To access the Application Options dialog, in the Display Builder select Tools>Options.

Options specified in the XML tab can be saved in an initialization file (OPTIONS.ini). On startup, the initialization file is read by the Display Builder, Display Viewer, Display Server, Data Server and Historian to set initial values. If no directory has been specified for your initialization files and OPTIONS.ini is not found in the directory where you started the application, then Enterprise RTView will search under lib in your installation directory. NOTE: When you start an Enterprise RTView application from the Windows Start menu, it runs from the demos directory.  

NOTE: Options specified using command line arguments will override values set in initialization files.

XML
This tab allows you to allows you to add or remove XML sources, set the default XML source, and enter an XML source prefix.

Adding an XML source allows you to associate a name, which you will use when creating data attachments, with the full path to the XML source file used to update objects in your display. See Creating XML Sources for technical details on creating and formatting your own XML source file.

Entering an XML source prefix allows you to use the same path for several XML sources. The XML source prefix will be affixed to the beginning of all XML sources with the Use XML Source Prefix checkbox selected in the Edit XML Source dialog.

Once you add an XML source, it will be highlighted in yellow indicating that it has not been read. When you click OK, Apply or Save, Enterprise RTView will attempt to read it and populate menu items in the Attach to XML Data dialog, unless the XML source definition has the Contains Substitutions checkbox selected.  If the XML source remains yellow, the file was not found.  When this information is saved to the initialization file, it will be used to populate Attach to XML Data dialog menus each time you run Enterprise RTView.
  XML Source Prefix - Directory path or URL base affixed to XML sources you add with the Use XML Source Prefix checkbox selected. This allows you to use the same path for several XML sources. NOTE: The XML source prefix will not be applied to paths that begin with http://.

Default XML Source - Name of XML source used as the default for data attachments. Select from drop down menu to change default setting.

Add - Click to open the Edit XML Source dialog.  To edit an existing XML source, double-click on a name from the XML Sources list.

Remove - Select an XML source from the list and click the Remove button to delete.  It is not possible to remove an XML source that is currently updating an object.

Edit XML Source
When you add an XML source, the name you create (e.g., MyXMLSource) will be associated with the full path to the XML source file (e.g., mydata/update.xml) being used to update objects in your display. XML Source Name - Create a name to use when referencing the XML source file that will be used to update objects in your display. The XML source name will appear in the Attach to XML Data dialog when you create data attachments in the Display Builder.

XML Source Path - Full or relative path to the XML source file (e.g., mydata/update.xml) that is being used to update objects in your display. If your XML data source is a socket, specify with the following format:

remote://host:port/filename

Use XML Source Prefix - If selected, the XML source prefix you entered will be affixed to the XML source path. This allows you to enter a path once and use it for several XML sources. For example, if the XML source prefix is c:/rtview/ and the XML source path is mydata/update.xml, then MyXMLSource will be defined as c:/rtview/mydata/update.xml. NOTE: This checkbox is only enabled if you filled in the XML Source Prefix field in the Application Options dialog.

Static - Select this option if your XML source file exclusively contains static information. If selected, Enterprise RTView will read this file only once.

Contains Substitutions - Select this option if your XML Source Path contains substitutions. If selected, Enterprise RTView will not read this file until the substitutions in the path have been defined. This applies to substitutions set in the Application Options dialog as well as those set in drill down displays.