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- Computer Tyme GrpTyme * Version 2.04 * Release Date: 02-15-95
- Copyright 1994-95 by Marc Perkel * All Rights Reserved
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- Computer Tyme * 411 North Sherman, S300 * Springfield Mo. 65802 * USA
- Sales: 800-548-5353 * Support: 417-866-1222 * Modem/Fax: 417-866-1665
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- This program is part of a utilities package. Before registering it
- you might want to try out some of the other programs in the package.
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- You can download these other programs from our BBS at 417-866-1665 or
- from our section on Compuserve. (GO COMPTYME) If you have any questions
- feel free to call us.
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- │ Evaluation Version. This program is not registered. │
- │ If you want to use it you need to buy a copy. │
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- Price: $20/User, $95/Server
-
- GrpTyme is a utility to create and modify Windows GRP files used by
- Program Manager. It allows you to add programs, remove programs, or
- modify information. You can also create new groups from a text file
- that has a format like an INI file. On a network, GrpTyme can help
- automate the updating of thousands of GRP files saving a lot of time.
-
- GrpTyme also has the ability to look into existing GRP files and write
- the information into a GNI file. This file is a text file much like an
- INI file, and can be manipulated with a variety of INI tools, such as
- our INITYME program, and then recompiled into a GRP file.
-
- When using GrpTyme, the first thing you need to do is pass the file
- name parameters. Up to three names can be specified, two GRP files
- and one GNI file. The GRP files are the names of the binary Windows
- files, and the GNI file is the name of the text file that contains the
- change information. The reason to allow two GRP files it so that you
- can specify a different output file from the original GRP file. If you
- pass a name without and extension, GrpTyme assumes that the files are
- the names you passed with the GRP and GNI extensions.
-
- After you pass your files, you then select what you want to do with
- them by using command line switches. The /D switch decompiles the GRP
- file and produces the GNI file. The /C switch compiles the GNI file
- producing the GRP file. The /M switch reads the GRP file and then reads
- the changes from the GNI file and applies those modifications and writes
- them to the GRP file. If two GRP files are specified, the file created
- is the second GRP name.
-
- Example:
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- GRPTYME GAMES /D
- ;This command reads GAMES.GRP and creates GAMES.GNI
-
- GRPTYME MAIN.GRP MAIN.GNI /C
- ;This command compiles MAIN.GNI into MAIN.GRP
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- GRPTYME MAIN.GRP MAIN.GNI /M
- ;This command reads MAIN.GRP and MAIN.GNI modifing MAIN.GRP
-
- GRPTYME MAIN.GRP MAIN2.GRP MAIN.GNI /M
- ;This command reads MAIN.GRP and MAIN.GNI creating MAIN2.GRP
-
- A typical GNI file might look like this. The [Header] section controls
- global information about the group such as the Title, Location, and Size
- of the group window. The other sections are used to define or modify program
- items within the GRP file.
-
- [Header]
- Title=Borland Pascal
- Rectangle=49 50 592 228
- Location=21 369
- Show=ShowMinimized
-
- [Borland Pascal]
- CommandLine=H:\BP7\BIN\BP.PIF
- IconPath=H:\BP7\BIN\BP.ICO
- WorkingDir=H:\BP7\BIN\
- Location=21 72
- ShortcutKey=$0650
-
- [Solitaire]
- CommandLine=SOL.EXE
-
- KeyWords Supported in [Header] Section:
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- Title=
- Sets the title of the group.
-
- Rectangle=X Y W H
- Sets the size and location of the rectangle. If not specified,
- GrpTyme will select the size automatically.
-
- Location=X Y
- Sets the location of the minimized group icon.
-
- Show=
- This controls how the group will be displayed when ProgMan is
- started. This must be specified in the [Header] section. Valid
- parameters are:
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- Show=Hide
- Show=ShowNormal
- Show=ShowMinimized
- Show=ShowMaximized
- Show=ShowNoActivate
- Show=Show
- Show=Minimize
- Show=MinNoActivate
- Show=Na
-
- The default is ShowMinimized.
-
- KeyWords Supported in Program Items Sections:
-
- CommandLine=
- Sets the name of the executable to run. This can be COM, EXE,
- BAT or PIF.
-
- IconPath=
- Sets the name of the file that contains the icon. This can be an
- ICO file or stored in the EXE file.
-
- WorkingDir=
- Sets the name of the directory to change to when the application
- is started.
-
- Location=X Y
- Sets the location of the icon within the rectangle. If locations
- are not specified, GrpTyme will automatically arrange the icons.
-
- ShortcutKey=
- This is the 16 bit hex code for the hot key for the application.
-
- RunMin=Y
- If RunMin is set to Y then it will run Minimized.
-
- Icon=
- In a file with more than one icon, this controls which icon will
- be used. The first icon is zero, and is the default.
-
- To delete a program, put the command DEL in front of the program name. When
- modifing a GRP file, the DEL command removes the program from the group.
-
- Del [Borland Pascal]
-
- Group modification commands can also be passed on the command line instead of
- command line can pass, but if you only need to make one change, it is
- easier than creating a GNI file.
-
- To pass information on the command line you use the /L switch and use a
- semicolon ";" to separate what would normally be separate lines if you
- were using a GNI file.
-
- GRPTYME GAMES /L Del [Solitaire]
- GRPTYME GAMES /L [Header]; Title=MyGames
- GRPTYME BP7 /L [Borland Pascal]; ShortcutKey=$0650
-
- Whenever an existing GRP file is to be overwritten, GrpTyme makes a backup
- can restore the original file using the /R switch as follows:
-
- GRPTYME MAIN /R
-
- If you have the Computer Tyme DOS ToolBox or the Network Survival Kit, you can
- use these utilities with GrpTyme to change many GRP files at once.
-
- To decompile all GRP files in one directory:
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- D *.GRP /F|DOLIST GRPTYME @L /D
-
- To decompile all GRP files in all directories:
-
- WHEREIS *.GRP|DOLIST GRPTYME @L /D
-
- There are probably a lot of features you would like to have added. I am
- interested in your suggestions, so feel free to call or send me EMail.
-
- CHANGES:
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-
- In earlier versions of GrpTyme I used keywords Command= and
- ApplicationPath=. This was the way data was actually stored in the
- GNI file. However, Windows, for reasons I can only imagine, presents
- the information in a different way than it is stored. I now support
- CommandLine= and WorkingDir= instead. For compatibility, the old commands
- are still supported.
-
- To go along with this program, I also have a very powerful INI file manager
- called INITYME and a program that compares INI files called INIDIF. For
- automating the mass updating of GRP files on a network, my MarxMenu script
- language is a good tool to use. MarxMenu can scan your directories, read
- the Novell bindery, modify your INI and GNI files, and run GrpTyme in a
- way so as to do very complex updating of the Windows network environment.
-
- These programs can be downloaded from my BBS at the above number.
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