Using the Editor

The Personal Options dialog allows you to customize Optim™ for the workstation.

Personal Options dialog

Tabs

The tabs in the Personal Options dialog are described briefly in the following paragraphs. Detailed information is provided in each section of this chapter.

General
Identify the Temporary Work Directory, Data Directory, and the directory for the Product Configuration File used by the workstation. Options allow you to use the underscore as an SQL LIKE character, select the upper-case or lower-case default for selection criteria, establish the number of days to keep Trace Files, and specify a default code page value.
Confirm
Choose to display a confirmation prompt before definitions are deleted, files overwritten, or DDL lost.
Display
Choose options for data displays when editing data or using Point and Shoot, including the maximum number of rows fetched and the maximum number of entries in history and menu file lists. Also, set options to determine the default settings for Large Objects for the Access Definition.
Errors
Select font characteristics for informational, warning, and error messages and the number of lines to display in the message bar.
Scheduling
Select options for using the Scheduling Monitor.
Load
Provide the complete path and name of the executable used to access each DBMS loader.
Create
Specify default options for creating database objects.
Logon
Review logon information for each DB Alias in a selected Optim Directory. Connection and password information is stored in the workstation registry.
Server
Provide User ID, password, and domain information to be used by the Optim Server (Server) when running actions remotely.
Edit
Select options for browsing or editing database tables.
Browse
Select display options for browsing Archive, Extract, Control, or Compare Files. Set defaults for emphasizing differences between rows when browsing Compare Files.
Archive
Identify the default Archive Directory and Archive Index Directory and select options that apply when archiving data.
Removable Media
Provide default segment size values.
Actions
Set options for displaying tabs in Action Request Editors, printing Column Map procedures, and retaining reports.
Printer
Set printer, font, and language preferences for printing a request or definition.
Database
Select options for handling multi-byte round trip conversion errors, cascade deletes, and database connections. (For Sybase ASE, you can also specify whether to run in Unchained mode.)
Notify
Specify default options and a list of addresses used for sending an email message when a request is processed, or only if a request succeeds or fails.


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