Options

The Options dialog is displayed by clicking Tools | Options. It allows you to customize aspects of the working environment.

Changes that you make using the Options dialog (or the configuration object) are saved to the file prefs.cl when the Tools | Save Options Now command is used, or when the IDE is exited if the Tools | Save Options On Exit option is enabled (as it is by default). When you restart the IDE, it will be configured as it was when options were most recently saved.

Many options correspond to global variables. Changing the value in the dialog changes the value of the global variable.

There are eight tabs on the options dialog:

• Environment
• Compiler
• Form
• Debug
• Workspace
• Editor
• Project
• Site

Buttons on the Options dialog

• OK: Effect any changes made to any tab and close the dialog.
• Cancel: Cancel any unapplied changes and close the dialog.
• Apply: Effect any changes made to any tab but leave the dialog open. (The options dialog is not modal.) Cancel does not undo applied changes.
• Revert: revert to the settings since the last Apply. (That is, if you make a change and do not apply it, undo the change. Applied changes can not be reverted to.)

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Documentation for Allegro CL version 6.1 update # 1. This page was not revised.
Created 2001.12.15.