Monday 8 December 2008

OI - Did you know?

The OInsight.ini file, found under your Windows folder contains a wealth of information about last window sizes and lots of other things. However, two features that I find most useful are the ability to add my own buttons to display on the Application Manager and to turn on and off OpenInsight tool buttons as needed.

For example, my oinsight.ini file contains the entries noted below. The first entry defining which buttons I want to show and in what order – very useful for your choice of System Editor. The following lines are used to define two buttons, one for ARev32 and the other for S/List.

SideBarToolList=2,1,3,15,5,8,16,12,13,11,14
SideBarCustom_Name=AREV32,S/List
SideBarCustom_Text=AREV32 Interface,
**S\ListDesignerSideBarCustom_Img=c:\RevSoft\Bmps\arev32big).bmp,
**C:\Revsoft\MDP\Images\zz.gif
SideBarCustom_Cmd=OIWINEXE**AREV32_STANDALONE_FORM,
**OIWINEXE**SLIST_EXECUTIVE

NOTE: The two astrixes (**) signify lines that are broken in the posting but should be one long line in the Oinsight.ini file. They should be removed when entring these lines into your oinsight.ini file.

1 comment:

  1. Just a heads up - if you're running Vista the oinsight.ini file you'll find under your Windows directory is *not* the one that OI uses. MS has moved ini files into something called the "Virtual Store" in your system drive. You'll find the one you actually want to edit under:

    C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows

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