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MADE IN GERMANY New PM INI Editor
Programmer Kai Evers, from Germany, just
releases new and improved version of his PM INI Editor. 'mINI'
v0.97 - Small PM INI editor with treeview, edit, view (ASCII, HEX), delete and Rexx
code exporter. Provides quick access to all INI files. Freeware. The file was uploaded
today August 14, 1998 on Hobbes (mINI097.ZIP,
91Kb), but you can download it directly from developer's web Site, at: http://www1.stuttgart.netsurf.de/~kevers/
mINI ====== by the Author
Short English abstract - Note: I'm no native speaker so please
excuse some poor phrases.
(*): Changes
What? -----
'mINI' is a small dialog driven binary INI editor. It provides the basic functions
like viewing, editing etc. and can keep all available INI files on your system to
provide quick access. Furthermore you can export applications or whole INIs to Rexx
code.
The files in this distribution:
- \mINI.exe Executable
- \mINI.dll Graphics-DLL
- \mINI.txt German docs
- \mINI.ico Icon
- \mINIdata.ico Icon for data files (*)
- \history.txt German revision history
- \english\mINI.txt This text
- \english\history.txt Revision history
NOTE: 'mINI' does make use of the highly recommended Freeware-DLL FastINI for Rexx
from Dennis Bareis (http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dbareis/) if available. You are encouraged
to get FastINI.DLL from the author's homepage (current version: fi_98148.zip).
Why? ----
Nice question :-)
You obviously will have a good reason to look at INI files. There are many INI
editors and viewers for OS/2 available so you can freely decide which one to use.
'mINI' doesn't provide sophisticated copy functions, can't clean up your system
INI files and - if not using FastINI - is no performance wonder.
Doesn't matter: 'mINI' suffers my own needs, offers a nice looking GUI with treeview,
can edit, view, delete ASCII and HEX data, exports Rexx code and provides quick
access to all INI files.
How? ----
There's no need for a special installation procedure. Just copy all the above files
in one directory that suits you. In case of deinstallation - delete them.
Please take the time and get FastINI! Just unpack it and copy fastini.dll to a
directory in your LIBPATH so 'mINI' can support the fast INI funcions of it.
To do so, start 'mINI' with parameter "-FASTINI".
You just don't need to install FastINI. In this case, RexxUtil is used which is
not such fast...
Furthermore you can pass an INI file via command line or Drag&Drop on the program
object to view the INI directly. This is usefull if you want to associate all *.INI
files with 'mINI'. (*)
IMPORTANT: The program object or mINI.exe MUST have set the directory where 'mINI'
resides as the work directory (program settings). Otherwise it will not find its
own ressources. (*)
Usage should be easy. Just try it out.
On first start I recommend to search all available INI files on your HD ("add"
"all") which may take some time. Once done these files are stored for
further use and quick access. Of course you can manually "add" single
INIs or choose the system ones, too. "clear" clears the current file from
list. "clear" "all" does what you would expect.
The AutoLocator ("Search") allows you to find specific INI files in very
large lists and places the results in an extra list box for quick access (just select
and hit "return").
"View" shows INI and provides the basic funstions via pop-up.
Rexx or ObjectRexx must be installed.
If you use Warp 3 or 4 it's a good idea to 'pack' the executable and the DLL with
'lxlite' by Andrew Zabolotny to save some space on your HD.
NOTE: If you don't know exactly what you are doing you can make serious damage
when changing INI files. This is no special problem with 'mINI' but is valid for
use of all INI editors. So please be careful.
That's it :-)
What else?
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-Special thanks for reporting problems, comprehensive suggestions and friendly
mail:
Raphael Tennenbaum
Raul E. Barragan
Norbert Kohl
Barbara Ann Baker
Aglaja Przyborski
Who? ----
mINI is a quick hack but was tested carefully under Warp 4 (German version) with
FP1.
If you detect problems or errors or if you have suggestions, please let me know.
