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Getting Started: Learning INI File Basics, Downloading and using sample INI files

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2 Getting Started: Learning INI File Basics In this chapter you will learn how to construct and use the supported INI files. It includes: • Downloading and Using Sample INI Files • Supported INI Files You can Construct • Rules and Recommendations for Constructing the INI Files • Placing the INI Files into the Folder Structure on the Server After you become familiar with the INI file basics, you can refer to the parameter details you need in the other chapters and appendixes of this guide. Downloading and using sample INI files ThinOS Sample INI files can be downloaded and modified to suit the individual connection profile requirements. These sample files are annotated to allow you to use them as a starter set that you can modify to work on ThinOS. To download and use the files: 1 Go to Dell support site. 2 Click Product Support, enter the Service Tag of your thin client, and then click Submit. NOTE: If you do not have Service Tag, use the auto detect feature or manually browse for your thin client model. 3 Click Drivers and Downloads. 4 From the Operating system drop-down menu, select ThinOS. 5 Scroll down the page and download the sample INI file to the file server. 6 Open the text file by using an ASCII text editor, and modify the INI parameters as needed for your use. Supported INI files you can construct The INI files contain the parameters and its associated options and values necessary for the various functionality you want. NOTE: For examples of parameters commonly used for basic deployments, see Examples: Basic Deployments. You can construct the following INI files: • wnos.ini file, see Working with wnos.ini Files. • {username}.ini file, see Working with {username}.ini Files. • $MAC.ini file, see Working with $MAC.ini Files. IMPORTANT: The INI file processing hierarchy is as follows: • Scenario 1 - WNOS.ini exists. The WNOS.ini file is processed and if the Include=$MAC.ini (or Include={username}.ini) statement is included, then the relative MAC.ini (or {username}.ini) file is processed. • Scenario 2 - WNOS.ini exists and {username}.ini exists. The WNOS.ini file is processed and if the Include=$MAC.ini statement is included, then the MAC.ini file is processed. Once the credentials are provided, the {username}.ini file is processed. Getting Started: Learning INI File Basics 7

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Getting Started: Learning INI File Basics
In this chapter you will learn how to construct and use the supported INI
files.
It includes:
•
Downloading and Using Sample INI Files
•
Supported INI Files You can Construct
•
Rules and Recommendations for Constructing the INI Files
•
Placing the INI Files into the Folder Structure on the Server
After you become familiar with the INI
file
basics, you can refer to the parameter details you need in the other chapters and appendixes of
this guide.
Downloading and using sample INI
files
ThinOS Sample INI
files
can be downloaded and
modified
to suit the individual connection
profile
requirements. These sample
files
are
annotated to allow you to use them as a starter set that you can modify to work on ThinOS.
To download and use the
files:
1
Go to
Dell support site
.
2
Click
Product Support
, enter the Service Tag of your thin client, and then click
Submit
.
NOTE:
If you do not have Service Tag, use the auto detect feature or manually browse for your thin client model.
3
Click
Drivers and Downloads
.
4
From the
Operating system
drop-down menu, select
ThinOS
.
5
Scroll down the page and download the sample INI
file
to the
file
server.
6
Open the text
file
by using an ASCII text editor, and modify the INI parameters as needed for your use.
Supported INI
files
you can construct
The INI
files
contain the parameters and its associated options and values necessary for the various functionality you want.
NOTE:
For examples of parameters commonly used for basic deployments, see
Examples: Basic Deployments
.
You can construct the following INI
files:
•
wnos.ini
file,
see
Working with wnos.ini Files
.
•
{username}.ini
file,
see
Working with {username}.ini Files
.
•
$MAC.ini
file,
see
Working with $MAC.ini Files
.
IMPORTANT:
The INI
file
processing hierarchy is as follows:
•
Scenario 1
— WNOS.ini exists. The WNOS.ini
file
is processed and if the Include=$MAC.ini (or Include={username}.ini) statement is
included, then the relative MAC.ini (or {username}.ini)
file
is processed.
•
Scenario 2
— WNOS.ini exists and {username}.ini exists. The WNOS.ini
file
is processed and if the Include=$MAC.ini statement is
included, then the MAC.ini
file
is processed. Once the credentials are provided, the {username}.ini
file
is processed.
2
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