TITLE: Some Application Entries for File Type Are Not Listed PRODUCT: Ami Pro 2.0 DATE: 12-Nov-1991 PROBLEM: When File / Open is chosen, the only file types that are available are "Ami Pro" and "Ami Pro Macro". Other file types such as ASCII, dBase, DCA/FFT, etc. are missing. SOLUTION: Use Windows Notepad or any other ASCII file editor to view the file AMIPRO.INI located in the Windows program directory. This file controls many aspects of Ami Pro including the applications that are listed as file types during File / Open. The AMIPRO.INI file should list 41 application lines for the types of files that can be opened or imported in Ami Pro. If the application lines are not present, or if some of the application lines are present but are not consecutively numbered, the file type list for File / Open will not be complete. If the application lines were not present immediately after installing Ami Pro release 2.0, it will be necessary to delete the AMIPRO.INI file and reinstall the program. HOW TO LOOK AT AMIPRO.INI 1. If Ami Pro is currently running, press ALT + F4 to exit. 2. From the Windows Program Manager run Notepad (there is usually an icon for Notepad in one of the Program Manager groups). 3. In Notepad choose File / Open. 4. Specify the file name AMIPRO.INI in the Windows program directory and choose OK. 5. Look for the application lines. The following is a listing of the application lines that should be present in AMIPRO.INI: application1=ASCII,T,.*,ASCII.FLT application2=Samna Word,T,.*,SAMNA.FLT application3=TIFF,B,.TIF,TIFF.FLT application4=PCX,B,.PCX,PCX.FLT application5=WordPerfect 5.0 & 5.1,T,.*,WP.FLT application6=WS 2000 ver 1.0,T,.*,WS2000r1.FLT application7=WS 2000 ver 3.0,T,.*,WS2000r3.FLT application8=AdvanceWrite,T,.*,SAMNA.FLT application9=Microsoft Word,T,.*,WORD.FLT application10=MultiMate,T,.DOC,MM.FLT application11=DCA/FFT,T,.*,FFT.FLT application12=Navy DIF,T,.*,DIF.FLT application13=WordStar,T,.*,WS50.FLT application14=Lotus PIC,B,.PIC,PIC.FLT application15=Windows Write,T,.*,WRITEFLT.FLT application16=1-2-3,X,.W*,123.FLT application17=WordPerfect ver 4.2,T,.*,WP42.FLT application18=DCA/RFT,T,.*,RFT.FLT application19=PeachText,T,.*,PEACH.FLT application20=Enable,T,.WPF,ENABLE.FLT application21=dBase,X,.DBF,DBASE.FLT application22=DIF,X,.DIF,SSDIF.FLT application23=Excel,X,.XLS,EXCELFLT.FLT,Biff application24=SuperCalc,X,.CAL,SCALC.FLT application25=Rich Text Format,T,.RTF,RTF.FLT,Rich Text Format application26=Word for Windows,T,.DOC,WWORD.FLT application27=Exec MemoMaker,T,.*,EMM.FLT application28=SmartWare,T,.DOC,SMART.FLT application29=Manuscript,T,.doc,mscript.flt application30=Ami ver 1.0,1,.SAM,0 application31=Excel 3.0,X,.XLS,EXCELFLT.FLT,Biff application32=Paradox,X,.DB,PARADOX.FLT application33=E-Mail,T,.*,email.flt application34=CGM,B,.CGM,cgm.FLT application35=EPS,E,.EPS,EPS.FLT application36=HPGL,B,.PLT,HPGL.FLT application37=1-2-3 rel 3,X,.WK3,123ver30.FLT application38=<>,?,.SDP,AP.FLT application39=Freelance,B,.DRW,FLFLT.FLT application40=DisplayWrite 4,T,.doc,dw4.flt application41=DrawPerfect,B,.WPG,WPG.FLT 6. If application lines have been deleted because you are eliminating some of the import filters, perform the steps a-d below. Otherwise, go to Step 7. a. Retype the numbers (application1, application2, etc.) in consecutive order. Other than Ami Pro and Ami Pro Macro, the Ami Pro program will not list application file types beyond the last application entry which is in sequential order. For example, if the line application2=Samna Word,T,.*,SAMNA.FLT has been deleted from AMIPRO.INI, only Ami Pro, Ami Pro Macro, and ASCII will display in the file type list box during File / Open. Since the last consecutive number is 1 for the ASCII filter, the other applications will not be listed during File / Open. b. Choose File / Save to save the changes. c. Press ALT + F4 to exit Notepad. d. Run Ami Pro and choose File / Open. The File Type list box should now correctly show all supported applications. 7. If none of the application lines are present, perform steps a-x below to reinstall Ami Pro. a. From the Windows Program Manager run Notepad (there is usually an icon for Notepad in one of the program manager groups). b. In Notepad choose File / Open. c. Specify the file name WIN.INI in the Windows program directory and choose OK. d. Choose Search / Find. e. Type [AmiPro] for the Find What option. f. Choose OK. g. If an AmiPro section is found, delete the entire section including the title [AmiPro]. h. Press CTRL + HOME to return to the beginning of the file. i. Choose Search / Find. j. Type [AmiVISD] for the Find What option. k. Choose OK. l. If an [AmiVISD] section is found, delete the entire section including the title [AmiVISD]. m. Choose File / Save to save the changes if any lines were deleted. n. Press ALT + F4 to close Notepad. o. Exit Ami Pro and Windows completely to the DOS prompt. p. At the DOS prompt type the letter of the drive on which Windows is installed followed by a colon (:). For example, if Windows is installed on drive C type: C: and press ENTER. q. Change to the directory where Windows is installed by typing: CD \PATH and press ENTER. \PATH should be the path to the Windows directory (usually \WINDOWS). r. At the DOS prompt type: DEL AMIPRO.INI and press ENTER. DEL AMIVISD.INI and press ENTER. DEL AMIEQN.INI and press ENTER. DEL AMIIMAGE.INI and press ENTER. s. Change to the directory where Ami Pro is installed by typing: CD \PATH and press ENTER. \PATH should be the path to the Ami Pro program directory (usually \AMIPRO). NOTE: If the Ami Pro program is installed on another drive, change to the other drive by typing the drive letter followed by a colon, then press ENTER. Then change to the Ami Pro directory. t. Type at the DOS prompt: DEL *.DLL and press ENTER. u. Insert the Ami Pro program disk one in a floppy drive. v. Load Windows. w. From the Windows Program Manager choose File / Run. x. For the Command Line option type X:\INSTALL.EXE and choose OK. X should be the letter of the floppy drive which contains the Ami Pro program disk one. After Ami Pro is installed, the File Type list box for File / Open should correctly list all supported applications.