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- WININI2.TXT
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- NOTE: This is the second of two files containing
- information about the WIN.INI file. For general
- information about WIN.INI and the listings in this
- file, read the introductory material in the
- WININI.TXT file.
-
- CAUTION: Changing a WIN.INI setting can lead to
- undesirable results when you run Windows. Before
- changing any setting, read "Changing Settings"
- later in this document.
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- [INTL] SECTION
-
- The [intl] section describes how to display dates, times,
- currency amounts, and other items for countries other than
- the United States. The default values reflect U.S. options.
-
- To change any setting in this section, choose the
- International icon from the Control Panel window.
-
- The [intl] section can contain the following settings:
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iCountry=<country-code>
- Default: 1
- Purpose: Specifies the country code. This number matches
- the country's international telephone code,
- except for Canada, which is 2.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iCurrDigits=<number>
- Default: 2
- Purpose: Specifies the number of digits to put after the
- decimal separator in currency.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iCurrency=<number>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Specifies a currency format according to the
- following:
-
- Value Format
- ----- ------
- 0 $2
- 1 2$
- 2 $ 2
- 3 2 $
-
- The actual currency symbol is specified by the
- sCurrency value.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iDate=<number>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Specifies a numerical date format according to
- the following:
-
- Value Format
- ----- ------
- 0 12/31/90
- 1 31/12/90
- 2 90/12/31
-
- The actual date divider is specified by the
- sShortDate value.
-
- This setting is not used by Windows 3.0 and
- exists only for compatibility with Windows 2.x.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iDigits=<number>
- Default: 2
- Purpose: Specifies the number of digits to display after
- the decimal separator in numbers.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iLZero=<0-or-1>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Specifies whether to put leading zeros in decimal
- numbers according to the following:
-
- Value Format
- ----- ------
- 0 .7
- 1 0.7
-
- The actual decimal separator is specified by the
- sDecimal setting.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iMeasure=<0-or-1>
- Default: 1
- Purpose: Specifies the measurement system according to the
- following:
-
- Value System
- ----- ------
- 0 metric
- 1 English
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iNegCurr=<number>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Specifies a negative number format according to
- the following:
-
- Value Format
- ----- ------
- 0 ($1)
- 1 -$1
- 2 $-1
- 3 $1-
- 4 (1$)
- 5 -1$
- 6 1-$
- 7 1$-
-
- The actual currency symbol is specified by the
- sCurrency setting.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iTime=<number>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Specifies whether to format time using a 12-hour
- clock or a 24-hour clock.
-
- Value Format Meaning
- ----- ------ -------
- 0 1:00 12-hour clock
- 1 13:00 24-hour clock
-
- The actual time separator is specified by the
- sTime setting.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- iTLZero=<number>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Specifies whether to put leading zeros in time
- according to the following:
-
- Value Format
- ----- ------
- 0 9:15
- 1 09:15
-
- The actual time separator is specified by the
- sTime setting.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- s1159=<string>
- Default: AM
- Purpose: Specifies the string that follows times before
- noon in the 12-hour time format.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- s2359=<string>
- Default: PM
- Purpose: Specifies the string that follows times after
- noon in the 12-hour format or that follows all
- times in the 24-hour format.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sCountry=<string>
- Default: United States
- Purpose: Specifies the name of the country whose standard
- setting you want to use.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sCurrency=<string>
- Default: $
- Purpose: Specifies the currency symbol you want to use.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sDecimal=<string>
- Default: .
- Purpose: Specifies the punctuation used to separate the
- fractional part of a decimal number from the
- whole number part.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sLanguage=<string>
- Default: usa
- Purpose: Specifies the language you want to work in.
- Windows applications that provide language-
- specific tasks, such as sorting or spell-
- checking, use this setting. The following are the
- standard values:
-
- Value Language
- ----- --------
- dan Danish
- dut Dutch
- eng International English
- fcf French Canadian
- fin Finnish
- frn French
- ger German
- ice Icelandic
- itn Italian
- nor Norwegian
- por Portuguese
- spa Spanish
- swe Swedish
- usa U.S. English
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sList=<string>
- Default: ,
- Purpose: Specifies the character used to separate items in
- a list. In U.S. English, the most common
- separator is a comma.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sLongDate=<date-picture>
- Default: dddd, MMMM d, yyyy (e.g., Friday, June 1, 1990)
- Purpose: Specifies your choice for the long date format,
- including abbreviations for the words and
- different separators, according to the following:
-
- Date Picture Item Format
- ------------ ----- ------
- M Month 1-12
- MM Month 01-12
- MMM Month Jan-Dec
- MMMM Month January-December
- d Day 1-31
- dd Day 01-31
- ddd Day Mon-Sun
- dddd Day Monday-Sunday
- yy Year 00-99
- yyyy Year 1900-2040
-
-
- Control Panel will accept only certain date-
- picture combinations. Therefore, you should use
- Control Panel to change this setting.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sShortDate=<date-picture>
- Default: M/d/yy (e.g., 6/1/90)
- Purpose: Specifies your choice for the short date format,
- including abbreviations for the words and
- different separators, according to the list
- described above in the sLongDate listing. Control
- Panel will accept only certain date-picture
- combinations. Therefore, you should use Control
- Panel to change this setting.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sThousand=<string>
- Default: ,
- Purpose: Specifies the symbol used to separate thousands
- in a number with more than three digits. An
- example, if the value is a comma (,), is 3,000.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sTime=<string>
- Default: :
- Purpose: Specifies the character used to separate the
- hours, minutes, and seconds in time. An example,
- if the value is a colon (:), is 15:29:31.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- [PORTS] SECTION
-
- The [ports] section lists all available communications and
- printer ports, and defines default values; it also lists
- files to which printer output can be sent.
-
- The [ports] section can contain one or more occurrences of
- the following setting:
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- <portname>:=<baud-rate>,<parity>,<word-length>,<stop-bits>
- [[,p]]
-
- Purpose: Specifies an available output port.
-
- The <portname> keyname must be the name of an
- output port as it is recognized by MS-DOS. This
- keyname can be COMx: (communications port, where
- x represents the port number), LPTx: (a parallel
- port, where x represents the port number), EPT:
- (used for a specific IBM printer), LPTx.OS2 (a
- parallel port used with OS/2, where x represents
- the port number), FILE:, or a filename.
-
- For COM ports, the <baud-rate> value specifies
- the port's baud rate; the <word-length> value
- gives the length of a word (in bits); the
- <stop-bits> value gives the number of stop bits
- to be used; and the [[,p]] option specifies that
- hardware handshaking is in effect.
-
- LPT (parallel), EPT, FILE, and LPTx.OS2 ports do
- not take any parameters.
-
- The LPTx.OS2 ports are used (instead of the
- corresponding LPT port) when you are running
- Windows in the DOS compatibility box of OS/2.
- This port bypasses the Windows' special output
- handling.
-
- Specifying a filename for the <portname> will
- direct output to that file. A filename, unlike
- the other port names, must not be followed by a
- colon (:).
-
- By using FILE:=, Windows will prompt you to
- specify an output file at output time.
-
- You can specify no more than 10 ports.
-
- To change COM port settings: Choose the Ports icon from
- the Control Panel window.
- To change or add other ports: Use Notepad to edit the
- WIN.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- LPT1.OS2=<pathname>
- LPT2.OS2=<pathname>
- LPT3.OS2=<pathname>
- LPT4.OS2=<pathname>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the pathname of the printer you are
- using if you are using Windows in the DOS
- compatibility box of OS/2.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the WIN.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- [FONTS] SECTION
-
- The [fonts] section describes one or more display font files
- that are loaded by Windows at start-up.
-
- The [fonts] section can contain one or more occurrences of
- the following setting:
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- <font-name>=<font-file>
- Purpose: Specifies a font file. The <font-name> keyname is
- the descriptive name of a font. The <font-file>
- value is the filename of a file that contains
- font resources.
- To change: Choose the Fonts icon from the Control Panel
- window.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- [PRINTERPORTS] SECTION
-
- The [PrinterPorts] section lists the active and inactive
- printers that can be accessed by Windows device drivers,
- specifies the communications port or ports to which the
- devices are connected, and specifies their corresponding
- timeout values.
-
- The [PrinterPorts] section can contain one or more
- occurrences of the following setting:
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- <device-name>=<driver-name>,
- <port-name>,<DeviceNotSelectedTimeout>,
- <TransmissionRetryTimeout>
- [[,<port-name>,<DeviceNotSelectedTimeout>,
- <TransmissionRetryTimeout>,...]]
-
- Purpose: Specifies an active or inactive printer.
-
- The <device-name> keyname is the name of the
- device. The <driver-name> value is the driver
- filename.
-
- After the <driver-name> value, there is a set of
- <port-name>, <TransmissionRetryTimeout>, and
- <DeviceNotSelectedTimeout> values for each port
- that has a printer of the specified type.
-
- If a device is not currently connected, the
- <port-name> value is the string specified in the
- NullPort setting (in the [windows] section).
-
- The <TransmissionRetryTimeout> value determines
- the amount of time (in seconds) allowed for
- attempted transmission retries.
-
- The <DeviceNotSelectedTimeout> value determines
- the number of seconds Print Manager will wait for
- the device to be switched on.
-
- If the timeout values are not specified for a
- particular port, Windows uses the default
- settings listed in the [windows] section for that
- port.
-
- CAUTION: When changing a setting in this section,
- be sure it does not conflict with a corresponding
- setting in the [devices] section. Problems may
- occur if a connected device does not appear in
- the [PrinterPorts] section.
-
- To change: Choose the Printers icon from the Control Panel
- window.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- [DEVICES] SECTION
-
- The [devices] section names the active printers. The
- settings in this section reflect those in the [PrinterPorts]
- section, without the timeout values. This section is
- necessary only for Windows version 2.x applications, which
- look to the [devices] section for this information.
-
- The [devices] section can contain one or more occurrences of
- the following setting:
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- <device-name>=<driver-name>, <port-name>
- [[,<port-name>,...]]
-
- Purpose: Specifies an active printer.
-
- The <device-name> keyname is the name of the
- device. The <driver-name> value is the driver
- filename. The <port-name> value specifies the
- port that the printer is connected to. If the
- printer is not currently connected, the <port-
- name> value is the string specified in the
- NullPort setting (in the [windows] section).
-
- CAUTION: When changing a setting in this section,
- be sure it does not conflict with a corresponding
- setting in the [PrinterPorts] section. Problems
- may occur if a connected device does not appear
- in the [PrinterPorts] section.
-
- To change: Choose the Printers icon from the Control Panel
- window.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- [COLORS] SECTION
-
- The [colors] section defines the colors for components of
- the Windows display.
-
- The colors section can contain settings of the following
- type:
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- <component>=<red-value> <green-value> <blue-value>
-
- Purpose: The <red-value>, <green-value>, and <blue-value>
- values are integers that specify the relative
- intensities of red, blue, and green,
- respectively. These settings can range from 0
- (minimum intensity) to 255 (maximum intensity).
-
- The <component> keyname can be any one of the
- following:
-
-
- Keyname Refers to
- --------------- ------------------------------
- ActiveBorder Border of the active window
-
- ActiveTitle Active title bar
-
- AppWorkspace Application workspace for
- Windows applications
-
- Background Screen background (desktop)
-
- ButtonFace Button face
-
- ButtonShadow Button shadow
-
- ButtonText Button text
-
- GrayText Text that is dimmed (as in an
- unavailable command name)
-
- Hilight Background of highlighted text
-
- HilightText Highlighted text
-
- InactiveBorder Border of the inactive window
-
- InactiveTitle Inactive title bar
-
- Menu Menu background
-
- MenuText Menu text
-
- Scrollbar Scroll bar
-
- TitleText Title-bar text
-
- Window Window workspace
-
- WindowFrame Window frame
-
- WindowText Window text
-
- To change: For most of these settings, choose the Color
- icon from the Control Panel window. For
- ButtonFace, ButtonShadow, ButtonText, GrayText,
- Hilight and HilightText, use Notepad to edit the
- WIN.INI file.
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