Please backup all data before attempting any of these operations. It is
also recommended
that you obtain and install a DOS mode driver for the Omnigo (so that you
are not locked out
of the machine if anything goes wrong). If you become locked out of your
Omnigo after any
of these procedures, Press 'C' during startup to return your Omnigo to its
orginal state (warning
this causes all data to be lost).
---Q. How do I change which programs are run by those Icons on the outside of my screen?
A. Add a section into your GEOS.INI as follows:
[hardIconBar] app0 = Home Screen app1 = Appt Book app2 = Phone Book app3 = Note pad app4 = Data base app5 = Jotter app6 = Finance app7 = Spread sheet app8 = Calc
You can then change any one of these to point to any file. For example you can make the finance button launch pocket quicken by making:
app6 = Pocket Quicken
Q. How do I remove programs from the Home Screen which I don't use?
A. By default, GEOS is configured to look on the SYS: drive for programs and documents and then look in your B: and C: drives. By editing your GEOS.INI and NET.INI you can make GEOS ignore the programs on the SYS: drive.
1) Use File Manager, Omnicom or DOS to copy NET.INI from the A:\GEOWORKS directory to B:\GEOWORKS
2) Use File Manager to do the following:
A) Create a directory off of the world directory called APPS B) Select all the files in the World directory.
C) Select Copy from the EDIT menu
D) Open the Apps directory and select Paste a Copy from the EDIT memu
This should copy all the files from the World directory into the World\Apps directory. 2) Use File Manager, Omnicom or DOS to copy GEOS.INI to GEOS.NEW.
3) Use File Manager, Omnicom or DOS to copy GEOS.INI to GEOS.BAK.
4) Using Text Editor or OgText, edit the GEOS.NEW file:
Change: [paths] ini = A:\GEOWORKS\NET.INI
to: [paths] ini = B:\GEOWORKS\NET.INI
5) Using Text Editor or OgText, edit the NET.INI file:
Change: [paths] top = SYS:\
to: [paths] top = B:\GEOWORKS userdata = SYS:\USERDATA system = SYS:\SYSTEM
6) Using Text Editor or OgText, edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
Change: cd \geoworks geos
to: cd \geoworks copy \geoworks\GEOS.NEW \geoworks\GEOS.INI geos
Note: FN-2 is the '\' key Note: If you are using DOS mode on the Omnigo, you can copy the file from DOS instead of editing your Autoexec.bat
7) Reboot your Omnigo (Shift-On-Next)
When GEOS is finished loading you should see nothing in your Home Screen except the Apps directory and any programs which you have installed.
8) Use File Manager to selectively move the files you want to from the World\Apps directory to the World directory.
And that's it, you're done. You now have complete control over all the ROM apps. You can move them, rename them, delete them and even place them in Subfolders. If you are finished with the Apps directory, you can delete it.
---I'm presently working on even more ways to get the most out of the Omnigo, I'll be keeping everyone posted on whats cool.
Later,
> >Of course I had to then (with the list's help again) figure out how to >modify GEOS.INI. After some previously documented in this forum efforts, >I tried modifying my autoexec.bat. I had a cool script written up that >would check to see if geosnew.ini existed, and if so, move geos.ini to >geosold.ini, and geosnew.ini into geos.ini. Otherwise, if geosold.ini >existed, it would move geos.ini to geosbad.ini and geosold.ini to geos.ini >(so that if I rebooted twice without touching any files, my original file >would be back in geos.ini and the new file would be in geosbad.ini). >Unfortunatelly, it wouldn't run (it'd just hang in the OmniGo startup >screen (fortunatelly, I remembered what was going on, and blind-typed >"geos", and got back!)). > >So I punted that, and got OgText. That worked fine, except that it seemed >to miss the REN command (come to think of it, my autoexec.bat was laced >with "ren" commands -- that's probably why it died). > >Anyway, now my app6 = Pocket Quicken, so I can get into Quicken really >easily. Now to decide what app to replace Jotter with... > > >Thanks again to all who have helped. This is a wonderful resource... I >ask a simple (to most of you) question, and get 10 answers, all correct!). > >With Love in Christ, >Michael, a sinner >============================================= >= Michael Vezie, dv@best.com, mlv@pobox.com = >============================================= > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \/\/ayne \/enables Simon Fraser University wvenable@sfu.ca Burnaby, BC, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------