General Program Settings

If you wish to change the program settings concerning the program in general, enter the Setup menu and click on General. The general configuration dialog is shown below.

General program settings.

General Program Settings

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Share settings between all users

Check this field to share the editor settings between all users. All users must have read/write access to the program directory.

If this option is not checked, each user can define its user-specific settings, i.e.:

These settings are stored in Windows (under USERNAME), so every user gets "his" Editor after logging in.

If a user does not have read/write access to the program directory, this option is disabled.

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Start maximized

When this field is checked, CIMCO Edit v6 will always start maximized, i.e. filling up the whole screen.

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Remember window position

When this field is checked, the editor will start with the same window size and position as the last time the editor was used.

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Open windows maximized

When this field is checked, Edit windows will be opened maximized.

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Warning beeps

Check this field to use warnings beeps (switch this off for silent operation).

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Protect read-only files

Check this field to prevent read-only files from being modified or edited.

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Save backup file (.BAK)

Check this field to backup the previous version when saving a file. The backup file is named filename.BAK.

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Check external changes

When this field is checked, the editor will check if a file is modified outside the editor.

If a file is modified outside the editor, you will be notified and you will be asked if you want to reload the file. If you choose to do that, any changes made since the last save will be lost.

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Hide NC-Assistant formula results

Check this field if the result of NC-Assistant macro formulas should be hidden.

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Open file multiple times

Check this field if you want to be able to open the same file in more than one window in the editor.

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Show full path in title

Select this option to show the full path of files in the window title.

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Specify name when receiving

Check this field if you wish to specify a filename when using the Transmission tab function Receive file and open in editor.

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Always show all files (*.*)

Check this field if the file dialog should always show all files.

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Re-open files

Select this option to re-open files when the program is started.

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Remember cursor position

Check this field to place the cursor at the position where it was when the file was last opened.

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Confirm program exit

Check this field to confirm when closing the program.

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Hide "Download Latest Version"

Check this field to hide the Download Latest Version link from the Help menu.

You must restart the editor after changing this option.

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Tab width

Use this field to specify the tab width in characters.

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Show file size in

Select from the list, how the file size should be displayed in the status bar.

The file size can be shown in bytes, in meter, or in feet.

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Recent list size

Use this field to specify the number of files shown in the Recent List.

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Number of linefeed characters

Use this field to specify how many line feed characters that should be used to calculate the file size shown in the status bar.

Example: If you specify a value of 2, and the file contains 12 lines, 24 bytes will be added to the file size shown in the status bar.

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Language

Select the language to be used in menus and dialogs.

Changing language will not have effect until the program is restarted.