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In My-T-Soft for Windows, how do I drop in a custom Build-A-Board layout so it is the default keyboard when My-T-Soft is run?

In Windows, you can be running My-T-Soft Professional or My-T-Soft Basic (Build-A-Board run-time). Please refer to the appropriate section below.

My-T-Soft Professional

The easiest way to drop in a custom board onto a system with My-T-Soft installed is to drop the KBF file (e.g. YourBoard.KBF) into the \Users\Public\Documents\Build-A-Board\BOARDS folder. Once your board(s) are in that location, you can run My-T-Soft Setup | Keyboards, then select Custom Build-A-Board Files and select which board you want to display (e.g. in list of boards, select/double-click on YourBoard).

If you are installing new systems, or want more technical detail understanding. you can refer to the following:

The default file is KEYBOARD.KBF, and for brand-new installations (i.e. the system has never installed or run My-T-Soft) and a single / custom layout, you can install My-T-Soft, and then simply drop in your custom board and overwrite the KEYBOARD.KBF that exists in \Program Files\MYTSOFT (or \Program Files (x86)\MYTSOFT. NOTE - You MUST do this as an Administrator! (otherwise it may seem to work, but the actual KEYBOARD.KBF in that location will NOT be the custom copy) So replacing \Program Files\MYTSOFT\KEYBOARD.KBF with YourBoard.KBF will make YourBoard the default / opening layout. Then when you run My-T-Soft, your board will run.

If you have already run My-T-Soft, each user has its own layouts/configuration in their own location - for new users, KBF, KMF, and INI configuration files are copied in the users private data area. Configuration files are typically C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Innovation Management Group\MYTSOFT - you may also check/verify in My-T-Soft Setup | File menu | Show Config File Location. So you would need to copy/overwrite KEYBOARD.KBF into that location so when the user runs My-T-Soft, if will use their copy of layout/configuration files.

My-T-Soft Basic

The easiest way to drop in a custom board onto a system with My-T-Soft Basic installed is to drop the KBF file (e.g. YourBoard.KBF) into the \Users\Public\Documents\Build-A-Board\BOARDS folder. Once your board(s) are in that location, you can run My-T-Soft, right-click, goto Select Board (or use the + button on a prebuilt sample board) to go into the Select Board screen. There you can find YOURBOARD.KBF and select it (or right-click, and use the Set Board as Default option in the menu).

To manually set the default board, make sure My-T-Soft is closed (not running). As a suggestion, using the CLOSEMTS.EXE utility in the \Program Files (x86)\My-T-Soft Basic folder can ensure no minimized or hidden layout is in use. Then, replace the KEYBOARD.KBF file in the \Users\Public\Documents\Build-A-Board\BOARDS folder with a copy of your desired default KBF file. You can copy via the command line, or make a copy of YourBoard.KBF, delete KEYBOARD.KBF, and rename Copy of YourBoard.KBF to KEYBOARD.KBF

Category: UsingType: Question/Answer Product: My-T-SoftVersion: 1.90

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