Runtime Settings

Use Workstation Logon

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 chec 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.

Show Configuration Name on Caption

When selected, this option causes the name of the system configuration to which you are currently logged on to display in the title bar of WinStudio.

Prompt to Save Form Splitter Changes

When selected, this option allows you to save any changes you might have made to the position of the splitter bar in multiview forms.

For example, suppose you have a multiview form open, and at some point, you moved 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 try to close the form, the system displays a confirmation box that 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 at all.

Prompt to Save Grid Changes

When selected, this option allows you to save any changes you might have made to the grid view in multiview forms.

For example, suppose you have a multiview form open, and at some point, you widened some columns and narrowed 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 try to close the form, the system displays a confirmation box that 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 at all.

ENTER Key Behaves Like TAB Key

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

Include Grid Column Headers When Copying to Clipboard

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.

Use Default Browser as Report Viewer

If you select this check box, your system's default web brower is used to view reports.

If this field is cleared, the Report Viewer form is used to view reports.

Unload IDO Metadata with Forms

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 then, from the Form menu, select 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.

Auto-delete All Unmodified New Rows

Under normal system operation (that is, 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, the system treats all new rows as if they were inserted automatically by the system. In other words, if you manually create a row and then navigate away without changing anything, the system automatically deletes it.

Optimize Script Execution

This option causes form and global scripts to be optimized in such a way that they all run in one domain. This improves the loading and compiling time of WinStudio scripts.

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

Wildcard character

Enter the character to be used as a wildcard character when you search for information with Filter-in-Place or query forms.

The default character is the asterisk (*).

Data Record Cap
and
List Record Cap

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 - Forces the system to use the system default cap setting.

  This is the default option.

• Retrieve all - 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 - Allows you to set your own maximum.

  For example, if you want the system to return 350 records, you would set this field for the Data Records to 350.

  If you select this option, you must also enter a number in the field next to it.

  A -1 in this field means that the system default setting is being used.

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

For more information on caps, see About Caps.

Language

From the drop-down 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. When you click Apply, the Settings window closes.

NOTE: Only those languages that are installed and available on your system appear on this drop-down list.

Restore Defaults

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

Theme

Use the drop-down list to select a theme. Any user-created themes will be shown here along with two that are provided with the application. The two options that are provided are:

• Infor - This theme is the more updated theme. Menu items that used to appear along the top of the program window now appear as submenus under the System menu. The Explorer from previous versions now appears as two new main menus, the My Folders menu and the Master Explorer menu.
• Classic - This theme provides the look and feel of previous versions of Mongoose. The main difference is that the menus appear at the top of the program window in the menu bar. But, in the WinStudio client, there are numerous other differences, including the choice of various background and foreground colors, fonts, required field indicators, the appearance of the Explorer, and more.

In addition, any other themes that might have been created in your system display as options. The appearance of each of those themes, of course, depends on how the theme itself is defined.

For more information about themes, see About Themes.

Edit Button

Click this button to open the Theme Editor.

Remember Explorer Navigation Path

Select this check box for the system to remember your Explorer settings. For more information about customizing the Explorer, see Customizing the Explorer Buttons and Tree View.

Tabbed Form Layout

Select this check box to create tabs for each open form. Tabs for each form appear at the top of the screen. If you open a linked or modal child form from within another form, tabs for the child forms are tagged as such. You can click and drag to reorder the tabs across the top of the screen.