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SteLoPin edited this page Jan 1, 2022 · 9 revisions

How to work with SetReg_altcolor in GUI-mode

  1. Start SetReg_altcolor

  2. The View will list all rom-registry-entries which have been created automatically by VPinMAME or e.g. SetDMD by Pinball Bulbs

    • column 'altcolor-file exist' shows Y if the altcolor-file is already present, N if not
    • column 'dmd colorize current' shows the current registry value of key dmd_colorize
    • column 'dmd colorize after' is determined by the following rule
      • if the altcolor-file exist, but key dmd_colorize is unset it will show 1
      • if the altcolor-file does not exist, but key dmd_colorize is set it will show 0
        Remember: key dmd_colorize is equal to CheckBox 'Colorize DMD (4 colors)' at VPinMAME
    • column 'change proposed' will show Y if a change to the registry value should be done, otherwise N
      All list entrys with 'change proposed'=Y will also be checked for later processing

  3. Now check the default settings if you may want to create a backup of the registry before processing or if you like to log all changes to a logfile.
    Your preferred options can be saved with button 'Save default values'

  4. To take over the proposed registry values of 'column dmd colorize after' for the checked roms, click button 'Update dmd_colorize'.
    The list is updated afterwards with the new values

How to work with SetReg_altcolor in silent-mode

To make the process even more simple, you can call SetReg_altcolor in silent-mode from command line by using parameters Default values will be loaded from SetReg_altcolor.ini and can be overwritten by the following parameters:

  • Path to altcolor folder (optional if other than "C:\Visual Pinball\VPinMAME\altcolor")
  • writelogfile=true|false (optional, create a logfile of processed registry entries)
  • opennotepad=true|false (optional: open logfile with notepad after processing)
  • createregbackup=true|false (optional: create a backup of registry part HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freeware\Visual PinMame)
  • showconclusion=true|false Show conclusion-window after processing
  • writecsv=true|false (optional, create a csv-file of all registry entries)
  • runsilent=true|false (optional, run without user-interaction. Uses values from file SetReg_altcolor.ini)

To start SetReg_altcolor in silent-mode use e.g. SetReg_altcolor.exe runsilent or SetReg_altcolor.exe runsilent showconclusion=false createregbackup=true or with any other parameter-combination

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