; ; This is the initialization file for DbStat. It is a normal ASCII text ; file which you can edit with DbStat or a normal text editor. ; Note that the programme only reads information from those ; lines which do NOT begin with a semi-colon. ; ; If you change any parameters then be very careful to keep ; to the pre-determined format as outlined in the comments below. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 1: Name of Standard Directory to be used ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want to change directory on starting; ; You may change this directory from the desktop if you like): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 2: Name of first database to be loaded ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want automatic loading): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 3: Name of second database to be loaded ; (If Item 2 is empty and not Item 3 then the latter is assumed to be ; the first database to load): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 4: Name of third database to be loaded ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want automatic loading): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 5: Name of fourth database to be loaded ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want automatic loading): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 6: Use index when processing database? ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 7: Select index to use when processing database? ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 8: Re-index database on loading? ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 9: Number of field in database for index ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 10: Required national format for sorting ; ; Key: ; 0 = Ascii ; 1 = German ; 2 = French ; 3 = Italian ; 4 = Spanish ; 5 = Swedish ; 6 = Danish ; 7 = Norwegian (same order as Danish) ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 11: Required date format for directory listings ; ; Key: ; 0 = Ansi (MM/DD/YYY) ; 1 = American (MM/DD/YYY) ; 2 = British (DD/MM/YYY) ; 3 = French (DD/MM/YYY) ; 4 = German (DD.MM.YYY) ; 4 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 12: Required date format for text insertion ; ; Key: ; 0 = Ansi (MM/DD/YYY) ; 1 = American (MM/DD/YYY) ; 2 = British (DD/MM/YYY) ; 3 = French (DD/MM/YYY) ; 4 = German (DD.MM.YYY) ; 5 = AlphaMonth (1 January 1995) ; 5 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 13: Number of spaces per tab ; 4 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 14: Show formatting automatically (tabs and line ends) ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 15: First row for text in editor (number must be a multiple of 2 ; between 2 and 18) ; 2 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 16: No. for user font activation. This parameter has to do with VGA ; adapters which differ in certain respects. There are some which require ; 8 for the activation of a user font in an internal register and some which ; demand the figure 32. Try these two out. I'm afraid that if neither of these ; works, there is not much you can do. There may be the odd VGA adapter which ; is not 100% compatible with the industry standard and which does not support ; user defined fonts. ; ;32 8 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 17: Name of User Font (leave line empty if none is desired) ; LTXT_CHR.VGA ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 18: For VGA 50-line 80 column display mode, type 1 ; For VGA 30-line 90 column display mode, type 2 ; For default 25 lines by 80 columns, type 0 2 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 19: Use split screen during database editing ;yes no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 20: First column for field display in full screen mode. The default ; is 18; the other legal values are 11 and 0. ; 11 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 21: Use grey instead of blue for background in text editor ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 22: Use grey instead of blue for background in browse mode ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 23: Colour combination for full screen editing of databases ; ; 1 = Blue background, field displayed in inverse ; 2 = Grey background, field displayed in black ; 3 = Grey background and field display ; 3 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 24: Use Word Wrap in text editor? ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; ; -> Information concerning file printing <- ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; ; Item 25: Which port to be used. ; 1 = 1st. parallel port; 2 = 2nd. parallel port ; ; Enter 0 to allow choice at beginning of print job! ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 26: Which printer to be used. ; 0 = Laser beam printer; 1 = Dot matrix printer; 2: Standard printer ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 27: Name of printer command file ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want to change the default, i.e. ; LAS_GOTH.PCF for Laser Printers and DMP.PCF for Dot Matrix Printers) ; LAS_GOTH.PCF ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 28: Which font is to be used (depends on printer). ; ; Laser Beam Printers: ; ; 0 = Courier 10 cpi ; 1 = Courier 12 cpi ; 2 = Courier 16.6 cpi ; 3 = Times Roman Prop. ; 4 = Helvetica Prop. ; ; Dot Matrix Printers: ; ; 0 = Letter Quality 10 ; 1 = Letter Quality 12 ; 2 = Letter Quality 15 ; 3 = Draft Quality 10 ; 4 = Proportional Font ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 29: Print line numbers on left of page? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 30: Print header on top of page? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 31: Print header on first page? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 32: Print footer on bottom of page? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 33: Name of header/footer file ; N.B. Only enter the name (without extension!) which is to apply to both ; header and footer file; DbStat automatically supplies the extensions ; ".hdr" and ".ftr" for headers and footers respectively; the appropriate ; files should be located in the Auxiliary File Directory. ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 34: Length of printed text page in lines ; # = no. of lines ; 58 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 35: Number of printed lines per inch on page ; # = no. of lines (default = 6) ; 6 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 36: Block justify text on printing? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 37: Width of printed line (also the value used for Word Wrap) ; # = no. of columns ; 78 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 38: Width of left margin ; # = no. of columns ; 8 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 39: String for selecting download font in printer: ; ; (N.B. String must be entered as ASCII numbers, each separated a single blank, ; Maximum number of encoded bytes: 24!) ; ; 27 38 01 ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 40: String for de-selecting download font in printer: ; ; (N.B. String must be entered as ASCII numbers, each separated a single blank, ; Maximum number of encoded bytes: 24!) ; ; 27 38 00 ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 41: Initial string to be sent to printer before print job ; ; (N.B. String must be entered as ASCII numbers, each separated a single blank, ; Maximum number of encoded bytes: 24!) ; ; 05 49 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 42: Initial page number (default is 1) ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 43: Redirect printer output ? (enter name of disk file!) ; ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want such redirection): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 44: Load batch file on starting? (leave line empty for none) ; ;GER_KEYB.BAT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 45: File to load directly on pressing Ctrl-Tab ; DBPAGE.$$$ ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 46: Programme to load on pressing Alt-Tab ; LTEXT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 47: Name of sorting and search file (.CEF file) ; ;HELSINKI.CEF ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 48: Name of default Lines Clipboard file ; MY_LINES.LCL ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 49: Name of default Alt Macro file ; MY_LINES.ALT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 50: Use monochrome display irrespective of video hardware? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 51: Use single codes for formatting attributes? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 52: Name of user font chart (activated with Alt-Space) ; LTXT_CHR.CHT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 53: Use screen saver when computer is idling? ; ; Note: A value of 0 means 'no'; a number represents the time interval after ; which the screen saver is to be activated ; 15 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 54: Name of programme used as screen saver ; _SCR_SAV.EXE ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 55: Accept colour values from configuration file? ; ;yes no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 56: Display clock in bottom left corner? (default = yes) ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 57: Automatically load standard font for normal display? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 58: Name of standard font for 25-line display ; SANSERIF.VGA ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 59: Name of standard font for 50-line display ; SANS_8X8.VGA ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 60: Use Shift + Vertical Arrows to mark text (rather than lines) ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 61: Use SpaceBar to flip between databases (normally letter search)? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 62: Display file bar on bottom of screen in text editor? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 63: Use ASCII symbol as mouse cursor, enter number of symbol ; 0 = just reverse colour block 27 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 64: Use inverse colour for mouse cursor? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 65: File extension for text files (SDF or Delimited). Note that you ; do not specify either an asterisk or a dot. ; Default: TXT ; DTX ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 66: Name of repository file for automatic storage of a text block ; Do not enter directory or drive here but with next parameter ; LEXA.HLD ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 67: Name of directory where repository file is stored ; C:\ ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 68: Sound a short click with each keystroke? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Items 69,70,71: There follow now three entries which refer to what fields ; are entered into a .DBD text when you press Alt-A. Up to three fields are ; possible. These are preceded by comment character `;' so that they will not ; be entered into a Database Document File when this is generated during ; report form export of database data to text. ; 1 5 9 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 72: Use Ramdrive as repository for screen fonts and charts? ; If you enter a letter here, it is taken as that of the Ramdrive ; and Database Text will look for Items 17, 52, 58, 59 ; in the root directory of this drive. H ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 73: Name of second user font file ; EXT_FONT.VGA ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 74: Name of second user font chart (activated with Alt-Tilde) ; EXT_FONT.CHT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 75: Display file column on right edge of screen in text editor? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; P.S. Remember that the default name for the initialization file is ; DBSTAT.INI. If you edit the present file and save it under a different ; name then you must specify this name on the command line when starting ; DBSTAT with initialization as in: ; ; dbstat /i-special.ini ; ; This loads DbStat and initializes it with the values contained in the ; file "special.ini". ; ; Do not worry if you forget to enter the extension ".ini"; DbStat will ; supply it if it is not present. ; ; P.S. If you want to speed up the initialization procedure in DbStat, then ; remove all the comments (or at least reduce them) in the current file. ; This will save DbStat from reading these lines and then discarding them ; as they only represent comment. ; ; End of File ;