OPEN 4D PREFERENCES

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OPEN 4D PREFERENCES (selector)

ParameterTypeDescription
selectorStringKey designating a theme or a page or a
group of parameters in the Preferences
dialog box

Description

The OPEN 4D PREFERENCES command provokes the display of the Preferences dialog box of the current 4D application and the display of the theme or page corresponding to the key passed in selector.

The selector parameter must contain one or more "keys" indicating a theme, page or group of parameters in the Preferences dialog box. The list of keys that can be used is provided below.

You can pass either a fixed access path or the name of a single element in selector:

Fixed access path: The selector parameter is put together in the following manner: /Theme{/Page{/Parameter group}}.

The string must start with the / character and each level must be separated with a /.

For example, to set the Compiler page of the Design Mode theme, selector must contain "/Design Mode/Compiler".

Name (relative path): In this case, the selector parameter cannot start with the / character. Simply pass the name of the desired element and 4D will open the first corresponding element in the following search order: parameter group -> page-> theme.

For example, if you pass "Progress Indicator" in selector, 4D will open the Options page of the Application theme.

To open the dialog box directly on the first page, simply pass "/" in selector.

The command opens the Preferences page on the element specified in selector; however, all other themes and pages remain accessible. It is up to the developer to make sure that user access to Preferences does not hinder the application. To control user actions, it is recommended that you enable the user access management system.

Path keys

The following is a list of keys that can be used in the selector parameter:

/Application

/Application/Options

/Application/Options/Options

/Application/Options/Temporary Folder Location

/Application/Options/Drag and Drop Highlight

/Application/Options/Progress Indicator

/Application/Options/Display Toolbar

/Application/Options/Display Windows

/Application/Access

/Application/Access/Data Access

/Application/Access/General Settings

/Application/Access/User Access

/Application/CPU Priorities

/Application/CPU Priorities/Set CPU Priority to:

/Application/Shortcuts

/Application/Shortcuts/Keys

/Application/Compatibility

/Application/Compatibility/Design Compatibility

/Application/Compatibility/Web Compatibility

/Application/Compatibility/Platform

/Design Mode

/Design Mode/Structure

/Design Mode/Structure/General Font

/Design Mode/Structure/Forms and Methods Automatic Comments

/Design Mode/Structure/Automatic Form Creation

/Design Mode/Form Editor

/Design Mode/Form Editor/Object Templates

/Design Mode/Form Editor/Move

/Design Mode/Form Editor/Auto Alignment

/Design Mode/Form Editor/Default Display

/Design Mode/Method Editor

/Design Mode/Method Editor/Font

/Design Mode/Method Editor/Default Display

/Design Mode/Method Editor/Options

/Design Mode/Method Editor/Syntax

/Design Mode/Compiler

/Design Mode/Compiler/Compilation Options

/Design Mode/Compiler/Compiler Methods for...

/Design Mode/Documentation

/Design Mode/Moving

/Design Mode/Moving/Default Actions during the Copy if Dependent Objects

/Design Mode/Moving/Moving Dialog

/Design Mode/Documentation/Documentation Access from the Explorer

/Database

/Database/Data Management

/Database/Data Management/General

/Database/Data Management/Database Cache Settings

/Database/Data Management/WEDD

/Database/International

/Database/International/Script Manager

/Database/International/Right-to-left Languages

/Database/International/Numeric Display Format

/Backup

/Backup/Configuration

/Backup/Configuration/Backup Contents

/Backup/Configuration/Backup File Destination Folder

/Backup/Configuration/Last Backup Information

/Backup/Configuration/Log Management

/Backup/Scheduler

/Backup/Scheduler/Backup Frequency

/Backup/Backup

/Backup/Backup/General

/Backup/Backup/Archive

/Backup/Restore

/Backup/Restore/Automatic Restore

/Client-Server

/Client-Server/Configuration

/Client-Server/Configuration/Network

/Client-Server/Configuration/Client-Server Connections Timeout

/Client-Server/Configuration/Client-Server Communication

/Client-Server/Configuration/4D Open

/Client-Server/Publishing

/Client-Server/Publishing/Publishing Information

/Client-Server/Publishing/Allow-Deny Table Configuration

/Client-Server/Publishing/Encryption

/Web

/Web/Configuration

/Web/Configuration/Web Server Publishing

/Web/Configuration/Default HTML Path

/Web/Configuration/Starting Mode

/Web/Advanced

/Web/Advanced/Cache

/Web/Advanced/Web Process

/Web/Advanced/Options

/Web/Advanced/Web Passwords

/Web/Options

/Web/Options/Options

/Web/Options/Text Conversion

/Web/Options/Persisent Connections

/Web/Log Format

/Web/Log Format/Web Log Type

/Web/Log Format/Web Log Token Selection

/Web/Log Scheduler

/Web/Log Scheduler/Backup Frequency for Web Log File

/Web Services

/Web Services/SOAP

/Web Services/SOAP/Server Side

/Web Services/SOAP/Client Side

/SQL

/SQL/Configuration

/SQL/Configuration/SQL Server Access

Examples

1. Open Preferences on the first page:

   OPEN 4D PREFERENCES("/")

2. Open the "Shortcuts" page of the "Application" theme:

   OPEN 4D PREFERENCES("/Application/Shortcuts")

3. Open the "Advanced" page of the "Web" theme:

   OPEN 4D PREFERENCES("Web Passwords")

System Variables or Sets

If the requested element is found and opened correctly, the system variable OK returns 1. Otherwise, it returns 0.


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