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Profiler Version 2.1
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PROFILER 2.1 is an utility to manipulate OS/2 INI files.
OS/2 itself and many OS/2 applications use those files to store data
for initializing an application or to save application settings.
All INI files a written in a none readable binary mode (not like Windows,
where you can easily look at those files) to speed up the accesses to these
files. Files like the OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI are critical files for
the operating system and must be handled with care, because damage of these
files may break down the whole system.
All files are organized like indexed databases, having two indices, the
applications and the keys. So if you want to address data of an INI file,
you have to know those two indices, which identify the data.
But what does PROFILER do for you and what can you do with this utility ?
1. You can easily look at any OS/2 INI file.
2. You can export the contents of an INI file into an read- and editable
ASCII file.
3. You can create or modify an INI file by importing ASCII files
(with a special format, like created by the export function)
4. You can create a dump of an INI file to study the contents of those
files.
5. You can duplicate, rename, delete or insert new applications into
an INI file.
6. You can copy, move, duplicate, rename, delete or insert new keys into
an INI file.
7. You can search for strings in an INI file.
8. You can backup INI files.
9. You can change the data of an application/key pair.
10. PROFILER can explain the entries of OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI, to help
you understand the contends of these files.
In addition all Profiler settings can be easily changed using a notebook,
to fulfill your special needs.
Known problems:
1. If you invoke the function "Explain" and there
is no explanation for the current application available,
you will get a message like "Link not possible".
This is because the OS/2 help manager does not return
the correct return code for the message "HM_DISPLAY_HELP",
like mentioned in the IBM documentation. So Profiler is
not able to determine if there is an explanation or not.
In addition the help manager shows this useless message !!!
Requirements
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- AT compatible with 80386
- harddisk
- OS/2 2.1
Profiler files
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*PROFILER.EX@ -! needed Profiler - program
*PROFILER.HL@ -! runtime files Profiler online help
README.DOC This file
REGISTER.DOC Registration form
INSTALL.EXE Installation program
INSTALL.HLP Online help for installation program
INSTALL.DAT Installation file for INSTALL.EXE
* These files are packed and can be unpacked manually
with the OS/2 command "UNPACK".
History of Profiler
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The history of changes is now integrated in the online help
(see 'History').
Installation of Profiler
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- Start INSTALL.EXE in an OS/2 command line or from the "drives folder"
Command Line Options
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PROFILER [INI file]
- The name of the file which Profiler should open (default: OS2.INI)
Registration
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Print out the file 'REGISTER.DOC' and send the filled registration form
to the shown address.
Bernd Wetzel