Ultra TC Configuration Editor Data Files

Data files

The program include ''English.cedf'' data file, it is contains all Total Commander settings.

You can use this default data file and you can also create your won data files.

Data in this file are taken from Total Commander official help file, you can edit this file to:

  • Add/Remove any key.
  • Add/Remove any category.
  • Move a key from a category to another one.

Data file update

You can always find the latest version of this data file here.

Data files structure

Configuration Editor data file has the following structure:

{+Category Group 1}

[Category 1]

Key=value][Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description line 1

<br>Description line 2

<br>Description line 3

Key=value][Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description...

[Category 2]

Key=value][Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description line 1

<br>Description line 2

<br>Description line 3

Key=value][Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description...

{-}

{+Category Group 2}

[Category 3]

Key=value][Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description line 1

<br>Description line 2

<br>Description line 3

Key=value][Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description...

[Category 4]

Key=value][Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description line 1

<br>Description line 2

<br>Description line 3

Key=value][Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description...

New in version 5.50:

To work with sections that hasn't description for each indvidual key under it e.g. PackerPlugins, ListerPlugins etc... then you can add a link to these sections as follow:

(Category 5)

Target File][Target Section][Flags][Description...

To load all predefined FTP connections in the Wcx_ftp.ini file, use the following:

(%ConnectionName%)

wcx_ftp][%ConnectionName%][Flags][Description...

To load all predefined server types in the Wcx_ftp.ini file, use the following:

(%ServerType%)

wcx_ftp][%ServerType%][Flags][Description...

{-}

  1. value] this field specify the default value of the key.
  2. [Target File] this field can be wincmd or wcx_ftp according to the configuration file where the key can be found.
  3. [Target Section] this field specify the section where the key can be found.

    4. Special case:

    For screen resolution-dependent section, use [%ScrResolution%] and according to your current screen resolution the program will resolve the actual section name.

  4. [Flags] this field specify extra properties for each key, it is used by some program internal functions. Flags field consists of sub-fields separated with | character.

    5. sub-field 1: Specify whether the key can be set via Total Commander Options dialog box or any other one (0/1). (Used by the View menu command Advanced Keys Only)

    sub-field 2: Specify the appropriate dialog box that will popup when executing the Edit menu command Browse Value..., this sub-field can be one of the following values:

    0= Disable Browse Value... command.

    1= Shows Browse For File dialog box.

    2= Shows Browse For Folder dialog box.

    3= Shows Choose Color dialog box.

    4= Shows Choose Font dialog box.

    5= Shows Icon Library Preview dialog box.

    6= Shows Bits Sum dialog box.

  5. [Description this field specify the key description. You can type description in multi lines, in this case each line must start with <br> tag.

All these fields are required, the program will warn you if a key is missing any of these fields.
A key with missing data field will be ignored and you will not be able to edit its value and/or description.

Notes:

  • Category group name must start with + and enclosed between braces { }
  • Any category group must closed by {-}
  • You can close any category using its name or any other text.
    e.g. {-Category Group 1 End}
  • You can create any levels of nested category group.
  • To create a separator line add '/' at the start of category name then the separator character(s) e.g. [/-----] or [/=====] etc...
  • You can add any comments to the data file, in this case comment lines must start with semicolon ( ; )
  • In the description use <br> tag to insert new line character.
  • You can edit any key description directly from the program and save the changes.
  • When you edit the description inside the program press <Ctrl+Tab> to indent the description.

Localize data files

To localize the file "English.cedf" follow these steps:

  1. Get Total Commander help file written in your language. (if there isn't such file you have to do the translation yourself)
  2. Go to "4. Configuration and switches> b. INI-File settings: wincmd.ini" topic.
  3. On the Edit menu, click Copy
  4. Run any text editor e.g. Notepad and on the Edit menu, click Paste.
  5. Delete unnecessary lines.
  6. If a key description take more than one line collect these lines into one line and insert <br> tag in special positions to make the key description easy to read. (you can edit any key description directly from the program.)
  7. Follow the structure described above to complete the work.