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MultiMaint
Copyright 1993, 1994 by Carry Associates
MultiMaint is an OS/2 PM program to display and manage *.INI files,
all Extended Attributes and provide for both a snapshot and portable
backup of the Desktop. It is distributed by Carry Associates, 990
Ironwood Court, Marco Island, FL, 33937-4458. Telephone number is
813-642-9126. The application was written by and is supported by
Larry J. Martin. You can obtain Technical support by calling the
number above, by leaving an Email on Compuserve for 72662,3616 or for
the same ID in the OS2AVEND Forum Section 1.
MultiMaint is an upgrade to SysMaint that adds the ability to create
a 'portable' object by object backup of the Desktop that can be used
to recreate the Desktop on a different machine or on a different
version of OS/2 where the Desktop customization was lost because it
was necessary to reformat the Harddisk.
SysMaint is an extension of IniMaint and shares many of the same
files with IniMaint. Therefore, some of the discussion below will
appear to apply to IniMaint rather than SysMaint. However, because of
the close relationship between the two programs, the discussion
applies to both programs. SysMaint and IniMaint also share some
common files such as documentation files, the same help file and the
same API DLL. In order to ease compatibility problems with those who
are using IniMaint, these common files will still start with ini...
rather than the expected mlt....
The cost for MultiMaint is $69.95 for a single user license and $699.00
for an unlimited corporate license. There is a $7.00 shipping and
handling charge to ship a diskette. Payment can be made via a check
drawn on a US bank, we will invoice against a corporate purchase
order or we will charge either a Visa or MasterCard credit card.
If you are already a licensed owner of SysMaint you can upgrade to
MultiMaint for $15.00, if you purchased it before the GA release of
MultiMaint, and for $25.00 if you purchased it after that date.
If you are already a licensed owner of IniMaint you can upgrade to
MultiMaint for $30.00, if you purchased it before GA release of
MultiMaint, and for $45.00 if you purchased it after that date.
All of the upgrade amounts above are for a single license, the cost
to upgrade a corporate license is 10 times the appropriate single
license fee.
When MultiMaint extracts the Extended Attributes from a file or
directory, the Extended Attributes are placed in a file that has an
internal structure and organization that is very similar to the OS/2
INI files. Therefore, when the user is viewing a set of Extended
Attributes, the appearance of the information is very similar to what
you would see when editing an INI file. This makes the discussions
below, which often refer to INI files, equally applicable to files
which contain Extended Attributes.
SHAREWARE VERSION
The version of MultiMaint that accompanies this documentation is a
Shareware version of IniMaint that can be upgraded to MultiMaint
by registering the program with Carry
Associates, if you intend to use it except for a brief test. This is
not a free program and has been Copyrighted by Carry Associates. It
is a violation of the Copyright Laws to use the program without
registering and paying for it. The purpose of the unregistered
version is ONLY to give users an opportunity to try the program so
that they can determine whether they feel the program is worth the
cost.
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.
WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
MultiMaint gives you the ability to make virtually any change you want
to any of the INI files or any of the Extended Attributes in your
OS/2 environment. Making changes to these files must be done with
care because you can do serious and unpredictable damage to your
environment. It is STRONGLY SUGGESTED that you insure that you have a
usable backup of any INI file or Extended Attribute that you modify in
any way.
WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
CURRENT VERSION
The enclosed is Version 3.3d of MultiMaint and has the following known
problems and/or incomplete features:
1. The Initial Dialog cannot be dismissed using the Enter Key, the
Mouse must be used.
2. If the Groups Dialog is displayed, a new Group is selected and
then OK is selected without actually making any changes to any of the
Groups or the Applications in a Group, then the Last Group Displayed
is not updated and a subsequent use of the Groups Dialog will revert
back to the previous Last Group.
3. There is no Help available for the standard OS/2 New File Dialog.
REPORTED COMMENTS OR PROBLEMS
The following items are problems that have been reported, but cannot
be reproduced or comments that I have received from one or more
users. Any assistance on the problems or additions to the comments is
more than welcome.
1. It was pointed out that although the Cursor in the Value MLE can
be an Insert Cursor, there is no way to Insert information. My
response is that the only way to change the length of a Value is by
using the Replace Value Dialog because changing the expected length
of an INI Key Value can cause unusual and unexpected errors. I
further responded that the only way to change the cursor is to
change it System wide, therefore, changing it only when it is in the
MLE is a non trivial problem and I have not attempted to do it even
though it leaves the apparent conflict between the appearance of the
Cursor and the actual effect when a key is depressed.
INSTALLATION
To install the Shareware version you must run the Install program as is
described in the Readme File.
You may optionally add the entry: SET INIMAINT= to your CONFIG.SYS
file specifying the path and filename of an INI file that you want
IniMaint to use to store it's operational information. If this entry
is not found in the Environment, IniMaint will store it's operational
information in the OS2.INI file.
GETTING STARTED
If you did not obtain your copy of MultiMaint to address a specific
problem or you are not familiar with INI files, Extended Attributes
and the kinds of things that MultiMaint allows you to do with them,
then it is strongly suggested that you review the Getting Started
entry in the Help file along with the other General Help subjects.
VALIDATING INSTALLATION
Once the DLL's and the AcsTest program have been installed, it is
suggested that the AcsTest program be run to verify that everything
is working correctly. The AcsTest program has no command line
parameters and, if everything is working correctly it will:
1. Sound a rising series of tones that indicate the program
is starting.
2. A window will appear with a Listbox as the Client area.
3. You will see a series of messages that will appear as the test
program goes through it's cycle. There should be no messages that
indicate that any of the functions was completed unsuccessfully.
4. There will normally be a delay of a few seconds from the time you
see the message that the creation of the Agent Object is starting and
the message that it is complete. This is because the AcsAgent and
Accsswps DLL's are loaded at this point.
5. Once the Object is created. You will see a line with the Version
information on it. If there are any problems, you might be asked for
this version information, so it is worth while noting it.
6. Once the version information has been displayed, several lines of
internal variable information will be displayed. These are the
internal var