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< Warp Registry Editor - REGEDIT2.EXE
July 10, 1998
OS/2 Fix Distribution
Personal System Products
Austin, Tx
(c) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation, 1994, 1996.
All rights Reserved.
July 10, 1998 - Warp Registry Editor
July 10, 1998 - Warp Registry Editor
CONTENTS
1.0 Command Support - REGEDIT2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Functional Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.1 Editor Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.2 Data Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3.1 Import Registry File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3.2 Export Registry File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.3 Open Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.4 Close Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.5 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.6 Edit New Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.7 Edit New String, Binary, DWORD Value . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.8 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.9 Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.10 Find Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.11 View Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.12 View Split Vertical/Horizontal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.13 Refresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.14 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.15 Program Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Contents ii
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1.0 COMMAND SUPPORT - REGEDIT2
1.1 FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
The Warp Registry Editor (REGEDIT2.EXE) was designed to be functionally
equivalent to the Registry Editor found in Win95 and NT4.0. In addition
to supporting the Open32 Registry Keys, the Warp Registry Editor also
supports the standard OS/2 Profile keys and files (*.INI). This was done
in a manner as to appear "seamless" to the user providing a single user
interface that combines both universes on the Warp platform.
1.2 FEATURES
1.2.1 EDITOR ARRANGEMENT
The registry editor consists of two panes separated by a split bar. The
pane on the left holds the Registry Keys and Subkeys while the pane on
the right holds the Key Values and Data. When a key is selected in the
left pane, the Keys Values and Data areautomatically updated in the right
pane. The left pane is setup in the traditional OS/2 Folder Tree View
while the right pane uses the OS/2 Folder Details view. The split bar
can be manipulated by clicking on the bar with the left mouse button and
adjusting it left or right. The columns in the right pane automatically
size themselves to hold the data. If the data is too large to be
completely viewed in the editor, it is truncated. This is indicated by
an ellipse (...) at the end of the data. To view more data either resize
the editor or edit the field.
1.2.2 DATA EDITING
The editor allows you to edit the values of Keys, Values, and Data. Key
Names are always edited in place. The edit feature can be activated by
selecting the key using the mouse or keyboard arrow keys and then
pressing Enter on the keyboard, double clicking with the left mouse
button, or holding the ALT key and clicking with the left mouse button.
Value Names are also edited in place. This edit feature can be activated
by selecting the value using the mouse or keyboard arrow keys and then
holding the ALT key and clicking with the left mouse button in the Name
Column to ..... The Value Data is edited using dialog boxes or, in the
case of String Data only, in place editing. The Data edit feature can be
activated by selecting the Value Data using the mouse or keyboard arrow
keys and pressing Enter on the keyboard, double clicking with the mouse
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on the Value (in either Name or Data columns), or by holding the ALT key
and pressing the left mouse button (activates in place editing for String
Data) in the Data Column. There are separate edit dialogs for String,
DWORD, and Binary data.
1.3 MENUS
The menu items vary with the context of the Key, Value items selected and
which of the two panes have focus. In addition, a popup menu can be
invoked for any item on the panes by clicking the right mouse button.
1.3.1 IMPORT REGISTRY FILE
This feature allows you to import any file using the Win95/NT 4.0 ASCII
Registry Format (*.REG). This format is not well documented (even on the
Windows platform) but has the basic form:
REGEDIT4 (Format specified at the top of the file)
[KEY] Example:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
Software\LOTUS\123\97.0\CONFIGCACHE]
[BINARYVALUE] Example:DATE=hex:80,ac,95,5f,d7,02,bc
[DWORDVALUE] Example:TOOLCOUNT=dword:00000027
[STRINGVALUE] Example:PATH="L123R6.CFG"
Note: Separate keys with a newline
[NEXTKEY]
[VALUE]
[VALUE]
This works equally well for OS/2 Profiles where the [KEY] is:
[HINI_SYSTEM_PROFILE\ApplicationName],
[HINI_USER_PROFILE\ApplicationName], or
["X:\SOME\FILE\PATH\PROFILE.INI"\ApplicationName]
The Profile Keys are done exactly the same as for Win Registry Values and
the Profile Data is the Registry Value data.
The Import Registry File function will create all necessary keys, values,
and data for both Registry and Profile imports. In addition, this
function can create OS/2 Profile files on the fly from an ASCII *.REG
file.
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1.3.2 EXPORT REGISTRY FILE
This feature allows you to export any [KEY] and its subkeys and data to a
file of your choosing. You can back up the entire Win Registry and/or
OS/2 System and User Profiles using this feature and then restore them at
a later date by importing the file (of course take care!). It is most
useful for QE/Testing purposes when you need to either wipe out your
registry or you are trying to support multiple versions of the products
in several different directories. By selectively exporting/importing the
Registry Configurations, you can switch between multiple versions.
1.3.3 OPEN PROFILE
This feature allow you to open any OS/2 Profile File (*.INI) and
view/edit its contents. It is also useful for creating NEW Profile files
and then adding information to those files using the editor features.
1.3.4 CLOSE PROFILE
This feature allows you to close any OS/2 Profile File that you
previously opened using Open Profile
1.3.5 PRINT
This feature allows you to print to your favorite printer the Keys,
Subkeys, Values, and Data stored in your Win Registry or OS/2 Profile
Files. The format of the print is similar to the format of the Win
Registry File.
1.3.6 EDIT NEW KEY
This feature allows you to add a subkey to an existing Win Registry Key,
or allows you to add an Application or Application Key to an OS/2
Profile.
1.3.7 EDIT NEW STRING, BINARY, DWORD VALUE
This feature allows you to add a new Value of the selected data type to
an existing Registry Key. In Win95/NT, every Registry Key has at least
one value called "Default" which is a String Data type. When a user adds
a Value to a key, they must identify its data type. The user interface
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supports one of three data types, a String (defined as a NULL terminated
ASCII value), a DWORD (defined as a 4 byte unsigned long value), and HEX
(defined as any sequence of binary bytes of arbitrary length). The OS/2
Profile does not support data types so the Editor uses the above
definitions to determine the type of data stored in a Profile Key and
presents it as such to the user. This is done to be consistent with the
UI.
1.3.8 DELETE
This feature allow you to delete a Registry Key and it's subkeys or a
Registry Key Value.
1.3.9 FIND
This feature allows you to search through any combination of Keys,
Values, and Data for a search string you designate. In the case of
binary data, all values are converted to byte hex numbers separated by
commas during the search (similar to the *.REG format). For DWORD's, the
value being searched is converted to an unsigned long value before the
match is attempted.
1.3.10 FIND NEXT
This feature allows you to continue a search that has stop on a
previously found value.
1.3.11 VIEW STATUS BAR
Enables or disables the status bar at the bottom of the editor. This
status bar shows the current Full Key name being viewed.
1.3.12 VIEW SPLIT VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL
Changes the orientation of the registry editor from Side by Side (Keys on
left, Values on right) to Top and Bottom (Keys on top, Values on bottom).
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1.3.13 REFRESH
Refresh places the editor back to the top of the Key hierarchy and dumps
all stored data. This is necessary if values in the Registry have been
modified by an external source or by the process of importing a file.
This insures that Keys, Values, and Data are re-read from the registry.
1.3.14 HELP
A help topics feature is provided.
1.3.15 PROGRAM INFORMATION
Provides an about dialog information box.
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