Appendix B: The PCMSERVE.INI File. PC*Miler Spreadsheets 29

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Appendix B:

The PCMSERVE.INI File

You can modify the PCMSERVE.INI file to set default trip options so that these options are active each time you use PC*MILER|Spreadsheets. The INI file is in your Windows or Windows NT folder, and can be opened using Notepad,

Wordpad, or another text editor.

Note that trip options can also be set using the PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Excel functions or in the PC*MILER user interface. See section 3.13, Route Options

and Default Settings, for the order of precedence between route options set in the

PC*MILER user interface, those set using Spreadsheets functions, and those set using the PCMSERVE.INI.

Settings in the INI that can be added or edited are listed below. If you open the

INI file, you won’t see all of these settings in it. If any key doesn’t have a value or is not found in the INI file, it assumes the default value or the value set in the

PC*MILER user interface.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Excel must be closed and reopened for INI file setting changes to take effect.

Valid Values Description KEY

[Engine]

ShowEngine=

[Logging]

Enable=

Should Connect automatically start the engine (1) or not (0).

Default = 0

Should log files be generated (1) or not (0).

Default = 0

File= Path/file name of log file.

Append= 0

Append to old file (1) or write over (0). Default = 0

DisplayTi me=

When DisplayTime = 1, date/time are shown on each line in the log file.

Default = 0

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[Defaults]

CalcType=

Units=

ChangeDest=

Borders=

HubMode=

AlphaOrder=

FerryMiles=

Practical

Shortest

National

AvoidToll

Air

FiftyThree

Miles

Kilometers

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

Set the default routing type: most

Practical, Shortest by distance, favor National Network highways, avoid tolls, Air

(straight line), or 53' Trailer.

Default = Practical

Note: Toll-Discouraged,

National, and 53' routing are all based on Practical miles.

Note Also: When 53' Trailer routing is selected, the National

Network is automatically included – but not necessarily vice versa.

What unit of measure should distance be shown in.

Default = Miles

When optimizing the route, should the trip’s destination be optimized also (T).

Default = False

Should the engine try to keep routes within the United States

(F), or can they cross and recross the borders at will (T).

Default = True

Calculate the routes from the origin to each stop (T), not through each stop (F).

Default = False

List the states in the State Report in alphabetical order (T) or in the order driven (F).

Default = True

Use ferry distances in mileage and cost calculations (T), or don’t use (F).

Default = True

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LightVehicle=

MAPPING

EXPMAP

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

Should the DLL use Light Vehicle routing (available if Streets data is

installed with PC*MILER – see the

PC*MILER User’s Guide for more

on routing types).

Default = False

(AS/400 parameter)

Default = False

(AS/400 parameter)

Default = False

[Options]

CustomRoute=

HazRoute=

(only with the

PC*MILER|Hazmat add-on)

None

General*

Explosive

Inhalant

Radioactive

PartialCityMatch= TRUE

HistoricalRoadSpe eds=

TranslateAlias=

TRUE

FALSE

Corrosive

Flammable

HarmfultoWater

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

Should PC*MILER|Connect use

Custom routing.

Default = False

Hazardous material routing types for North America are: none

(hazmat routing disabled), general, explosive, inhalant, radioactive, corrosive, or flammable. For Europe or

Oceania, hazmat route types are: none, general, explosive, flammable, or harmful to water.

Default (all regions) = None

*NOTE:

“General” = “Other” in the PC*MILER UI, they are the same route type and algorithm.

Enables the return of a city match on a partial match of 28 characters.

Default = False

Toggles activation of traffic data for use in time-based routing.

Equivalent to the “Traffic

Enabled” option in PC*MILER.

Default = False

This setting pertains to geocoding in PC*MILER|FuelTax. It changes “*” and “()” in a custom place name to a “Zip-City-State;

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UseUSPost

Codes=

UseMexPos tCodes=

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

UseStreets=

(only if Streets data is installed

with PC*MILER)

TRUE

FALSE

UseNLAbbrevInMX

CountryAbbrevType

TRUE

FALSE

FIPS

ISO2

ISO3

GENC2

GENC3

[ConnectOptions]

LatLonFormatDecim al=

TRUE

FALSE

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Address” format.

When set to TRUE, if a 5-digit postal code might be a U.S. or a

Mexican code, the U.S. code will be used.

Default = True (see note below)

When set to TRUE, if a 5-digit postal code might be a U.S. or a

Mexican code, the Mexican code will be used.

Default = False

NOTE:

If UseUSPostCodes and UseMexPostCodes are both FALSE, or are not in the INI, the default U.S. code will be used.

Should street-level (T) or highway-only (F) routing be used when stops are city names or postal codes.

Default = False

When set to TRUE, the “NL” abbreviation geocodes to Nuevo

Leon in Mexico.

For PC*MILER|Worldwide, this option sets the country code format that will be accepted when using city name/country abbreviations as locations in regions other than North America.

Default = FIPS

Pertains to the function

PCMSAddressToLatLong()

, causing the function to return lat/longs in decimal degrees (e.g.

40.348848N,74.662703W).

When this line is not included in the .INI or is included but

=FALSE, the function returns degrees, minutes, seconds (e.g.

AvoidFavorAutoSa ve=

GeofenceAutoSave

[MappingOptions]

AvoidFavorAutoSa ve=

GeofenceAutoSave