NewDeal Hot Tip 1615

[Hot Tips for...] GEOS.INI

GEOS.INI: [paths]

The [paths] category of the GEOS.INI file allows special subdirectory paths to be defined. You can merge additional directories with certain standard paths. This will make NewDeal see the files in the additional directory as if they were in the standard path. A drive letter must be included in the additional path key.

<standard path> = <additional path>
Standard paths available are:
top (directory where the software is installed)
world
document
system
privdata
privdata state
userdata font
privdata spool
userdata
userdata help
userdata template
privdata waste
privdata backup
dosroom
sharedTokenDatabase (for network systems)
ini
Note about the ini standard path: Because only the GEOS.INI file will be found and modified by the software, additional ini files are considered "read only." You may merge up to three ini files by listing them separated with spaces. More common, however, is to use one ini key in each initialization file to merge the next initialization file. Unlike the other standard paths, the additional path for the ini key may be relative. Also, LOADER.EXE may be passed a /p<name> argument to have ini<name> be the key sought instead.

EXAMPLES:
dosroom = C:\NEWDEAL\WORLD\DOSPRGMS
userdata font = F:\COMPANY\FONT
document = C:\NewDeal98\DOCUMENT
ini = D:\MOREINI.INI
iniwrite = write.ini (example of how to use the /p<name> argument)
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Last Modified 5 Mar 1999