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08/30/95
INFORMATION ON THE WINTUNE APPS ANALYZER
This is an advanced topic. You don't need to read or
understand this to use Wintune95 effectively.
=================
APPS SUBDIRECTORY
=================
If you create an APPS subdirectory under the directory
where you put the Wintune95 files (e.g., C:\WT95\APPS)
the Apps analyzer will run the files it finds in that
subdirectory. This can be an EXE file, a BAT file, or
a data file. If you put a data file there, it will run
the associated application and pass it the file name.
(For repeatable results, of course, whatever you run
shouldn't require any user input.)
NOTE: Wintune won't process shortcuts correctly in this
beta. Copy the actual file to the APPS directory.
===============
FILE PROCESSING
===============
To make operation with certain applications easier,
Wintune has the ability to ignore or clean up certain
files. Here's what happens to different files when
Wintune initializes and searches the APPS directory:
*.BAK Deleted
*.TMP Deleted
"Backup of *" Deleted (this is a long file name)
~*.* Deleted (file name begins with "~")
!*.* Not run (file name begins with "!")
Any other file will be run by Wintune
Backup files are deleted because some applications
prompt you to overwrite or recover them, which would
cause the application timing to be incorrect.
====================
RETURNING PARAMETERS
====================
Wintune has a technique for the application to pass
parameters back that will be incorporated into the
database. To use it, the application should place
text on the clipboard. The first line should always
be the text "!WINTUNE!". The following lines should
be a list of "Name=Value" pairs. Here's an example:
!WINTUNE!
Bitmap name=CLOWN.TIF
Draw bitmap=33 s
Overall macro time=47 s
The Excel macro uses this technique, you can see
how it's done by opening the macro. Start Excel,
then click File/Open and select WTXL95.XLM. Hold
the Shift key down as you click Open to keep the
macro from executing. The clipboard select and
copy is at the very bottom of the macro.
SAMPLE FILE
===========
I've included an Excel macro as an example of how to
use Apps. Create the APPS subdirectory and copy
WTXL95.XLS there. Next time you run Wintune it will
run the macro and report the time. To stop running
the macro as part of the tests, move it from the
subdirectory. (A future beta will let you turn
specific tests on or off through the Details window.)
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