IniEdit ver 1.1 - 03/09/95 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freeware 'ini' file editor By Kevin Schell Please read all of this legal junk before rushing off to install IniEdit. License: ~~~~~~~ Although IniEdit is Freeware, it is copyrighted material, owned solely by the author Kevin Schell. You are hereby granted a limited non-exclusive license to use this software. You may distribute this software to others unmodified, provided you distribute this text file along with it. You are not permitted to charge anything other than a reasonable fee to cover media and distribution costs. (However, if you do charge anything, you are definitely a weenie!) Limited Warranty: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kevin Schell does NOT warrant that the licensed software will meet your requirements or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error free. Kevin will, upon report of errors in the operation of the software by e-mail at the adresses listed below, attempt to correct the errors in the next release of the software. There is no guarantee that this product will remain available as Freeware. In other words, if this turns into too much work, I may either stop doing it or start selling the software as shareware. ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE LIMITED TO THE TERMS OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY. Limitation of Liability: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kevin Schell is not responsible nor liable in anyway for any problems or damage caused by the licensed software that may result from using the licensed software. This includes, but is not limited to, computer hardware, computer software, operating systems, and any computer or computing accessories. End user agrees to hold Kevin Schell harmless for any problems arising from the use of this software. I thank you, my lawyer thanks you, his lawyers thank you..... Purpose: ~~~~~~~ This little utility is my first Visual Basic application. It's main purpose for me was to kill some time and learn about Visual Basic. However, it has turned out to be a marginally useful tool, so I thought I would share it! In case you haven't figured it out already, IniEdit allows you to easily edit Windows 'ini' files. Requirements: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ IniEdit requires VBRUN300.DLL be installed in th \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. CMDIALOG.VBX, and THREED.VBX (included with this release) must be installed in the directory from which you will be running IniEdit, or your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. VBRUN300.DLL is the free distribution run-time DLL for Visual Basic 3.0. It is available on Compuserve and many other bulletin boards. THREED.VBX, and CMDIALOG.VBX are Visual Basic custom controls. Installation: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are reading this, then you have figured out how to 'unzip' the inied_11.zip file that contains the files for IniEdit. The files that should be part of this distribution are: iniedit.exe threed.vbx cmdialog.vbx readme.txt (this document) Copy these files into any directory you choose (perhaps "\iniedit" ?). Make sure you have installed VBRUN300.DLL in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. In Windows, decide which program group you wish to add IniEdit to. (perhaps Accessories?). From the Windows Program Manager Menu select File - New. Select the radio button for New and click OK. Now put in a description, full path for iniedit.exe, and full path for the working directory, which should be the directory in which iniedit is installed. Click on OK, and voila! Usage: ~~~~~ IniEdit uses standard Windows menu structure and dialog for opening and saving files. Included in version 1.1 are "Favorites..." and "Close" functions in the File menu. The Favorites selection brings up another Window where you can maintain a list of commonly edited 'ini' files. The Close function lets you close the current file without having to exit or open a new one, as was the case in version 1.0. After selecting the file you wish to edit, the section headings appear in the drop down box on the left, and the details lines of the highlighted section appear in the text box on the right. After making your changes, you can save your file. If you try to exit without saving, and have made changes, you will be asked whether you wish to save the file or not. The edit menu contains the standard Cut, Copy and Paste options. Changes in version 1.1: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Added "Favorite..." functionality, see description above. 2. Added "Close" option to File menu. 3. Fixed a problem where an extra blank line was getting added to the end of a file each time you saved it. 4. Fixed a problem caused when editing several files in a row. Even though you had opened a new file, the first section would show the settings for the previous file you were editing. Feedback: ~~~~~~~~ If you find IniEdit useful, if you find bugs, if you have suggestions, or even if you think it is the most trivial piece of trash you have ever seen, please let me know! Kevin Schell Compuserve: 72371,2611 Internet : kschell@hookup.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Windows and Visual Basic are trademarks of Microsoft. IniEdit software and this document Copyright 1995 Kevin Schell.