 built in ANIM command.

SCROLLING ZONE NOT DEFINED(72):Before using the SCROLL
 comand, you need to define the direction and size of
 your scrolling area with SET SCROLL.

SHIFT DECLARATION ERROR (53):You've made a mistake in the
 colour sequence used in the SHIFT UP or SHIFT DOWN instructions.
SPRITE ERROR (105): The values you've entered in into a
 sprite command do not fall within the requuired limits.

STRING TOO LONG (21): Astring has exceeded the maximum of
 65000 characters which is allowed under AMOS basic.

SYNTAX ERROR IN ANIMATION STRING (107):Theres been a mistake
 in the animation sequence you specified using the
Anim command.Check for typing errors.Its all too easy to
 accidently enter a full stop"." instead of a comma","
  by mistake

THIS WINDOW HAS NO BORDER (63):You have used the BORDER COMMAND
 on a window which has no border.

TOO MANY COLOURS IN FLASH (51):You've exceeded the maximum of 16
 colour changes in a single FLASH command.

TYPE MISMATCH (34): An illegal value has been assigned  to a
 variable.For example:
A$=12 Should read A$="12"

VALID SCREEN NUMBERS RANGE FROM 0 TO 7 (50):AMOS only allows
 you to open a maximum of 8 screens at any one time.

WINDOW ALREADY OPENED (55): An attempt to open a window has
 failed because it was already open.

WINDOW NOT OPENED (54): You have attempted to open a window
 that does not exist.

WINDOW TOO LARGE (57): The requested window cannot be
 opened because it is too big to fit in the current screen.

WINDOW TOO SMALL (56):The requested window is too small
.The minimum window size is 3x3


EXTENSION ERRORS:

The commands which come in AMOS extension files do not
 generate error numbers,but youll need to know what
 they mean.Here are the MUSIC extension errors:

256 characters to the wave:Waves can only be created by a
 list of 256 bytes.

Can't open narrator:AMOS cannot find the required library
 files from the system disk to load up the narrator program.

Music bank not found:The music cannot be played because
 there isn't a tune in memory.

Music bank not defined: There is no music bank in memory.

Sample bank not found: There is no sample bank in memory.

Sample not defined: You have tried to play a sample which
 does not exist in the current sample bank.

Wave 0 and 1 are reserved: These two waves are reserved by
 AMOS for the BELL and NOISE commands and thus cannot be
 altered by you.


There are two errors that can be created by the compaction extension:

NOT A PACKED BITMAP:You've attempted to unpack a databank
 which isnt in bitmap format.
NOT A PACKED SCREEN: The data your trying to unpack is not
 in packed screen format.

IMPORTANT NOTE

A Number of examples listed in the manual refer to certain
 data files.
Due to lack of disk space some of the files had to be compacted and
 thus cannot be loaded in the way required in the examples.You should
therefore replace the filenames for the new ones listed below.

PAGE            OLD FILENAME            NEW FILENAME

160              Sprites.abk            Octupus.abk
134,178,198      Frog_Leap.IFF          AMOSPIC.IFF
198              Magic_Screen.IFF       AMOSPIC.IFF
236              Sample_demo.abk        Samples.abk
237              Sampledemo.abk         Samples.abk
238              Sample.abk             Samples.abk
245              Sample1.abk            Samples.abk