Configurator is an OS/2 utility which attempts to solve some of the problems encountered when using your machine in several locations.
In the office you may want to connect directly to your network, you will want certain drivers loaded (such as a CD-Rom) and you may need a particular configuration for your OS/2 CompuServe Information Manager.
When you're at home you won't want the network conenction (or maybe configure for a LanDistance Dial-up) and although you don't need the CD-Rom you do need some other options.
Currently OS/2 Warp does not support dynamic loading and unloading of device drivers (to save memory and to not produce errors when you start up and it's can't find the hardware). Although this may (hopefully) change, for the time being Configurator is an attempt to make life easier.
This version, Beta 2, is a very early version, and so does not do everything I want it to do - ort everything you want it to do ! It may also contain some errors.
By releasing this version early I hope to get some feedback regarding (a) problems, (b) features you would like to see and (c) how much you would pay for it as a shareware application.
Configurator was developed using an IBM EWS tool called DrDialog, and is written mostly in Rexx, although there are a couple of external DLLs which are required to support some of the functions. Please ship the whole package, without alterations, if you want to pass it on. A complete package contains CFG.EXE, CFGBMP.DLL, GBOOTDRV.DLL and RXFN32.DLL plus this file CFG.DOC. Any full releases will feature the full GBOOTDRV and RexxFunction32 packages along with all documentation (These are both available on CompuServe - GO OS2DF1)
When first run CFG will search the Path for OS/2 CIM (this can take a few moments). If it does not find it then it won't look for it again.
CFG stores all its settings in a file called CFG.OPT. This can be editing manually, but beware - I don't validate what I load back in to any great extent so who knows what will happen !
Currently there are no help or hint functions available, although most of the buttons and fields are (hopefully) self-explanatory.
If you're stuck either.... have a go, or.... drop me a note
If you have any questions, or comments on any of the points above, please contact me;
CompuServe: 100315,521
Internet: Jeremy_Cath@Reading.Sterling.Com
Enjoy !
Although I don't know of any problems or bugs with the software I cannot be help responsible for any problems, loss or damage caused by using this program.
As with anything which updates or modifies your system you should ensure that you have taken sufficient system and data backups to be able to recover before taking the risk... You have been warned !
