User Guide

About the Product

Datgel Processor Affinity Manager allows older style Windows programs that do not support, or were not designed to take advantage, of multi-core processing to utilise all the cores on a computer, providing better performance for your application and overall system. This is particularly useful where you:

  1. Are using Windows Terminal Server and Remote Desktop to provide a program to several users from the one terminal server; or
  2. Open several instances of a program to work with your projects and documents.

The Processor Affinity Manager program can be associated with any program and will start the program to use a different processor core each time the program is started. By distributing the processes across all the cores of the processor, the Processor Affinity Manager allows multiple instances of the program to utilise the computer's resources more effectively.

You need to complete the installation procedure (see Installation and Licensing) and activate (see Datgel Product Licensing System User Guide) before you can use the Processor Affinity Manager.

Support

12 months support and maintenance is included with the license purchase. For technical support please email support@datgel.com or call +61 2 8202 8600.

System Requirements

Hardware

Your computer must have at least one multi-core processor.

Supported Operating Systems

  • Windows Server 2003 (x86, x64 or Itanium)
  • Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64 or Itanium)
  • Windows XP (x86 or x64)
  • Windows Vista (x86 or x64)
  • Windows 7 (x86 or x64)

Required Windows Components

  1. Windows Installer 3.1
  2. .NET 3.5 Framework SP1

Conventions and typography used in this guide

Information


Tip


Warning


Note


ExampleDescription

>

Used to indicate a series of menu commands, e.g. Select File > Open.

|

Used to indicate a gINT Application Group, Application, Table Group or Table , e.g. DATA DESIGN | Project Database.

Bold Text

Items you must select, command buttons, or items in a list, e.g. Navigate to UTILITIES | Convert Projects (4th tab).

Italics Emphasis

Use to emphasize the importance of a point such as parameters, e.g. Data Entry – Check Omit Must Save prompt when save is required.

CAPITALS

Names of keys on the keyboard, for example, SHIFT, CTRL, or ALT.

KEY+KEY

Key combinations, for example CTRL+P, or ALT+F4.

Code Snippet

Indicates a code snippet within a paragraph.

Code sample

Indicates a sample program codes inserted in user guide e.g.

public override string ToString ()
File name or path

Used for formatting file name and paths e.g. abc lib.glb or V:\10 gINT\Datgel Install Files.

Table_Name

Database table name, e.g. POINT_TABLE.

Field_Name

Database field name; e.g. PointID.

Command line

Command line, presented exactly as it must be entered e.g. cdir.

Field Colours

Each of the fields in the project tables have been coloured to improve the data entry process as indicated the following table.

 Field Colour

Field Name and Explanation

Yellow

gINT Key Field – mandatory data entry

Pastel Purple

AGS Data – data associated with the AGS Data Interchange Format

Pastel Green

Calculated Field – data is written to this field by Datgel's code

Brown - Green

Data Enter and Calculated field

Pastel Beige

Data Entry Field – data should be entered into this field, or data in this field influences the calculation

Pastel Red

Legacy Data Field – historic data entered here, is typically from an old database

Pastel Blue

Output Option – used to control how data displays on a report

Pastel Orange

Remark or Metadata Field – additional data associated with the primary information

Grey

Read-only

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