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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Help for Items not yet done ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Help for this item has not yet been written. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for System and User File Definition ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ There are two standard INI Files that are used by OS/2. The System INI file, normally OS2SYS.INI, is used to store system level initialization and control information. The User INI File, OS2.INI, is used to store application level initialization and control information. The distinction between what is system level information and what is application level information appears to the author to be somewhat blurred. It looks like a lot of information that could be considered system level information is stored in the User INI file. It makes little difference to the User how OS/2 decides where to put various pieces of information, since it does not change how applications that are installed on the Desktop should handle their initialization and control information. The System INI File should not ever be used by any application installed on the Desktop, except things such as device drivers and other applications that are clearly System Applications. All user Desktop applications must store their information in the User INI file or in their own application INI file. To date, most applications have chosen to use the User INI file rather than create an INI file just for their application. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. About The Ini File Maintenance Program ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Ini File Maintenance is a Presentation Manager-based application which is an utility for the maintenance of the various OS/2 INI Files. The help facility is designed to give a context-sensitive description of either the current window or the highlighted menu item within that window. For more information about using the help facility, select Help for help on the Help pull-down. See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o Main Window o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Menu Items o Dialogs o Actions o Recover o Accelerator Keys o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for Main Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The MAIN WINDOW is the base of the INIMAINT system. When the program is started, this window appears listing the options avaialble. See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o General Info About INIMAINT o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Menu Items o Dialogs o Actions o Recover o Accelerator Keys o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ INIMAINT is a Copyrighted program owned and supported by: Larry J. Martin Carry Associates 990 Ironwood Court Marco Island FL 33937 Tel: 813-642-9126 Fax: 813-642-1007 Compuserve: 71435,470 Unregistered copies of INIMAINT will display an initial dialog that will note the unregistered condition. This dialog will stay on the screen for 15 seconds, unless dismissed by clicking on the OK button. The dialog cannot be dismissed until it has been visible for 3 seconds. In addition, the Title Bar will contain a note that this is an unregistered version of INIMAINT. To obtain your registration identifier please send a check for $29.95 per license for single licenses or $299 for an unlimited copies license made payable to Carry Associates to the address above. Once you have your registration identifier, you can register your copy of INIMAINT by selecting the Register Your Copy entry on the Actions Menu. Once you are registered, this entry will no longer appear on the menu. If you want a preregistered copy of INIMAINT, add $7.00 for postage and handling. We will return a diskette with a preregistered copy of INIMAINT, an Install CMD file and an INIMAINT registration ID. The purpose of the ID is to allow preregistered users to download new versions, register and use them until they can obtain a preregistered update. The cost of a preregistered update is $10.00 per license for single licenses or $100.00 for an unlimited copies license, plus $7.00 handling and postage. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Help for Menu Items ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Menu Items for INIMAINT are listed below. o File o Options o Groups o Actions o Recover o Size o Find See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o General Info About INIMAINT o Main Window o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Dialogs o Accelerator Keys o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Help for Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Dialogs for INIMAINT are listed below. o Replace Key Value Dialog o Dump Dialog o Get Filename Dialog o Options Dialog o Select Group Dialog o Get Value or String Dialog o Groups Dialog o Find Dialog o Compare Files Dialog o Compare Files Write Options Dialog o Repair File Dialog See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o General Info About INIMAINT o Main Window o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Menu Items o Actions o Recover o Accelerator Keys o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Help for Accelerator Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Accelerator Keys for INIMAINT are listed below. Key Function F1 Help F3 Exit F4 Refresh File F5 Dump Variables F6 Associate with *.INI F7 Switch to User INI File F8 Switch to System INI File F9 New File Ctrl-F1 Find Application Name Ctrl-F2 Find Current Key Name Ctrl-F3 Find Current Key Value Ctrl-F4 Find Application Value Ctrl-F5 Find Any Name Ctrl-F6 Find Any Value Ctrl-F7 Compare Files on Application Level Ctrl-F8 Compare Files on Key Name Level Ctrl-F9 Compare Files on Key Value Level Alt-F1 Condense Current INI File Alt-F2 Condense System INI File Alt-F3 Condense User INI File Alt-F4 Condense Both System and User INI Files Ctrl-E Size Entire File Ctrl-S Size Selected Application Alt-F8 Size System INI File Alt-F9 Size User INI File Ctrl-G Write Updated Key Value to INI File Ctrl-D Delete Selected Application Ctrl-L Delete Selected Key Ctrl-M Add Application Ctrl-I Add Key Ctrl-R Replace Key Value Ctrl-C Rename Selected Application Ctrl-W Rename Selected Key Ctrl-Z Duplicate Selected Application Ctrl-X Duplicate Selected Key Ctrl-N Copy Entire File Alt-F5 Copy System INI File Alt-F6 Copy User INI File Alt-F7 Copy Both System and User INI Files Ctrl-A Copy Selected Application Ctrl-K Copy Selected Key Ctrl-V Move Entire File Ctrl-P Move Selected Application Ctrl-Y Move Selected Key Ctrl-T Register Your Copy Alt-S Backup System INI File Alt-U Backup User INI File Alt-B Backup Both System and User INI Files Ctrl-U Change User INI File Ctrl-H Change System INI File Ctrl-B Change Both INI Files Ctrl-F10 Repair File See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o General Info About INIMAINT o Main Window o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Menu Items o Actions o Recover o Dialogs o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Help for Application Listbox ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The APPLICATION LISTBOX displays the list of applications that are in the current INI file, whose name is on the Title Bar. See also: o Options Apps and Keys in Alpha Order ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Help for Key Listbox ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The KEY LISTBOX displays the list of key names for the application that is currently selected in the Application Listbox. See also: o Options Apps and Keys in Alpha Order ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Help for Key Data Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The MLE WINDOW displays the value of key for the key that is currently selected in the Key Listbox. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Help for About ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select About on the Help pull-down to display copyright information about INIMAINT. See also: o General Info About INIMAINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Help for Dump Variables ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Dump Variables to display a Dump Variables debugging dialog. This selection will allow the user to "dump" the program variables to a file. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Help for Options Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Options to display an Options dialog. This selection will allow the user to change the various options that control whether the intial dialog will be displayed and whether the user is to be asked before the current INI file is updated. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Help for Groups ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Groups to display a Groups dialog. This selection will allow the user to define, change and delete Application Groups ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Help for File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select File to display a File menu. This selection will allow the user to do a number of different file actions and Exit from INIMAINT. The File entries are: o New File o User INI File Selection o System INI File Selection o Refresh File o Compare Files o Set INI File Association o Exit o Dump Variables See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o General Info About INIMAINT o Main Window o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Menu Items o Dialogs o Recover o Accelerator Keys o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Help for Actions Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Actions to display an Actions menu. This selection will allow the user to make various changes to the current INI file. The Actions are: o Update Current Key Value o Delete Application o Delete Key o Add Application o Add Key to Application o Replace Key Value o Rename Key o Duplicate Key o Rename Application o Duplicate Application o Copy Application(s) o Move Application(s) o Backup INI File(s) o Register Your Copy See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o General Info About INIMAINT o Main Window o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Menu Items o Dialogs o Recover o Accelerator Keys o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Help for Recover Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Recover to display a Recover menu. This selection will allow the user to do various things to recover from problems with various INI files. The Recover Menu Items are: o Change User INI File o Change System INI File o Change Both INI Files o Repair INI File o Condense INI Files See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o General Info About INIMAINT o Main Window o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Menu Items o Dialogs o Actions o Accelerator Keys o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Help for Size ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Size to display the number of bytes of disk storage that would be required to hold all or part of the current INI file, the System INI file or the User INI File. The user will be presented with a Size submenu that will allow the selection of what to Size. The selection Dialog will always contain four entries, one for the entire file, one for the currently selected Application, one for the System INI file and one for the User INI File. If there are any Groups defined for the current INI file, then the Groups will also be listed. If there are more than on Group defined for the current INI file, then an All Groups selection will be displayed. Once the selection is made, the Size calculation will commence. There will be a Calculating Box displayed until the calculation completes. See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o Display Size in Progress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Help for Find Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Find to display a Find menu. This selection will allow the user to do a number of different find actions. The Find entries are: o Find Application Name o Find Current Key Name o Find Current Key Value o Find Application Key Value o Find Any Key Name o Find Any Key Value See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o General Info About INIMAINT o Main Window o Application Listbox o Key Listbox o Key Data Window o Menu Items o Dialogs o Recover o Accelerator Keys o Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Help for Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Exit on the File pull-down or press F3 to leave INIMAINT. Selecting Exit will shutdown all open "threads" before actually exiting the program so there may be a slight delay. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Help for New File Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select New File to display a Files dialog. This selection will allow the user change the current INI file. See also: o Get Filename Dialog o Explanation of System and User INI Files o User INI File Selection o System INI File Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. Help for User INI File Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select User INI File to make the User INI File the current file being displayed by INIMAINT. The User INI File is normally OS2.INI. See also: o New File Selection o System INI File Selection o Explanation of System and User INI Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Help for System INI File Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select System INI File to make the System INI File the current file being displayed by INIMAINT. The System INI File is normally OS2SYS.INI. See also: o New File Selection o User INI File Selection o Explanation of System and User INI Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. Help for File Refresh ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Refresh File to cause INIMAINT to reload the contents of the current INI file from disk. This entry would be used if some event has occurred that may have modified the current INI file and it is desired that these changes be reflected in the INIMAINT listboxes and value area. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. Help for Set File Association ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Set File Association to put an entry in the User INI file that will cause INIMAINT to be automatically started with a specific INI file as the current file simply by double clicking on the INI file in the File Manager. This option only applies to versions prior to 2.0, since the Workplace Shell provides this capability in subsequent versions. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. Help for Compare Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Compare Files to compare two different INI files on any one of three different levels. The Source File will be the Current INI file. The user will be prompted for the Target File. If the Application Level Compare is selected the Listbox in the Compare Dialog will list all Application Names that are in one INI file, but not in the other. If the Key Name Level Compare is selected the Listbox in the Compare Dialog will list everthing that the Application Name Level lists plus all Application/Key Names that are in one INI file, but not in the other. If the Key Value Level Compare is selected the Listbox in the Compare Dialog will list everthing in the other two Levels lists plus all Application/Key Names that are in both INI files, but have Unequal Key Values. See also: o Select File o Compare Files Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Help for Update Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Update Current Key to write any changes made to the selected key value to the current INI file. Until this option is selected or a new Key or Application is selected and the user chooses to allow an update, the changes made to the Key Value in the bottom window will not be reflected in the current INI file. See also: o Ask Before Change ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29. Help for Delete Application ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Delete Application to Delete the Currently Selected Application. Unless the Option has been turned off, the user will be asked to confirm that the Application should be deleted. See also: o Ask Before Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 30. Help for Delete Key ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Delete Key to Delete the Currently Selected Key. Unless the Option has been turned off, the user will be asked to confirm that the Key should be deleted. See also: o Ask Before Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 31. Help for Add Application ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Add Application to Add a New Application to the current INI File. This Selection will ask the user for the name of the New Application. Once the name is verified, this Selection will fall through to the Add Key Selection. See also: o Add Key o Replace Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 32. Help for Add Key ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Add Key to Add a New Key to the current Application This Selection will ask the user for the name of the New Key. Once the name is verified, this Selection will fall through to the Replace Key Selection. See also: o Replace Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 33. Help for Replace Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Replace Key Value to display a Dialog that will allow the user to modify the Value of the current Key. This is the only Selection that will allow the user to change the length of a Key Value. The bottom Window of the Main Window can be used to modify the Value of a Key, but it cannot be used to change the length of a Value. See also: o Replace Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 34. Help for Rename Key ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Rename Key to Rename the Currently Selected Key. The old Key Name will no longer exist in the Current INI file. If you want to retain the old Key Name use Duplicate Key. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 35. Help for Duplicate Application ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Duplicate Application to Duplicate the Currently Selected Application using a different Application Name. The user will first be prompted to enter a New Application Name, then all Key Names and Key Values will be duplicated under the new Application. No check is made to insure that the New Application Name is not a duplicate of an existing Application. If the New Application is a duplicate then the effect of executing this item will be to copy every Key Name from the Selected Application to the New Application. If the Key Name already exists in the New Application, it's Value will be replaced by the Value from the Selected Application. If the Key Name does not exist in the New Application, then it will be inserted into the New Application. The old Application will still exist in the Current INI file. If you do not want to retain the old Application then the Delete Application item on the Action Menu can be used to delete the old Application. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 36. Help for Rename Application ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Rename Application to Rename the Currently Selected Application using a different Application Name. The user will first be prompted to enter a New Application Name, then all Key Names and Key Values will be copied to new Application. No check is made to insure that the New Application Name is not a duplicate of an existing Application. If the New Application is a duplicate then the effect of executing this item will be to copy every Key Name from the Selected Application to the New Application. If the Key Name already exists in the New Application, it's Value will be replaced by the Value from the Selected Application. If the Key Name does not exist in the New Application, then it will be inserted into the New Application. The old Application will no longer exist in the Current INI file. If you want to retain the old Application use Duplicate Application. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 37. Help for Duplicate Key ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Duplicate Key to Duplicate the Currently Selected Key Value using a different Key Name and, optionally, a different Application Name. The user will first be prompted to enter a New Application Name and can either change the Application or leave it the same. If the Application Name is changed, then the Key Name does not need to be changed and the Key Value will be copied to the new Application using the current Key Name. If the Application Name is not changed, then Key Name must be changed. The old Key Name will still exist in the Current INI file. If you do not want to retain the old Key Name use Rename Key. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 38. Help for Copy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Copy to Copy one or more Applications from the current INI file to a Target INI File, to make a copy of the System INI File, the User INI File or Both the System and User INI Files. The user will first be asked to select a Target for the Copy and will be presented with a Copy submenu that will allow the selection of what to Copy. The submenu will always contain five entries, one for the entire file, one for the currently selected Application and one each for the System, User and Both INI Files. If there are any Groups defined for the current INI file, then the Groups will also be listed. If there are more than on Group defined for the current INI file, then an All Groups selection will be displayed. Once the selection is made, the Copy will commence. There will be a Copy in Progress Box displayed until the Copy completes. See also: o Options Use Fast Copy o Select File o Select Group o Display Copy in Progress o Explanation of System and User INI Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 39. Help for Backup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Backup to make a backup copy of either the System INI File, the User INI file or both the System and User INI Files. In order to backup these files a target file must be chosen for each source file. If no target has been specified or if the Option to Ask Before Backup is set, the user will be asked to specify a target file for the backup. Once a target is specified for the System and/or User INI Files, then the user will not be asked to verify the target filename if the Ask Before Backup Option is not set. If the target backup file already exists, it will be erased before the backup is done. This is necessary to insure that the backup does not contain old information. If the option to display a copy in progess is set there will be a Copy in Progress Box displayed until the Copy completes. See also: o Options Use Fast Copy o Select File o Options Ask Before Backup o Display Copy in Progress o Explanation of System and User INI Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 40. Help for Move ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Move to Move one or more Applications from the current INI file to a Target INI File. The user will first be asked to select a Target for the Move and will be presented with a Move submenu that will allow the selection of what to Move. The submenu will always contain two entries, one for the entire file and another for the currently selected Application. If there are any Groups defined for the current INI file, then the Groups will also be listed. If there are more than on Group defined for the current INI file, then an All Groups selection will be displayed. Once the selection is made, the Move will commence. There will be a Move in Progress Box displayed until the Move completes. Once the Move is complete, the Moved Applications will be deleted from the Current INI file. See also: o Options Use Fast Copy o Select File o Select Group o Display Move in Progress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 41. Help for Change User INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Change User INI File to change to a new User INI File. The normal User INI file is OS2.INI. Normally this would only be done because the user was having trouble deleting an entry from the User INI file, therefore, changing files would be part of a multiple step process: CAUTION: It is Strongly Suggested that you have a safe backup of your INI files before you attempt to use this capability. In addition insure that you know what you are doing before you attempt to make changes that OS/2 would not allow you to make. It is possible that the actions described below will be successful and still leave you in a condition that will cause you problems. Note: When you change either the User or System INI files, your Desktop will revert back to the Desktop at Boot time. Currently running PM Applications will continue to run. Currently, the effect on files being printed by the Spooler is not known. It is suggested that you insure that the Spooler is not doing anything when you change the User or System INI files. In addition, the switch of the User and System INI files will not persist across booting of OS/2. In other words, if you change either of the files and then re-boot, you will go back to the original User and System INI files. Therefore, changing one of the files, then deleting a critical entry and re-booting before you replace the critical entry will cause unknown, but almost invariably bad, events to occur and could result in a system that will not boot at all. 1. Insure that INIMAINT was using the current User INI File. 2. Use the COPY INIMAINT function to make a Copy of the current User INI File. 3. Select this entry to change the User INI file to the Copy. 4. Use the DELETE or MOVE ability of INIMAINT to modify the old User INI File, which will still be the current INIMAINT INI File. 5. Select this entry again to make the changed file the User INI file. If an error is encountered when an attempt is made to switch back, then you must use the INIMAINT COPY function to Copy any Applications you modified from the Copy to the original File until you can switch back successfully. See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o Select File o Change System INI File o Change Both INI Files o Condense INI Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 42. Help for Change System INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Change System INI File to change to a new System INI File. The normal System INI file is OS2SYS.INI. Normally this would only be done because the user was having trouble deleting an entry from the System INI file, therefore, changing files would be part of a multiple step process: CAUTION: It is Strongly Suggested that you have a safe backup of your INI files before you attempt to use this capability. In addition insure that you know what you are doing before you attempt to make changes that OS/2 would not allow you to make. It is possible that the actions described below will be successful and still leave you in a condition that will cause you problems. i Note: When you change either the User or System INI files, your Desktop will revert back to the Desktop at Boot time. Currently running PM Applications will continue to run. Currently, the effect on files being printed by the Spooler is not known. It is suggested that you insure that the Spooler is not doing anything when you change the User or System INI files. In addition, the switch of the User and System INI files will not persist across booting of OS/2. In other words, if you change either of the files and then re-boot, you will go back to the original User and System INI files. Therefore, changing one of the files, then deleting a critical entry and re-booting before you replace the critical entry will cause unknown, but almost invariably bad, events to occur and could result in a system that will not boot at all. 1. Insure that INIMAINT was using the current System INI File. 2. Use the COPY INIMAINT function to make a Copy of the current System INI File. 3. Select this entry to change the System INI file to the Copy. 4. Use the DELETE or MOVE ability of INIMAINT to modify the old System INI File, which will still be the current INIMAINT INI File. 5. Select this entry again to make the changed file the System INI file. If an error is encountered when an attempt is made to switch back, then you must use the INIMAINT COPY function to Copy any Applications you modified from the Copy to the original File until you can switch back successfully. See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o Select File o Change Both INI Files o Change User INI Files o Condense INI Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 43. Help for Change User INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Change Both INI Files to change to a new User INI File and a new System INI File. The normal User INI file is OS2.INI. The normal System INI file is OS2SYS.INI. Normally this would only be done because the user was having trouble deleting an entry from the User INI file, therefore, changing files would be part of a multiple step process: CAUTION: It is Strongly Suggested that you have a safe backup of your INI files before you attempt to use this capability. In addition insure that you know what you are doing before you attempt to make changes that OS/2 would not allow you to make. It is possible that the actions described below will be successful and still leave you in a condition that will cause you problems. Note: When you change either the User or System INI files, your Desktop will revert back to the Desktop at Boot time. Currently running PM Applications will continue to run. Currently, the effect on files being printed by the Spooler is not known. It is suggested that you insure that the Spooler is not doing anything when you change the User or System INI files. In addition, the switch of the User and System INI files will not persist across booting of OS/2. In other words, if you change either of the files and then re-boot, you will go back to the original User and System INI files. Therefore, changing one of the files, then deleting a critical entry and re-booting before you replace the critical entry will cause unknown, but almost invariably bad, events to occur and could result in a system that will not boot at all. 1. Insure that INIMAINT was using the current User INI File. 2. Use the COPY INIMAINT function to make a Copy of the current User INI File. 3. Change INIMAINT to the current System INI File. 4. Use the COPY INIMAINT function to make a Copy of the current System INI File. 5. Select this entry to change Both INI files to the Copies. 6. Use the DELETE or MOVE ability of INIMAINT to modify the old User and System INI Files. File. 7. Select this entry again to make the changed files the User and System INI file. If an error is encountered when an attempt is made to switch back, then you must use the INIMAINT COPY function to Copy any Applications you modified from the Copy to the original File until you can switch back successfully. See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o Select File o Change System INI File o Change User INI Files o Condense INI Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 44. Help for Repair INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Repair INI File to have the currently available Repair actions performed on the Current File. A dialog will be displayed that gives the user the ability to select the Type of Repair and which of the available Repair Checks they want done. If a Repair Type is chosen that will actually remove items from the Current INI file, a Save INI file must be chosen and anything removed from or changed in the Current file will be written to the Save file. See also: o Select File o Repair File Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 45. Help for Condense INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Condense to Condense one or more INI files. Whenever a change is made to any INI file the space used by to old version of the changed data is marked unused. Even though this space should be reclaimed when subsequent changes are made, any INI file that has a lot of activity will tend to accumulate a large amount of fragmented and unused space. The only way to reclaim this space to to use the Prf API's to copy the contents of the INI file to another file, erase the old file and copy the contents back, this entry accomplishes this task. In addition, for the System INI file, OS2SYS.INI, and the User INI file, OS2.INI, there is an additional complication. The existing file cannot be erased as long as it is the System or User INI file currently being used by OS/2. However, there is an Prf API that can change the current System or User INI file to another file. INIMAINT uses these API's to change the files so that it can delete the normal System or User INI files. That way, when these files are recovered, they have the same name, but all the extra unused space has been removed. CAUTION: It is Strongly Suggested that you have a safe backup of your INI files before you attempt to use this capability. In addition, it is Extremely Important that you not interrupt the Condense or you can leave your desktop in an undeterminate condition. The primary reason that a backup is recommended is because it is possible for some external event, such as a power failure, to occur during the Condense and this will require that you go back to the backup copies. CAUTION: If you are Condensing either the System or User INI files, you should not make any modifications to your desktop during the Condense. Depending on the timing of the changes you could end up with the modifications being wiped out during the restore portion of the Condense or, even worse, the modification could end up partially reflected in the Condensed files resulting in unexpected, but invariably bad events. The user will first be asked to select a Temporary INI file that will be used to temporarily hold the contents of the INI file being Condensed. This should be a file that does not currently exist. if the file does exist, the contents will be destroyed but the user will receive a warning and have an opportunity to cancel the Condense of the file if they wish to use a different Temporary file. The submenu shows the different files that can be Condensed. See also: o Explanation of System and User INI Files o Options Use Fast Copy o Select File o Change User INI File o Change System INI File o Change Both INI Files o Copy Application(s) o Backup INI File(s) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 46. Help for Find Application Name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Application Name on the Find menu to do a Find on the entries in the Application Listbox. If the Find is successful the Application Name will be Selected and the Listbox will be scrolled to insure the found name is visible. See also: o Find Dialog o Display Find in Progress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 47. Help for Find Current Key Name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Current Key Name on the Find menu to do a Find on the entries in the Current Key Listbox. If the Find is successful the Current Key Name will be Selected and the Listbox will be scrolled to insure the found name is visible. See also: o Find Any Key Name o Find Dialog o Display Find in Progress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 48. Help for Find Current Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Current Key Value on the Find menu to do a Find on the entries in the Current Key Value MLE. If the Find is successful the Current Key Value will be Selected and the MLE will be scrolled to insure the found value is visible. See also: o Find Application Key Value o Find Any Key Value o Find Dialog o Display Find in Progress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 49. Help for Find Application Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Application Key Value on the Find menu to do a Find on all of the Key Values for the current Application. If the Find is successful the Current Key Name will be Selected, the Listbox will be scrolled to insure the selected Name is visible, the found Key Value will be loaded into the Key Value MLE, and the Key Value MLE will be scrolled to insure the found Value is visible. See also: o Find Current Key Value o Find Any Key Value o Find Dialog o Display Find in Progress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 50. Help for Find Any Key Name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Any Key Name on the Find menu to do a Find on all of the Key Names in the current INI file. If the Find is successful the Application that contains the Key Name will be selected in the Application Listbox, the Application Listbox will be scrolled to insure the selected Application is visible, the Key Names will be loaded into the Key Listbox, the Current Key Name will be Selected and the Listbox will be scrolled to insure the found Name is visible. See also: o Find Current Key Name o Find Dialog o Display Find in Progress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 51. Help for Find Any Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Any Key Value on the Find menu to do a Find on all of the Key Values in the current INI file. If the Find is successful the Application that contains the Key Value will be selected in the Application Listbox, the Application Listbox will be scrolled to insure the selected Application is visible, the Key Names will be loaded into the Key Listbox, the Current Key Name will be Selected, the Listbox will be scrolled to insure the selected Name is visible, the found Key Value will be loaded into the Key Value MLE, and the Key Value MLE will be scrolled to insure the found Value is visible. See also: o Find Current Key Value o Find Application Key Value o Find Dialog o Display Find in Progress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 52. Help for Replace Key Value Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Replace Key Value Dialog will allow the user to modify the Value of the current Key. This is the only Selection that will allow the user to change the length of a Key Value. The bottom Window of the Main Window can be used to modify the Value of a Key, but it cannot be used to change the length of a Value. See also: o Replace Key Value Application o Replace Key Value Key o Replace Key Value Length o Replace Ascii Key Value o Replace Hex Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 53. Help for Application Name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Application Name is the name of the Application that is currently being modified. See also: o Replace Key Value Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 54. Help for Key Name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Key Name is the name of the Key that is currently being modified. See also: o Replace Key Value Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 55. Help for Key Value Length ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Data Length shows the current length of the Key Value that is currently being modified. This value will change dynamically as the actual value length is changed. However, the length will not change when only one character is added to the Hexidecimal Value field, since two Hexidecimal characers are required to make a single Ascii character. See also: o Replace Key Value Dialog o Replace Ascii Key Value o Replace Hex Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 56. Help for Ascii Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Ascii Key Value is the current contents of the Key Value being modified. Any Ascii characters which would not print are replaced by a '.' to improve readability. See also: o Replace Key Value Dialog o Replace Key Value Length o Replace Ascii Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 57. Help for Items not yet done ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Hex Key Value is a two Hexidecimal character display for each Ascii character of the current of the Key Value being modified. See also: o Replace Key Value Dialog o Replace Key Value Length o Replace Hex Key Value ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 58. Help for Dump Variables Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Dump Variables Dialog will display the current contents of all Global Variables and various System and Application Error values. This Dialog will be displayed automatically whenver a terminal error occurs and gives the user the option of recording the values in a Dump File. See also: o Dump File Name o Dump Logic Error o Dump PM Error o Dump OS Error o Dump Help Error o Dump PM Test Error o Dump PM Error Text o Dump Logic Error Text o Dump Variable Window o Dump Write to File o Dump Select New File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 59. Help for Dump File Name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The File Name is the name of the File that will be used to contain all of the Dump variable information displayed in the Dialog if the Write Button is selected. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump Write to File o Dump Select New Dump File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 60. Help for Dump Logic Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Logic Error is the INIMAINT Internal Error Code. Any value other than zero is an error value. A short description of the error will be displayed in the Logic Error Text field. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump Logic Error Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 61. Help for Dump DOS Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The DOS Error is the error code returned from the last call to an OS/2 DOS It will normally be a further explaination of the Logic Error, if INIMAINT was terminated by an error. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump Logic Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 62. Help for Dump Help Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Help Error is the error code returned from the last call to an OS/2 Help It will normally be a further explaination of the Logic Error, if INIMAINT was terminated by an error or the Message Box saying that the Help is not available was displayed. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump Logic Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 63. Help for Dump PM Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The PM Error is the error code returned from the last call to an OS/2 PM It will normally be a further explaination of the Logic Error, if INIMAINT was terminated by an error. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump PM Test Error o Dump PM Error Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 64. Help for Dump PM Test Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ There are many situations where a call to an OS/2 PM INIMAINT attempts to record this error code whenever the Dump Dialog is invoked. This error will normally be the last PM non zero error code from an API that had a valid return. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump PM Test Error o Dump PM Error Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 65. Help for Dump PM Error Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The PM Error Text is a short explanation of the PM Error or the PM Test Error if the PM Error is zero. Due to a problem in OS/2 1.3 CSD WR5050, this text will not be correct for this particular level of OS/2. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump PM Error o Dump PM Test Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 66. Help for Dump Logic Error Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Logic Error Text is a short explanation of the INIMAINT error shown in the Logic Error field. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump Logic Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 67. Help for Dump Variable Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This window contains the contents of all of the INIMAINT Variables and is only of use in Debugging problems. See also: o Dump Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 68. Help for Dump Write to File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Selecting this Button will cause the INIMAINT Variable information to be written to the current Dump File. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump File Name o Dump Select New File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 69. Help for Dump Select New File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This selection will cause the New File Dialog to be opened so that a new Dump File can be selected. See also: o Dump Dialog o Dump File Name o Dump Write to File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 70. Help for Get Filename Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Get Filename Dialog will display three Listboxes with the Drive Letters, the Subdirectories for the current Directory and the Files in the Current Subdirectory. A new Filename can be entered in the Filename entry box, or it can be selected by making selections in the various Listboxes. The current selection is always displayed in the Filename box. See also: o New File Drive List o New File Directory List o New File Filename List o New File Include Hidden Files o New File Current File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 71. Help for New File Drive List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Drive List displays a listing of all of the available Drives. One of the Drives will be highlighted and this Drive will be shown as the Drive in the Current File box. See also: o Get Filename Dialog o New File Directory List o New File Filename List o New File Current File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 72. Help for New File Directory List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Directory List displays a listing of the subdirectories of the current directory. One of the Directories will be highlighted and this Directory will be shown as the Directory in the Current File box. See also: o Get Filename Dialog o New File Drive List o New File Filename List o New File Current File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 73. Help for File Filename List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Filename List displays a listing of the Files in the current directory. One of the Filenames will be highlighted and this Filename will be shown as the Filename in the Current File box. Double clicking on any entry in this list will cause that File to be selected as the New File. See also: o Get Filename Dialog o New File Drive List o New File Directory List o New File Include Hidden Files o New File Current File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 74. Help for New File Include Hidden Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Include Hidden Files Checkbox will include Hidden Files in the list of FileNames. See also: o Get Filename Dialog o New File Filename List o New File Include Hidden Files o New File Current File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 75. Help for New File Current File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Current File displays the File that will be selected if the OK box is chosen. Normally, this name is filled in from the selections in the various Listboxes. However, the Filename can be entered directly by simply typing the name into this area. See also: o Get Filename Dialog o New File Drive List o New File Directory List o New File Filename List o New File Include Hidden Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 76. Help for Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Options Dialog will display a set of Checkboxes that allow the user to control the behavior of INIMAINT in a number of different situations. See also: o Options Ask Before Backup o Options Ask Before Deleting o Options Ask Before Updating o Options Apps and Keys in Alpha Order o Options Display Initial Dialog o Options Display Size Calculation Box o Options Display Loading Listbox Box o Options Display Copying/Moving Box o Options Display Find Box o Options Display Compare Box o Options Display Compare Write/Print Box o Options Use Fast Copy o Options Display Repair Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 77. Help for Options Use Fast Copy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Use Fast Copy Option controls whether INIMAINT will use the special fast methods to access the INI files when doing a Copy or Move of an entire INI file, Backup of an INI file or Condense of an INI file. This option significantly decreases the time needed to do these functions. See also: o Options Dialog o Copy Application(s) o Move Application(s) o Backup INI File(s) o Condense INI Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 78. Help for Options Apps and Keys in Alpha Order ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Apps and Keys in Alpha Order Option controls how INIMAINT will load the Application and Key Names into the Listboxes. If this option is selected, the Names will be loaded in alphabetic order, otherwise, they will be loaded in the order encountered. The default for this Option is Yes. Option. See also: o Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 79. Help for Options Ask Before Backup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Ask Before Backup Option controls whether INIMAINT will ask for verification of the name of the backup file for the INI File that is being backed up. If no backup name has been specified, then INIMAINT will always ask. The default for this Option is Yes. See also: o Options Dialog o Get Filename Dialog o Backup INI File(s) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 80. Help for Options Ask Before Deleting ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Ask Before Deleting Option controls whether INIMAINT will ask for verification before deleting an Application or Key. The default for this Option is Yes. See also: o Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 81. Help for Options Ask Before Updating ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Ask Before Updating Option controls whether INIMAINT will ask for verification before writing changes to an Application or Key to the current INI File. The default for this Option is Yes. See also: o Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 82. Help for Options Display Initial Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Display Initial Dialog Option controls whether INIMAINT will Display the Initial Dialog Box each time it is run. The default for this Option is Yes. See also: o Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 83. Help for Options Display Size Calculation Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Display Size Calculation Box Option controls whether INIMAINT will Display a box saying that a Size Calculation is in progress. During the Size Calculation no user input to INIMAINT will be accepted and the Wait Pointer will be displayed. However, the PM Message Queue will not be blocked so the user can switch away from INIMAINT during this process. The default for this Option is Yes. See also: o Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 84. Help for Options Display Loading Listbox Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Display Loading Listbox Box Option controls whether INIMAINT will Display a box saying that it is Loading the Applications, Keys or Current Key Value information. During the Loading process no user input to INIMAINT will be accepted and the Wait Pointer will be displayed. However, the PM Message Queue will not be blocked so the user can switch away from INIMAINT during this process. The default for this Option is No. See also: o Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 85. Help for Options Display Copying/Moving Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Display Copying/Moving Box Option controls whether INIMAINT will Display a box saying that a Copy or Move is in progress. During the Copy or Move no user input to INIMAINT will be accepted and the Wait Pointer will be displayed. However, the PM Message Queue will not be blocked so the user can switch away from INIMAINT during this process. The default for this Option is Yes. See also: o Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 86. Help for Options Display Find Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Display Find Box Option controls whether INIMAINT will Display a box saying that a Find is in progress. During the Find no user input to INIMAINT will be accepted and the Wait Pointer will be displayed. However, the PM Message Queue will not be blocked so the user can switch away from INIMAINT during this process. The default for this Option is No. See also: o Options Dialog o Find Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 87. Help for Options Display Compare Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Display Compare Box Option controls whether INIMAINT will Display a box saying that a Compare is in progress. During the filling of the Compare File Listbox no user input to INIMAINT will be accepted and the Wait Pointer will be displayed. However, the PM Message Queue will not be blocked so the user can switch away from INIMAINT during this process. The default for this Option is No. See also: o Options Dialog o Compare Files Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 88. Help for Options Display Compare Files Write or Print Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Display Compare Files Write or Print Box Option controls whether INIMAINT will Display a box saying that a Compare Files Write or Print is in progress. Until the operation is completed no user input to INIMAINT will be accepted and the Wait Pointer will be displayed. However, the PM Message Queue will not be blocked so the user can switch away from INIMAINT during this process. The default for this Option is No. See also: o Options Dialog o Compare Files Dialog o Compare Files Write Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 89. Help for Options Display Repair Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Display Repair Box Option controls whether INIMAINT will Display a box saying that a Repair is in progress. During the execution of the Repair File Function no user input to INIMAINT will be accepted and the Wait Pointer will be displayed. However, the PM Message Queue will not be blocked so the user can switch away from INIMAINT during this process. The default for this Option is No. See also: o Options Dialog o Repair File Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 90. Help for Select Group Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Select Group Dialog will display a set of choices for an INIMAINT operation that can be performed on the Entire File, a Single Application, or a Group. The options will include the Groups, if there are any defined and an entry for All Groups if there is more then one Group. See also: o Select Group Group Listing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 91. Help for Select Group Group Listing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Group Listing box will list all of the valid choices for the selected INIMAINT operation. As soon as any one of the items in the box are selected by clicking on them with the mouse, the INIMAINT operation will start using the selected choice. See also: o Select Group Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 92. Help for Get Value or String Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Get Value or String Dialog is used to obtain any Numberic or Character information that is needed from the user. See also: o Get Value or String Data Entry Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 93. Help for Get Value or String Data Entry Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Data Entry Area is where the requested information is entered by the user. See also: o Get Value or String Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 94. Help for Groups Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Groups Dialog contains a Listbox with all the Applications for the Current INI file. Any of the Applications that are selected are included in the Group whose name is in the Title of the Dialog. The Groups menu item allows the user to change the Group currently being shown and to add a new Group. A single Application can belong to more than one Group. Applications are added to or removed from a specific Group by Selecting or Deselecting the Application. See also: o Groups Application Listing o Groups Add Group o Groups Delete Group ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 95. Help for Groups Application Listing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Groups Listbox lists all Applications in the Current INI file with every member of the Group whose name is in the Title selected. See also: o Groups Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 96. Help for Groups Add Group ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Add Group selection gives the user the ability to add a new Group to the Current INI file. The user will be prompted for a Group Name, the new Group will become the current Group and the user can then add Applications to the Group by selecting them. See also: o Groups Dialog o Groups Application Listing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 97. Help for Groups Delete Group ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Delete Group selection gives the user the ability to delete a Group from those defined for the Current INI file. See also: o Groups Dialog o Groups Application Listing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 98. Help for Find Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Find Dialog will allow the user to do a number of different Finds. The current Application and Key Listboxes and Key Value MLE can be searched, or the search can be extended to all the Key Values in an Application or the entire current INI file. See also: o Find Text o Find from Beginning o Find from Current o Repeat Find o Find Type Ascii o Find Type Hex o Case Sensitive o Global Find Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 99. Help for Find Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Find Text is the text that will be used to do the next Find. The text will be displayed in Ascii or Hex format, depending on the format the user has selected. When doing a Find on Application Name or Key Name, only Ascii text is valid. See also: o Find Type Ascii o Find Type Hex o Case Sensitive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 100. Help for Find from Beginning ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Find from Beginning button causes the Find to start from the beginning of the Listbox, MLE, or file, depending on which Find is requested. See also: o Find from Current o Repeat Find ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 101. Help for Find from Current ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Find from Current button causes the Find to start from the current position in the Listbox, MLE, or file, depending on which Find is requested. See also: o Find from Beginning o Repeat Find ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 102. Help for Repeat Find ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Repeat Find button causes the previous Find to be repeated. This option will ignore any changes made in the Find Text Entryfield and will use the same field as the previous find. See also: o Find from Beginning o Find from Current ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 103. Help for Ascii Find Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Ascii Find Text button causes the Find text field to be displayed in Ascii format. This is the only valid format for all Finds for Application and Key names. See also: o Find Text o Find Type Hex ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 104. Help for Hex Find Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Hex Find Text button causes the Find text field to be displayed in Hex format. This is format is not valid for Finds on Application and Key names. See also: o Find Text o Find Type Ascii ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 105. Help for Case Sensitive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Case Sensitive checkbox causes the Find to be case sensitive. If this box is not checked, then the Find will force all fields to upper case before doing a compare. This option does not apply to Hex text format searches. See also: o Find Text o Find Type Ascii ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 106. Help for Global Find Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Global Find Text checkbox causes the Find text to be copied to the Default Find Text for all other Finds of the same type. For example, if this Find is for a Key Value, then if this item is selected and the FIND Button is selected, the text for this Find will become the text for all Key Value Finds. If this checkbox is not selected, then the text for this Find will only be copied to the other finds of the same type if the other Finds have no current search text. See also: o Find Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 107. Help for Compare Files Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Compare Files Dialog will allow the user to compare two INI files on any of three different levels of detail. See also: o Source INI File o Target INI File o Application Level Compare o Key Name Level Compare o Key Value Level Compare o New Target File o Write o Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 108. Help for Source INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Source INI File is the INI File that will be used as the Source INI File. See also: o Target INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 109. Help for Target INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Target INI File is the INI File that will be used as the Target INI File. See also: o Source INI File o New Target File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 110. Help for Application Level Compare ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Application Level Compare selection will cause the Listbox to contain a list of any Application Name that is in one of the Compare Files but not in the other. See also: o Key Name Level Compare o Key Value Level Compare ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 111. Help for Key Name Level Compare ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Key Name Level Compare selection will cause the Listbox to contain a list of any Application Name that is in one of the Compare Files but not in the other. In addition it will list any Key Name that is in an Application that is common to the two files, but where the Key Name is missing from one of the files. See also: o Application Level Compare o Key Value Level Compare ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 112. Help for Key Value Level Compare ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Key Value Level Compare selection will cause the Listbox to contain a list of any Application Name that is in one of the Compare Files but not in the other. It will also list any Key Name that is in an Application that is common to the two files, but where the Key Name is missing from one of the files. Finally, it will list any situation where the Application and Key Names are in both files, but the Key Values are not equal. See also: o Application Level Compare o Key Name Level Compare ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 113. Help for New Target File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Selecting New Target File will cause the File Selection Dialog to appear and ask for a New Target File. If a new file is selected, it will become the current Target File and the Listbox will be filled with the appropriate level compare entries for this file and the current Source File. See also: o Source INI File o Target INI File o Get Filename Dialog o Application Level Compare o Key Name Level Compare o Key Value Level Compare ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 114. Help for Write ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Selecting Write will cause the Write Options Dialog to appear allowing the user to decide what he wants to Write. If OK is selected and the user has chosen to Write any data, the requested data will then be written to the chosen files. See also: o Compare Files Write Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 115. Help for Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Selecting Print will cause the contents of the Listbox to be printed. The printing is done in a separate thread, so that the message queue is not blocked. However, the Compare Dialog cannot be dismissed until the Print is finished, since dismissing the Dialog will cause the memory allocated to hold the Listbox items to be released. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 116. Help for Compare Files Write Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Compare Files Write Options Dialog will allow the user to select the type(s) of writes and which files they want to use for the Writing. See also: o Select New Write INI File o Write INI File o Select New Write Listbox File o Write Listbox File o Write from Source INI File o Write from Target INI File o Write Missing Applications o Write Missing Key Names o Write Unequal Key Values o Write Selected Items o Write Listbox Contents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 117. Help for Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Write INI File is the INI file that will be used as the output INI file for all of the write options except the Write Listbox. This must be a valid INI file. If the file does not exist, a valid INI file will be created using the filename. If the INI file does exist, then the selected INI write items will be added to those already in the INI file if they do not already exist there and replace those items that do exist. See also: o Select New Write INI File o Write Missing Applications o Write Missing Key Names o Write Unequal Key Values o Write Selected Items ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 118. Help for Select New Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select the Select New Write INI File checkbox to cause the New File Dialog to be displayed asking for the name of the Write INI file. Once the new file is selected and validated as an INI file or created, it will be displayed as the Write INI file. See also: o Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 119. Help for Write Listbox File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Write Listbox File is the Ascii file that will be used as the output file for the Write Listbox selection. If the file does not exist, a valid Listbox file will be created using the filename. If the file does exist, then the current contents of the file will be replaced by the contents of the Listbox. See also: o Select New Write Listbox File o Write Listbox Contents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 120. Help for Select New Write Listbox File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select the Select New Write Listbox File checkbox to cause the New File Dialog to be displayed asking for the name of the Write Listbox file. Once the new file is selected and validated as a valid filename, it will be displayed as the Write Listbox file. See also: o Write Listbox File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 121. Help for Write from Source INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Write from Source INI File to cause the Source INI File to be used as the source for the INI entries that will be written to the output INI file. For example, if Write Missing Applications is one of the chosen options and this item is selected, then the output INI file will contain all Applications that are in the Source INI File but not in the Target File. See also: o Write from Target INI File o Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 122. Help for Write from Target INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Write from Target INI File to cause the Target INI File to be used as the source for the INI entries that will be written to the output INI file. For example, if Write Missing Applications is one of the chosen options and this item is selected, then the output INI file will contain all Applications that are in the Target INI File but not in the Source File. See also: o Write from Source INI File o Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 123. Help for Write Missing Applications ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Write Missing Applications to cause Applications which are in one INI file, but not in the other, to be written to the output INI File. Which Applications are written depends on whether the Source or Target INI file was chosen as the Write From file. See also: o Write from Source INI File o Write from Target INI File o Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 124. Help for Write Missing Key Names ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Write Missing Key Names to cause Key Names which are in one INI file, but not in the other, to be written to the output INI File. Which Key Names are written depends on whether the Source or Target INI file was chosen as the Write From file. In order for a Key Name to be considered a missing Key Name, the Application must be in both the Source and the Target INI files, but the specific Key Name missing from one or the other. Note: If this Write option is selected, but the Compare level is Application, then there cannot be entries in the Listbox that would qualify for this Write. In this case, this option would have no effect. See also: o Write from Source INI File o Write from Target INI File o Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 125. Help for Write Unequal Key Values ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Write Unequal Key Values to cause Key Values for any Application Key Name pair that is in both files but have Key Values that are not the same, to be written to the output INI File. Which Key Values are written depends on whether the Source or Target INI file was chosen as the Write From file. Note: If this Write option is selected, but the Compare level is Application or Key Name, then there cannot be entries in the Listbox that would qualify for this Write. In this case, this option would have no effect. See also: o Write from Source INI File o Write from Target INI File o Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 126. Help for Write Selected Items ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Write Selected Items to cause an entry to be written to the output INI file for each item in the Listbox that has been highlighted. In this case, the Write From file will only apply to those items that list Unequal Key Values, in which case, the Key Value in the Write From file will be the one that is written to the output INI file. Note: If there are no items highlighted in the Compare Listbox, then this option will have no effect, since there are no selected entries. See also: o Write from Source INI File o Write from Target INI File o Write INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 127. Help for Write Listbox Contents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Write Listbox Contents to cause the contents of the Listbox to be written to a File. In this case, the output file is not an INI file, but a flat Ascii File that contains one line for every entry in the Compare Files Listbox. See also: o Get Filename Dialog o Write Listbox File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 128. Help for Repair File Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Repair File Dialog will allow the user to Repair the Current INI File. See also: o Select New Save INI File o Save INI File o Select New Write File o Write File o Check for Valid Files and Paths o Test for Repairs o Ask Before any Repair o Do All Repairs o Write o Print o Execute ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 129. Help for Save INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Save INI File is the INI File that will be used to hold any entries from the Source INI file that are changed or deleted during the Repair process. See also: o New Save File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 130. Help for Select New Save INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select the Select New Save INI File checkbox to cause the New File Dialog to be displayed asking for the name of the Save INI file. Once the new file is selected and validated as an INI file or created, it will be displayed as the Save INI file. See also: o Save INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 131. Help for Write Listbox File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Write Listbox File is the Ascii file that will be used as the output file for the Write selection. If the file does not exist, a valid file will be created using the filename. If the file does exist, then the current contents of the file will be replaced by the contents of the Listbox. See also: o Select New Write File o Write ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 132. Help for Select New Write File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select the Select New Write File checkbox to cause the New File Dialog to be displayed asking for the name of the Write file. Once the new file is selected and validated as a valid filename, it will be displayed as the Write file. See also: o Write File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 133. Help for Check for Valid Files and Paths ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Check for Valid Files and Paths selection will cause the next Repair action to include a check of every Key Name or Key Value that appears to be either a filename or a pathname to be checked against the actual contents of the Desktop and, if they are not found to exist, they will be noted as needing removal or actually removed to the Save file, based on the users choice of Repair Type and their response any questions. See also: o Save INI File o Test for Repairs o Ask Before any Repair o Do All Repairs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 134. Help for Test for Repairs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Test for Repairs selection will cause the Listbox to contain a list of any Repair that would have been made based on the Repair Checks chosen and the contents of the INI file. No actual changes will be made to the INI file. See also: o Ask Before any Repair o Do All Repairs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 135. Help for Ask Before any Repair ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Ask Before any Repair selection will cause the next Repair to find an situation that needs to be Repaired. Once the condition is identified, the user will be asked if he wants the Repair done. If the response is No, then no Repair will be done and an entry will be added to the Listbox saying that a Repair is needed. If the response is Yes then the Repair will be done and the original entry will be written to the Save file. See also: o Test for Repairs o Do All Repairs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 136. Help for Do All Repairs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Do All Repairs selection will cause the next Repair to find an situation that needs to be Repaired. Once the condition is identified, the Repair will be done and the original entry will be written to the Save file. The user will not be asked if he wants each Repair to be done, all requested repairs will be done automatically. See also: o Test for Repairs o Ask Before any Repair ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 137. Help for Write ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Selecting Write will cause the contents of the Listbox to be written to the Write File. See also: o Write File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 138. Help for Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Selecting Print will cause the contents of the Listbox to be printed. The printing is done in a separate thread, so that the message queue is not blocked. However, the Repair Dialog cannot be dismissed until the Print is finished, since dismissing the Dialog will cause the memory allocated to hold the Listbox items to be released. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 139. Help for Execute ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Selecting Execute will cause the actual repair action to start. All Checks that the user has selected will be made and the action taken will depend on the Type that has been selected. Every Repair action will cause a line of information to be added to the Listbox. See also: o Check for Valid Files and Paths o Save INI File o Test for Repairs o Ask Before any Repair o Do All Repairs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 140. Help for Help index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Help index on the Help pull-down to see the help index for INIMAINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 141. Help for Keys help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Keys help on the Help pull-down for help on the keys you use to perform a specific task, When you select this item, you see a list of key groups. Double click on one of the groups to see the keys you use to perform the task. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 142. Help for Help pull-down ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Help pull-down contains items you can use to get different types of online help for the INIMAINT. Press the Enter key to access the items on the Help pull-down. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 143. Help for help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Help for help on the Help pull-down for information on how to use the Reliability Plus Control help facility. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 144. Help for Cancel ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select the Cancel pushbutton to exit the dialog without performing any action. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 145. Help for Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select the Help pushbutton when you need help with the highlighted field on the dialog. For more information about using the help facility, select Help for help on the Help pull-down. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 146. Help for Extended help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select Extended help on the Help pull-down to see the extended help panel for INIMAINT. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 147. Help for Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Double click on one of the following groups to get help for keys that do a specific task: o Cursor movement keys o Action bar keys o Menu keys o Dialog keys o System keys. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 148. Help for Cursor movement keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use these keys to move the cursor in the editing area. Key: Function: Up Moves the cursor up one line. Down Moves the cursor down one line. Right Moves the cursor right one character. Left Moves the cursor left one character. Ctrl+Right Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word. Ctrl+Left Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word. Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line. End Moves the cursor to the end of the current line. Ctrl+Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the first line in the file. Ctrl+End Moves the cursor to the end of the last line in the file. Page Up Scrolls the text up one window. Page Down Scrolls the text down one window. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 149. Help for Action bar keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use these keys to select the System icon and action bar items. Key: Function: F10 Switches between the action bar and the editing area. Shift+Esc Switches between the System icon and the editing area. Right Highlights the next action bar item or the System icon. Left Highlights the previous action bar item or the System icon. Enter Accesses the pull-down of the highlighted action bar item or System icon. Mnemonic The mnemonic key is the key corresponding with the underlined letter in the action bar items. It accesses the pull-down of the action bar item containing the mnemonic. Escape Returns to the editing area. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 150. Help for Menu keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use these keys to select pull-down items. Key: Function: Up Moves up one pull-down item. Down Moves down one pull-down item. Enter Selects the highlighted pull-down item. Mnemonic The mnemonic key is the key corresponding with the underlined letter in the pull-down items. It selects the pull-down item containing the mnemonic. Escape Closes the pull-down. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 151. Help for Dialog keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use these keys to select dialog box items. Key: Function: Tab Moves to the next control group on the dialog. Shift+Tab Moves to the previous control group on the dialog. Right Moves to the next button on the dialog. Left Moves to the previous button on the dialog. Up Moves up one item in a selection box. Down Moves down one item in a selection box. Page Up Scrolls up one page in a selection box with scroll bars. Page Down Scrolls down one page in a selection box with scroll bars. Spacebar Switches a check box on and off. Enter Starts the activity for the selected pushbutton. Escape Exits the dialog. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 152. Help for System keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use these keys to switch between, move, and size Presentation Manager windows. Key: Function: Alt+Tab Switches to the next Presentation Manager window. Alt+Shift+Tab Switches to the previous Presentation Manager window. Alt+Esc Switches to the next application (including non-Presentation Manager applications). Ctrl+Esc Switches to the Task List. Alt+F4 Closes the active window. Alt+F5 Restores the active window. Alt+F7 Moves the active window. Alt+F8 Sizes the active window. Alt+F9 Minimizes the active window. Alt+F10 Maximizes the active window.