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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This program displays several items related to system resources, and updates
- the display once per second, providing it is given CPU time to do so. The
- items displayed are:
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- Date/Time - The current date and time, in the format called for in the default
- country information for your system, as specified in the COUNTRY= entry of your
- CONFIG.SYS file.
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- Elapsed Time - The elapsed time since the computer was last restarted.
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- Available Memory - The amount of virtual memory available, according to the
- DosQuerySysInfo function, less the available swap space. This is the sum of
- the free space in memory and the free space within the swap file, and I have
- not been able to find a way to separate the two yet.
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- Swap File Size - The current size of the system virtual memory swap file,
- SWAPPER.DAT. To locate the file, the file CONFIG.SYS is scanned for its
- SWAPPATH entry. That entry provides the full name of the swap-file's directory
- and indicates the minimum free space that must be left on the swap-file's disk
- drive.
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- Available Swap Space - The amount of free disk space on the logical disk drive
- where the system swap file resides, less the mininum free space. This is how
- much more the swap file could expand, if necessary.
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- Spool File Size - The amount of disk space consumed by spool files.
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- CPU Load (%) - The approximate percentage of the CPU's available horsepower
- that's being used at the moment. It is averaged over the previous second.
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- Note: This function and PULSE do not get along with each other.
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- Active Task Count - The number of entries in the system switch list, which is
- the list displayed when you press CTRL+ESC.
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- Note: Not all entries in the system switch list are displayed in the Window
- List. Some are marked for non-display.
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- Drive X Free - The amount of free space on drive X.
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- The help facility is active, as you've already seen, and those program commands
- that exist may be accessed via the window's system menu. The following
- commands are available:
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- Save Defaults
- Reset Defaults
- Hide Controls
- Configure...
- About
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- In addition to those features already described, this program accepts commands
- from the OS/2 2.0 Font and Color Palette programs.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Save Defaults (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- When you select this menu option, the program saves its current position and
- the status of the Hide Controls option. The next time the program is started,
- it will be started with that position and with the controls hidden (or not)
- according to the saved state.
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- The short-cut key for this command is F2.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Reset Defaults (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting this menu option will reset the program's font and color attributes
- to their default values.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Hide Controls (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's frame controls (the
- system menu, the titlebar and the minimize button) to be hidden. This option
- can be toggled with a double-click on either mouse button. Also, since I saw it
- as very useful to be able to move the window while the controls were hidden,
- the window has been set up so that you can drag it with either mouse button.
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- The key combination Alt+H will perform this function also.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Configure... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's Configure dialog to
- be displayed.
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- The key combination Alt+C will perform this function also.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Configure... (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog box displays the list of available display items and allows you to
- select which ones will be included in the program window. Also, the program's
- Hide Controls option and Float-to-Top option can each be set on or off here.
- Finally, the program's window refresh interval can be viewed and altered here.
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- Make the changes you wish, then press the ENTER key or click on the OK button
- to cause them to take effect.
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- To abort the dialog without saving whatever changes may have been made, press
- the ESC key or click on the ESCAPE button with the mouse.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. About (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's About dialog to be
- displayed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. About (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog box displays the program name, icon and copyright information. To
- exit the dialog, press the ENTER key, the SPACE bar or the ESCAPE key, or click
- on the OK button with the mouse.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The following function keys have been defined for this program:
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- F1 - Help
- F2 - Save Defaults
- F3 - Exit
- Alt+H - Hide Controls
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Set Profile Path (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog is displayed when the program cannot find its profile (INI) file,
- and asks you where the file is or where it is to be created.
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- Only a valid existing directory name will be accepted. Once you have entered
- the name, press the ENTER key or click on the OK button for the program to
- continue.
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- If you wish to abort the program's initialization sequence, press the ESC key
- or click on the escape button.