Specifications

CHAPTER 1 Working with InfoMaker
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How your InfoMaker environment is managed
Your InfoMaker configuration information is stored in both the IM.INI file and
the registry. When you start InfoMaker, it looks in the registry and the
InfoMaker initialization file to set up your environment.
About the registry
Some InfoMaker features require the use of the IM.INI file, but many features
use the registry to get and store configuration information. Normally, you
should not need to access or modify items in the registry.
Information related to your preferences (such as the way you have arranged
your views in the painters and the shortcut keys you have defined for
InfoMaker menu items) is stored in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Sybase/InfoMaker/11.5.
Installation-related information is stored in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Sybase/InfoMaker/11.5.
About the initialization file
The initialization file is a text file that contains variables that specify your
InfoMaker 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 InfoMaker, InfoMaker 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.
Editing the initialization file
Do not use a text editor to edit the InfoMaker initialization file or any
preferences file while InfoMaker is running. InfoMaker caches the contents of
initialization files in memory and overwrites your edited InfoMaker
initialization file when it exits, ignoring changes.