home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- LANTELLIGENCE
-
-
-
-
-
- LANTELLIGENCE CORPORATION v PO BOX 140627, MIAMI FL,
- 33114-0627
- Sales & Information: (800) 423-8845 v Technical Support:
- (305) 598-6453
- Compuserve: 70274,46 v Internet: 70274,46@COMPUSERVE.COM
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Features & Changes in ICF Version 1.7
-
-
-
- Following is a summary of major changes, new features, and bug fixes
- made to ICF since version 1.6. Note that if you have a version between
- 1.6 and 1.7, some of these changes may already be implemented in your
- copy. Many changes and features were implemented as a result of user
- requests. As always, we thank you for your support, and if you have any
- problems, questions, or suggestions, please contact us.
-
-
-
- 1. Bug Fix: Under some circumstances a manually-entered User ID
- (entered either through the ASK screen or by using the /Userid
- option) was not saved in the AUTORUN.DAT file. This is corrected.
-
- 2. Bug Fix: If the /Id option was used (which appends 3 additional
- fields to a STATUS output file in order to identify the User ID on
- each record), sometimes one or more of the additional fields were
- not being filled in. This is corrected.
-
- 3. Bug Fix: A condition causing the message similar to "Unexpected
- return code ... nmfiles..." has been fixed.
-
- 4. Bug Fix: Under some circumstances the /Findextsval option wouldn't
- work. This option permits you to request files with extensions other
- than .COM and .EXE to be included in the output of a program scan,
- as in:
-
- ICF STATUS /ASCII /FINDEXTSVAL=DLL,SYS,PIF
-
-
-
-
-
- 1
-
-
- If this option is used, the /Unknownsw option or the /Findexts
- option should also be used. Note that /Findextsval is not required
- to find files identified in the software recognition file
- (ICFPROGn.DBF). Any file names in this file, regardless of
- extension, will be matched if found during a program scan.
-
- 5. Bug Fix: Some conditions resulting in an out-of-memory message being
- issued were eliminated.
-
- 6. Change: If the AUTO command is used and the output file exists but
- ICF determines that it is not necessary to perform an inventory
- collection (because the PC configuration hasn't changed to warrant a
- new scan), ICF would delete any existing output file. This was
- changed, so that the output file, if it exists from the last
- inventory collection, is not deleted and overwritten unless a new
- inventory collection is actually performed.
-
- 7. Change: If the AUTO command is used, no "End of Program Run" message
- is displayed when ICF terminates. This was done so users don't see
- confusing messages on the screen when ICF runs every day.
-
- 8. Change: Field sizes in the /Ask display were enlarged. Although the
- fields on the screen appear to be the same size, they now have the
- capability to scroll horizontally. Up to 30 characters will fit in
- each field, including the serial number.
-
- 9. Change: The /Totexts option is being phased out of ICF. The purpose
- of this option was to display totals by file extension when using
- the FILES command and output is sent to the screen.
-
- 10. Change: Memory usage was greatly enhanced to permit ICF to process
- many more files during program scanning, as well as significantly
- increased text file capture capabilities. This is especially
- necessary for the DOS version.
-
- 11. New Feature: Added the /Unknownsw option, which instructs ICF to
- include unrecognized programs in the inventory output file.
-
- 12. New Feature: Added the /Banner option, which replaces the standard
- ICF startup messages with a greeting of your own. For example, you
- can try:
-
- ICF STATUS /DBASE /BANNER=THE_UNIVERSAL_CORP___PERFORMING
- INVENTORY...
-
- Note that spaces can be represented by the underscore character
- (this can be changed by using the /Spacechar option).
-
- 13. New Feature: Added the /Textfilescan option, which instructs ICF
- to scan drives for system configuration text files (i.e. CONFIG.SYS,
- *.INI files). Normally, ICF looks only in predefined directories (on
- all drives) for these files. If your users have files in non-
- standard locations (for example, Windows .INI files not located in
- the \WINDOWS directory), use this option. The abbreviation for this
- option is /TFS.
-
-
-
- 2
-
-
- 14. New feature: Added the capability for environment variables to be
- referenced from many options. To use this feature, include the name
- of the environment variable surrounded by %% (2 percent signs on
- both sides of the variable name), as in:
-
- ICF STATUS /DBASE /OVERWRITE /USERID=%%MYUSERID%%
-
- The above example assumes a SET MYUSERID=<string> was performed
- prior to ICF being run. This feature works with a majority of ICF
- options. Also, the environment variable reference can be embedded in
- any option value (i.e. additional characters can appear before
- and/or after the reference), as the example below illustrates:
-
- ICF STATUS /DBASE /FILENAME=FN%%LANTYPE%%9 /UNKNOWNSW
- /FINDEXTSVAL=.BAT
-
- If the DOS command SET LANTYPE=3COM before ICF runs the above
- command, the output file would be named FN3COM9.DBF
-
- 15. New Feature: Added the /Noprograms option, which instructs ICF to
- ignore scanning drives for programs. Although this capability was
- already present in the form /NOSTATUS=PRO, this new option makes it
- easier.
-
- 16. New feature: Added the /Notextfiles option, which instructs ICF to
- ignore reading configuration text files (i.e. AUTOEXEC.BAT,
- STARTUP.BAT, CONFIG.SYS and .INI files) during inventory captures.
- While this capability was already present in the form
- /NOSTATUS=INI,TXT, this new option makes it easier.
-
- 17. New Feature: An error message is now displayed if the /Progslimit
- option is exceeded. The /Progslimit option is used to specify the
- maximum number of programs that will be searched for on each drive.
- It is used primarily for testing (using it in a production
- environment would severely effect the accuracy of an inventory
- capture. Now, an error message is displayed as a reminder that you
- specifically limited the number of programs to search for.
-
- 18. New Feature: Added the /Deptid option. This allows you to specify
- a department ID on the command line. Example:
-
- ICF STATUS /DEPTID=MIS.
-
- 19. New Feature: Added the /Quickstatus option. This is a shortcut
- option which specifies both /Notextfiles and /Noprograms. Of course,
- this would cause an inventory capture to proceed very quickly, hence
- the name of this new option. It is especially convenient for testing
- purposes when you want to try various options of the STATUS command
- but do not need a program scan or text file capture to be performed.
- The abbreviation for this option is /QS.
-
- 20. New Feature: Additional Windows configuration files are included
- in text file captures, specifically those included in Windows for
- Workgroups.
-
-
-
-
- 3
-
-
- 21. New Feature: Netware configuration files (NET.CFG and SHELL.CFG)
- are now included in text file captures when an inventory is
- performed.
-
- 22. New: Feature: /NOTEXTFILES option - Specifying this option prevents ICF
- from including system text files (i.e. Autoexec.Bat) in a configuration
- run. It is simpler than using the /NST:INI,TXT option.
-
- 23. New: /TEXTFILES option - Allows you to specify up to 6 additional system
- text files to be included in a configuration run. An example is:
-
- ICF STATUS /DBASE /TEXTFILES=D:\WINDOWS\SPECIAL.INI,E:\THISFILE.TXT
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- 4
-