Croatian developer Goran Ivankovic has been updated INI tools for OS/2 Warp to V.1.10. This tool is an INI editor for binary OS/2 INI with integrated tools to compare ini files and search multiple files for a string. Language support: English, Croatian, French, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Polish.

All photos illustrating this report, made by Embellish, shows the new INI tools running on the @Macarlo's OS/2 Warp Client 4.0 FP6.

INI editor analyzes OS/2.INI

 INI tools (formerly known as INIedit ) is an INI editor for binary OS/2 INI and plain-text WIN INI files with integrated tools to compare INI files and search multiple files for a string.

 Features :

 
  Translation tool
       Translation tool (Translat.exe) enables you to add your Language support to INI tools.
  Configurable Toolbar
       Display or hide Toolbar in INI editor.
  OS/2->WIN and WIN->OS/2
       Save OS/2 (binary) INI files as WIN (plain-text) INI files and vice versa.
  Rexx script
       Current INI file can be used as template for Rexx script to create new INI file.
  Safe Mode
       In Safe Mode, file can't be changed or deleted.
  Compare files
       Compare files and write result to new INI, Rexx script and report

Photo shows INI find running

  Find and replace
       Found Value in multiple files can be replaced with new Value.
  Change data between files and programs
       Cut/copy Values to Clipboard, and paste from Clipboard. Export/import Applications,

       Keys and Values to/from file TRANSFER.INI.
  
  New in Version 1.10 (1999-12-23)
       Translation tool (Translat.exe) enables you to add your Language support to INI tools.
       SPANISH Language support
       TRADITIONAL CHINESE Language support
       POLISH Language support
       Edit WIN (plain-text) INI files
       Save OS/2 (binary) INI files as WIN (plain-text) INI files and vice versa.
       Fixed bugs while running under Object Rexx
       Improved Install/UnInstall program
  
  CAUTION:
  CHANGES ARE WRITTEN TO INI FILES IMMEDIATELY. Here is NO UNDO function. Wrong entries can cause serious problems !
  If you are not sure what you are doing, do nothing !

FileStar/2 shows INI tools files ready for install

Install
 
 After you pressed Install button, you'll see Copyright notice, License agreement and  Disclaimer. Read this carefuly and press I agree button if you want to install INI tools.

 Install procedure will do following :

       add some entries in USER (OS2.INI) file, create INI tools folder on Desktop, and INI tools program objects in folder, associate INI editor with INI files
  
  When you are ready, press Start Install button.

  You can install INI tools:

       to suggested directory (c:\INItools), to current directory - where you started Install program (press Current button), to other drive/directory (press Other button, then select drive/directory),       to new directory (enter name for new directory - Install program will create new directory and copy files to this directory).

       Warning: Install program can create only ONE directory - for example: you can create
       c:\Newdir, but not c:\Newdir1\Newdir2.
       DO NOT select Installation directory in ROOT DIRECTORY!
       
  
  Note:  If Install program find files in directory where you want to install INI toos, they will be OVERWRITTEN. Install procedure will create file INITOOLS.INI in directory where you installed INI tools. Default settings will be written to this file.

         If you copied or moved INI tools to a new drive / directory, start Install / UnInstall program again, and select Install. Program will write new entries in USER (OS2.INI) file, and refresh objects on Desktop.

Photo above shows the INI tools manual (INF)

Changing data

 To change data between files and programs, you can :

  Cut and copy Values to Clipboard, paste from Clipboard
       You can cut or copy Values to Clipboard in ASCII and HEX edit in INI editor. Clipboard contents can be used in ASCII and HEX editing of other Value, or in INI find as search string.

Photo above shows the INI tools translation tool

 Export to / Import from TRANSFER.INI
       When you edit INI file, you can select Application (with all it's Keys and Values) or
       Key (with Value) and export to file TRANSFER.INI.
       You can export search result (found in Value) in INI find, and compared Value in INI compare to file TRANSFER.INI, too.

       You can import selected Application (with all it's Keys and Values) or Key (with Value)  from file TRANSFER.INI to currently opened INI file.

       Note:  file TRANSFER.INI is created in INI tools working directory. All exports are  written to this file. When it grows, you can delete it. It will be created next  time when needed.

  CONTACT AUTHOR
   
  Goran Ivankovic
  Ulica Josipa Poduje 8
  HR-52100 Pula
  Croatia
  e-mail address: duga1@pu.tel.hr
  Home page: http://Goran_Ivankovic.tripod.com/

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