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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Option Initialization ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This panel will display a list of check boxes. These check boxes will be
selectable for each OS/2 EE manager the system finds installed on your system.
If a manager is not found, its choice will be grayed and not selectable.
The system will remember your choices from the last time you used the Option
Initialization procedure. These choices will be displayed as prechecked.
If you have installed the dual boot feature, the DOS pushbutton and action bar
pulldown choice will also be selectable. In order to use the dual boot
capability select DOS. The first time you do this a message popup will appear
instructing you to acknowledge the popup and select DOS again. If you do this
your machine will REBOOT immediately. NOTE: The normal message from the BOOT
command will be suppressed!
Across the top of the screen the system will display the current date. This
display includes the current Julian day followed by the number of days
remaining in the year i.e. 1/364 for the first of January.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Communications Manager ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
By selecting this choice the OS/2 Communications Manager will be automatically
started. It will use the default configuration file.
Remember you may only have one instance of Communications Manager running a a
time within your machine.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Database Manager ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
By selecting this choice the OS/2 Database Manager will be automatically
started.
This is the database manager ONLY. This will allow you to logon to the
database and run programs which use dabase manager services.
This choice will not start the OS/2 Query Manager
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. File Manager ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
By selecting this choice the OS/2 File Manager will be automatically started.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Query Manager ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
By selecting this choice both the OS/2 Database Manager and the OS/2 Query
Manager will be automatically started.
This will allow you to logon to the database and run programs which use dabase
manager services. It will also bring up the OS/2 Query Manager for interactive
use.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
By selecting this choice an Editor session will be automatically started.
The editor which will be started is the one whose FULL path name you specified
on the command line which started the Option initialization procedure.
If you did not specify any Editor on the command line the system will attempt
to start the OS/2 system editor from its default instalation directory on drive
C:
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. BEGIN Command ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you activate this choice all the applications which you checked in the
list will be started. If you did not check any choices none will be started.
After each application has been invoked the Option Initialization screen will
automatically be closed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. DOS Command ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you activate this choice all the applications which you checked in the
list will be started. If you did not check any choices none will be started.
After each application has been invoked the Option Initialization screen will
automatically be closed.