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Setting Preferences

Setting Preferences

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Setting Preferences

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The Automate Preferences tool lets you set preferences for tasks. On the toolbar, click Settings to open a dialog with the following options:

Option Group

Option

Description

Catalogs

Register Catalog File

Specifies a catalog file for registering a custom task into an Automate catalog.

 

Show Registered Catalog

Points to an existing registered catalog and lists the catalogs.

 

Show Altair Catalog

Box you can select to view the Altair catalog of predefined tasks.

 

Show Demo Catalog

Box you can select to view the demo catalog.

 

Register Text Editor

Points to the path of the registered text editor:

C:/Program Files/Altair/hwx/hwx.bat -o. The default text editor is Notepad.

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Port Labels

Port Labels Font Size

Task Labels Font Size

Error messages in Command Window

Edit as Dialog Box

Provides options to turn labels on or off, and modify the font size of labels.

 

Error messages in Dialog Box

Lets you route the display of error messages into a Command Window or into a pop-up dialog.

Working Directories

 

Displays the present working directory for a task. The log file is also written to this location.

Note: The default location is the working directory for HyperWorks Desktop.

 

Favorites

This sets the favorites in the file selector dialog box.

Note: Modifying the registry also changes options in the system, therefore permission to change the registry is required.