Initialisation file

File urvstart.ini is a text file used to initialise the program's display colours and main options. In applet program mode this is a read-only file.

In application program mode, the file settings can be changed while running the program or by editing the file off-line. If this file is not found, a new urvstart.ini file will be created at start-up and will carry the program's internal default settings. In application program mode, any change in the following relative to start-up will be recorded in the urvstart.ini file on shut-down. Just prior to updating the file, the user will receive a short duration message indicating "Contents of the urvstart.ini file have been updated".

A small number of parameters can be changed only by editing the urvstart.ini file off-line. These parameters are used mainly for diagnostic purposes and are clearly identified in the urvstart.ini file. Further details are given in the following table.

Item No. Description in urvstart.ini Comment
48 Run Wait Cursor test task just before opening Macro Help if true If true a temporary long task is executed to test Wait (Busy) cursor operation.
49 Print "Wait cursor error detected" to std output if true The Wait Cursor has proven to be a source of unreliability in the past. When a new event is to be processed the Wait Cursor should never be activated. The standard output indicates when correction is required.
50 Store dll in temp area if true, in unravel/urtime if false This item is relevant only for users with a Windows Operating System. It relates to where the native code HiResTimer32.dll and HiResTimer64.dll (dynamically linked library) files are stored. When true, they are stored in a standard Windows Temp directory* (which can vary with Windows version) each time the program is run and the timer is used. If false, it is stored (usually once only) in the user's file area**.
51 Show jre version at start-up if true If true the version is shown in a message dialog.
52 Show status at start-up (winOS, applet, jar, webstart) if true If true the status of these parameters is shown in a message dialog.
53 Show status at start-up of a cubie face display option in range 1 to 3. This is intended for developer use only and applies when cube with marked centres is selected : 1 for default colours, 2 for settable colours using transparency, 3 (latest) for settable colours without using transparency (faster than 2).

  *  c:\Windows\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\HiResTimernn?????dll.dll
  ** /unravel/urtime/HiResTimernn.dll
    where nn is 32 or 64.

The default setting for each of items 48 to 52 is false and for item 53 is 3.