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V. Configuration Options
There are a number of WilsonDisc for Windows options that you can change,
such as whether you want to allow downloading of records or whether you
want to set a print limit.
This chapter describes how to access the WilsonDisc for Windows
Reconfiguration program and change the program’s options and then
describes each option in detail. When you save changes, the program
updates the Wilwin.ini file.
When to Change WilsonDisc for Windows Options
You can change WilsonDisc for Windows options as part of the installation
process or you can change options at any time.
Changing Options as Part of Installation
When the installation process is complete, you see a dialog box telling
you so. That dialog box contains two buttons: OK and Reconfig. The
OK
button lets you accept the default options; Reconfig lets you change the
options.
To make changes to the options:
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Click the Reconfig button to display the WilsonDisc for Windows
Configuration Options dialog box.
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Make the desired changes by selecting items from the Configuration Options
menu.
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When you are finished making changes, click the Save button.
Changing Options at Any Time
You can change your WilsonDisc for Windows options at any time by using
the Reconfiguration program.
To change your WilsonDisc for Windows options:
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From Program Manager, double-click the WilsonDisc for Windows
Reconfiguration program icon.
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Make the desired changes by selecting items from the Configuration Options
menu.
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When you are finished making changes, click the Save button.
Configuration Options
When you run the Reconfiguration program, the Configuration Options menu
appears. Each menu item accesses a dialog box containing WilsonDisc for
Windows options that you can change, and the Revert to Default Settings
option enables you to return to the default WilsonDisc for Windows
configuration.
The dialog boxes are described below, in the order in which they appear in
the Configuration Options menu. Within each dialog box, the individual
options are described.
Configuration Options Menu
The Configuration Options menu contains the following items:
Record Display Options...
Search Options...
Print Options...
File Options...
Workstation Options...
ERL Options...
Revert to Default Settings
This menu also contains the following buttons:
Save—saves the settings and exits the
Reconfiguration program.
Cancel—exits the Reconfiguration program without
changing any settings.
Help—displays help with the Configuration
Options menu.
Record Display Options Dialog Box
The Record Display Options dialog box contains the following options:
Field Labels
Auto Full Screen
Indent Text
It also contains the following buttons:
OK—saves the settings and exits the Record Display Options dialog box.
Cancel—exits the Record Display Options dialog box without changing any
settings.
Font—takes you to the Font dialog box where you can select the display
font, style, and size.
The default is Courier-LD, normal, 11 point.
Fixed Pitch Font—takes you to the Fixed Pitch Font dialog box where you
can select the fixed pitch font to align tabular data. The default is
Courier-LD, normal, 9 point.
Default Settings—resets to the default settings.
Help—displays help with the Record Display Options dialog box.
Field Labels
You can specify how WilsonDisc for Windows displays field labels (or field
names) when records are displayed.
To change this value, click one of the following buttons:
| Button |
Function |
| Short Field Names |
Display abbreviated field labels. |
| Long Field Names |
Display full field labels. |
| No Field Names |
Do not display field labels |
The default is Short (abbreviated field labels).
Users can override this option.
Auto Full Screen
To use the full screen option, click to put an X in the check box; to
disable the automatic full screen, click to remove the X. The default is
to turn automatic full screen display off.
Users can override this option.
Indent Text
You can choose to indent the text of displayed records. Text will be
indented beneath each field label.
To use indented text, click to put an X in the check box; to disable
indented text, click to remove the X. The default is to indent text.
Users can override this option.
Search Options Dialog Box
The Search Options dialog box contains the following options:
Show Intermediate Results
The Search Options dialog box also contains the following buttons:
OK—saves the settings and exits the search Options dialog box.
Cancel—exits the search Options dialog box without changing any settings.
Default Settings—resets to the default settings.
Help—displays Help with the search Options dialog box.
Show Intermediate Results
When WilsonDisc for Windows conducts complex searches,
it normally lists each term as a separate intermediate search in the
Search History window before listing the combined search statement.
To display intermediate results, click to put an X
in the check box; to hide intermediate results, click to remove the
X. The default is to display intermediate results.
Users can override this option.
Print Options Dialog Box
The Print Options dialog box contains the following options:
Records
Indent Text
Print Search History
One Record Per Page
Margins
The Print Options dialog box also contains the following buttons:
OK—saves the settings and exits the Print
Options dialog box.
Cancel—exits the Print Options dialog box
without changing any settings.
Font—takes you to the Font dialog box where you
can select the display font, style, and size. The default is Courier LD,
normal, 11 point.
Fixed Pitch Font—takes you to the Fixed Pitch
Font dialog box where you can select the fixed pitch font to align
tabular data. The default is Courier-LD, normal, 9 point.
Default Settings—resets to the default settings.
Help—displays Help with the Print Options
dialog box.
Records
You can specify whether users can print records, whether there is a limit
on the number of records users can print, and how fields and field labels
will appear when printed.
Allow Printing of Records
To set records to print, click to put an X in the Allow Printing of
Records check box; to disable records printing, click to remove the X.
The default value is to print records.
Users cannot override this option.
Limit Per Print Run
To change the print limit per print run (the number of pages that can be
printed at one time), click in the Limit Per Print Run box and type a
number between 0 and 999. If you do not want users to be able to print
records, set this value to 0 (zero). The default is 10 pages. If you have
set the Limit Per Session option to 0 (zero), this option has no effect.
Users cannot override this option.
Limit Per Session
To change the print limit per search session (the total number of pages
that can be printed during a search session), click in the Limit Per
Session box and type a number between 0 and 999. If you do not want users
to be able to print records, set this value to 0 (zero). The default is
blank (no limit). If you have set the Limit Per Print Run option to 0
(zero), this option has no effect.
Users cannot override this option.
Print Fields
You can specify how WilsonDisc for Windows prints fields when records are
printed.
To change this value, click one of the following buttons:
| Button |
Function |
| As Shown |
Print fields as displayed. |
| Default |
Print default fields for the database. |
The default is As Shown.
Users can override this option.
Field Labels
You can specify how WilsonDisc for Windows prints field labels (or field
names) when records are printed.
To change this value, click one of the following buttons:
| Button |
Function |
| Short Field Names |
Print abbreviated field labels. |
| Long Field Names |
Print full field labels. |
| No Field Names |
Do not print field labels. |
The default is Short (abbreviated field labels).
Users can override this option.
Other Options
You can also specify additional print options.
Indent Text
You can choose to indent the text of printed records. Text will be
indented beneath each field label.
To use indented text, click to put an X in the check box; to disable
indented text, click to remove the X. The default is to indent text.
Users can override this option.
Print Search History
You can specify whether WilsonDisc for Windows includes the search history
when records are printed. The search history will be printed at the
beginning of the document.
To print the search history, click to put an X in the check box; to
not print the search history, click to remove the X. The default is
to print the search history.
Users can override this option.
One Record Per Page
You can specify whether WilsonDisc for Windows prints only one record per
page when records are printed.
To print one record per page, click to put an X in the check box;
to print continuous records, click to remove the X. The default is
to print continuous records.
Users can override this option.
Margins
You can set the margins (in millimeters) for printed pages of records.
Click in the box for each margin you want to change, and type the setting.
The default is 10 mm for each (about 3/8 inches).
Users cannot override this option.
File Options Dialog Box
The File Options dialog box contains the following options:
Records Options
Search History Options
It also contains the following buttons:
OK—saves the settings and exits the File Options dialog box.
Cancel—exits the File Options dialog box without changing any settings.
Default Settings—resets to the default settings.
Help—displays Help with the File Options dialog box.
Record Options
You can specify whether users can download records and search history, how
fields and field labels will appear, and what drives and file names can be
used.
Allow Downloading of Records
To allow users to download records, click to put an X in the Allow
Downloading of Records check box; to prevent users from downloading, click
to remove the X. The default is to allow downloading of records.
Users cannot override this option.
Download Search History
If you allow downloading, you can specify whether WilsonDisc for Windows
includes the search history when the records are downloaded. The search
history will be listed at the beginning of the document. To download
search history, click to put an X in the Download Search History check
box; to exclude search history when downloading, click to remove the X.
The default is to download search history.
Users can override this option.
Note: The search history downloaded with the records is for viewing only.
To save a search history for later reuse, use the Allow Saving and Allow
Loading search history options.
Download Record Number
If you allow downloading, you can specify whether the record number should
be included when a record is downloaded. To download record numbers, click
to put an X in the Download Record Number check box; to exclude record
numbers, click to remove the X. The default is to download record numbers.
Users can override this option.
Download Fields
You can specify how WilsonDisc for Windows downloads fields when records
are downloaded.
To change this value, click one of the following buttons:
| Button |
Function |
| As Shown |
Download fields as displayed. |
| Default |
Download default fields for the database. |
The default is As Shown.
Users can override this option.
Field Labels
If you allow downloading, you can specify how WilsonDisc for Windows
downloads field labels (or field names) when records are downloaded.
To change this value, click one of the following buttons:
| Button |
Function |
| Short Field Names |
Download abbreviated field labels. |
| Long Field Names |
Download full field labels. |
| No Field Names |
Do not download field labels |
The default is Short (abbreviated field labels).
Users can override this option.
Allowable Drives
If you allow downloading, you can also specify what drives will be
available to users and the default file name when they download records.
List the drive letters in the Allowable Drives box. Separate the drive
letters with commas. The default is A,B.
Users cannot override this option.
Default File Name
We strongly recommend that you use the original default file name (download.txt)
unless you have a compelling reason for changing it. If you want to change
the file name, you can use any valid DOS file name, but you cannot change
the .txt extension. The name you specify here will appear as the default
when users save their searches. To change the default file name, click in
the Default File Name box and type a valid DOS file name.
Users can override this option.
Search History Options
You can specify whether users will be able to save and load search
histories, the default file name, and what drives users can access.
Allow Saving
To allow users to save search histories, click to put an
X in the Allow
Saving check box; to disable saving, click to remove the X. The default is
to allow saving of search histories.
Users cannot override this option.
Allow Loading
To allow users to load search histories, click to put an
X in the Allow
Loading check box; to disable loading, click to remove the X. The default
is to allow loading of search histories.
Users cannot override this option.
History Options
You can specify whether users will be able to save and
load search histories, the default file name, and what drives users can
access.
Allow Saving
To allow users to save search histories, click to put an
X in the Allow Saving check box; to disable saving, click to remove
the X. The default is to allow saving of search histories.
Users cannot override this option.
Allow Loading
To allow users to load search histories, click to put an
X in the Allow Loading check box; to disable loading, click to
remove the X. The default is to allow loading of search histories.
Users cannot override this option.
Default File Name
If you allow Saving (and Loading), you can also specify the default file
name for search histories that users save. We strongly recommend that you
use the original default file name search.his) unless you have a
compelling reason for changing it.
If you want to change the file name, you can use any valid DOS file name,
but you cannot change the .his extension. The name you specify here will
appear as the default when users save their searches. To change the
default file name, click in the Default File Name box and type a valid DOS
file name.
Users can override this option. If you have set the Allow Saving option to
prevent users from saving search histories, the Default File Name option
has no effect.
Drives for Saving
You can set WilsonDisc for Windows so that users will be able to save
their search histories only on specified floppy disk drives or hard
drives. For example, you can specify that users can only save search
histories to the A: drive.
If you specify more than one drive, users can choose which drive to use,
but they cannot use a drive that is not specified with this option.
To change this value, click in the Drives for Saving box and type the
drive letter or letters you want to make available to the users. Separate
the drive letters with commas. The default is A,B.
Users cannot override this option. If you have set the Allow Saving option
to prevent users from saving search histories, the Drives for Saving
option has no effect.
Drives for Loading
You can set WilsonDisc for Windows so that users will be able to Run
previously saved search histories only from specified floppy disk drives
or hard drives. These drives can be different from the drives you specify
in the Drives for Saving option. For example, you may want to let users
Run standard searches that are saved on the hard disk, even if users are
not allowed to save searches on the hard disk.
If you specify more than one drive, users can choose which drive to use,
but they cannot use a drive that is not specified with this option.
To change this value, click in the Drives for Loading box and type the
drive letter or letters you want to make available to the users. Separate
the drive letters with commas. The default is A,B.
Users cannot override this option. If you have set the Allow Loading
option to prevent users from loading search histories, the Drives for
Loading option has no effect.
Workstation Options Dialog Box
The Workstation Options dialog box contains the following options:
Display Colors
Idle Time
Dedicated Workstation
Allow Cross-family Searching
Save Window Position
Display Start Button
Allow Setting of Default Fields
Save Search History Every __ Minutes
Language
It also contains the following buttons:
OK—saves the settings and exits the Workstation
Options dialog box.
Cancel—exits the Workstation Options dialog box
without changing any settings.
Default Settings—resets to the default settings.
Help—displays help with the Workstation Options
dialog box.
Display Colors
Select the Color Scheme you want WilsonDisc for Windows to display by
clicking the corresponding radio button. If you have a monochrome monitor,
be sure to select Color Scheme Monochrome.
The default is Color Scheme 1.
Users can override this option.
Idle Time
You can set up your system so that if the computer remains inactive. With
no user input for a specified amount of time, WilsonDisc for Windows will
automatically Restart or Quit.
Minutes to Restart
You can specify an idle time limit after which WilsonDisc for Windows
automatically restarts.
To change this value, click in the box and type the number of minutes
WilsonDisc for Windows should wait before performing a Restart.
If you do not want to set a limit, set the limit to 0, which is the
default.
Users cannot override this option.
Quit Application
You can set WilsonDisc for Windows so that when the idle time limit is
reached, the application quits.
To set up the program to quit on Restart, click to put an X in the check
box; to deactivate the quit on Restart, click to remove the X. The default
is to turn Quit Application off.
Users cannot override this option. If you have set the Minutes to Restart
option to 0, the Quit Application option has no effect.
Dedicated Workstation
You can set WilsonDisc for Windows so that the computer operates as a
dedicated workstation. When users Exit the program on a dedicated
workstation, it will Restart and return to the Database Title screen (if
you are running a single-database disc) or the Database Selection screen
(if you are using a multi-database environment). The system will not
return to Windows.
To set up a dedicated workstation, click to put an X in the check box; to
deactivate a dedicated workstation, click to remove the X. The default is
to turn Dedicated Workstation off.
Users cannot override this option.
Cross-family Searching
You can specify whether users can perform cross-family searching. To allow
users to do cross-family searching, click to put an X in the check box; to
disable cross-family searching, click to remove the X. The default is to
allow cross-family searching.
Users cannot override this option.
Save Window Position
You can set WilsonDisc for Windows to save the positions of its windows if
you modify them during a session. The next time the program runs, the
window position will be as it was during the previous session. To save the
position, click to put an X in the check box; to deactivate saving, click
to remove the X. The default is not to save the window position.
Users cannot override this option.
Display Start Button
You can specify whether users have to click the Start button (or press
Enter) when WilsonDisc for Windows displays its Startup screen. To turn
this setting on, click to put an X in the check box; if you want the
program to show its Startup screen briefly and then automatically
continue, click to remove the X. The default is to use the Start button.
If the option is not checked, the Startup screen is displayed for
approximately five seconds, and then the Database Selection screen or the
Database Title screen will be displayed automatically.
Allow Setting of Default Fields
You can specify whether users can set default fields for showing,
printing, and downloading records from individual databases. When this
option is turned on users can set the default fields for each database at
the Retrieved Records Options dialog box, the Print Records Options dialog
box, and the Download Records Options dialog box using the Make Default
Fields button.
To turn this setting on, click to put an X in the check box; to disable
setting of default fields, click to remove the X. The default is to not
allow setting of default fields.
Save Search History Every __ Minutes
You can specify how frequently WilsonDisc for Windows will automatically
save the current search history. The program automatically saves the
search history in a file named auto.his in the \wilwin directory.
To change this value, click in the box and type the number of minutes
WilsonDisc for Windows should wait before automatically saving the search
history.
If you do not want the program to automatically save search history, set
the limit to 0, which is the default.
Users cannot override this option.
ERL Options Dialog Box
The ERL Options dialog box contains the following
options:
Mode
ERLCLNT.CFG Directory
ERLCLNT.CFG Drive
Automatic login
It also contains the following buttons:
OK—saves the settings and exits the ERL Options
dialog box.
Cancel—exits the ERL Options dialog box without
changing any settings.
Default Settings—resets to the default settings.
Help—displays help with the ERL Options dialog
box.
Mode
You can specify the mode by which users access
databases.
To change this value, click one of the following
buttons:
| Button |
Function |
| Local only |
Use local databases (in CD-ROM drives at the
PC workstation or CD-ROM network) only. |
| ERL Client only |
Use databases via the ERL client only. |
| Local and ERL |
Use local and ERL client databases |
The default is Local only (no ERL client connection).
Users cannot override this option.
ERLCLNT.CFG Directory and Drive
If you are using ERL, you must specify the directory where the ERLCLNT.CFG
file is located.
You may have previously installed an ERLCLNT.CFG file in a different
directory. In this case, use the ERLCLNT.CFG Directory list box and the
ERLCLNT.CFG Drive drop down box to select the correct directory.
Automatic login
If you are confident that only authorized users will use the ERL
workstations, you can specify automatic login information. Users will be
automatically logged in to the specified servers.
To add login information, click the Add button to access the New
Server dialog box.
In the New Server dialog box, type the Server ID, the Username, and the
Password. Click OK when complete. You return to the ERL Options
dialog box.
To remove login information from the ERL Options dialog box, select the
login you wish to remove by clicking on it, and then click the Remove
button.
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