═══ 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. 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 Set Timer Interval... Display Items  Show Date/Time Show Elapsed Time Show Memory Free Show Swapfile Size Show Swapdisk Free Show Spoolfile Size Show CPU Load Show Active Task Count Show C: Free Space 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. Set Timer Interval (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will call up a dialog wherein you may set the refresh timer interval (in tenths of a second). The timer may be set anywhere from 10 to 300 (1-30 seconds). ═══ 6. Set Timer Interval (Dialog) ═══ Using the up and down buttons of the spin-button control, it is possible here to change the screen update timer interval to anywhere from 1 second to 30 seconds, at 1/10th second intervals. Once you've set the interval to your liking, either press the ENTER key or click on the OK button. If you have second thoughts and decide to abort the change, either press the ESCAPE key or click on the cancel button. Help is available by either pressing the F1 key or by clicking on the HELP button. ═══ 7. Display Items  (Menu Option) ═══ This menu option calls up a submenu from which the different available display items can be selected for display or de-selected from display. ═══ 8. Show Date/Time (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the current time and date will be displayed. If the option is check-marked, the digital time is currently being displayed. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 9. Show Elapsed Time (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the elapsed time since the last system restart will be displayed. If the option is check-marked, the elapsed time is currently being displayed. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 10. Show Memory Free (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the amount of system memory free is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the free memory is being displayed currently. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 11. Show Swapfile Size (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the swap-file's current size is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the file size is being displayed currently. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 12. Show Swap Space Free (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the available swap space is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the free space is being displayed at this time. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 13. Show Spoolfile Size (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the amount of disk space consumed by the spooler is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the amount is being displayed at this time. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 14. Show CPU Load (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the current CPU load is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the CPU load is being displayed at this time. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 15. Show Active Task Count (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the count of active tasks is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the active task count is being displayed at this time. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 16. About (Menu Option) ═══ This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's About dialog to be displayed. ═══ 17. 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. ═══ 18. Show C: Free Space (Menu Option) ═══ Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the free space on drive C: is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the free space is being displayed at this time. When the option's state is changed, the program window will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items. ═══ 19. Keys Help ═══ The following function keys have been defined for this program: F1 - Help F2 - Save Defaults F3 - Exit Alt+H - Hide Controls ═══ 20. Set Profile Path ═══ 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.