Winformation

Author: Bhavdeep Singh

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Please make no enhancements to either the application or this brief help file.  This program is free.  You can distribute this program freely provided you include this brief help file.  Notify me at the above Compuserve address if this program is to be distributed in a commercial / shareware package via any media including CD-ROM, or is to be put on another network.

Winformation lists the following document data types

i:	Hardware and Mode	Lists the processor type, Co-processor type and modes.

ii:	Program Versions	MS-DOS version, Windows Version and the Version Information of programs.  Version Information of either the currently running modules, programs in the Windows directory, programs in the windows system directory or user specified files are shown.

iii:	System Metrics	Various System metrics and the required parameter to pass to the function to retrieve system metrics.

iv:	Printer Capabilities	Lists active printers based on connections, and also lists the corresponding printer capabilities.

v:	System Colors	Lists system colors.  Use Color control panel applet to edit.

vi:	Module Walk	Result of a Module Walk.

vii:	Task Walk	Result of a Task Walk.

viii:	Class Walk	Result of a Class Walk.

ix:	Global Walk (Free and Used)	Result of a Global walk, lists both free and used Memory.

x:	Global Walk (Free)	Result of a Global walk, lists free Memory.

xi:	Global Walk (Least Recently Used)	Result of a Global walk, lists used Memory (LRU).

xii:	Local Walk (GDI)	Result of a Local walk of the GDI segment.

xiii:	Local  Walk (User)	Result of a Local walk of the User segment.

xiv:	Resources, Memory & DPMI	System Resources, also as reported by ToolHelp.DLL, also lists DPMI values.

xv:	System Parameter Information	Various System Parameter Information and the required parameter to pass to the function to retrieve system Parameter Information.

xvi:	File Manager Extensions	Current File Manager Add - Ons.

xvii:	DOS Environment	DOS Environment for the current task.

xviii:	DOS Drives	DOS Drives and information.

xix:	BIOS Equipment List	BIOS Equipment list through Interrupt 11h

xx:	Head: File dump (first 4K)	Dumps the first 4K (page) of a file.

xxi:	International Settings	Settings from win.ini Section [intl], edit using International applet in the control panel.

xxii:	Windows Help Text Color	Text Color of hot points in Windows Help. Edit win.ini, section [Windows Help] to change, the 'entry' is listed in the second column, of the output. e.g. JumpColor=0,0,255 changes the JumpColor text to blue.

xxiii:	Legend: Global Walk	Legend for Header used in Global Walk.

xxiv:	Legend: Local Walk	Legend for Header used in Local Walks.

Note On Tabs: Fine Tuning:

Winformation uses tabs to align various columns in the view window.  Each document data types has a different definition of these tabs. For example a document of a certain type may have tab settings as "40,30,50", which implies that the tab stops will be 40*A, 30*A, 50*A, (50+20)*A, (50+20+20)*A . . . (50+n*20)*A,  where A is the average character width.  When this document is viewed for the first time, the string "40,30,50" is written against the type of document in the "TAB MULTIPLIER" section of an editable .ini file located in the windows directory.  You can modify the string to lets say "40,30,55".  Now the tab stops will be at 40*A, 30*A, 55*A, (55+20)*A, (55+20+20)*A  . . . (55+n*20)*A.  Next time the document is viewed it uses tab settings from the .ini file.   Test on a number of fonts before changing the tabs.  Incase, you mess up the tab numbering, delete the line from the .ini file.  The entry will be rewritten when the particular document type is run the next time.

Copying Text to Clipboard:

Winformation does not use the Text format (string followed by CR-LF, followed by string, followed by CR-LF...) for internal data. It does, however, convert the data to text for copying to the clipboard. Winformation does not expand tabs to spaces upon copy, assuming that the clipboard data will be taken to an application that allows tabs based on position instead of number  of spaces.  (applications supporting tabs by position: Microsoft Write or Microsoft Word for Windows.)  Adjust tab spaces on the ruler bar after selecting the entire copied text.

Selecting document data types when Toolbar is off:

Winformation uses the Current selection in the combo box on the toolbar  to determine the document type data. When the toolbar is turned off, it becomes necessary to present a dialog box for document data types selection.

Delay in the following procedures is normal:

Global walks, Local walks and DOS Drives, in case you have a busy network or CD-ROM drives hooked up.

Can't read the help file completely:

If you have chosen a red or a dark blue background, you'll not be able to read some portions of the Winformation help file.