SYMANTEC--PETER NORTON GROUP NDWINI.TXT Description of NDW.INI and other related .INI files Copyright 1991-93 Symantec Corporation. All Rights Reserved. NORTON DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS Version 3.0 Norton Desktop Initialization Files =================================== Each time you start Norton Desktop, it looks for the Norton Desktop initialization (NDW.INI) file to determine information about your environment and preferences. Some of the other applications within Norton Desktop also look for .INI files. This document describes these .INI files: - NDW.INI - DAYPLAN.INI - FASSIST.INI - RESCUE.INI - SCHEDULE.INI - SYMCFG.INI Please note that your .INI files may not be exactly like the ones described here. You can change many of the entries in these .INI files simply by configuring Norton Desktop with the Control Center or the various customizable options within applications. If, however, you find it necessary (or tempting) to change the NDW.INI file yourself, be sure to observe the following guidelines: 1. Use an ASCII editor such as Desktop Editor. Non-ASCII word processors like Write or Word for Windows may insert control codes that could corrupt your file and disable your system. 2. Be sure to make a backup copy of the .INI file you edit. If you make a change to an .INI file that causes an application to fail you'll definitely want to be able to restore the previous (working) .INI file. 3. If you don't feel comfortable editing these .INI files then don't. As mentioned previously, almost all of these entries are alterable from within Norton Desktop and were intended to be altered in that manner. These .INI files are primarily for Symantec Technical Support personnel to use on those rare occasions when Norton Desktop doesn't work correctly on your system. 4. If you encounter an entry that is not documented here, don't change it. The Norton Desktop .INI files, like other initialization files, have the following format: [section name] = where [section name] is the name of a section, and = defines each entry. Sections are used to break .INI files into logical groupings. The square brackets are required, and the left bracket must be in the first column. An entry in an .INI file can additionally require a certain syntax (or format) in order for it to be processed properly by the application(s) that use it. Below is a brief description of how to decipher the syntactical descriptions you will encounter in this file. [] Brackets surrounding an item (after the equal sign (=)) denote that the item is optional (not required), such as load=[] ... Denotes an item that can be repeated, such as load=[] [...] | Denotes a condition where one OR the other of the values listed should be used, such as Mailtool=1 | 0 Denotes a variable, or changeable value, such as NDWDIR= Denotes a variable that must be a non-fractional number, such as NDWVersionMajor= Denotes a variable that must be a non-fractional number greater than or equal to 0, such as Setup File = Denotes a variable that must be a non-fractional, positive (greater than 0) number, such as Setup File = Any other text you see within an entry is typed as seen. You can also include comments in an initialization file. In fact, you'll see many comments in the NDW.INI file. Comments are identified by a semicolon (;). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NDW.INI FILE ============ This file is the primary .INI file used by Norton Desktop. It contains sections and entries that affect virtually all components of Norton Desktop. The default NDW.INI file contains the following sections. The order of the sections does not matter. They are alphabetized here for easy reference: [BatchRunner] [Calculators] [Configuration] [Control Center] [Defaults] [DLLInfo] [NamedEvents] [NamedEvent] [NBACKUP] [NBWIN_DEVICE_] [NHookSettings] [NViewer] [Print Start] [Print Stop] [Quick Access] [Sleeper] [SmartErase] [System Information] [TapeCalc] [Viewer-Default Extensions] [Viewer-Filemap] [Viewer-Parsers] [Windows] [Zip] [BatchRunner] SECTION --------------------- The [BatchRunner] section contains entries that affect the Batch Runner batch language. This section may contain the following entries: CmdExtDLL= where is the batch command extension DLL. The default is COMMEXT.DLL. SKDFile= where is the path and filename of the file that is to receive the parsed keystrokes from the SKDebug function. The default is C:\@@SKDBUG.TXT. [Calculators] SECTION --------------------- The [Calculators] section contains entries that affect the 10-Key Tape, the Financial, and the Scientific calculators. This section may contain the following entries: LastCalc= where is the filename of the calculator you last used. The default is TapeCalc.exe. This information is saved by the calculator itself, so even if you don't save your Norton Desktop configuration, the last calculator you used will appear on the desktop when you choose Calculator from the Tools menu. NumCalculators= where is a number that represents the number of available calculators. The default is 3. Calculator=,,, where: is an integer between 1 and the NumCalculator value (default is 3). is the name of the Calculator menu command. is the module name that appears in the header. is the title that appears in the calculator title bar. is the name of the calculator file. Default calculators include: Calculator1=&Financial,NFIN_CALC,Financial Calculator,FinCalc Calculator2=&Scientific,NSCI_CALC,Scientific Calculator,SiCalc Calculator3=&Tape,NTAPE_CALC,Tape Calculator,TapeCalc [Configuration] SECTION ----------------------- The [Configuration] section contains entries that control the Norton Desktop configuration. Note that Quick Access configuration is controlled in the [Quick Access] section. The [Configuration] section may contain the following entries: Save=TRUE | FALSE where TRUE saves Norton Desktop configuration on exit, and FALSE does not. The default is TRUE. NDWErrorCode=0 | 1 where 0 does not show a special code in system message boxes, and 1 shows the code. The default is 0. Technical Support may, on occasion, ask you to set this setting to 1. In general, however, it is not necessary to display these codes. AllowExit=TRUE | FALSE where FALSE does not let you exit Norton Desktop without confirmation and TRUE does let you exit without confirmation. The default is TRUE. NDWDIR= where is the fully-qualified path that identifies the directory in which your Norton Desktop data files are located. The default is C:\NDW. NDWVersionMajor= where represents the part of the Norton Desktop version number that precedes the decimal point. The default is 3, as in 3.0. NDWVersionMinor= where represents the part of the Norton Desktop version number that follows the decimal point. The default is 0, as in 3.0. MemCompactBeforeExec=1 | 0 where 1 compacts memory before executing an application and 0 does not. The default is 0. Mailtool=1 | 0 where 1 makes the Mail tool icon appear on the desktop and 0 does not. The default is 1. [Control Center] SECTION ------------------------ The [Control Center] section allows you to enable or disable different configuration categories used in Control Center. By default this section, and its entries, do not appear. The following are valid entries: Map=0 | 1 Desktop Layout=0 | 1 Drive Icons=0 | 1 Tool Icons=0 | 1 Drive Windows=0 | 1 Quick Access=0 | 1 Toolbars=0 | 1 Menus=0 | 1 Confirmations=0 | 1 SmartErase=0 | 1 Shredder=0 | 1 Compression=0 | 1 FileAssist=0 | 1 Defaults=0 | 1 where 0 disables and 1 enables the display of options pertaining to that category. If a menu selection goes directly to a panel (choosing Customize... from a group window Options menu, for example, goes directly to the Quick Access panel in Control Center) that is disabled, the first enabled panel (usually the Map) appears instead. If all categories are disabled then Control Center exits immediately. [Defaults] SECTION ------------------ The [Defaults] section contains entries that affect the default behavior of Norton Desktop, including history listings and icon files. This section may contain the following entries: DesktopConfigArrange=0 | 1 where 1 makes Norton Desktop automatically moves all desktop icons up or down to adjust for the size of the main Norton Desktop title bar, menu bar, and toolbar (which changes, for example, when you use a text-only toolbar rather than an icon-and-text toolbar), and 0 does not. The default is 1. CMOSFloppyType=0 | 1 where 1 does not access floppy drives when Norton Desktop starts, when running under DOS 6.2 and up, but gets the drive types from CMOS instead; and 0 does access the drives at startup to determine their type. The default is 1. IconSearchLevel=0 | 1 where IconSearchLevel determines how to locate the icons for Quick Access and desktop items. A value of 0 indicates Quick, and 1 indicates Extended. The default it 0. Quick (0) is faster, but it may not always detect that a new icon is present in an icon source file. Extended (1) will always go out to disk at the beginning of each Norton Desktop session and check the file date of the icon source to see if the Quick Access item needs to be refreshed. In addition, if it does not find the requested icon file in the prescribed location, it will look on the path to attempt to find a match. NDWSplashScreen = 0 | 1 where 0 suppresses the initial display of the Norton Desktop bitmap, and 1 shows it. The default is 1. DefaultViewer=<.PRS-filename> where the .PRS-filename is the default viewer that Norton Viewer uses if it does not recognize the extension of the file to be viewed. This value is set by the Set Default Viewer dialog box. UseHistory=1 | 0 where 1 saves the history listing across Norton Desktop sessions, and 0 does not. The default is 1. You'll find history listings in several dialog boxes, including Run and Filter. DefaultIconLib= where is the name of a file containing icons. The default is NDW3A.NIL in your Norton Desktop directory. This file is used by the Change Icon dialog box whenever the item you've selected has no associated icon file. MaxWinFileExtensions= where is the number of extensions (applications) that can hook into the Norton Desktop menu bar. The default is 10. SnapFactorX= SnapFactorY= where is a number that determines the grid to which objects on the desktop are aligned. The default is SnapFactorX=7 and SnapFactorY=8. These snap factors are used to align the desktop components when you choose Arrange Desktop from the Window menu. They are also applied to the desktop icons if the Snap To Grid check box is checked. Setting the snap factors to 1 duplicates the snap affect that was used by Norton Desktop version 1.0. GridOriginX= GridOriginY= where is a number that determines the origin of the snap grid in pixels from the upper-left corner of the desktop. The default is GridOriginX=75 and GridOriginY=75. AlignDrives=1 | 0 where 1 aligns the drive icons whenever the drive window is refreshed (by choosing the Refresh command from the View menu or by pressing F5) or when the desktop is arranged with the Arrange Desktop command on the Window menu, and 0 does not. The default is 1. [DLLInfo] SECTION ----------------- The [DLLInfo] section contains entries that are designed to handle compatibility issues with Norton Backup. The entries in this section are setup by the installation program and should not be changed. [NBackup] SECTION ----------------- The [NBackup] section contains entries that are used by Norton Backup on startup. They indicate locations of setup and catalog files as well as the look of Norton Backup and prompts the it displays. This section may contain the following entries: Setup File Path= where is the location to look for Norton Backup setup files. The default is C:\NDW\. Setup File Name= where is the setup file that Norton Backup uses on startup. The default is DEFAULT.SET. Setup File = where is a number between 1 and 5 and corresponds to the Norton Backup File menu commands 1..5, and is the setup file to be associated with that menu command. Window Left= where represents where to place the left edge of the Norton Backup window in pixels. Window Top= where represents where to place the top edge of the Norton Backup window in pixels. Program Configured=0 | 1 where 0 indicates that Norton Backup hasn't been configured and 1 does. Program Level=0 | 1 | 2 where 0 is the Preset, 1 is the Step-By-Step, and 2 is the Advanced program level. Disk Read Strategy=0 | 1 where 0 is most compatible and 1 is fastest. Catalog Path= where is the location to look for catalog files. The default is C:\NDW. Show Disable Floppies Message=0 | 1 where 0 disables the prompt that informs you that the floppy drive(s) cannot be used during a backup, compare, or restore operation, and 1 does not. [NBWin_Device_] SECTION ----------------------------------- The [NBWIN_DEVICE_] sections are use to identify devices used by Norton Backup. All of the entries in this section except for Name= should be changed by the Norton Backup program only! Name= where is a description of the device. [NHookSettings] SECTION ----------------------- The [NHookSettings] section contains entries that watch for and trap all directory creates and destroys, and all file opens. This section may include the following entries: Int21hHook=1 | 0 where 1 traps all directory creates and destroys, and all file opens, as well as the start and termination of applications such as Program Manager, and 0 does not. The default is 1. WatchDrive=1 | 0 where 1 watches all drives for all directory creates and destroys and all files for file opens (Int21hHook must be 1) and 0 does not. The default is 1. WatchDirectories=1 | 0 where 1 watches all directories for creates and destroys (Int21hHook must be 1) and 0 does not. The default is 1. WatchFiles=1 | 0 where 1 watches all files for file opens (Int21hHook must be 1) and 0 does not. The default is 1. [NViewer] SECTION ----------------- The [NViewer] section may contain the following entry: QuickClose&Min=0 | 1 where 1 enables the right mouse button support on a Norton Viewer document window to close all the open windows and minimize the Norton Viewer application, and 0 disables it. The default is 0. [Print Start] SECTION --------------------- The [Print Start] section contains entries that let you print files that use print commands other than "Alt, F, P, Enter." This section, by default, includes the following entries: deskedit= notepad= wingz.exe=!FP~~ winproj.exe=!FP~~ formbase.exe=!PF~~ These are the print commands used by Desktop Editor, Notepad, WingZ, Microsoft Project, and FormBase, respectively. You may want to add your own entries to this section if you are using Norton Desktop to print documents whose applications use a different print command. Some applications, such as those listed here, do not use the File/Print/OK (!FP~) sequence to print their documents. If the application does not follow these steps exactly (WingZ, for example, requires two OKs rather than one), an exception must be created in the [Print Start] section. Refer to pages A-11 and A-13 in "Using Norton Desktop" for more information. (Note that if nothing follows the keyname--as is the case for both Desktop Editor and Notepad--then File/Print is sent without the OK (Enter).) [Print Stop] SECTION -------------------- The [Print Stop] section contains entries that let you control the commands to exit an application once Norton Desktop has printed a document. This section, by default, includes the following statement: winproj.exe=!FXN This is the exit sequence used by Microsoft Project. You may want to add your own entries to this section that will exit an application should it remain open after the document has printed. [Quick Access] SECTION ---------------------- The [Quick Access] section contains entries that affect Quick Access. This section may contain the following entries: MainPath= where is the fully-qualified path and filename that identifies where your Quick Access data is located. The default is C:\NDW\QAMAIN.QAG. MainGroup= where is the name that appears in the Quick Access main group. The default caption is Quick Access. The main group referred to here is the group that keeps track of all Quick Access groups. Do not confuse this with the Main .GRP or .QAG group, which often contains the Clipboard, DOS Prompt and Windows Setup group items. AutoSave=1 | 0 where 1 saves the configuration of all groups on exit, and 0 does not save them. The default is 1. FakeProgman=1 | 0 where 1 creates a fake Program Manager window when Program Manager termination is detected or if Program Manager is not initially running, and 0 does not. The default is 1. This setting only works if Int21hHook=1 (only works when VXD is installed and on). The fake Program Manager window is designed to assist Windows installation programs that are hardcoded to find a Program Manager window (class/name "Progman"). This does not help ill-behaved installation programs that check the shell= line in the SYSTEM.INI file or check to see if the "PROGMAN" module is resident in memory. SubClassProgman=1 | 0 where 1 subclasses Program Manager whenever Program Manager is started. The default is 1. This setting only works if Int21hHook=1 (only works when VXD is installed and on). This allows Windows installation programs to create groups and group items in both Norton Desktop and Program Manager if both are running at the same time during an installation. IconSpacingX= IconSpacingY= where determines the amount of space (in screen pixels) between icons in a Quick Access group window. The default is 75 screen pixels. Note that you can arrange icons automatically either by choosing Arrange Group Icons from the Windows menu or by selecting the Auto Arrange option in the Configure dialog box and resizing a group window. DDEInitiateDelay= where is the number of milliseconds Norton Desktop must wait before it initiates another conversation. The default is 750. [Sleeper] SECTION ----------------- This section contains entries that control the behavior of the Norton Desktop Screen Saver. This section may contain the following entries: CtrlAltDel=0 | 1 where 0 disables Ctrl+Alt+Del protection and 1 enables it. Ctrl+Alt+Del protection keeps intruders from rebooting your computer when you have enabled password protection. The default is 0. ProtectDOSBox=0 | 1 where 1 briefly blanks the DOS box (DOS window) you are in rather than immediately launching a real screen saver, which allows you to return with a mouse move or a keystroke and bypass password entry; once the screen saver launched it would require a password. A value of 0 disables this feature so that there is no grace period. The default is 0. ForegroundPriorityBias= where indicates the priority to give to the foreground application. The higher the number, the greater the priority. The default is 10. [SmartErase] SECTION -------------------- The [SmartErase] section contains entries that affect SmartErase and SmartCan. This section may contain the following statement: SmartCanWarning=1 | 0 where 1 displays a message box if SmartCan is not enabled when you start Norton Desktop, and 0 suppresses the message. You can also suppress the message by checking the Disable This Message check box when the message box appears. [System Information] -------------------- The [System Information] section contains entries that affect the appearance and general behavior of System Information. This section may contain the following entries: NetInfo=0 | 1 | -1 where: -1 automatically detects whether Novell NetWare is installed, and displays the Network button if NetWare is installed. 0 always assumes that Novell NetWare is not present and does not show the Network button. 1 always assume Novell NetWare is installed and shows the Network button. (This may cause problems if, in fact, Novell NetWare is not installed. The default is -1. SystemSummary=0 | 1 | -1 where: 0 does not display the System Summary when System Information starts but the user can click the Summary button to display it later. 1 displays the System Summary when System Information starts as well as when the user clicks the Summary button. -1 does not display the System Summary when System Information starts, and does not let the user click the Summary button at any time. The default is 1. SystemSummary=-1 is an override of last resort. So that you do not lose all functionality, try the following override switches first: BusType AltCPUTest SkipVideo SkipCMOS (also affects the CMOS Summary) For example, if you experience lockups when choosing Video Summary from System Information, try adding the following switch: SkipVideo=1 BusType=0 | 1 | 2 where 0 indicates an ISA bus type; 1 indicates MCA; and 2 indicates EISA. Use this switch if System Information is unable to detect the bus type. (ISA is the most common type of bus used today.) AltCPUTest=0 | 1 where 0 uses the improved CUP and FPU (coprocessor) detection scheme; and 1 overrides this scheme and uses the method of detection used in Norton Desktop 2.2 and earlier releases. The default is 0. StartupDrive= where indicates the drive on which System Information can find AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. Ordinarily, you should not have to set this switch. EditStartupFiles=1 | 0 where 1 lets you edit the system startup files that appear when you select the Startup Files Summary and 0 does not. The default is 1. [TapeCalc] SECTION ------------------ The [TapeCalc] section contains entries that let you modify the 10-Key Tape calculator. This section may contain the following entries: DecimalDigits= where is the number of decimal digits. The default is 2. You can also set the number of decimal digits by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. TaxRate= where is a number that represents the tax rate. The default is 6.25. You can also set the tax rate by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. ShowDateAndTime=Yes | No where Yes shows the current date and time with each new transaction, and No does not show the date and time. The default is No. You can also display the date and time by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. ShowLastSession=Yes | No where Yes displays your last session when you start the calculator, and No does not. The default is No. Showing your last transaction is beneficial when you want to pick up where you left off the previous day (or whenever you last used the calculator). You can also display the last session by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. ComputeMethod=INFIX | RPN where INFIX means you enter 3 - 2 = 1 and RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) means you enter 3 2 - = 1. The default is INFIX. You can also set the compute method by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. PromptWhenTapeHasChanged=Yes | No where Yes asks whether you want to save transactions to tape if you have entered any transactions and have not saved them to tape, and No does not. The default is Yes. Note that this setting can be overridden by the AlwaysSave setting described next. You can also set the prompt setting by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. AlwaysSave=Yes | No where Yes always saves transactions without ever bothering you with a prompt, and No does not. The default is No. Note that Yes overrides the PromptWhenTapeHasChanged setting described above. You can also set the AlwaysSave setting by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. SaveMethod=Overwrite | Append where, if AlwaysSave=Yes, Overwrite saves tapes by writing over previously-saved tapes, and Append adds to the previously-saved tape. The default is Overwrite. Note that if you use the Append save method, the tape will most likely grow very large, very quickly. You can also set the save method by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. SaveFileName= where is the filename to which transactions are saved if AlwaysSave=Yes. The default tape filename is Tape1.tap. You can also specify the tape filename by choosing Setup from the Tape calculator File menu. ;ButtonFaceColor=255 255 255 ;AllClearFaceColor=255 255 255 ;PlusFaceColor=255 255 255 ;MinusFaceColor=255 255 255 ;MemoryFaceColor=255 255 255 By default, these entries are preceded by semi-colons, making them comments that do not affect your NDW.INI file. You should remove the semi-colons if you are using a Hercules monochrome display adapter. Otherwise, the keys on the 10-Key Tape calculator may be difficult to read. [Viewer-Default Extensions] SECTION ----------------------------------- This section lists extensions that are automatically associated with a particular type of file. This section may contain entries that match the following syntax: = where is the file extension that is to be associated with the application identified with , like this: ExcelWorksheet=.xls ExcelChart=.xlc Each OLE object carries with it the name of the application that created it (). Generally, Norton Viewer queries the Windows Registration Database to find an associated extension for to determine an appropriate parser with which to view the file. However, if an application is not installed, then none of that application's entries are stored in the Registration Database. In this case, you should place the information in the [Viewer-Default Extensions] section and Norton Viewer will find it here. [Viewer-Filemap] SECTION ------------------------ The [Viewer-Filemap] section contains entries that assign a viewer, or "parser" (.PRS), to a file extension. Each entry is of the format: = [...] where is the file extension to associate with the viewer named (.PRS). If more than one appears, the first viewer listed attempts to view the file and if unsuccessful then the next viewer trys and so forth. For example: SYS=SYMDOC.PRS SYMHEX.PRS passes .SYS files to the Documents & Text viewer (SYMDOC.PRS) first. If that viewer cannot view the file, the Hex Dump (SYMHEX.PRS) viewer will be used to view it. Files with extensions that are listed in this section (or which cannot be displayed by the specified viewer) are displayed by the default viewer, which is normally the Documents & Text viewer. You can change the default viewer by choosing Customize from the Options menu. [Viewer-Parsers] SECTION ------------------------ The [Viewer-Parsers] section contains entries that identify the available viewers, including: = where is the viewer (.PRS) file, and the is the description of the viewer. This description, which is editable, appears in the Default View and Current View dialog boxes. [Windows] SECTION ----------------- The [Windows] section contains the single entry: load=[] [...] where is the name of a program that Norton Desktop will load. The difference between this entry and its equivalent in WIN.INI is that Norton Desktop loads programs listed here during idle time, thereby reducing the time it takes to load Windows. By default, the Norton AntiVirus Windows TSR is listed here. [Zip] SECTION ------------- The [Zip] section contains entries that affect compression. This section may contain the following entries: extensions= where is the file extension (with or without a leading period) that are to be treated as zip (compressed) files. A list of extensions is valid as long as the extensions are separated by commas or spaces. The default is .ZIP. temppath= where is the location used by Norton Desktop for temporary files during compress operations. For example: temppath=C:\TEMP\NDWZIP.TMP This setting can also be modified from the Compression - Advanced dialog box (click Advanced in Control Center's Compression panel). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DAYPLAN.INI =========== DAYPLAN.INI contains settings for Day Planner. It may contain the following sections: [Defaults] [Confirmation] [Print Month] [Print Day] [Print To Do List] [Print Phone Book] [Print Week] [Print Global] Other sections may exist for internal use only. [Defaults] SECTION ------------------- The [Defaults] section contains settings that affect Day Planner's general look and behavior. The section may contain the following settings: To Do List= PhoneBook= Calendar= where is the name of the file that will be brought up by the toolbar buttons. The defaults are: To Do List=DEFAULT.T PhoneBook=DEFAULT.P Calendar=DEFAULT.A Refresh= where is the refresh interval, in seconds, for network auto-refresh. A 0 indicates no refresh. If this statement does not appear, the default is 30 seconds. Duration= where is the default duration, in minutes, of an appointment entered by double-clicking on the ruler. The default is 60. Priority= where is the default priority of a new To Do List item: 0 = Urgent, 1 = High, 2 = Medium, 3 or more = Low. The default is 2. WeekStart=1 | 2 where 1 indicates that the week, as displayed in the Month calendar, starts on Sunday, and 2 indicates that it starts on Monday. The default is 1. [Confirmation] SECTION ---------------------- The [Confirmation] section contains settings that affect Day Planner's confirmation messages. The section may contain the following settings: Delete=0 | 1 where 0 disables the comfirmation dialog box for deletions, and 1 enables the deletion confirmation. Exit=0 | 1 where 0 disables the Day Planner exit confirmation dialog box, and 1 enables it. Printing Sections ----------------- DAYPLAN.INI may also contain the following sections, each of which corresponds to a dialog box of the same name (the [Print Month] section corresponds to the Print Month dialog box, for example): [Print Month] [Print Day] [Print To Do List] [Print Phone Book] [Print Week] [Print Global] Each of these sections may contain entries like these: Title=Report Title Face=Font Face ("Arial") Size=Font Size (10) Weight=Font weight (400) Italic=0 | 1 These entries are written as a result of a user selecting different options in the corresponding dialog boxes. Shading=0 | 1 where 0 indicates that shading should not be used in a report heading, and 1 uses shading. The Shading statement must be written manually to DAYPLAN.INI. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FASSIST.INI =========== FASSIST.INI contains settings for FileAssist. It may contain the following sections: [Compatibility] [Global] [Compatibility] SECTION ----------------------- The [Compatibility] section contains settings that affect individual applications. The section may contain one or more settings like this: AppName= where AppName is the name of a particular application and hex is a hexadecimal number representing the application-specific settings. It is best to change this section in the application itself; choose Open then click Config at the bottom of the Windows Common Dialog Box. You can also override application-specific settings by checking the Override check box in Control Center's FileAssist panel. [Global] SECTION ---------------- The [Global] section contains settings that affect all applications unless there is an application-specific setting that has been made at the application level and has not been overridden. This section may contain the following entries: Enabled=0 | 1 where 0 indicates FileAssist has not been enabled globally (in all possible applications), and 1 indicates it has. The default is 1. HistorySize= where number is a value from 0 through 25. A value of 0 indicates that the history list is not enabled. Values of 1 through 25 indicate the number of items the history list will contain. WinwordInstalled=0 | 1 where 1 indicates that Word for Windows FileAssist macro has been installed (so FileAssist can be enabled for Word for Windows) and 0 indicates it has not. The default is 0. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RESCUE.INI ========== RESCUE.INI contains settings that affect settings for the Rescue Disk program. It may contain the following sections: [Version] [Setup] [Include] [AutoExec] [Config] [Version] SECTION ----------------- The [Version] section contains entries that specify the version of the Rescue Disk program. This section may contain the following entry: VER= where integer is a value specifying the version number of the program. The default is 1. [Setup] SECTION --------------- The [Setup] Section contains settings that affect the Rescue Items list box in the Rescue Setup dialog box. This section may include settings like these: "Rescue Utility",NO,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,NO,YES,RESCUE.EXE "autoexec.bat [autoexec.sav]",YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,NO,NO,@AUTOEXEC.BAT These statements use the following syntax: "item_name", 360, 720, 1.2, 1.44, 2.88, HD, *, RTL filename where: item_name is the description of the file to add to the Rescue Items list box. This description must be enclosed with in quotation marks. 360 specifies whether to store this file to disk when the diskette is a 5¼-inch, low-density (360K) diskette. The switches are YES to include the file and NO to not include the file for this format. 720 specifies whether to store this file to a 3½-inch, low-density (720K) diskette. The switches are YES to include the file and NO to not include the file for this format. 1.2 specifies whether to store this file to a 5¼-inch, high-density (1.2MB) diskette. The switches are YES to include the file and NO to not include the file for this format. 1.44 specifies whether to store this file to a 3½-inch, high-density (1.44 MB) diskette. The switches are YES to include the file and NO to not include the file for this format. 2.88 specifies whether to store this file to a 3½-inch, super high-density (2.88 MB) diskette. The switches are YES to include the file and NO to not include the file for this format. HD specifies whether to store this file to disk when the disk is a hard drive. The switches are YES to include the file and NO to not include the file for this format. * specifies that the file is always to be stored regardless of media type. The switches are YES to always store the file and NO to never store the file for any format. RTL specifies that the file to be stored requires the Norton Library Overlay (NLI101.RTL). The switches are YES, the corresponding file needs the overlay file, and NO, the corresponding file does not need the overlay file. filename specifies the actual filename, including the full path if necessary. Filenames that include an @ symbol are used by Rescue Disk to create the corresponding file instead of looking for it and copying it to the disk. [Include] SECTION ----------------- The [Include] section contains settings that specify the drivers needed to start your computer. Rescue Disk automatically scans CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT for these drivers. If you have special drivers that load during the boot process, you may need to add them to this section. This section may include settings like these: MOUSE.COM,YES,NO MOUSE.SYS,NO,YES SCSI.SYS,NO,YES These statements use the following syntax: filename,autoexec,config where: filename specifies the name of the file to include. autoexec specifies the file is found in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. YES indicates that the file can be found in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and NO indicates the file cannot be found in AUTOEXEC.BAT. config specifies the file is found in the CONFIG.SYS file. YES indicates that the file can be found in CONFIG.SYS, and NO indicates that the file cannot be found in CONFIG.SYS. [AutoExec] SECTION ------------------ The [AutoExec] section contains settings that instruct Rescue Disk to add lines to the Rescue Disk version of AUTOEXEC.BAT. This section may include statements like: "@ECHO OFF" "PROMPT $p$g" These statements use the following syntax: "parameters" where "parameters" specify the line to add. Note that quotation marks are required. [Config] SECTION ---------------- The [AutoExec] section contains settings that instruct Rescue Disk to add lines to the Rescue Disk version of CONFIG.SYS. This section may include statements like: "BREAK=ON" "FILES=50" These statements use the following syntax: "parameters" where "parameters" specify the line to add. Note that quotation marks are required. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SCHEDULE.INI ============ SCHEDULE.INI contains settings for Norton Scheduler. It may contain the following sections: [Scheduler] [NamedEvents] [NamedEventn] where n is a value from 0 through 999 [Scheduler] SECTION ------------------- The [Scheduler] section contains settings that affect Scheduler's general look and behavior. The section may contain one or more settings like this: ButtonStyle= where is a value that affects the look of the buttons. The default is 838. StatusBar=0 | 1 where 0 indicates the status bar is turned off and 1 indicates the status bar is on. The default is 1. Hide=0 | 1 where 0 indicates that the Scheduler application icon is visible when Scheduler is iconized (minimized) and 1 indicates that the icon is hidden. The default is 0. AutoLoad=0 | 1 where 0 indicates that Scheduler is not loaded automatically when you start Windows and 1 indicates that it is. [NamedEvents] SECTION --------------------- The [NamedEvents] section is used in conjuction with the [NamedEvent] section and Scheduler. They are used to indicate the predefined events that are listed in the Type Of Event drop-down list box found in Scheduler's Add Event and Edit Event dialog boxes. This section may contain the following entries: NamedEvent1=1 NamedEvent0=1 NamedEvent999=0 NamedEvent=0 or 1 where is a number which, when combined with NamedEvent, corresponds to a [NamedEvent] section. A value of 0 disables the event, and 1 enables it. [NamedEvent] SECTION ---------------------------------- The [NamedEvent] section is used in conjuction with the [NamedEvents] section and Scheduler. The value represents one event that Scheduler places in the Type Of Event drop-down list box found in the Add and Edit Event dialog boxes within Scheduler. By default you have three NamedEvent sections in NDW.INI. One for virus scanning, another to backup your system, and another to run Disk Doctor. This section may contain the following entries: [NamedEvent0] Name=Backup System Prompt=&What to Backup: CommandLine=NBWIN.EXE StartupDir=c:\ndw RunStyle=1 [NamedEvent1] Name=Scan for Viruses Prompt=&What to Scan: CommandLine=NAVW.EXE StartupDir=c:\ndw RunStyle=1 [NamedEvent999] Name=Run Disk Doctor Prompt= CommandLine=NDDW.EXE StartupDir=c:\ndw RunStyle=0 Here's the syntax to use when adding a NamedEvent of your own. Name= where is the description of the event as you want it to appear in the Type Of Event drop-down list box (within Scheduler's Add and Edit Event dialog boxes). Prompt= where is the label that appears above the text box used to specify additional command-line options (within Scheduler's Add and Edit Event dialog boxes). CommandLine= [