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Asutype's Configuration File

The configuration file is a simple plain text file, with each setting in a single line, similar like the following example:

A setting entry can have one of the following format:

• <entry-name> = EDITABLE, <setting-value>
• <entry-name> = FIXED, <setting-value>

The <setting-value> format is dependent on the nature of the <entry-name>:

Nature	Format	Example
Boolean	0 or 1. 0 means No and 1 means Yes	AppOnOff = EDITABLE, 1 means the application is On.
Numeric	Any number	FormattingDecimalPoint = EDITABLE, 2 means the decimal points of the current formatting is 2.
List of files	The files are separated by |	ExpanderMyFileList = EDITABLE, .\user.shortcut|.\Support.shortcut means there are two shortcut files open: user.shortcut and support.shortcut. The files are in the Asutype's data folder.
Color	A:<alpha>, R:<red>, G:<green>, B:<blue>	PopupColorTopItem = EDITABLE, A:255, R:255, G:0, B:0 means the color for the pop-up's top part is Red.
Hotkey	<key-combination>, ON or <key-combination>, OFF	KeyboardActivateMainWindow = EDITABLE, Shift+Ctrl+A+M,ON means the keyboard hotkey for activation of the main window is <Ctrl+Shift+A+M>, and the hotkey is active.

 

Group Configuration and User Configuration

Asutype can read its settings from two configuration files:

1. A group configuration file is a file located at the path referred to in the Windows registry key "ConfigurationFile" under the hive "HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE\Software\Fanix\Asutype Professional".
2. A user configuration file is the file "asutype.config" located in the Asutype's data folder.

At startup, it tries to read and combine values from the two files. The final combined <setting-value> for each <setting-entry> is obtained as below:

Group Configuration File	User Configuration File	Final Combined Value
Not present	Not present	Default value
Not present	Present	Value from the user configuration file
Present	Not present	Value from the group configuration file
Present and marked as EDITABLE	Present	Value from the user configuration file
Present and marked as FIXED	Present or not	Value from the group configuration file

 

For more details about Asutype's setting entries, see the Setting Entries topic.