The progress.ini file specifies elements of the Windows user interface—for example, colors and fonts—that often vary across locales. Tailoring the progress.ini file is an important part of adapting an application to a particular locale.

OpenEdge supports the Windows registry and searches the registry first for system configuration information. However, you can still use initialization (.ini) files to ensure that applications are deployed and configured correctly and consistently across customer sites. The OpenEdge installation program automatically copies information from the initialization file to the registry during installation. After installation, you can modify the initialization file, then run the OpenEdge INI2REG utility to copy the new information from the initialization file to the registry. For information on the registry, on maintaining system configuration information, and on the INI2REG utility, see Manage ABL Applications and Configure OpenEdge.

Note: The progress.ini file and the registry are used by Windows graphical-interface and character-interface applications only. They are not used by UNIX character-interface applications.

The sections of the progress.ini file that typically have settings you might want to localize are the [Startup] and the [fonts] sections.