Configure System Options

The Options tab of the System Settings contains the most used system options. These properties are saved in the same file as the Default Components.

Activity Steps

1. Select the Options Tab in the Component Options panel.
2. Select System in the Component Options Panel.
3. Select the Options tab in the Property Panel.
4. Configure the following options as required.
   • Theme – The theme in which Supervisor displays.
   • Library Folder – Location of the folder to save any unsaved Libraries, or where libraries are loaded from if not found. If left blank, the library folder location is set to the directory where you save your first library file. Default: blank.
   • Keep logs – Number of days the system keeps your log files. See Logging. Default: 7.
   • Maximum undos – Maximum number of operations Supervisor records that can be undone. When the limit is reached, the last undo operation in the queue is removed. Use Ctrl + Z for undo and Ctrl + Y for redo. Default: 50.
   • Clipboard delay – Delay in milliseconds between each subsequent copy to clipboard performed. When copying multiple windows to the clipboard, some windows may be lost because the Office clipboard manager cannot handle the speed at which the windows are generated. This delay prevents that from happening. Increase if you find that you still get missing clipboard items. Default: 1000.
   • Grid row height – Default height of a row in a table. It is possible that check boxes do not draw when large fonts are used. This setting allows you to change the height to rectify that. Default: 22.
   • Grid background colour – Background colour for tables shown in a grid. Default: Light grey.
   • Graph background colour – Background colour of the window of the graph. Default: White.
   • Block error messages – Whether to report error messages in the Status Window or as pop ups. See Errors and Warnings. Default: Off.
   • Load last workspace – Automatically load the last used project when opening a new instance of Supervisor. Default: On.
   • Enable tree tool tips – Whether to show a tool tip when you move the cursor over a component in the Project Tree. Default: On.
   • Show the 'All' property tab – Whether to display the All tab in the Property Panel for other components. See Configure System All Tab Options. Default: Off.
   • Show information warnings – Whether to show general informational warnings. Default: On.
   • Show 'Tip of the Day' at start – Whether to show the tip of the day when opening Supervisor. Default: On.
   • Prompt with DEL key – When to display a pop up message to confirm when deleting a component. Default: TopNodes. Select from:
     • TopNodes – Only use a pop up for the first (highest) level of nodes.
     • Never
     • Always

       Tip: You can use the Undo function to retrieve deleted components.

   • Log level – Level of information written to the Log file, and the Log and Errors status windows. See Logging. Default: Info. Select from:
     • Off – Do not use logging.
     • Error – Only log error messages.
     • Warning – Log error and warning messages.
     • Info – Log error, warning and info messages.
     • Debug – Log error, warning, info and debug messages. Only use if instructed by support.
     • Trace – Log error, warning, info, debug and trace messages. Only use if instructed by support.
   • Display page by – Which display window to show when you click a component. Default: Type. Select from:
     • Type – Show the display page that was shown in the last visited component of that type. For example, if you have two data loader components and you go from A (showing the Merge Domains display page) to B, then B shows Merge Domains, even if the last time you used B it was showing the Data Loader page.
     • Individual – Show the display page that was shown in the last visit to this component.
   • Scripting language – Scripting language that is used, for example, in expressions for calculated columns. The default .NET scripting language is used wherever scripting is used. Default: JScript.