Q30828: Tags Let You Use the Same TOOLS.INI File for M and MEP

Article: Q30828
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00
Operating System(s): OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | TAR76127 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 8-JUN-1988

Question:
   I have the same commands for M and for MEP. I want to load the
QUICKHELP utility if I am running OS/2. However, in my TOOLS.INI file,
if I put in the following information, MEP never reads the rest of
the TOOL.INI file:

   [mep]
    load:qhmep
   [m mep]
    rest of the commands
    .
    .

   How should I do this without making two (almost identical) files,
one for [m] and one for [mep]?

Response:
   Through the use of tags, it is possible to use the same TOOLS.INI
file in both protect mode and real mode/DOS. The tag must specify the
program name along with the version of the operating system as in the
following example:

   [m-3.2]    => MS-DOS 3.2
   [m-10.0]   => OS/2 1.0 protect mode
   [m-10.0R]  => OS/2 1.0 real mode
   [m-10.10]  => OS/2 1.1 protect mode
   [m-10.10R] => OS/2 1.1 real mode

   The following change should be made to your TOOLS.INI file:

       [m mep]
                commands that are non operating system dependent
            .
            .
            .

       [mep-10.0]
            load:qhmep

   The number used in the tag is the major and minor version number of
of the operating system being used. Under OS/2 this information can be
found by calling the API routine DosGetVersion. The call can be made
from any language that supports the use of the API,including C Version
5.10, MASM Version 5.10, FORTRAN Version 4.10, PASCAL Version 4.10,
and BASCOM Version 6.00. Under DOS, this information is displayed with
the DOS VER command.

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