List of Arachne system files

Main configuraton file ARACHNE.CFG

Expected in: .\ARACHNE.CFG
When not found there: [arachne directory]\ARACHNE.CFG
Always written to: [already existing file]

ARACHNE.BAT, CORE.EXE

Expected in: .\
When not found there: [system path]\
CORE.EXE is Arachne's main executable file. It cannot be run standalone, it must be run from inside of ARACHNE.BAT. Command line arguments of ARACHNE.BAT will be passed to CORE.EXE.

Command line arguments:

URL	Start with desired document (default protocol is file:)
-o	Start in online mode (e.g., with Connection @PPP.EXE ...)
-x [URL]	Start in offline fullscreen mode and display desired URL
-i [URL]	Start in online fullscreen mode and display desired URL
-s	Set up video adapter and memory type, then exit (core.exe only)
-c	Continue offline browsing (if you use Connection READY, it will force offline mode)
-cg	Continue offline browsing without resetting graphics mode (only for internal use of Arachne !)
-r	Continue online browsing (eg. with Connection @PPP.EXE ...)
-rg	Continue online browsing without resetting graphics mode (only for internal use of Arachne !)
-d	Detect and set up video adapter and exit (core.exe only)
-f	Create new font information (fontinfo.bin)
-u	Unload packet driver (core.exe only)

Plug-in configuration file MIME.CFG

Expected in: .\MIME.CFG
When not found there: [arachne directory]\MIME.CFG
This file can be modified (but not rewritten) by Arachne Package Manager

Icon configuration file WWWMAN.CFG

Expected in: .\WWWMAN.CFG

filename_fragmet icon_filename
filename_fragmet icon_filename
...

The other *.CFG files

Usually in: [arachne directory]\*.CFG

*.OOK files

Usually in: [arachne directory]\OOPS\*.OOK

Arachne Packages

Can be found in diffent places

Cache index file

User definable filename and location, usually: [arachne directory]\CACHE.IDX

BinaryRecord
BinaryRecord
BinaryRecord
...
BinaryRecord

int itemlength;//in this file, always 0x01A8
struct HTTPrecord cacheitem;

#define URLSIZE 256
#define STRINGSIZE 40

struct HTTPrecord
{
 char URL[URLSIZE];    // Uniform Resource Locator
 int x;                // coordinates where the document was last displayed
 long y;               //
 long size;            // size in bytes
 char knowsize;        // logical - size is valid
 char mime[STRINGSIZE];// mime type
 char locname[80];     // full filename (after conversion to TXT,HTM,GIF,BMP)
 char rawname[80];     // full filename (before conversion)
 int handle;           // file handle
 long lastseen;        // last seen time
 char postflag;        // it is result of <FORM METHOD=POST>...
};

History file

User definable filename and location, usually: [arachne directory]\HISTORY.LST

Cookie database

User definable filename and location, usually: [arachne directory]\COOKIES.LST

Runtime configuration file ARACHNE.PCK

Expected in: .\ARACHNE.PCK
When not found there: [arachne directory]\ARACHNE.PCK
Always written to: .\ARACHNE.PCK

#define MAXBACKTRACE 64
#define MAXTITLELEN 100

#define SWAP_DISK 0
#define SWAP_XMS  1
#define SWAP_EMS  2

struct ArachnePick
{
 char graphics[16];//last video mode
 char GUIstyle;    //0-menu on the right side,
                   //1-menu like normal browser
                   //2-almost fullscreen
                   // & 4 ...fullscreen (3rd bit set)
 char xSwap;       //see SWAP_DISK, SWAP_XMS, SWAP_EMS
 int mousex,mousey,framescount; //mouse x and y, number of frames
 char target;      //current target inside frameset
 char newframe;    //new frame to be loaded
 long cachesize;   //size of HTTP cache - not yet implemented
 int history;      //current pointer to history file TADYJSEM.BYL
 int backtrace;                       //pointer to backtrace_target
 char backtrace_target[MAXBACKTRACE]; //trace targets of clicks
 char title[MAXTITLELEN];             //main title of the entire frameset
};

//there are 16 frames allocated. Each frame has the following structure:
#define STRINGSIZE 40

struct HTMLframe
{
 //general information:
 char framename[STRINGSIZE]; /target=....
 struct HTTPrecord cacheitem;//see cache index for "HTTPrecord" declaration
 struct ScrollBar scroll;    //frame size is declared in scrollbar structure

 //this is required for Netscape & MSIE compatibility..
 char allowscrolling;
 char marginwidth,marginheight;

 //real position in frame, in pixels
 int posX;
 long posY;

 //document status: LOCAL/REMOTE/VIRTUAL/MAIL , 0...3
 unsigned status;

 //hidden frames are 1) parent frames 2) overwritten child frames
 //if parent is overwritten, this frame should be hidden:
 char hidden,parent,next;

};

//end of frames

struct ScrollBar
{
 int max_xscrsz,max_yscrsz,xscr,yscr,xscrsz,yscrsz;
 int xsize,ysize,ymax,xtop,ytop;
 int total_x;
 long total_y;
 char xvisible;
 int x_decrease_gap; //for scrollbuttons
 int x_increase_gap;
 int y_decrease_gap;
 int y_increase_gap;
 int gap;
 char onscrollx,onscrolly;
 char scrollbarstyle;
};

Icon files

Expected in: [arachne directory]\SYSTEM\

The GIFIKN utility will allow you to customize the Arachne toolbar. It is available to owners of a commercial multilicense (see file REGISTER.HTM).

Font files

Expected in: [arachne directory]\SYSTEM\

Cf. also details about the X_LOPIF graphics library for the C language.

Other files

Can be found in different places (including the %TEMP%\ directory)