The Personal Options dialog allows
you to customize Optim™ for
the workstation.
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 uppercase or lowercase default for selection criteria,
establish the number of days Trace Files are retained, specify a default
code page value, and elect to warn a user when a cascading delete
or update may occur.
- 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
- Specify 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
- Specify User
ID, password, and domain information to be used by the Optim Server (Server) when running actions
remotely.
- Edit
- Select options that apply when you browse or edit
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
- Specify the default Archive Directory and Archive
Index Directory. Select options that apply when you archive data.
- Removable Media
- Specify 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.