Monster Media 1994 #1/monster.zip/monster/OS2/MEMSZ230.ZIP/ENGLISH.HLP

OS/2 Help File | 1994-02-14 | 9KB | 173 lines

ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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=entryof your
CONFIG.SYS file.

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

Available Memory - The amount of system memory available, according to the
DosMemAvail function. Under OS/2 2.0, the true amount of unused physical memory
is reported, or 512K, whichever is larger.

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 local 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.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Save Defaults (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Reset Defaults (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Hide Controls (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Configure (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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

Note:   The short-cut key to this option is Alt+C.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Configure (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This dialog allows you to change all configurable aspects of this program's
operation.  To escape without effecting any changes, press the ESCAPE key or
click on the Escape pushbutton. To save the changes you've made, press the
ENTER key or click on the OK pushbutton.
The configurable items include the following:

Display Items You may select any or all of the items in the Display Items list
for monitoring and display.  Simply click on an item to highlight it, click
again to remove the highlight.  Highlighted items are monitored.

Hide Controls When the clock is not iconized, it can be show with or without
the usual title bar, system menu and minimize/maximize buttons.  If you chose
to hide these controls, the sizing border remains.  The window may be
positioned by dragging its center area.  It may be resized by dragging any of
the four borders or the corners.

Float to Top This button activates an window's float-to-top function. When this
button has been check-marked, the clock will float to the top of the window
stack, making itself visible all the time.

Animate This button activates the window open & close animation feature. When
this is active, the program window will open and close in the same way as the
folder objects do: with sound and motion. As with folders, animation will not
occur unless it has been enabled at the system level.

Show File System Names This button causes the individual drive free space
entries to show the type of file system in use with the drive.  Use of this
option results in a wider monitor window.

Monitor Priority This control allows you to set the absolute priority of the
monitoring thread of the program, within the time-critical priority class. You
may vary the priority from 0 to 31.  Priority 31 is the highest possible
priority in the system, short of physical interrupts. Priority 0 is simply the
lowest priority within the time-critical class. Normally, you should set this
to the maximum for more accuracy in system monitoring.  However, some have
complained that their communications programs occasionally miss data while this
program is running.  For that reason the priority is now variable.

Timer Interval This control allows you to set the interval between monitor
window updates.  It can be varied from 1.0 seconds to 30.0 seconds, in steps of
1/10 second.  The number displayed is in tenths of a second.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. About (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. About (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following function keys have been defined for this program:

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


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Set Profile Path (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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.