Squish uses some .ini files to control some aspects of the command line tools and the IDE's behavior. In general these files should not be edited; instead use the Squish IDE and Environment Variables (Section 15.5) to change any settings.

The .ini files include ide.ini, paths.ini, and server.ini. These files are stored in the %APPDATA%\froglogic\Squish\ver1 folder on Windows and the $HOME/.squish/ver1 directory on Unix-like systems such as Linux. In addition, for Squish for Qt editions there is a file called qtwrapper.ini which is stored in the SQUISHDIR/etc directory.

Squish for Qt for Windows-specific

If you are testing Qt applications on Windows that are not deployed or tested on other platforms you can force Squish to use native Windows dialogs rather than Qt dialogs (e.g., for opening files and for printing). To do this edit the qtwrapper.ini file (which may have to be created and put in the SQUISHDIR/etc directory mentioned above) using a plain text editor and add a new line to the General group's entry (creating a General group if necessary) so that you have: [General] UseNativeDialogs = 1 With this in place, Squish will use native dialogs when running Qt applications on Windows. Note that this should not be done for applications that are to be tested cross-platform with the same Squish tests.

The paths.ini file is used to store various paths—for example, where global scripts are stored. In the case of global scripts (which are stored under key “GlobalScriptDirs”), when using the findFile function to find a script file to pass to the source function, findFile first looks in the test case's scripts directory, then in the test suite's shared scripts directory, then in the paths listed in the paths.ini file, and finally in the directories listed in the SQUISH_SCRIPT_DIR environment variable. (The search stops as soon as the file is found.) The paths.ini file shouldn't need to be hand edited (see the Global Scripts view (Section 16.2.7)), but if you move your Squish setup to another system you will want to copy this file—assuming that you use the same paths of course.

Squish for Mac OS X, and Unix versions of Squish for Qt, Squish for Tk, and Squish for Xview, read an additional file at startup, SQUISHDIR/etc/ignoredauts.txt, if it exists. The file is a list of process names, one per line. On Linux each process name is the same name as the executable binary file; on other systems it is the name used by the ps or top programs. Squish will not hook into any process listed in this file. This file exists to provide a last resort means of stopping Squish from hooking into a sub-processes launched by an AUT that would be adversely affected by an attempt to hook into it—for example, it might terminate prematurely. If you have a problem with hooking into a sub-process it is best to contact froglogic's technical support for advice before editing this file.