═══ 1. Introduction ═══

This program displays several items related to system resources, and updates 
the display once per second, providing it is given CPU time to do so.  The 
items displayed are: 

Date/Time - The current date and time, in the format called for in the default 
country information for your system, as specified in the COUNTRY= entry of your 
CONFIG.SYS file. 

Elapsed Time - The elapsed time since the computer was last restarted. 

Available Memory - The amount of virtual memory available, according to the 
DosQuerySysInfo function, less the available swap space.  This is the sum of 
the free space in memory and the free space within the swap file, and I have 
not been able to find a way to separate the two yet. 

Swap File Size - The current size of the system virtual memory swap file, 
SWAPPER.DAT. To locate the file, the file CONFIG.SYS is scanned for its 
SWAPPATH entry. That entry provides the full name of the swap-file's directory 
and indicates the minimum free space that must be left on the swap-file's disk 
drive. 

Available Swap Space - The amount of free disk space on the logical disk drive 
where the system swap file resides, less the mininum free space.  This is how 
much more the swap file could expand, if necessary. 

Spool File Size - The amount of disk space consumed by spool files. 

CPU Load (%) - The approximate percentage of the CPU's available horsepower 
that's being used at the moment.  It is averaged over the previous second. 

Note:   This function and PULSE do not get along with each other. 

Active Task Count - The number of entries in the system switch list, which is 
the list displayed when you press CTRL+ESC. 

Note:   Not all entries in the system switch list are displayed in the Window 
List.  Some are marked for non-display. 

Total Free Disk Space - The amount of free space on all the non-removable disks 
combined. 

Drive X Free - The amount of free space on drive X. 

The help facility is active, as you've already seen, and those program commands 
that exist may be accessed via the window's system menu.  The following 
commands are available: 

 Save Defaults 
 Reset Defaults 
 Hide Controls 
 Configure... 
 About 

 In addition to those features already described, this program accepts commands 
 from the OS/2 2.0 Font and Color Palette programs. 


═══ 2. Save Defaults (Menu Option) ═══

When you select this menu option, the program saves its current position and 
the status of the Hide Controls option.  The next time the program is started, 
it will be started with that position and with the controls hidden (or not) 
according to the saved state. 

The short-cut key for this command is F2. 


═══ 3. Reset Defaults (Menu Option) ═══

Selecting this menu option will reset the program's font and color attributes 
to their default values. 


═══ 4. Hide Controls (Menu Option) ═══

This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's frame controls (the 
system menu, the titlebar and the minimize button) to be hidden. This option 
can be toggled with a double-click on either mouse button. Also, since I saw it 
as very useful to be able to move the window while the controls were hidden, 
the window has been set up so that you can drag it with either mouse button. 

The key combination Alt+H will perform this function also. 


═══ 5. Configure... (Menu Option) ═══

This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's Configure dialog to 
be displayed. 

The key combination Alt+C will perform this function also. 


═══ 6. Configure... (Dialog) ═══

This dialog box displays the list of available display items and allows you to 
select which ones will be included in the program window. Also, the program's 
Hide Controls option and Float-to-Top option can each be set on or off here. 
Finally, the program's window refresh interval can be viewed and altered here. 

Make the changes you wish, then press the ENTER key or click on the OK button 
to cause them to take effect. 

To abort the dialog without saving whatever changes may have been made, press 
the ESC key or click on the ESCAPE button with the mouse. 


═══ 7. About (Menu Option) ═══

This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's About dialog to be 
displayed. 


═══ 8. About (Dialog) ═══

This dialog box displays the program name, icon and copyright information. To 
exit the dialog, press the ENTER key, the SPACE bar or the ESCAPE key, or click 
on the OK button with the mouse. 


═══ 9. Keys Help ═══

The following function keys have been defined for this program: 

 F1 - Help 
 F2 - Save Defaults 
 F3 - Exit 
 Alt+H - Hide Controls 


═══ 10. Set Profile Path (Dialog) ═══

This dialog is displayed when the program cannot find its profile (INI) file, 
and asks you where the file is or where it is to be created. 

Only a valid existing directory name will be accepted. Once you have entered 
the name, press the ENTER key or click on the OK button for the program to 
continue. 

If you wish to abort the program's initialization sequence, press the ESC key 
or click on the escape button.