Using this tab, you can specify the following global preferences.
Table 1-2 Global Preferences General Tab
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General Tab Options |
Description |
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On Close Session/Application Exit |
Click the item that indicates how to handle any changes to the session when you close the session or exit Accessory Manager:
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Show Open Session Dialog At Startup |
Select this option to display the Open Session dialog box each time you run Accessory Manager. This might be preferable if you run Accessory Manager from the Start menu. If you clear this option, the Open Session dialog box will not appear when you run the application. This might be preferable if you open sessions by double-clicking them in My Computer, or by double-clicking shortcuts on your desktop. If this option is selected, the Show Startup Dialog option is disabled. |
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Show Startup Dialog |
Select this option to display the Accessory Manager Startup dialog box each time you run Accessory Manager. From this dialog box, you can choose to create a new session, open an existing session, or open an existing layout. If you clear this option, Accessory Manager opens a blank workspace. The default is cleared. |
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Prompt For Disconnection |
Select this option if you want to be prompted for confirmation before disconnecting from a host. This can be helpful in preventing accidental host disconnections. If you clear this option, you will not be prompted when you disconnect from a host. The session will disconnect immediately. |
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Show Capture Dialog When Start Capture |
Select this option to display the Capture Printer Settings dialog box each time you click Capture from the File menu. This might be preferable if you frequently switch the destination location or other options for captured data. If you clear this option, the Capture Printer Settings dialog box will not appear. When you click Capture, the capture begins immediately, and the data is handled according to the settings you specified the last time you completed the Capture Printer Settings dialog box. Clearing this option might be preferable if you usually capture data to the same location using the same options. |
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Automatically Create Bookmark Files |
Select this option to create a bookmark (.BKM) file automatically each time you create a bookmark of a recorded host screen. If you create bookmark files, you can go directly to a recorded host screen by double-clicking the bookmark file in My Computer. You can also create an icon on your desktop for a bookmark file. Double-clicking the icon starts Accessory Manager, opens the appropriate session, and navigates to the host screen automatically. If you clear this option, bookmark files are not created automatically when you create bookmarks. To create a bookmark file manually, you must click Page Settings from the Tools menu, click the Bookmarks tab, click the bookmark for which you want to create a bookmark file, and click Create Bookmark File. |
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Open Multiple Instances of the Same Session |
This option lets you have a session up and running more than once at the same time. |
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Disable Event Logging |
Prevents the system from writing session events to the Event Viewer's application log on Windows 2000 computers. |
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Assign New File Extension |
This option allows you to assign a new file extension to session files. The entry typed in the edit box will become the new default file extension. The default is .ADP. |
To specify how to handle changes when you close the session or exit
From the Options menu, click Global Preferences.
In the On Close Session/Application Exit group box, click the item that indicates how to handle any changes to the session when you close the session or exit Accessory Manager:
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To |
Click |
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Save changes to the session automatically |
Auto-Save Session Settings |
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Not save changes to the session automatically (nor be prompted to save them) |
Do Not Auto-Save Session Settings |
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Be prompted to save changes |
Prompt For Session Saves |
To specify whether to show the Open Session dialog box at startup
From the Options menu, click Global Preferences.
Do one of the following:
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To |
Do this |
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Display the Open Session dialog box each time you run Accessory Manager |
Select Show Open Session Dialog At Startup. |
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Display only the Accessory Manager window when you run this application |
Clear Show Open Session Dialog At Startup. |
To specify whether to be prompted when disconnecting from a host
From the Options menu, click Global Preferences.
Do one of the following:
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To |
Do this |
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Be prompted for confirmation before disconnecting from a host |
Select Prompt For Disconnection. |
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Not be prompted when you disconnect from a host (the session will disconnect immediately) |
Clear Prompt For Disconnection. |
To specify whether to show the Capture Printer Settings dialog box when capture starts
From the Options menu, click Global Preferences.
Do one of the following:
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To |
Do this |
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Display the Capture Printer Settings dialog box when you click Capture from the File menu (capture does not begin until you click OK on this dialog box) |
Select Show Capture Dialog When Start Capture. |
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Not display the Capture Printer Settings dialog box (capture begins when you click Capture, using the settings specified the last time you completed the Capture Printer Settings dialog box) |
Clear Show Capture Dialog When Start Capture. |
NOTE:Selecting this option might be preferable if you frequently switch the destination location or other options for captured data. Clearing this option might be preferable if you usually capture data to the same location using the same options.
To specify whether to create bookmark files automatically
From the Options menu, click Global Preferences.
Do one of the following:
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To |
Do this |
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Create a bookmark file automatically each time you create a bookmark |
Select Automatically Create Bookmark Files. |
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Not create bookmark files automatically |
Clear Automatically Create Bookmark Files. |
Create Bookmark Files
If you create bookmark files, you can go directly to a recorded host screen by double-clicking the bookmark file in My Computer. You can also create an icon on your desktop for a bookmark file. Double-clicking the icon starts Accessory Manager, opens the appropriate session, and navigates to the host screen automatically.
If you clear this option, bookmark files are not created automatically when you create bookmarks. To create a bookmark file manually, you must click Page Settings from the Tools menu, click the Bookmarks tab, click the bookmark for which you want to create a bookmark file, and click Create Bookmark File.