═══ 1. General Help for The Terminator ═══

The Terminator application makes use of a Non documented API called 
DosQProcStatus. This is the same API used by the OS/2 program PSTAT.EXE. 

The Terminator is a Public Domain application. You are free to use and 
distribute this application. In fact you are encouraged to distribute this 
application to others. 

If you find this application convinient and easy to use, a registration fee of 
$15.00 would be appreciated. If you send $35.00 dollars or more, you will 
recieve, when available the next version of The Terminator. Please state the 
version you currently have. 

Send check of money order to: 

 Software Construction Company 
 5889 Kanan Rd. Suite 330 
 Agoura Hills, Ca. 91301 

 Our phone number is (800) 676-9390 

 The Terminator can be dangerous, because it will terminate any process 
 running. If you terminate a system process it is possible you could lose data. 
 However, used properly, this application can be invaluable when debugging new 
 applications which spawn processes and create semphores. 

 The Abbreviations in the listbox titles refer to the following: 

 Process and Thread Information: 

 o PID  = Process ID 

 o PPID = Parent Process ID 

 o Sess = OS/2 Session ID (Screen Group?) 

 o Mod# = Process Module Handle 

 o Proc Name = Process module name 

 o TID  = Thread ID (within process) 

 System Semaphore Information: 

 o Owning Process = Process name and PID of owner 

 o Ref  = Semaphore reference count 

 o Req  = Semaphore request count 

 o Flgs = Semaphore flags (non-zero in 1.1, zero in 1.2) 

 o Name = System semaphore name 

 This information can also be useful when trying to establish relationships of 
 semaphores to threads; which processes are running under which screen group 
 (session ID); parent child relationships etc. 

 The next release will support OS/2 2.0 as well as provide information on 
 Shared Memory. 


═══ 2. Action ═══

The Action menu pulldown gives you a list of "actions" which you can take on 
certain processes and semaphores. 


═══ 3. Terminate ═══

Terminate, will perform a DosKillProcess on the specified application. The 
application will immdiately terminate, no matter what processing it is doing. 
If the application has an ExitList, it will get control to perform the 
necessary cleanup before the application actually terminates. If the process 
has registerd a signal handler, it may trap the terminate and not allow itself 
to be killed. 


═══ 4. Clear ═══

Clear, will perform a DosSemClear to clear a semaphore. 


═══ 5. Set ═══

Set, will dos a DosSemSet to set a semaphore. 


═══ 6. Refresh ═══

The Refresh pulldown show the two refresh options  Now Auto 


═══ 7. Now ═══

Now, starts an immediate refresh of all data. 


═══ 8. Auto ═══

Auto, will perform an immediate refresh, and then refresh at regular intervals 
as specified in the Refresh Rate. 


═══ 9. Exit ═══

Exit will stop The Terminator application. 


═══ 10. Config ═══

The Config pulldown allows you to; set the Refresh Rate; reset the default 
parameters; save your current configuration. 


═══ 11. Rate ═══

The refresh rate determines a regular interval at which all data will be 
refreshed. This can be set anywhere between 1 second and 30 minutes. The 
resources used to refresh are minimal, so you can set this rate fairly frequent 
if you like. 


═══ 12. Save ═══

Save Setup, will store the current window position, window size and refresh 
rate in the OS2.INI file.  The Terminator will interogate this data the next 
time it starts up, and reset itself accordingly. 


═══ 13. Defaults ═══

Reset Defaults, will restore the default window size, position and refresh 
rate.  This does not change the information in the OS2.INI file, if you want to 
reset the default permenantly, you need to Save Setup 


═══ 14. Keys Help ═══

The list of keys is arranged in groups. 

Use: 

 o Alt+Esc to switch between programs 

 o Up and Down arrow keys to change a selection 

 o F10 to reach the menu 

 o Alt + A for Action 

 o Alt + R for Refresh 

 o Alt + F for Configure 

 o Alt + H or F1 for help