| 1 | :h2 res=99000 name=PANEL_DATABAR.Databar
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| 2 | :i1 id=aboutDataBar.Databar
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| 3 | The databar can be set to appear when FM/2 minimizes (see :link
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| 4 | reftype=hd res=97000.Settings notebook's Monolithic page:elink.).
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| 5 | The databar shows swapper information, time and date, memory information
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| 6 | and process[/thread] information.
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| 7 | :p.
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| 8 | In addition, the databar can optionally show the free drive space on all
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| 9 | local fixed drives (and, optionally, remote drives). To force a drive's
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| 10 | information bar to be updated immediately, click it once with B1. The
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| 11 | drive information is presented in both text and as a colored bar showing
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| 12 | the amount of free space in relation to the total drive's size. The
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| 13 | bar is usually green, but will turn blue and then red as space decreases.
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| 14 | When a bar is red, it's probably time to do some archiving to get more
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| 15 | free space on it (less than 10% of the drive remains free). Double-click
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| 16 | if running the Databar free-standing to open a VDir for the drive.
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| 17 | :p.
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| 18 | The swapper information includes the size of the swapfile, in kilobytes,
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| 19 | and the amount of free space on the drive holding the swapfile, again,
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| 20 | in kilobytes. Double-click to open the Undelete program. The memory
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| 21 | information includes the amount of free physical memory and total free
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| 22 | memory (including available swapspace), also in kilobytes.
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| 23 | .* Double-click to open the System Information program.
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| 24 | Double-click this field or the process field to open the Kill Process
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| 25 | program.
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| 26 | :p.
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| 27 | The time/date information is updated about once every three seconds. The
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| 28 | other information is updated about once every ten to sixty seconds. For
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| 29 | about six seconds of every minute the time/date field displays the
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| 30 | elapsed system time (how long the system's been up). You can click the
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| 31 | time/date field with B1 to cause this info to show up briefly at any
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| 32 | time, or double-click to open the System Clock's Settings window to
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| 33 | allow you to adjust the time (hold down Shift while clicking to get the
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| 34 | clock itself).
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| 35 | :p.
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| 36 | You can move the databar by clicking and holding B1 on the databar and
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| 37 | dragging it. You can request a context menu on the date/time window to
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| 38 | adjust some other items. Double-clicking the databar anywhere but on
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| 39 | the bottom four fields with B1 will close it and restore FM/2 if you're
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| 40 | not running the DATABAR.EXE miniapp. If you're running the miniapp, or
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| 41 | just feel like it, request a context menu on the databar and click the
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| 42 | :hp1.Close Window:ehp1. command. This context menu also lets you
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| 43 | configure the databar (if drives are displayed, if it floats to the top
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| 44 | of other windows, etc.).
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| 45 | :p.
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| 46 | The databar can only be controlled by the mouse, so don't bother with it
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| 47 | if you don't have a mouse or are afraid of the rodent.
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| 48 |
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