Configuration files allow Instant Text to be started with different sets of options and with different glossary lists.
When Instant Text is installed on a workstation, the configuration file InstText.ini is created in the Windows or Winnt folder. This configuration file is used by default for all user settings and system settings. For example, it contains the list of glossaries currently used when opening Instant Text:
[Active Glossaries]
Singles=C:\InstText\Glossary\medsingl.glo
Current=Emergency
ActiveGlossary0=C:\InstText\Glossary\Address.glo
ActiveGlossary1=C:\InstText\Glossary\Medstart.glo
ActiveGlossary2=C:\InstText\Exchange\Drugs.glo
ActiveGlossary3=\\DataCenter\Common Glossaries\Emergency.glo
As the last line shows, it is possible to have a glossary residing on a network server called here DataCenter and designated by its UNC path name.
It is possible to specify an alternate configuration file as a command line parameter when starting Instant Text V Pro. For example, you may use the command line:
C:\InstText\Exe32\ITVPro.exe /Config="C:\InstText\Option\Mike.ini"
The command line parameter after /Config= is the full path name for an alternate configuration file. The configuration file Mike.ini may be produced initially as a copy of InstText.ini but user-specific settings such as the glossaries used will be updated on this configuration file as they are changed during a session started with Mike.ini.
Note however, that this still requires the presence of the master configuration file InstText.ini on the Windows or Winnt folder of the workstation.
It may make sense to use different Glossary Lists for different situations. This can be achieved with configuration files. A desktop icon may be created for each configuration to start Instant Text with the corresponding glossaries.
Consider a user – Mike – who works usually on a given workstation and occasionally on a laptop, the two machines being on a network giving them access to the server DataCenter. It will be advantageous for Mike to set his glossaries as well as his configuration file on the server. The configuration file may contain definition such as the following:
[Active Glossaries]
Singles=\\DataCenter\Mike\Glossary\medsingl.glo
Current=Emergency
ActiveGlossary0=\\DataCenter\Mike\Glossary\Address.glo
ActiveGlossary1=\\DataCenter\Mike\Glossary\Medstart.glo
ActiveGlossary2=\\DataCenter\Mike\Glossary\Drugs.glo
ActiveGlossary3=\\DataCenter\Mike\Glossary\Emergency.glo
Then Mike can start Instant Text on either machine with the following command line:
C:\InstText\Exe32\ITVPro.exe /Config="\\DataCenter\Mike\Mike.ini"
(Note that the Instant Text License Agreement requires one license per user. It allows a user to install a copy on two machines as long as Instant Text is not used by two different users on these two machines.)
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