Runtime Behaviors, User Preferences

To log on using a workstation user ID and workstation domain name automatically, select this option.

When selected, the application does not prompt you for a user ID and password but logs you in automatically, using preregistered logon credentials. When this check box is cleared, the system prompts you for a login ID and password every time you log in.

To use this option, your system administrator must register your workstation domain name and user ID on the Users form, Workstation Domain/ID field. For more information, see the online help for that field.

This check box also appears on the Sign In dialog box. If you select the check box on the Sign In dialog box, you do not have to provide a user name and password, but you can still select different configurations.

If you select this option, the name of the system configuration to which you are currently logged on is displayed in the title bar of the application.

If you select  this option, you can save any changes that you make to the position of the splitter bar in multiview forms.

For example, suppose you have a multiview form open, and you move the splitter bar to enlarge your view of the grid side of the form. You like that change and want to make it permanent, so that every time you open the form, the splitter bar is right where you positioned it.

If this option is selected, when you close the form,a confirmation message asks if you want to save the current splitter bar position. To save the form configuration, click Yes.

If this check box is cleared, you cannot save splitter bar position changes.

When this option is selected, you can save any changes that you make to the grid view in multiview forms.

For example, suppose you have a multiview form open, and you widen some columns and narrow other columns on the grid side of the form. You like the changes and want to make them permanent, so that every time you open the form, the grid side is just as you have it now.

If this option is selected, when you close the form, a confirmation message asks if you want to save the current grid side configuration. To save the configuration, click Yes.

If this check box is cleared, you cannot save grid side changes.

Select this option to use the ENTER key to move between fields on a form, in the same way the TAB key works. To use only the TAB key to move between fields, clear this check box.

If you select this check box, column headers are included when you copy data in a grid to the clipboard. Clear this check box to not include column headers.

To clear the IDO metadata cache each time you unload global form objects in Design Mode, select this check box.

To unload global form objects select Form > Definition > Unload All Global Form Objects.

In IDO or application event development, clearing the cache ensures that you see the results of the current, edited metadata.

When this option is not selected, any row that the system inserts in a grid automatically is automatically deleted if you move away from the row without changing anything in it. However, the system does not treat rows that you create using a menu option, toolbar option, or keyboard shortcut the same way. With these rows, the system normally attempts to validate them, whether you have modified them or not.

When this option is selected,all new rows are treated as if they were inserted automatically. In other words, if you manually create a row and then navigate away without changing anything, the system automatically deletes it.

This option optimizes form and global scripts so that they all run in one domain. This improves the loading and compiling time of scripts.

In most cases, this option should be selected. This option should be cleared only for developers and system administrators who are creating, maintaining, or debugging scripts. In a normal runtime environment, clearing this option can have a detrimental effect on system performance.

Specify the wildcard character to use when you search for information with Filter-in-Place or query forms.

The default character is the asterisk (*).

Specify any special characters that you want to be escaped in SQL wildcard queries.

The underscore _ and square brackets [ ] are special characters that can be used in a query with a SQL "LIKE" clause and a wildcard. For example, the underscore character_ in a wildcard context is treated as "any character" by SQL unless it is escaped. Some users want to use these special characters with their built-in query capabilities; other users want to simply use the characters like any other character in the query.

For example, you might specify the underscore _ here as a character to pass through. Then if you perform a query for the value my_data*, the SQL Server ESCAPE clause is applied to the underscore character in the query, and only instances that start with my_data are returned. If you do not specify the underscore here, the query assumes that the _ represents "any character" and it returns instances such as my3data.

The term caps refers to the maximum number of records or items that the system can return at one time. There are two types of caps that you can reset for your work:

• Data records
• Drop-down lists

Both of these types of caps have the same three options:

• Use default: This option forces the system to use the system default cap setting. This is the default option.
• Retrieve all: This cap forces the system to retrieve all records or display all items in a list, overriding the system default settings.
  Note:  This option is not recommended for most operations, because the time it takes to retrieve all records or display all items on a list can be excessive and slow the system down.
• Use specified max: This cap enables you to set your own maximum. If you select this option, you must also specify a value in the field next to it.

  For example, if you want the system to return 350 records, select this option data records and set the value for to 350.

  A -1 value indicates that the system default setting is being used.

  This setting is not saved when you sign out of the system.

From the Language list, you can select a language for the text in field labels, button labels, menus, online help, and other parts of the user interface. Then click Apply. This closes the User Preferences window.

See About the Multi-Lingual User Interface.

The value of this field indicates the default initial command to be run when a form is opened and the form has no explicitly defined initial command. This user default initial command is applied only if the standard operation corresponding to that initial command is enabled for the form.

You can select any of these options:

• Add: This option opens the form in such a way that you are set to create a new record.
• Filter: This option opens the form and then immediately opens the query form associated with the form, if one exists.
• FilterInPlace: This option opens the form in Filter-in-Place mode.
• Refresh: This option opens the form and immediately returns all records in the collection (up to the record cap).

Click the ellipsis button to locate the comparison tool to be used.

Before you use this option, install a file comparison tool on the machine.

Click this button to restore the system defaults for all settings.