The General page lets you specify a configuration file and configure the list of changes to be performed on the file. You can also create a file, if one does not exist.
Specify the path of the file that you want to change. The file can be .ini, .cfg, .conf, or a .txt file. For example, C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\program\setup.ini.
You can also specify a file without any extension.
Specify the encoding that you want to use:
Auto detect: Use the encoding used in the original file that you specified in the File Path field. This is the default option.
ASCII: Use ASCII encoding.
Unicode: Use Unicode encoding.
UTF-8: Use UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) encoding.
Select the Create file, if does not exist option to create the file specified in the File Path field, if it does not exist. The file is created with the same name and the extension as specified in File Path. If the file specified in File Path does not have an extension, then the created file also does not have any extension.
If this option is selected and Encoding is set to Auto detect, the file is created in UTF-8 format with the same name and the extension as specified in File Path.
The INI Changes page lets you specify the INI file to change, add sections to the file, add keys to a section in the file, and import changes from another INI file. The following table lists the tasks you can perform to manage INI changes.
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Add a section |
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If you specify an existing section and add new keys to the list, then the existing section is updated with the newly added keys. For example, if a section sect1 with k1=v1 already exists and if you specify a new section sect1 with k1=v1, k2=v2, then the newly added key k2=v2 is added to sect1. |
Add keys to a section |
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Edit an INI Change |
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The Section Change Type configured for the section is displayed by default in the Add Change dialog box. |
Remove a section or keys |
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Import INI changes from another file |
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Change the order of items |
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Select all the objects of a parent folder |
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Deselect all the objects of a parent folder |
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Clear Selection |
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Run Action As: Specify System (the default) or User from the Run Action As list. Specify System if removing files requires access to all areas of the device’s file system. If you use mapped network drives to specify files and directories, you must run the action as User.
The Advanced Options page lets you create the file (if it does not exist), specify the number of backup files to retain, and specify key-value separators and comment characters.
Specify the number of backups of the INI file to retain. The default is 5 backup copies, but you can specify any number between 1 and 25. When the number of backup copies of the file exceeds the number specified here, the oldest backup file is overwritten.
Specify the character you want to separate the key and the values. You can use an equals sign (=) or a colon (:).
Specify the character you want to separate the multiple values. You can use characters such as equals sign (=), comma(,), space( ), hash (#), semicolon (;) or a colon (:).
Specify the character you want precede comments in the INI file. You can use a semicolon (;) or a pound sign (#).
Select this option to append the key-value separator to the key even if the value is not available. For example, in the setup.ini file used by Acrobat Reader, the CmdLine key does not have a value but requires a key-value separator.
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