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Note: If you are new to D&Do; you can just have a quick look at this section.
The dragdo.ini file contains user's preference parameters. This is the first file that is read be D&Do. Here are the parameters:
Note: The first line should contain [dragdo] only with no space.
- Timeout:
Time allocated, in milliseconds, for the program to exit. If the program does not exit on time, the process is stopped and an error is associated with the program activity. Default value: 5000. The current metascript timeout value (parameter TOUT) overrides this timeout value.
- MsExt:
Metascript file extension (starting with '.': the period character). Default value is ".ms".
- Lang:
Selected display language. The default value is "en" (in lower case) for English. The other option is "fr" for French. You must have the proper license for using the specified languages.
- Look:
The D&Do look and feel code. If it is empty, D&Do displays with the Java (a.k.a. Metal) look and feel. A value of "os" means that D&Do is displayed with the operation system look and feel (e.g. the Windows look).
- MenuX:
Minimum position of the left side of D&Do frame from the left side of the screen edge that is required for the popup menu to appear at the left side of D&Do. Default value is 500 pixels.
- MenuDist:
Popup menu relative position from the left side of D&Do frame when the menu appears at the left side. Default value is 50 pixels. If MenuX is smaller that MenuDist, MenuX takes the value of MenuDist.
- ChrClear:
Reserved letter character to be keyed-in when D&Do has the focus in order to do a Clear List command. The default value is the 'x' character.
- ChrLoad:
Reserved letter character to be keyed-in when D&Do has the focus in order to display the"Open MetaScript File" dialog box. The default value is the 'l' (lowercase L) character.
- ChrHelp:
Reserved letter character to be keyed-in when D&Do has the focus in order to display the "D&Do Help" form. The default value is the 'h' character.
- ChrMetaNx:
Reserved letter character to be keyed-in when D&Do has the focus in order to select the next item of the metascript list; the one that will become the current metascript. The default value is the 's' character.
- ChrMetaPr:
Reserved letter character to be keyed-in when D&Do has the focus in order to select the previous item of the metascript list; the one that will become the current metascript. The default value is the 'a' character.
- ChrVartNx:
Reserved letter character to be keyed-in when D&Do has the focus in order to select the next defined variant; the one that will become the current variant. The default value is the 'z' character.
- ChrVartPr:
Reserved letter character to be keyed-in when D&Do has the focus in order to select the previous defined variant; the one that will become the current variant. The default value is the 'q' character.
- WebBrowser:
The full file path name of the Web browser application that will be used to display the Big Feet home page. The default value is (it is for a Win9x/ME system): C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
- SMetascript:
The metascript to be loaded at start by default, if no D&Do argument is given. If this field is empty, D&Do starts with a null behavior.
- BtnTxtSiz:
The font size of the target area text; a value between 10 and 36. If the field is empty, the font size will be 24.
- StsTTMono:
It this field is not empty (any non-space character) the status tool-tip will be displayed in mono-spaced characters. Otherwise (if this field is empty), it will be displayed in proportional characters.
- StsProp:
It this field is not empty (any non-space character) the status bar will be displayed in proportional characters. Otherwise (if this field is empty), it will be displayed in mono-spaced characters.
Changes on that file applies to the next time that D&Do is started.
If you get the following error message on the Status line:
WRN: a dragdo.ini error,
You will get more detailed diagnostic messages if you start D&Do from a Shell/DOS box. The message will be displayed in that box. Here are the possible messages:
- ERRINI-01: dragdo.ini 1
No [dragdo] header is found in the dragdo.ini file; it should be at the first line, without any space
- ERRINI-02: dragdo.ini .ms, line
NN
The MsExt: parameter contains nothing or the value does not start by a period. The error is at the line NN.
- ERRINI-03: dragdo.ini Chr, line
NN
The related parameter expects a letter character only. The error is at the line NN.
- ERRINI-04: dragdo.ini Rd line:
NN, ex= MSG
Unspecified error found at line NN
- ERRINI-05: dragdo.ini #1 line/sts:
NN
The first line with an error is at the line NN.
- WRNINI-01: dragdo.ini Set MenuX = MenuDist
MenuX value should be greater or equal to that of MenuDist. MenuX has been adjusted to be equal to MenuDist.
There are other messages that may be useful:
- INF-00: OS=
xxxxxx
Identification of the operating system
- INF-00a: Arch=
xxxxxxx
The hardware architecture; this information is visible only if D&Do is started with the argument switch -debug
- INF-00b: OSver=
xxxxxxx
The operating system version; this information is visible only if D&Do is started with the argument switch -debug
- INF-00c: User=
xxxxxxx
The login account name; this information is visible only if D&Do is started with the argument switch -debug
- INF-01: App= D&Do 1
Identification of the application and of its major version number
- INF-02: SysLang=
XX
Display language of your operating system
- INF-03: SysCountry=
XX
Country setting of your operating system
- INF-04: ReqLang= ZZ
Lang: parameter set in the dragdo.ini file; it overrides the display language of your operating system.
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