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CHAPTER 1 Working with DataWindow Designer
DataWindow Designer User’s Guide 33
About the initialization file
The initialization file is a text file that contains variables that specify your
DataWindow Designer preferences. These preferences include information
such as the last database you connected to and the PBL you are using. When
you perform certain actions in DataWindow Designer, DataWindow Designer
writes your preferences to the initialization file automatically.
Specifying
preferences
Normally, you do not need to edit the initialization file. You can specify all
your preferences by taking an action, such as resizing a window or opening a
new application, or by selecting Design>Options from one of the painters. But
sometimes a variable does not appear by default in the options sheet for the
painter. In this case, you can use a text editor to modify the variable in the
appropriate section of the initialization file.
Do not use a text editor to edit the DataWindow Designer initialization file
while DataWindow Designer is running. DataWindow Designer caches the
contents of initialization files in memory and overwrites your edited
DataWindow Designer initialization file when it exits, ignoring changes.
Format of INI files
The DataWindow Designer initialization file uses the Windows INI file format.
It has three types of elements:
• Section names, which are enclosed in square brackets
• Keywords, which are the names of preference settings
• Values, which are numeric or text strings, assigned as the value of the
associated keyword
A variable can be listed with no value specified, in which case the default is
used.
Some sections are always present by default, but others are created only when
you specify different preferences. If you specify preferences for another painter
or tool, DataWindow Designer creates a new section for it at the end of the file.
Where the
initialization file is kept
DW.INI is installed in the same directory as the DataWindow Designer
executable file.
You can keep your initialization file in another location and tell DataWindow
Designer where it can find it by specifying the location in the System Options
dialog box. You might want to do this if you use more than one version of
DataWindow Designer or if you are running DataWindow Designer over a
network.