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1. Intro
This program was developed using VisPro REXX, OS/2
Warp and OS/2 Merlin.
2. Objective
This program was developed to help developers
programming on the OS/2 platform easily see and
document the OS/2 config.sys file. This program
was designed to be open and easy to customize. The
power of this tool is that you can use this program
to easily support any OS/2 application. Look at
section 4 for ideas.
3. File structure
The following files are neaded to run the program:
CON_REP.EXE
SET_VAR.CHK
README.CFG
4. Customization
The set_var.chk file is a text file that should NEVER
have a blank line in the file or the program will exit.
This file is a text file and you should open it now
to view the examples in the file. This file is used
as a key to search the config.sys file against and
find the environment variables seting.
The readme.cfg file is the current file you are reading
and it is displayed when ever the user clicks on the
view information file. The advantage of this is that
you can put how to trouble shoot or support the
application in this file. You could put the number of
the help desk or things to try and do BEFORE calling the
help desk.
5. A Hidden feature
You can highlight the text in the Information window
and copy it into another file or print it from the
clip board. If you are not familiar with how to do
this in OS/2 you can go to an OS/2 window and type
tutorial. This interactive tutorial should be able
to show you how to copy, cut and paste things to and
from the clip board.
As a bonous you can also highlight my e-mail address
press Ctrl-Ins and then from the "TO:" field in your
E-mail application press SHIFT-INS. PRESTO!
You just typed in my E-mail address.
6. As a final note
Since this program is FREE I am under NO legal
obligation to support or fix any bug you may find.
However since this program ONLY READS your config.sys
file and it is up to you to make any changes I feel
pretty safe from any MAJOR bugs that could do some
damage.
7. Other utilities
As a developer I recomend the following utilities
for OS/2 since they are my favorite. They also
have saved my but many a time!
Object Desktop For making OS/2 the best OS!
WatchCat Utility that allows you to
recover from system hangs.
Those Germans ARE amazing!
WarpNGo A great utility for looking at
and changing your OS/2 config.sys
file from IBM. Only flaw is you
can't print out your file info!
It also doesn't handle all path
types. But it IS a GREAT TOOL.
Conner TR-4
with This thing is one bad piece of
Back Again/2 hardware! 4 Gig uncompressed or
8 Gig compressed on one $39 dollar
tape! If you like OS/2 and REXX and
like me have LOTS of OS/2 stuff
than you will LOVE Back Again/2.
VisPro REXX Last but not least. My favorite
GUI tool for writing quick apps!
Those guys at HockWare just keep
kicking but!
Indelible Blue I almost forgot to mention the
people that keep feeding my addiction
inspite of IBM trying to dry me out.
<grin> Also a warm thanks to my two
mentors Duane C. and Einstein.
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For comments or help please feel free to e-mail
me at tidwell@ibm.net.
Thank YOU!
Ed Tidwell
Raleigh,NC
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