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WININI2.TXT
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NOTE: This is the second of two files containing
information about the WIN.INI file. For general
information about WIN.INI and the listings in this
file, read the introductory material in the
WININI.TXT file.
CAUTION: Changing a WIN.INI setting can lead to
undesirable results when you run Windows. Before
changing any setting, read "Changing Settings"
later in this document.
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[INTL] SECTION
The [intl] section describes how to display dates, times,
currency amounts, and other items for countries other than
the United States. The default values reflect U.S. options.
To change any setting in this section, choose the
International icon from the Control Panel window.
The [intl] section can contain the following settings:
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iCountry=<country-code>
Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies the country code. This number matches
the country's international telephone code,
except for Canada, which is 2.
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iCurrDigits=<number>
Default: 2
Purpose: Specifies the number of digits to put after the
decimal separator in currency.
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iCurrency=<number>
Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies a currency format according to the
following:
Value Format
----- ------
0 $2
1 2$
2 $ 2
3 2 $
The actual currency symbol is specified by the
sCurrency value.
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iDate=<number>
Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies a numerical date format according to
the following:
Value Format
----- ------
0 12/31/90
1 31/12/90
2 90/12/31
The actual date divider is specified by the
sShortDate value.
This setting is not used by Windows 3.0 and
exists only for compatibility with Windows 2.x.
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iDigits=<number>
Default: 2
Purpose: Specifies the number of digits to display after
the decimal separator in numbers.
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iLZero=<0-or-1>
Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies whether to put leading zeros in decimal
numbers according to the following:
Value Format
----- ------
0 .7
1 0.7
The actual decimal separator is specified by the
sDecimal setting.
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iMeasure=<0-or-1>
Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies the measurement system according to the
following:
Value System
----- ------
0 metric
1 English
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iNegCurr=<number>
Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies a negative number format according to
the following:
Value Format
----- ------
0 ($1)
1 -$1
2 $-1
3 $1-
4 (1$)
5 -1$
6 1-$
7 1$-
The actual currency symbol is specified by the
sCurrency setting.
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iTime=<number>
Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies whether to format time using a 12-hour
clock or a 24-hour clock.
Value Format Meaning
----- ------ -------
0 1:00 12-hour clock
1 13:00 24-hour clock
The actual time separator is specified by the
sTime setting.
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iTLZero=<number>
Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies whether to put leading zeros in time
according to the following:
Value Format
----- ------
0 9:15
1 09:15
The actual time separator is specified by the
sTime setting.
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s1159=<string>
Default: AM
Purpose: Specifies the string that follows times before
noon in the 12-hour time format.
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s2359=<string>
Default: PM
Purpose: Specifies the string that follows times after
noon in the 12-hour format or that follows all
times in the 24-hour format.
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sCountry=<string>
Default: United States
Purpose: Specifies the name of the country whose standard
setting you want to use.
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sCurrency=<string>
Default: $
Purpose: Specifies the currency symbol you want to use.
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sDecimal=<string>
Default: .
Purpose: Specifies the punctuation used to separate the
fractional part of a decimal number from the
whole number part.
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sLanguage=<string>
Default: usa
Purpose: Specifies the language you want to work in.
Windows applications that provide language-
specific tasks, such as sorting or spell-
checking, use this setting. The following are the
standard values:
Value Language
----- --------
dan Danish
dut Dutch
eng International English
fcf French Canadian
fin Finnish
frn French
ger German
ice Icelandic
itn Italian
nor Norwegian
por Portuguese
spa Spanish
swe Swedish
usa U.S. English
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sList=<string>
Default: ,
Purpose: Specifies the character used to separate items in
a list. In U.S. English, the most common
separator is a comma.
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sLongDate=<date-picture>
Default: dddd, MMMM d, yyyy (e.g., Friday, June 1, 1990)
Purpose: Specifies your choice for the long date format,
including abbreviations for the words and
different separators, according to the following:
Date Picture Item Format
------------ ----- ------
M Month 1-12
MM Month 01-12
MMM Month Jan-Dec
MMMM Month January-December
d Day 1-31
dd Day 01-31
ddd Day Mon-Sun
dddd Day Monday-Sunday
yy Year 00-99
yyyy Year 1900-2040
Control Panel will accept only certain date-
picture combinations. Therefore, you should use
Control Panel to change this setting.
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sShortDate=<date-picture>
Default: M/d/yy (e.g., 6/1/90)
Purpose: Specifies your choice for the short date format,
including abbreviations for the words and
different separators, according to the list
described above in the sLongDate listing. Control
Panel will accept only certain date-picture
combinations. Therefore, you should use Control
Panel to change this setting.
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sThousand=<string>
Default: ,
Purpose: Specifies the symbol used to separate thousands
in a number with more than three digits. An
example, if the value is a comma (,), is 3,000.
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sTime=<string>
Default: :
Purpose: Specifies the character used to separate the
hours, minutes, and seconds in time. An example,
if the value is a colon (:), is 15:29:31.
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[PORTS] SECTION
The [ports] section lists all available communications and
printer ports, and defines default values; it also lists
files to which printer output can be sent.
The [ports] section can contain one or more occurrences of
the following setting:
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<portname>:=<baud-rate>,<parity>,<word-length>,<stop-bits>
[[,p]]
Purpose: Specifies an available output port.
The <portname> keyname must be the name of an
output port as it is recognized by MS-DOS. This
keyname can be COMx: (communications port, where
x represents the port number), LPTx: (a parallel
port, where x represents the port number), EPT:
(used for a specific IBM printer), LPTx.OS2 (a
parallel port used with OS/2, where x represents
the port number), FILE:, or a filename.
For COM ports, the <baud-rate> value specifies
the port's baud rate; the <word-length> value
gives the length of a word (in bits); the
<stop-bits> value gives the number of stop bits
to be used; and the [[,p]] option specifies that
hardware handshaking is in effect.
LPT (parallel), EPT, FILE, and LPTx.OS2 ports do
not take any parameters.
The LPTx.OS2 ports are used (instead of the
corresponding LPT port) when you are running
Windows in the DOS compatibility box of OS/2.
This port bypasses the Windows' special output
handling.
Specifying a filename for the <portname> will
direct output to that file. A filename, unlike
the other port names, must not be followed by a
colon (:).
By using FILE:=, Windows will prompt you to
specify an output file at output time.
You can specify no more than 10 ports.
To change COM port settings: Choose the Ports icon from
the Control Panel window.
To change or add other ports: Use Notepad to edit the
WIN.INI file.
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LPT1.OS2=<pathname>
LPT2.OS2=<pathname>
LPT3.OS2=<pathname>
LPT4.OS2=<pathname>
Default: none
Purpose: Specifies the pathname of the printer you are
using if you are using Windows in the DOS
compatibility box of OS/2.
To change: Use Notepad to edit the WIN.INI file.
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[FONTS] SECTION
The [fonts] section describes one or more display font files
that are loaded by Windows at start-up.
The [fonts] section can contain one or more occurrences of
the following setting:
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<font-name>=<font-file>
Purpose: Specifies a font file. The <font-name> keyname is
the descriptive name of a font. The <font-file>
value is the filename of a file that contains
font resources.
To change: Choose the Fonts icon from the Control Panel
window.
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[PRINTERPORTS] SECTION
The [PrinterPorts] section lists the active and inactive
printers that can be accessed by Windows device drivers,
specifies the communications port or ports to which the
devices are connected, and specifies their corresponding
timeout values.
The [PrinterPorts] section can contain one or more
occurrences of the following setting:
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<device-name>=<driver-name>,
<port-name>,<DeviceNotSelectedTimeout>,
<TransmissionRetryTimeout>
[[,<port-name>,<DeviceNotSelectedTimeout>,
<TransmissionRetryTimeout>,...]]
Purpose: Specifies an active or inactive printer.
The <device-name> keyname is the name of the
device. The <driver-name> value is the driver
filename.
After the <driver-name> value, there is a set of
<port-name>, <TransmissionRetryTimeout>, and
<DeviceNotSelectedTimeout> values for each port
that has a printer of the specified type.
If a device is not currently connected, the
<port-name> value is the string specified in the
NullPort setting (in the [windows] section).
The <TransmissionRetryTimeout> value determines
the amount of time (in seconds) allowed for
attempted transmission retries.
The <DeviceNotSelectedTimeout> value determines
the number of seconds Print Manager will wait for
the device to be switched on.
If the timeout values are not specified for a
particular port, Windows uses the default
settings listed in the [windows] section for that
port.
CAUTION: When changing a setting in this section,
be sure it does not conflict with a corresponding
setting in the [devices] section. Problems may
occur if a connected device does not appear in
the [PrinterPorts] section.
To change: Choose the Printers icon from the Control Panel
window.
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[DEVICES] SECTION
The [devices] section names the active printers. The
settings in this section reflect those in the [PrinterPorts]
section, without the timeout values. This section is
necessary only for Windows version 2.x applications, which
look to the [devices] section for this information.
The [devices] section can contain one or more occurrences of
the following setting:
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<device-name>=<driver-name>, <port-name>
[[,<port-name>,...]]
Purpose: Specifies an active printer.
The <device-name> keyname is the name of the
device. The <driver-name> value is the driver
filename. The <port-name> value specifies the
port that the printer is connected to. If the
printer is not currently connected, the <port-
name> value is the string specified in the
NullPort setting (in the [windows] section).
CAUTION: When changing a setting in this section,
be sure it does not conflict with a corresponding
setting in the [PrinterPorts] section. Problems
may occur if a connected device does not appear
in the [PrinterPorts] section.
To change: Choose the Printers icon from the Control Panel
window.
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[COLORS] SECTION
The [colors] section defines the colors for components of
the Windows display.
The colors section can contain settings of the following
type:
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<component>=<red-value> <green-value> <blue-value>
Purpose: The <red-value>, <green-value>, and <blue-value>
values are integers that specify the relative
intensities of red, blue, and green,
respectively. These settings can range from 0
(minimum intensity) to 255 (maximum intensity).
The <component> keyname can be any one of the
following:
Keyname Refers to
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ActiveBorder Border of the active window
ActiveTitle Active title bar
AppWorkspace Application workspace for
Windows applications
Background Screen background (desktop)
ButtonFace Button face
ButtonShadow Button shadow
ButtonText Button text
GrayText Text that is dimmed (as in an
unavailable command name)
Hilight Background of highlighted text
HilightText Highlighted text
InactiveBorder Border of the inactive window
InactiveTitle Inactive title bar
Menu Menu background
MenuText Menu text
Scrollbar Scroll bar
TitleText Title-bar text
Window Window workspace
WindowFrame Window frame
WindowText Window text
To change: For most of these settings, choose the Color
icon from the Control Panel window. For
ButtonFace, ButtonShadow, ButtonText, GrayText,
Hilight and HilightText, use Notepad to edit the
WIN.INI file.
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