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Contents for System Consultant Help

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How To...

Use System Consultant

Add Other Windows .INI Files to the Windows Menu

Customize the Toolbar

Menus

File

Hardware

DOS

Windows

Benchmarks

Options

Help


How To...

Use System Consultant

Customize the Toolbar


About System Consultant

System Consultant gives you information about your computer system, how it is being used, and how well it is performing.

You can use this information to aid in troubleshooting, to learn more about your system, or to monitor and improve its performance.


Using the System Consultant Window
Using System Consultant

When you start System Consultant, you see the Summary window, which shows basic information about the system.

To display detailed information, click one of the blue topic names, or select a topic from one of the menus.

To browse through topics, click the Forward, Reverse, or Backtrack buttons on the Toolbar

Check the box next to the Printer icon to mark a displayed topic for printing.

To print a detailed report, click the box until it contains an X.

To print a summary report, click the box until it is gray.

When you view the Print Report dialog box, all topics marked on their respective screens are already selected.

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See Also

Customize the Toolbar

Print Report Dialog Box

Print Current Topic


Customizing the Toolbar

The default Toolbar contains the commands on the File menu and three commands that let you browse through System Consultant topics: Backtrack, Reverse, and Forward.

Click the right mouse button in the Toolbar to display a popup menu that lets you select a different style or edit the Toolbar contents.

To change the style, select icon only, icon and text, or text only. You can select either large or small icon style.

To change the commands shown on the Toolbar, select Edit Toolbar. The Customize Toolbar dialog box appears.

You can also open the Customize Toolbar dialog box by selecting Customize on the Options menu.


File Menu

Use commands in this menu to view system topics, print summary and detailed information, and exit from System Consultant.

System Summary	Displays the System Summary topic window.

Recommendations	Displays suggestions for improving system performance, and offers to change your startup files to implement changes, if possible.

Print Current Topic	Prints the displayed topic information on your default printer.

Print Report	Opens a dialog box that lets you select topics to print.

Exit	Closes System Consultant.


File Menu

System Summary

Recommendations

Print Current Topic

Print Report

Exit


 System Summary

Displays general information about your system.

To display detailed information, click a blue category or choose a topic from one of the menus.

Overview

A synopsis of information about your system.

Hardware	Your CPU type and speed.

DOS Version	The version of DOS that you are using.

Windows Version	The version of Windows that you are using.

Logical Drives	The number of fixed, removable, and remote (network) drives attached to your system.

Drivers

Display Driver	The mode and resolution of your video display and adapter.

Keyboard Driver	The type of keyboard you are using.

Mouse Driver	The type of mouse driver you are using.

Network Driver	The type of network in use.

Memory

This section displays a summary of memory use in your system. Like the Overview section, you can choose an item to view the detailed topic.

Physical	The total number of kilobytes of physical memory appears above the bar. The colored section of the bar shows how much is in use. The plain section shows how much is free.

Windows	The total number of kilobytes of physical and virtual Windows memory appears above the bar. The colored section of the bar shows how much is in use. The plain section shows how much is free.

System Resources	The percentage of Windows resource space. The colored section of the bar shows how much is in use. The plain section shows how much is free.

Performance

This section displays the results of the CPU benchmark tests that compares your system's performance to that of an 8MHz PC AT. Choose "This System" to see the Benchmark CPU Performance topic.


 Recommendations

Displays a list of suggestions for improving the performance or reliability of your system.

The upper box displays a list of recommendations in summary format. The lower box displays a description of the highlighted recommendation that tells you when and why you might make this change.

 	To implement a recommendation by changing one of your startup files, such as WIN.INI, highlight the recommendation description in the upper box and choose Do It.

A message box tells you that the appropriate file has been changed. If you have changed your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file, it explains that the change will take effect when you reboot your system. If you have changed one of your Windows .INI files, it explains that you must restart Windows to make the change. The implemented recommendation disappears from the upper text box.

 	To restore startup files to their previous state, choose Undo. Use the dialog box that appears to reverse recommendations System Consultant has implemented.


Undo Recommendations Dialog Box

The text box shows the recommendations System Consultant has implemented. The date and time of the highlighted implementation is shown on the left, under the text box.

To undo a change, highlight its description in the text box and choose Undo All.


 Print Current Topic

Prints the displayed topic.

To print more than one topic, select Print Report from the File menu or Toolbar, and choose the topics you want.

When you view the Print Report dialog box, all topics where you have checked the box next to the printer icon are already selected.


 Print Report

Use this dialog box to select topics for printing. You can print any or all System Consultant topics.

To print a detailed topic report, click the box next to the topic name until it contains an X. To print a summary report topic, click the box until it is gray.

Note

When you open the Print Report dialog box, all topics where you have checked the box next to the printer icon are already selected.

Dialog Box Options

Header	The information in this box appears at the top of each printed page in the header. The default is the user name entered during PC Tools for Windows installation.

Topic	This list shows all the System Consultant topics. If the check box beside the topic is empty, no report is printed. Scroll through the list to select topics.

Printer	Select the printer for report output.

New Page for Each Topic
Check this box to print each topic on a new page.

Print without Formatting
Check this box to print topics without bold emphasis for page header lines and titles. Information is arranged on the page in the same way for formatted and unformatted printing.

Buttons	Print	Send Mail

All Short	All Long

Deselect All


Print

Choose this button to print the report.


All Short

Marks all topics for printing. For those topics that have a detailed or summary report, the summary report is printed.


All Long

Marks all topics for printing. For those topics that can have a detailed or summary report, the detailed report is printed.


Deselect All

Removes the check marks from all topics that are marked for printing.


Send Mail

If you are running Microsoft Mail, you can send the selected reports to another user.

The Microsoft Mail Send Note dialog box opens when you choose Send Mail.


 Exit

Exits from System Consultant.


 Browse Forward

Displays the next information topic. You can view all System Consultant topics using this command. The topic sequence corresponds to the order that the topics appear in the menus, starting with System Summary in the File menu.

This command appears in the Toolbar by default, but does not appear in any System Consultant menu. You can add it to a menu by choosing Customize from the Options menu.

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See Also

Backtrack

Browse Reverse

Customize


 Browse Reverse

Displays the previous information topic. You can view all System Consultant topics in reverse order using this command. The topic sequence corresponds to the order that the topics appear in the menus, starting with System Summary in the File menu.

This command appears in the Toolbar by default, but does not appear in any System Consultant menu. You can add it to a menu by choosing Customize from the Options menu.

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See Also

Backtrack

Browse Forward

Customize


Browse Back
 Backtrack

Returns to the last topic you viewed.

This command appears in the Toolbar by default, but does not appear in any System Consultant menu. You can add it to a menu by choosing Customize from the Options menu.

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See Also

Browse Forward

Browse Reverse

Customize


Hardware Menu

Use commands in this menu to view information about the hardware in your system.

Summary	Displays a summary of hardware information.

Video	Displays information about the video card and monitor.

I/O Ports	Displays information about the parallel and serial ports.

Keyboard and Mouse	Displays information about the keyboard and mouse.

CMOS	Shows the information stored by the CMOS and the status of the CMOS battery.

Physical Drives	Displays physical characteristics of the physical drives in your computer.

Logical Drives	Displays information about the logical drives connected to your computer, both local and remote.


Hardware Menu

Summary

Video

I/O Ports

Keyboard/Mouse

CMOS

Physical Drives

Logical Drives


 Hardware Summary

Provides a general overview of the hardware components in your system.

Information categories in the Drives and Other Hardware sections also appear on the Hardware menu.

To display detailed information, click a blue category or choose a topic from the Hardware menu.

CPU & BIOS

CPU Type	The type of CPU installed in your system.

Clock Speed	The clock speed of the CPU.

Math Coprocessor	Specifies whether a math coprocessor is installed.

BIOS Date	The date of your system's BIOS.

BIOS ID Bytes	The unique ID bytes in the BIOS.

Bus Type/Width 	The type and width of the bus in your system.

Memory	Displays the amount of conventional and extended memory in your system.

Drives

Physical Drives	The number of fixed and floppy disk drives.

Logical Drives	The number and type of logical drives.

Other Hardware

Video Adapter	The type of video adapter your system uses.

I/O Ports	The number of parallel and serial ports.

Keyboard	Your keyboard type.

Mouse	Your mouse type.

CMOS	The status of the CMOS.


Clock Speed

Each CPU type has different versions designed to run at different speeds, which are called clock speeds. Higher clock speed means faster performance. For instance, an 80386 CPU with a 33MHz clock speed runs faster than an 80386 with a 25MHz clock speed.


Date of BIOS

The date the BIOS firmware was updated. Depending on the manufacturer of the BIOS, the date is more or less useful in determining whether your BIOS is compatible with the most recent standards.


BIOS ID Bytes

Each BIOS manufacturer uses unique ID bytes. This information is useful when troubleshooting machines that are not totally PC-compatible.


Bus Type and Width

A bus transfers data from one system component to another, such as from memory to a disk. Different types of buses are based on standards established by groups in the PC industry.

The most common bus is the ISA or AT bus, used in the original IBM PC/AT and its clones. IBM created another bus type, MCA (MicroChannel Architecture), for the PS/2 and later generations of their PCs. In response, another industry coalition created the EISA bus, which is now used in many 80386 and 80486 computers.

ISA	Industry Standard Architecture bus type, as in an XT or AT.

EISA	Extended Industry Standard Architecture, supporting 32 bits while remaining ISA-compatible.

MCA	IBM's Micro-Channel Architecture.

The bus width can be 16 or 32 bits wide. The bus width determines how much data the computer can transfer at one time, which affects the speed of transfers.


Memory

Conventional memory is the first 640K of RAM in your PC, also called low memory. Normally, DOS applications use conventional memory.

Extended memory is the memory above ! MB. Memory from 640K to 1 MB contains the upper memory blocks (UMBs). These blocks are used by device drivers and memory-resident programs so they don't use conventional memory.

Windows manages extended memory for its applications.


 Hardware Video

Displays detailed information about the video adapters in your system.

System Consultant recognizes CGA, EGA, Mono, and VGA. If your system has more than one monitor and card, System Consultant also provides information about the secondary adapter.

Adapter Type	The video standard used, such as VGA or EGA.

Color Support	Whether the adapter can display color.

Memory	How much video memory is on the adapter card. If your VGA adapter has more than 256K of memory, only 256K may be reported because there is no standard method of detecting more than that.

Current Mode	A number that corresponds to the video mode you selected in Windows Setup. For example, plain VGA is 12.


 Hardware I/O Ports

Displays detailed information about the I/O ports in your system.

Parallel Ports

Parallel ports are usually assigned to printers, but they can also be used to transfer data between two PCs, or to transfer data to an auxiliary device, such as a tape drive.

Name	Parallel ports are named LPT1, LPT2, and so on.

Address	The memory location used by interrupts for the port.

Serial Ports

Serial ports are used for many different functions, such as asynchronous communication to a modem, mouse, or other device.

Name	Serial ports are named COM1, COM2, and so on. Most PCs have at least one serial port, COM1. If you do not have a bus mouse, this port is probably used by your mouse.

IRQ	The hardware interrupt for the port.

Address	The memory location where control is passed when an interrupt is sent.

UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, firmware on a chip that controls the serial port. UART information can be used by technical support for troubleshooting serial communications problems. If the UART is "virtual," it means that Windows adds a layer of software to emulate the UART instead of communicating with the chip directly.


 Hardware Keyboard and Mouse

Displays detailed information about the keyboard and mouse.

Keyboard

Keyboard Type	The type of Windows keyboard driver in use, such as a 101-key enhanced keyboard. Note that 101-key refers to any keyboard configured like an original 101-key keyboard, even though there may actually be more than 101 keys.

The Windows keyboard driver recognizes six keyboard types. The keyboard type does not describe the keyboard that is actually present, but rather, what kind of driver is present. If the driver does not agree with the type of keyboard you have, then you may have made a mistake in selecting the keyboard driver when installing Windows.

Keyboard Intercept	Whether the keyboard supports the INT 15, Function 4F feature. Programs use this feature to get extra keyboard information, such as multiple Alt and Ctrl keys.

Enhanced Functionality	Whether the keyboard supports the F11 and F12 function keys.

Extended Functionality	Whether the keyboard BIOS supports adjusting the Typematic rate. If it does, you can use the Keyboard option in Control Panel to vary the repeat rate of a key held down.

Mouse

Mouse Type	The type of mouse you specified in the Windows Setup program.

Buttons	The number of buttons on the mouse. A three-button mouse might appear as a two-button mouse because of a software or hardware switch, or because of the mouse driver.

Interface	Whether the mouse is a bus mouse or a serial mouse, which uses a serial port. If it is a serial mouse, the name of the COM port  it uses is also shown.

Speed Multipliers	The acceleration mode the mouse uses, which corresponds to the MouseSpeed setting in your WIN.INI file. For information about acceleration mode, select View WIN.INI from the Windows menu and examine the description that appears when you highlight the MouseSpeed line.

Threshold 1 Field	The number of pixels the mouse must move before 2X acceleration will take place.

Threshold 2 Field	The number of pixels the mouse must move before 4X acceleration will take place.

Double-Click Speed	The maximum number of milliseconds between mouse clicks in a double click.

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See Also

View WIN.INI


 Hardware CMOS

Displays the information stored in your PC's CMOS.

If the battery runs down, a power surge occurs, or a program crashes, CMOS information can be lost or garbled. Signs of bad CMOS information include different CMOS settings each time you run System Consultant, inability to use a drive, or persistent errors in the system date and time.

CMOS Status

Battery	The condition of the battery in your computer.

Time	The condition of the clock in your computer.

Checksum	Whether the recorded checksum matches the actual checksum of the CMOS settings.

Fixed-Disk Controller	Whether the recorded fixed disk controller settings match those of the controller.

Configured Equipment	Whether the recorded configured equipment settings match the actual equipment.

Configured Memory	Whether the recorded memory settings match the actual amount of memory in your computer.

Memory

Conventional	The number of kilobytes of conventional memory in your system.

Extended	The number of kilobytes of extended memory in your system.

Floppy Drives

Primary	The size and capacity of your primary floppy drive, usually drive A.

Secondary	The size and capacity of your secondary floppy drive, usually drive B.

Fixed Drives

Primary	The drive type of your primary fixed drive. This is a number from a table in the CMOS. The same drive might be identified differently on computers using different BIOS chips.

Secondary	The drive type of your secondary fixed drive. This is a number from a table in the CMOS, and may be different on computers using different BIOS chips.


 Hardware Physical Drives

Displays information about the physical characteristics of fixed drives in your system. The upper box shows the physical characteristics of the drive, and the lower box shows partition information.

To view partition information about a different drive, select the drive in the upper list box.

Physical Characteristics

Physical Drive ID	The number that DOS uses to identify the drive.

Capacity	The number of bytes of data that the drive can store after it is formatted.

Heads	The number of read/write heads.

Tracks	The number of formatted tracks, or cylinders, on the drive.

Sectors per Track	The number of sectors in each track. The total number of sectors in the drive is this number multiplied by the number of tracks.

Note

Because of limitations in DOS, the numbers above might not be accurate if your drive has more than 1024 cylinders. When drives with more than 1024 cylinders are configured, the controller may fool DOS into thinking there are only 1024 cylinders. To use the space on the 'missing' cylinders, the controller makes the drive appear to have more heads than it really does. As a result, all of the space on the drive can be used.

Partition Information

This box displays information about the partitioning of the drive that is selected in the upper box. Partitions are created by the DOS FDISK utility after the drive has been low-level formatted.

The table shows the physical location of each partition on the disk.

Partition Type	The partition labeled Boot is the one your PC starts up from. Ext DOS refers to an Extended DOS partition. See FDISK and FORMAT in your DOS manual for more information.

Total Sectors	The number of sectors in this partition.

Starting Track/Head/Sector
The number of the first track, head, and sector in this partition.

Ending Track/Head/Sector
The number of the last track, head, and sector in this partition.


 Hardware Logical Drives

Displays information about each logical drive on your computer. These attributes are configured on a hard disk when the disk is formatted.

The drive from which you started System Consultant is selected.

To view information about a different drive, select the drive in the list box.

Topic Information

Drive	The drive letter of the selected logical drive.

Type	The drive type. This can be Fixed, Floppy (3.5" or 5.25"), Bernoulli, CD-ROM, RAM, Network, or Substituted. (A Substituted drive is a directory or drive that is remapped using the DOS SUBST command). Tape drives are not shown because DOS does not assign them a drive letter.

Size	The size of the selected logical drive.

Free	The number of bytes of unused disk space on the drive.

Volume	The volume name assigned to the drive, if one is available. You can change the volume name for fixed and floppy drives using the File Manager application.

Drive Information

The following information is displayed for local drives selected in the list box:

Media Descriptor	A hexadecimal number that identifies the type and capacity of the disk, such as 0xF9 for a 1.2 MB floppy disk.

Bytes / Sector	Bytes of data per sector.

Sectors / Cluster	Sectors of formatted disk space per cluster.

Total Clusters	The number of clusters on the drive. A cluster is the smallest unit of space that can be allocated to a file.

Type of FAT	File Allocation Table (FAT) type. Either 16 bits (most hard disks) or 12 bits (most floppy disks).

Number of FATs	Most disks have 2 copies of the File Allocation Table so that if one is damaged, the other can be used to locate your files on the disk.

Starting FAT Sector	The sector of the disk where the File Allocation Table begins. If the FAT is corrupted, this information can be useful.

Total FAT Sectors	The number of sectors used by the File Allocation Table.

Starting Root Sector	The sector number where the root directory begins.

Total Root Sectors	The number of sectors used by the root directory. The root directory of a drive can contain a limited number of entries.

Starting Data Sector	The sector number where the first file begins.

Total Data Sectors	The number of sectors in the data portion of the disk.

See your operating system documentation and hard drive documentation for more information about drive attributes.


DOS Menu

Use commands in this menu to view information about the DOS operating system running on your computer.

Summary	Displays a summary of DOS information.

View CONFIG.SYS	Displays the contents of your CONFIG.SYS file.

View AUTOEXEC.BAT	Displays the contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.


DOS Menu

Summary

View CONFIG.SYS

View AUTOEXEC.BAT


 DOS Summary

Displays a general overview of DOS on your computer.

To display detailed information, click a blue category or choose a topic from the DOS menu.

Summary Information

Reported DOS Version	Displays the DOS version number being emulated. You can set this for individual applications using the DOS SETVER command.

True DOS Version	Displays the actual version of DOS running on your system.

OEM Identification	Displays the name of the OEM that supplied your DOS operating system.

Serial Number	Displays the serial number (if any) of DOS.

CONFIG.SYS File	The location of your CONFIG.SYS file if it is present.

AUTOEXEC.BAT File	The location of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file if it is present.

Software Interrupts	The number of used and available software interrupts.

Hardware Interrupts	The number of used and available hardware interrupts.

DOS Environment Size	The number of bytes used for the DOS environment variables.

Conventional Memory	The total number of kilobytes of conventional memory appears above the bar. The colored section of the bar shows how much is in use. The plain section shows how much is free.

Extended Memory	The total number of kilobytes of extended memory  of physical memory appears above the bar. The colored section of the bar shows how much is in use. The plain section shows how much is free.


DOS INI-Consultant: AUTOEXEC.BAT
 DOS INI-Consultant: AUTOEXEC.BAT File

AUTOEXEC.BAT is the batch file that DOS runs automatically after the CONFIG.SYS file each time you start your computer.

The top box in the window displays the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Comments are shown in green type, active command lines are shown in black.

The bottom box describes the highlighted command and explains how it is used. Use this information and information in your DOS manual if you want to change the command.

Choose

Insert	To open a text box that lets you add a line above the highlighted line in the file.

Delete 	To delete the highlighted line.

Edit	To open a dialog box that lets you edit the highlighted line.

Undo All	To remove all changes. This button is not active unless you have inserted, deleted, or edited a command.

Options	To specify whether you want to be prompted to confirm deleted lines, whether you want a backup copy made before changes are written, and whether you want to be notified if changes require you to reboot your system.


DOS INI-Consultant: CONFIG.SYS
 DOS INI-Consultant: CONFIG.SYS File

CONFIG.SYS is automatically read by DOS each time you start your system. It is read before AUTOEXEC.BAT. CONFIG.SYS contains system commands and commands that load device drivers and other software, such as memory managers.

The top box in the window displays the CONFIG.SYS file. Comments are shown in green type, active command lines are shown in black.

The bottom box describes the highlighted command and explains how it is used. Use this information and information in your DOS manual if you want to change the command.

Choose

Insert	To open a text box that lets you add a line above the highlighted line in the file.

Delete 	To delete the highlighted line.

Edit	To open a dialog box that lets you edit the highlighted line.

Undo All	To remove all changes. This button is not active unless you have inserted, deleted, or edited a command.

Options	To specify whether you want to be prompted to confirm deleted lines, whether you want a backup copy made before changes are written, and whether you want to be notified if changes require you to reboot your system.


Windows Menu

Use commands in this menu to view information about various parts of the Windows operating environment on your system.

Summary	Displays a summary of Windows information.

View WIN.INI	Lets you examine and edit the Windows WIN.INI file.

View SYSTEM.INI	Lets you examine and edit the Windows SYSTEM.INI file.

Memory	Displays a summary of Windows memory use.


Windows Menu

Summary
View WIN.INI
View SYSTEM.INI
View Memory


 Windows Summary

Provides a general overview of many different aspects of the Windows operating environment on your system.

To display detailed information, click a blue category or choose a topic from the Windows menu.

Version and Configuration

Windows Version	The version number of Windows on your system.

Windows Mode	The mode that Windows is running in, which can be enhanced or standard.

Windows Directory	The Windows program directory on your system.

Swap File Name	The file name of the swap file that Windows uses when running in enhanced mode.

Swap File Location	The drive and path of the swap file.

Swap File Size	The size of the swap file in bytes.

Swap File Type	The type of swap file: temporary, permanent, or N/A (if not in use).

Country, Language, Keyboard Layout, and Measurement
The settings you specified when you installed Windows, or in the International dialog box of the Control Panel.

Files and Resources

WIN.INI File	Whether WIN.INI is present.

SYSTEM.INI File	Whether the SYSTEM.INI file is present.

Windows Memory	The total amount of real and virtual memory available to Windows.

Video Capabilities	The Windows video resolution.

Default Printer	The currently selected printer.

Registered Classes	The number of classes registered with Windows.

Free Resources	The percentage of Windows system resources that are still available.

Local Heap Count	The number of local heaps managed by Windows.

Global Heap Items	The number of used items and free items on the Windows global heap.

Shell Program	The name of the Windows shell application, such as Program Manager or PC Tools for Windows Desktop. This is the application that appears first whenever you start Windows.

32-Bit Disk Access	The 32-bit disk access option: enabled or disabled. You set this option in the dialog box that appears when you select Virtual Memory from the 386 Enhanced dialog box in Control Panel.


 Windows INI-Consultant: WIN.INI

Displays your Windows configuration file, WIN.INI, and lets you delete, edit, or add lines to the file.

The settings in this file affect Windows configuration options, such as the default printer, the mouse tracking speed, and the fonts that will be loaded when Windows starts.

The top box in the window displays the WIN.INI file. Comments appear in green type, virtual entries appear in magenta, active command lines appear in black.

The bottom box describes the highlighted entry and explains how it is used. Use this information and information in the WININI.WRI file if you want to change the command.

To display default settings that do not actually appear in the file, choose Options and select Show Virtual Entries.

Choose

Expand All	To expand every section. Section titles appear in square brackets, such as [Extensions]. To collapse a single section, double-click its name.

Collapse All	To collapse every section. To expand a single section, double-click its name.

Insert	To open a text box that lets you add a line above the highlighted line in the file.

Delete 	To delete the highlighted line.

Edit	To open a dialog box that lets you edit the highlighted line.

Undo All	To remove all changes. This button is not active unless you have inserted, deleted, or edited a command.

Options	To specify whether you want to see virtual entries, whether you want to be prompted to confirm deleted lines, whether you want a backup copy made before changes are written, and whether you want to be notified if changes require you to reboot your system.


 Windows INI-Consultant: SYSTEM.INI

Displays your Windows system settings file, SYSTEM.INI, and lets you delete, edit, or add lines to the file. The settings in this file affect aspects of Windows such as memory use, device drivers, and video display. These option settings are read by Windows when it starts up.

The top box in the window displays the SYSTEM.INI file. Comments appear in green type, virtual entries appear in magenta, active command lines appear in black.

The bottom box describes the highlighted entry and explains how it is used. Use this information and information in the SYSINI.WRI file if you want to change the command.

To display default settings that do not actually appear in the file, choose Options and select Show Virtual Entries.

Choose

Expand All	To expand every section. Section titles appear in square brackets, such as [386Enh]. To collapse a single section, double-click its name.

Collapse All	To collapse every section. To expand a single section, double-click its name.

Insert	To open a text box that lets you add a line above the highlighted line in the file.

Delete 	To delete the highlighted line.

Edit	To open a dialog box that lets you edit the highlighted line.

Undo All	To remove all changes. This button is not active unless you have inserted, deleted, or edited a command.

Options	To specify whether you want to see virtual entries, whether you want to be prompted to confirm deleted lines, whether you want a backup copy made before changes are written, and whether you want to be notified if changes require you to reboot your system.


 Windows Memory

Displays detailed information about Windows memory use. If Windows is running in enhanced mode, virtual memory information is included.

Memory Graph

The graph shows the amount of physical memory used and the amount available for other programs. If Windows is running in enhanced mode, this graph includes virtual memory.

Topic Information

Total Windows Memory
The total amount of memory available to Windows. If Windows is running in enhanced mode, this figure includes space in the swap file on the disk.

Free Windows Memory
The amount of memory available but not in use. If Windows is running in enhanced mode, this figure includes the swap file.

Percentage of Memory Free
The percentage of memory available but not in use.

Total Windows Virtual Memory
The total amount of virtual memory available to Windows. This information is not applicable in standard mode.

Free Windows Virtual Memory
The amount of virtual memory that is available, but unused. This information is not applicable in standard mode.

Total Windows Physical Memory
The total amount of physical memory available to Windows.

Free Windows Physical Memory
The amount of physical memory that is available, but unused.

Windows Allocatable DOS Memory
The total amount of DOS memory available to Windows applications. Windows applications use DOS memory as a buffer to communicate with software and hardware, such as TSRs, network or video cards, and DOS interrupts. If you start a DOS session from Windows, the memory available is not the same as the DOS memory used by Windows. It is usually much larger.

Largest Allocatable DOS Block
The largest number of kilobytes of unfragmented DOS memory available to a single Windows application.

Free System Resources
Available system resources are often determined by the amount of space available in the GDI or User local heaps. For this reason, the percentage of free system resources appears as the same as the free resource space of one of these local heaps, whichever has less free space.

Free GDI Resources
The percentage of the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) local heap that is available for use.

Free User Resources
The percentage of the User local heap that is available for use.


Refresh

Updates the information in the current topic.

This command does not appear in System Consultant by default. Choose Customize from the Options menu to add this command to the Toolbar or to a menu.

________

See Also

Customize


Edit Dialog Boxes for .INI Files

When you select Edit in one of the system file windows, such as DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT, or Windows WIN.INI, an edit dialog box appears so that you can change a selected command.

Move the edit dialog box so that you can read information in the System Consultant description box for the command you are editing.

The kind of dialog box that appears depends on the command or option you are editing.

You either enter the text of a command or option or select new parameters from one or more dropdown lists. If the option is set through Control Panel or another configuration dialog box, the appropriate dialog box appears.


Insert Entry

Enter the command or option line in the text box.

If you are adding a line to one of the Windows startup files, such as WIN.INI, and you have turned on Show Virtual Entries in the Options dialog box, move the Insert Entry window so that you can see the syntax and description of the line.

Editing AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS

If you are editing one of the DOS startup files, the same dialog box appears for both the Edit and Insert commands. If you are editing an existing command, either type over the highlighted text, or click your mouse in the text box and use text-editing keystrokes to insert or delete characters, move the cursor by word or character, or to the end and beginning of the line.


Options

When you edit a system file, such as WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, AUTOEXEC.BAT, or CONFIG.SYS, you can choose options that let you restore an earlier version of the file, or warn you if the changes you have made require rebooting your system or restarting Windows, depending on which file you have changed, before they take effect.

Option Choices

Show Virtual Entries	Displays options that could be set in your WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, or WNUSER.INI file, but are not.

Confirm Deletions	Asks to confirm deleting lines.

Make Backup File	Creates a copy of the file before writing any changes.

Notify if Changes Require Reboot/Restart
Displays a message box telling you if the changes you made require you to reboot your system or restart Windows.


Benchmarks Menu

Use commands in this menu to view information about the system performance.

CPU Speed Test	Displays information about CPU performance.

Disk Speed Test	Displays information hard disk performance.


Benchmarks Menu

CPU Speed Test

Disk Speed Test


CPU Performance
 Benchmark CPU Speed Test

Graphs your CPU speed, comparing it to the speed of an 8-MHz IBM AT computer. The Performance section of the System Summary window shows this information in condensed form.

These results may not correspond exactly to the CPU's raw clock speed. CPU speed is affected by factors such as memory-access speed and memory caching.


Disk Performance
 Disk Speed Test

Lets you test your hard disk speed and then display a graph that compares it to other systems.

To test one of your hard disks, select the disk from the Drive dropdown list. Then choose Start.

To see a graph that compares your drive's performance to other systems, choose Graph after the test is complete.

The disk test produces the following test results:

BIOS Seek Overhead	The number of milliseconds spent running code in the BIOS before reading the disk.

Track-to-Track Seek	Measures the number of milliseconds it takes to move the disk read/write head between adjacent tracks.

Average Seek 	Measures the average number of milliseconds it takes to move the head to random locations on the disk.

Data Transfer Rate	Shows the rate in kilobytes per second for data transfer between the disk and the CPU.

Note

The Average Seek speed may not be accurate if you are using 32-bit disk access or you are using an advanced disk controller, such as one that has an on-board cache.

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See Also

Benchmark Disk Speed Test Graph


Disk Speed Results

A dialog box informs you when the results of the disk speed test are outside of the normal range--usually higher than normal results. This does not indicate any problem with your disk.

Abnormal test results occur when your drive ignores seek requests unless data is actually being transferred. Certain hard disk controllers and 32-bit disk access might cause this. If you want to re-run the tests, turn off 32-bit disk access and see if results are closer to normal.

Follow these steps to turn off 32-bit access:

1.	Open the Control Panel and choose the 386 Enhanced icon.

The 386 Enhanced dialog box appears.

2.	Choose Virtual Memory. Then choose Change.

3.	If the Use 32-Bit Disk Access option is selected, deselect it.

4.	Choose OK to close the Virtual Memory dialog box. You may be prompted to confirm that you want to change the virtual-memory settings.

5.	Choose Restart to restart Windows so that changes will take effect.

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See Also

Benchmark Disk Speed Test Topic


Disk Speed Test Graph
 Benchmark Disk Speed Test Graph

Shows how your physical hard disk's performance compares with other systems. All test results are reported relative to the 80286-based 8-MHz AT. A rating of 2.0 means your hard disk performs twice as fast as an AT.

The disk index is computed as a normalized weighted average of the disk's Average Seek time and Data Transfer Rate. Each of the two measurements is first normalized by its corresponding value on an IBM PC/AT. The two values are then averaged together in a weighted average, with the Average Seek time weighted one and the Data Transfer Rate weighted two.

To return to the Benchmark Disk Speed Test window, choose OK.

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See Also

Disk Speed Test Topic


Options Menu

Use commands in this menu to change the appearance of System Consultant, and add custom commands.

Customize	Displays the Customization dialog box, which lets you change the Toolbar, the shortcut keys, and menus, and define custom commands.

Toolbar	Displays or hides the Toolbar in the System Consultant window.

Toolbar Style	Lets you change the Toolbar style and position in the window.

Status Bar	Displays or hides the status bar in the System Consultant window.


Options Menu

Customize

Toolbar

Status Bar


 Customize

Changes the Toolbar, shortcut keys, and menus, and lets you create custom commands.

If you run PC Tools for Windows from a network, this command might be password-protected.

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See Also

Customize Dialog Boxes


 Toolbar

Turns the Toolbar on or off. A check mark appears next to the command when the Toolbar is displayed in the System Consultant window.

To modify the Toolbar, choose Customize from the Options menu.

To change the button style or location of the Toolbar, click the right mouse button anywhere in the Toolbar.

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See Also

Customize Dialog Boxes


 Status Bar

Turns the status bar on or off. A check mark appears next to the command when the Status Bar is displayed in the System Consultant window.

The status bar displays the date, time, and whether the topic has been marked for printing. When you select a menu item or hold down a button in the Toolbar, the status bar displays a short description of the selected command.


Edit System Files

Starts the System Configuration Editor, which is distributed with Windows and lets you edit the four major system files. AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS file changes do not take effect until you reboot your system. WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI file changes do not take effect until you restart Windows.

AUTOEXEC.BAT

CONFIG.SYS

WIN.INI

SYSTEM.INI

Note

To update any topic so that it reflects changes in one of the startup files, reselect the topic or press F5. Note that changes you make probably do not take effect until you exit from Windows and then restart it or reboot your system.


Windows Startup Files

You can add other Windows startup files to the Windows menu or Toolbar if you want to be able to edit them through System Consultant.

Refer to your Windows manuals for information about changing these files.


 Help Menu

Use commands on this menu for information about help and about this version of System Consultant.

Contents	Opens the table of contents for this help file.

Search for Help on	Displays a list of index terms for this help file. Follow the instructions in the dialog box to search for a help topic.

Using Help	Displays information about using Microsoft Windows help.

About System Consultant
Displays the version number of this application, a copyright notice, and user and Windows environment information.


Virtual Memory

Disk space used as memory. Windows uses temporary and permanent swap files on the disk to supplement physical memory. Virtual memory lets you run programs that require more memory than you actually have on your system.


Windows Resources

Windows assigns global heap space to resources when an application needs to use them. Resources include application cursors, icons, bitmaps, strings, dialog box templates, and fonts.


Megahertz (MHz)

Clock speeds are measured in megahertz,  millions of cycles per second.


Graphics Device Interface (GDI)

One of the underlying components of Windows. The GDI manages graphics output to the screen and other output devices.


User

One of the underlying components of Windows. USER manages windows and processes messages.


Handle

A 16-bit number that refers to an object, such as a string or cursor resource. A program requests a handle from Windows, then uses the handle in functions that manage the object.


Swap File

A hidden file on your disk that Windows uses as if it were part of memory. The swap file can be either temporary or permanent.

To set swap file attributes, select Virtual Memory from the 386 Enhanced dialog box in Control Panel.


Local Heap

Local heaps are 64K or smaller blocks of Windows-allocated memory. They belong to specific modules or applications.

Windows maintains two special local heaps, called USER and GDI, from which it allocates space for system information. The space remaining in the two heaps is used to calculate the System Resources number that is reported in the Program Manager About box.


Window Class

Identifies the procedure used to send messages to a program window. Messages are sent by 'child' objects in the window, such as buttons and scroll bars, or by other windows, such as dialog boxes.

When a Windows application defines a new window, it must either register a new class for itself or use an existing class.


Virtual Entry

A setting that does not appear in the .INI file because a default value is assigned to it.

If you choose Show Virtual Entries, you see these entries with their default values. If the default value is appropriate, do not change it.

To convert a virtual entry to an actual line in the .INI file, you have to change its value. Choose Edit and use the dialog box that appears to change the value.


Adding Windows .INI Files to Windows Menu
Adding Windows .INI Files to the Windows Menu

System Consultant can open other Windows application .INI files so that you can view and edit them. It cannot describe parameters set in these .INI files, however.

To add .INI files for other Windows applications to the System Consultant Windows menu, follow these steps:

1.	Edit the WNUSER.INI file in the PC Tools for Windows \DATA directory.

2.	Find the section labeled [SystemConsultant.IniFiles]. If the section does not exist, add it.

3.	Enter a line in the [SystemConsultant.IniFiles] section for each .INI file you want to view.
Syntax: INIFILE.INI=

For example, to view and edit the Central Point Anti-Virus .INI file from System Consultant, enter CPAV.INI=.


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Mono

Monochrome. A video graphics adapter for a monitor that can display only a single color, usually black and white, green, or amber.


BIOS

Basic Input/Output System. The routines stored on the ROM chip on your system motherboard that control such functions as video display, keyboard input, and printer control. Your computer uses these instructions to prepare to load DOS.


I/O Port

An connector used for an input or output device. In most cases, the I/O ports are the serial and parallel ports, used to connect modems, printers, and other devices.


CPU

Central Processing Unit. The chip that executes instructions on your computer. Its speed and abilities depend on its type: the 8086 chip was used for the original PCs and XTs, then the 80286, and 80386 or 80486 for some of today's PCs. Some of the newest PCs contain even more powerful CPU chips.

Some computers have a separate, additional math coprocessor chip, while others rely on math coprocessor emulation. The 80486DX has its math coprocessor built in.


CMOS

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A battery-powered semiconductor on the motherboard of your computer. It stores the system date and time, and information about the memory and disk drives on your system.


CONFIG.SYS File

A configuration file in the root directory that is executed on startup before AUTOEXEC.BAT. This file might contain commands that configure memory, set  internal system commands, or load device drivers necessary for the normal operation of your computer.


CGA

Color Graphics Adapter. A graphics standard used in many early PCs, CGA allows 16 colors and can display only ASCII characters or low-resolution bit-mapped graphics.


EGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter. A video graphics standard that can display up to 16 colors at a time from a palette of 64 colors, at a resolution of 640 horizontal pixels by 350 vertical pixels.


AUTOEXEC.BAT File

A batch file in the root directory that is executed every time you start your computer. This file contains DOS instructions used to initialize system settings, such as your DOS PATH, load memory-resident programs, and launch applications.

AUTOEXEC.BAT is run after CONFIG.SYS.


DOS

Disk Operating System. The system software that lets your programs communicate with your PC and its drives, monitor, and other components. DOS also contains a collection of commands, such as COPY and DIR, that do tasks like copying and organizing files.


Extended Memory

Memory above the 640K limit of conventional DOS RAM. Extended memory, also known as XMS, is used by Windows to run faster and more efficiently.


Hardware Interrupt

An interrupt request, or IRQ, that comes from hardware such as a keyboard, mouse, or modem. Hardware interrupts tell your CPU when to interrupt operations momentarily in order to get information from a hardware device.

For example, when you click your mouse button you send an interrupt to the CPU. The active application decides how to interpret the information, whether to display a dialog box or move the cursor, perhaps.


WIN.INI File

A file that contains Windows configuration information. The information in this file can be used and modified by any Windows application.

PC Tools for Windows stores a variable in WIN.INI to tell Windows where to find PC Tools for Windows configuration files.


Environment Variable

A string of characters that DOS translates to a path name. Many programs use environment variables to locate files.

For example, a database program may translate the environment variable DBASEDAT to find out where data files are stored. You might use the DOS SET command to specify the name of the drive and directory where the files are kept. If you keep your files in D:\DATAFILE, you enter the following line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to create the DBASEDAT environment variable.
SET DBASEDAT=D:\DATAFILE


OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer. An OEM supplies a component to another company, which sells it under its own name. For example, a brand-name computer usually includes a version of DOS, which might be supplied by a different company. The supplying company is an OEM.


SYSTEM.INI File

The Windows startup file that contains internal system configuration information for Windows. Most of the entries in this file are explained in the SYSINI.WRI file in your Windows directory.


TSR

A Terminate and Stay Resident program, also called a memory-resident program. A TSR is loaded from DOS and stays in memory, working in the background. Device drivers, memory managers, VSafe, and VWatch are all TSRs.


Windows Standard Mode

One of two operating modes of Windows 3.1. Standard mode is faster than enhanced mode but does not provide virtual memory. It also does not allow non-Windows applications to run in the background or in a window. DOS sessions must run in the foreground and use the full screen.


VGA

Video Graphics Adapter. One of the current standards for PC video displays. VGA video can display up to 256 colors, at a resolution of 640 horizontal pixels by 480 vertical pixels.


UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter. A UART circuit, usually enclosed in a single chip, controls the serial port on your computer.


Math Coprocessor

An auxiliary processor that handles math operations.

A math coprocessor processes floating-point operations much faster than the CPU. A math coprocessor can improve performance in spreadsheets, computer-aided design, and other math-intensive applications.

Some chips, like the 80486DX, have a built-in math coprocessor.


Windows Enhanced Mode

One of two operating modes of Windows 3.1. Enhanced mode, unlike standard mode, provides virtual memory and allows non-Windows applications to run in the background and in a window called a DOS box. The disadvantages of enhanced mode are that it is slower than standard mode and uses a significant amount of disk space to provide virtual memory.


  Customize

Customizes the toolbar, menus, or keyboard shortcuts in your Central Point application. If you choose All from the Customize submenu, all available tabs appear in the Customize dialog box. If the application does not have a toolbar or menus, those tabs are not available.

Select a tab from the top of the Customize dialog box to customize the following:

Toolbar	Commands on the toolbar.

Menu	Commands on the menus.

Keyboard	Shortcut keys for commands.

Commands	Custom commands that start other applications.

The dialog box may contain any of the following buttons:

Buttons	Save	Default	Copy


Toolbar Tab
Toolbar

Creates a new series of toolbar commands or changes an existing one.

To change the appearance of the buttons on the bar, choose the Style button and select a style from the choices that appear.

To add a command to the toolbar, select the command from the Commands drop-down list box and choose Insert.

Dialog Box Options

Toolbar	Click the arrow to the right of the list box to see the toolbar schemes you have saved. The name of the current scheme appears by default. Scheme names are case-sensitive. For example, you can have a scheme named Projects and another named PROJECTS.

(Toolbar Display)	A representation of the current toolbar.

Commands 	This drop-down list box displays the names of commands you can add to the toolbar. The list includes any custom commands you have set up.

Buttons	Copy	Remove
Insert	Delete

Default 	Style

Note

Use the toolbar only for commands that perform tasks. Some commands shown in the list box do not perform actions, but display information. These commands are not appropriate for the toolbar.


Tool Bar Styles
Toolbar Style

Displays tool buttons in different styles and locations in the window.

Dialog Box Options

Button Style	Select a style. You can display large or small icons, with or without text, or text only. When you select a style, the sample command button shows you what it looks like.

Placement	You can display the toolbar at the top of the window (the default position), the bottom, or the left or right side. In applications where you want a long screen window rather than a wide one, you might prefer to display the buttons on the side.

Show Toolbar Balloons	Displays on-screen description balloons of a toolbar button when the mouse pointer pauses over it. Toolbar Balloons only display if the button style does not include text.

Note

In some Central Point applications, the Placement options are not available.


Button Style

Select one of five tool button styles.

Large Icon and Text	Shows both the large command icon and the name.

Large Icon Only	Shows only the large command icon.

Small Icon and Text	Shows both the small command icon and the name.

Small Icon Only	Shows only the small command icon.

Text Only	Shows only the command name.

ShowToolbar Balloons	Displays on-screen descriptions of a toolbar button when the mouse pointer pauses over it. Toolbar Balloons only display if the button style does not include text.


Toolbar Position

In many Central Point applications, you can display the toolbar in one of four locations in the window.

Top	Horizontally, across the top of the window, under the menu bar.

Bottom	Horizontally, across the bottom of the window, above the status line.

Left	Vertically, at the extreme left of the window.

Right	Vertically, at the extreme right of the window.


Keyboard Tab
Keyboard

Adds or removes keyboard shortcut keys for commands.

To change the shortcut key associated with a command, select the command, type a new shortcut key, and choose Insert or Replace. (Replace appears if the shortcut key is already assigned to another command.)

Dialog Box Options

Shortcut Keys	Click the arrow to the right of the drop-down list box to see the keyboard schemes you have set up. Scheme names are case-sensitive. For example, you can have a a scheme named Lisa and another named LISA.

(Command List)	A list of commands and associated shortcut keys.

Shortcut Key	Key names are entered automatically in the box when you press the keys. If you enter a shortcut key already in use, you replace the command currently assigned to the key.

Commands 	This list box displays the names of commands you can assign shortcut keys to. The list includes any custom commands you have set up.

Buttons	Replace or Insert	Delete
Default


Shortcut Key Schemes

You can create named keyboard schemes (that is, sets of shortcut keys) for special purposes.

If you choose Default, you reset the named scheme to the default keyboard settings.


Menu Tab
Menu

Lets you add, delete, rename, or reorder pull-down menu commands.

To add a command to the menu at the level of the selected menu item:

1.	Scroll through the Commands list box.

2.	Select the command you want to add.

3.	Choose Insert.

Dialog Box Options

Menu	Click the arrow to the right of the list box to see the menu schemes that are set up. Scheme names are case-sensitive. For example, you can have a scheme named Maria and another named MARIA.

(Menu Display)	The Menu window shows the selected menu scheme. You can delete existing commands and add new commands at any level. Choose the Separator command to insert a separator bar.

Commands	This drop-down list box displays the names of commands you can add to the menu. The list includes any custom commands you have set up.

Buttons	Copy	Remove 	Insert
Delete	Default

Note

Choose the Default button only if you want to change the selected menus to match the default menu scheme.

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See Also

Editing Command Names

About Editing Menus


About Editing Menu Schemes

In several Central Point applications, you can select a Long Menu scheme or a Short Menu scheme.

You can modify a menu scheme in the following ways:

Delete commands you do not use.

Add a new menu category.

Add custom commands you have created.

Change the order of commands on a menu.

Move commands from one menu to another.

Add separator bars.


Edit Menu Items
Editing Menu Command Names

You are most likely to edit the names of commands that you have created yourself. For example, you might edit a menu level header you have added, and give it a unique name.

To change the name of any command on the menu, select the command, then press F2 to edit the name. Type the name you want to assign to the command, and press Enter.

To create an underline character for use as a keyboard shortcut, insert an ampersand (&) before the letter you want to use. Make sure that the shortcut key you create does not conflict with another shortcut key. If you want to include a literal ampersand character in the command name, insert two ampersands.

For example,
My&Command produces MyCommand.
My&&Command produces My&Command.


Default Menu Schemes

Each Central Point application with menus has a default menu scheme. When you choose the Default button in the Menus tab of the Customize dialog box, the selected menu is reset to match the default.


Menu Scheme Names
Menu Schemes

Available menu schemes (sets of menus and commands) appear on the Options menu. Several Central Point applications offer default long and short menus.

If you have created custom menu schemes, they are available from the Options menu in the application.

To switch to another menu scheme, choose a scheme from the Options menu.


Separator

To add a line that divides one group of commands in a menu or toolbar from another group, select the Separator command from the commands shown in the list box, or click the Separator icon.

The line appears above the selected command (in a menu) or before the selected button (in a toolbar) when you choose Insert.


Toolbar Schemes

The list of toolbar schemes (sets of toolbar buttons) appears on the pop-up menu for the toolbar.

If you have created custom toolbar schemes, the names of these schemes appear in the list.

To change to another toolbar scheme, choose it from the pop-up menu.


Custom Commands

You can add your own custom commands to Central Point applications.

Custom commands do not have online help at the menu level. If the command is a Windows program, you can use the Microsoft Windows help after you choose the command to start the program.

If the command is a DOS application or a macro from another application, help is probably not available.


Custom Commands
Creating Custom Commands

Adds commands to the list available for the menu and toolbar. A custom command may be any of the following programs or documents:

Another Windows application, such as Word for Windows or Central Point Backup.

A macro, such as a Central Point ScriptTools .RUN program.

A DOS application you run in a DOS window.

A document associated with an application.

To use a custom command after you create it, you need to assign it to a menu, the toolbar, or a keyboard shortcut.

Dialog Box Options

Commands	The Commands box shows a list of custom commands that you have added.

Command Name	The name you assign to the command.

Command Line	The full path of the command document or application program. Use the Browse button to look for the file and insert its name.

Working Directory	The directory where the command looks for data files and other documents. This information is optional. If you leave the working directory box blank when you first create a new command, the default is the program directory. If you delete the working directory information, the default is the Windows directory.

Description	A descriptive comment that appears on the status bar.

Show Style	The size of the window where the command runs: normal, minimized, or maximized.

Button Text	A very short title to appear on a button for this command.

Menu Text	A short title to appear in a menu listing for this command.

Buttons	New 	Copy
Browse	Icon
Password	Delete


Select Icon Dialog Box

Selects an icon for a command or item.

You can select an icon from any file that contains icons in the standard format, such as MORICONS.DLL. You can also select an icon that you have created yourself in an application such as Central Point Icon Editor (in PC Tools for Windows).

To use a different icon file, choose Browse and use the directory tree and file list to select an icon file. Then choose OK to apply it to the custom command.

To select a new icon, select the icon in the selection box and choose OK.

Dialog Box Options

Current File	The name of the file containing the current icon. A file can contain multiple icons.

Total Icons	The number of icons in the current icon file. Icons are shown in the selection box. Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the selection box to see all available icons.

Available if you choose the Browse button:

File Name	The names of files in the current directory that might contain icons.

Directories	The directory tree on the current drive.

List Files of Type	The file types displayed in the file list. Select from the drop-down list a file type that contain icons.

Drives	The list of drives available to your computer. The current drive is displayed.


Icon Files

Files that contain icons have the following file types: DLL, EXE, ICO, RSL, and ICL.


Save

Saves all new or changed configurations for this part of the Customize dialog box.


Copy

Makes a copy of the named scheme so that you can modify it and create a new scheme.


Copy

Makes a copy of the selected custom command.

You can modify the copy by editing the command line or other options in the text boxes to create a different version of the command.


Default

Returns the named scheme to the default, even if it has been saved. All changes are lost.

If more than one menu scheme is shipped with the application, the scheme used to reset menus to the default is the menu scheme in use when you first installed the application.


Password

Enter a password for this command. After you assign a password to a command, you are prompted to enter it when you choose the command. You must also enter the password to change any of the command attributes in the Commands tab of the Customize dialog box.


Insert

Inserts the command that appears in the Commands box into the toolbar, menu, or keyboard shortcut key list into the named scheme. The command is positioned either to the left of the selected item or above it.

In the Keyboard tab, the Insert button is inactive until you specify the shortcut key.


Delete

Deletes the selected item on the toolbar, menu, or keyboard shortcut key list.


Delete

Deletes the selected custom command.


New

Adds a new named configuration scheme.

When you select New, a default name appears selected in the Scheme box. To enter a different name, type over the default.


New

Displays the generic command template.

You can enter all necessary information yourself, or choose Browse to select a .PIF, .RUN, .EXE, or other executable file. When you select the file, the Command Name, Command Line, Description, Button Text, and Menu Text boxes are automatically filled in with defaults for the executable file. You can edit these defaults to make them more descriptive.


Replace or Insert

This button is labeled Insert if the shortcut key you have typed is not assigned to another command.

The button is labeled Replace if the shortcut key you have typed is already assigned to another command. No confirmation message appears.


Remove

Deletes the entire named configuration shown in the Scheme text box.


New Menu

Adds a new menu at the level of the selected box.

The default name for the new menu is Custom Menu.

Immediately after you create the new menu item, you can enter a descriptive name to replace Custom Menu. If you want to change the name later, select the menu name, then press F2 to edit the name.

If a menu name is selected, a new menu is inserted above it. If a menu command is selected, a cascading submenu, accessed through the command, is inserted.


Arrows

Click the arrow keys to move the selected item to the right or left in the toolbar, and up or down in the menu list hierarchy.


Icon

The icon appears on the button if you put the command on your toolbar.

You can select any icon file available on your drive. Choose Browse in the Icon dialog box to find icon files and apply them to the new command.


 Password for Customizing

If you are using a Central Point application from a network, the network administrator might have password-protected the Customize command to prevent individual users from changing the toolbar, menus, shortcut keys, or custom command list.

If you find that you cannot use the Customize dialog box because it is password-protected, see your network administrator.


Browse

Selects a drive, directory, and file from the Browse dialog box.


Browse Dialog Box

Selects a custom command program file from the directory tree and file list.

To select a file, highlight the file name in the file list box. Then choose OK.

Dialog Box Options

File Name	Enter the file-name pattern you are looking for. If you enter the full path of the files you want to select from, the drive and directory name change automatically.

For example, if the current directory is C:\WINDOWS, you can enter D:\LETTERS in the box. Files in D:\LETTERS appear when you press Enter. The drive and directory names shown in the Drive and Directory lists also change.

File List 	Files that match the file-name pattern appear here. Select a file name and choose OK to select it.

Directory	Change the selected directory by clicking the directory folders.

Drive	Change the selected drive by clicking the arrow at the right of the box and selecting another drive from the list that appears.

List Files of Type	Click the arrow at the right of the box to select a different file category. You can override the category that appears here by typing another category specification in the File Name text box.