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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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- Available Memory - The amount of system memory available, according to the
- DosMemAvail function. This function has known problems in the OS/2 1.x
- environment. Under OS/2 2.0 (beta 6.177), it seems to work just fine.
- Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to find out the total system memory
- (for comparison).
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- Swap File Size - The current size of the system virtual memory swap file,
- SWAPPER.DAT.
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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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- 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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- 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
- Show Memory Free
- Show Swapfile Size
- Show Swapdisk Free
- Show CPU Load
- Show C: Free Space
- About
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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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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Show Memory Free (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the amount of system memory
- free is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the free memory is being
- displayed currently. When the option's state is changed, the program window
- will automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Show Swapfile Size (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the swap-file's current size
- is displayed. If the option is check-marked, the file size is being displayed
- currently. When the option's state is changed, the program window will
- automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Show Swap Space Free (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the available swap space is
- displayed. If the option is check-marked, the free space is being displayed at
- this time. When the option's state is changed, the program window will
- automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Show CPU Load (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the current CPU load is
- displayed. If the option is check-marked, the free space is being displayed at
- this time. When the option's state is changed, the program window will
- automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. 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 10. 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.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Show C: Free Space (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting this option will toggle whether or not the free space on drive C: is
- displayed. If the option is check-marked, the free space is being displayed at
- this time. When the option's state is changed, the program window will
- automatically resize itself to suit the new number of displayed items.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. 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
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