Initialization File Information

Initialization files include information about printers, queues, and system preferences set by the user from the control panel. Applications can query this information by using the PrfQueryProfileData, PrfQueryProfileInt, PrfQueryProfileSize, and PrfQueryProfileString functions.

All data in initialization files is accessed by a two-level hierarchy of application name, and key name within an application. Presentation Manager system data is keyed off "applications" that have names starting with PM_.

The application name/key name combinations that applications may need to use are listed below, together with the definition of the corresponding data.

Note: Information that is prefixed with PM_SPOOLERxxxx can not always be modified directly: The spooler validates all attempts to write information to the INI file that it depends on.

Application name

"PM_ControlPanel"
Key name
"Beep"
Type
integer
Content/value
1 or 0.

Application name

"PM_ControlPanel"
Key name
"LogoDisplayTime"
Type
integer
Content/value
-1 <= time <= 32767 milliseconds. Indefinite display
-1
No display
0
Timed display
>0

Application name

"PM_ControlPanel"
Key name
"cxDoubleClick"
Type
integer
Content/value
SV_CXDBLCLK size in pels.

Application name

"PM_ControlPanel"
Key name
"cyDoubleClick"
Type
integer
Content/value
SV_CYDBLCLK size in pels.

Application name

"PM_ControlPanel"
Key name
"cxMotionStart"
Type
integer
Content/value
SV_CXMOTIONSTART size in pels.

Application name

"PM_ControlPanel"
Key name
"cyMotionStart"
Type
integer
Content/value
SV_CYMOTIONSTART size in pels.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"iCountry"
Type
integer
Content/value
country code: Arabic
785
Australian
61
Belgian
32
Canadian-French
2
Danish
45
Finnish
358
French
33
German
49
Hebrew
972
Italian
39
Japanese
81
Korean
82
Latin-American
3
Netherlands
31
Norwegian
47
Portuguese
351
Simpl. Chinese
86
Spanish
34
Swedish
46
Swiss
41
Trad. Chinese
88
UK-English
44
US-English
1
Other country
0.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"iDate"
Type
integer
Content/value
0=MDY; 1=DMY; 2=YMD.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"iCurrency"
Type
integer
Content/value
Values have the following meanings: 0
Prefix, no separator
1
Suffix, no separator
2
Prefix, 1 character separator
3
Suffix, 1 character separator.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"iDigits"
Type
integer
Content/value
n = number of decimal digits.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"iTime"
Type
integer
Content/value
0 = 12-hour clock; 1 = 24-hour clock.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"iLzero"
Type
integer
Content/value
0 = no leading zero; 1 = leading zero.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"s1159"
Type
string
Content/value
"am" for example. 3 chars max.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"s2359"
Type
string
Content/value
"pm" for example. 3 chars max.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"sCurrency"
Type
string
Content/value
"$" for example. 3 chars max.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"sThousand"
Type
string
Content/value
"," for example. 1 char max.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"sDecimal"
Type
string
Content/value
"." for example. 1 char max.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"sDate"
Type
string
Content/value
"/" for example. 1 char max.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"sTime"
Type
string
Content/value
":" for example. 1 char max.

Application name

"PM_National"
Key name
"sList"
Type
string
Content/value
"," for example. 1 char max.

Application name

PM_Fonts
Key name
<Font module name>
Type
string
Content/value
fully-qualified drive:\path\filename.ext.

Application name

"PM_SPOOLER"
Key name
"QUEUE"
Type
string
Content/value
<Queue name>;

where: <Queue name> is the name of the default queue (might be NULL). This must be a key name for the PM_SPOOLER_QUEUE application.

Application name

"PM_SPOOLER"
Key name
" PRINTER"
Type
string
Content/value
<Printer name>;

where: <Printer name> is the name of the default printer (might be NULL).

Note: Use the SplQueryDevice and SplQueryQueue functions to retrieve the spooler configuration data.

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