Initialization

The first time you start Edgar, a configuration file named "edgar.ini" is created in your operating system user folder.(1) This will be used for user specific settings. The initial configuration will be for default settings with no connected instrument. The Edgar initialization file is a modified Java properties file created through Jakarta’s commons-configuration package. Edgar uses a tiered configuration set. The default is found within Edgar.jar at com/ionetrics/edgar/util/edgar.ini. An optional ini file for system wide settings can be located at {install.dir}\edgar.ini.(2)

The user settings file can be modified using the Edgar Preferences editor, which can be invoked from the Edgar Tools menu. This is a plain text file and can also be edited with Notepad or any other ASCII editor. The order of the parameters in this file is not important. Lines with "#" as the first character are treated as comment lines. CAUTION: Edit entries carefully. Incorrect entries here can crash Edgar. Most of the important ini settings can be set directly from the Preferences editor.

(1)Under Windows XP, this will be at "\Documents and Settings\YOURUSERNAME\egdar.ini" on your Windows drive.

(2)Under Windows XP, this will normally be at "\Program Files\Edgar\Edgar.ini" on the Windows drive.