The Application Options dialog allows you to set general and data source specific options used in RTView. Available options and dialog tabs depend on which data sources are licensed in your RTView application. For information on Application Options for your data source, refer to the Data Sources section of this documentation.

Options specified in the Application Options dialog are saved into initialization (.ini) files when you click the Save button. On startup, these initialization files are read by the Display Builder, Display Viewer, Display Server, Data Server and Historian to set initial values for all application options. It is possible to specify a directory for your initialization files. If no directory is specified and initialization files are not found in the directory where you started the current application, then RTView will search under lib in your installation directory. NOTE: When you start an RTView application from the Windows Start menu, it runs from the demos directory. If initialization files are still not found, RTView uses the default values in the dialog shown below.

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

The following initialization files are saved from the Application Options dialog and read by RTView:

• General options are read from OPTIONS.ini.
• Additional initialization files are read for Alerts and for data sources that are licensed in your RTView application. For information on Application Options for your data source, refer to the Data Sources section of this documentation.

The Application Options dialog can opened within the Display Builder or run as a stand-alone application on Windows or UNIX. 

Setting Options in the Display Builder
In the Display Builder, select Tools>Options to open the Application Options dialog.

Setting Options via Windows or UNIX
To run the dialog stand-alone, you will need to use the Configuration Utility. NOTE: When running stand-alone, Java options specified in RTV_JAVAOPTS will be used by the run_configutil scripts. However, these options will not be used when the Configuration Utility is started from the Windows Start menu.

By default, the Configuration Utility does not require a login. Login can be enabled at setup to support role based security. The default user name and password are:

 

User Name: admin Password: admin

NOTE: It is possible that your system administrator may have configured another user name and password. In this case, you may also need to select a role.

On Windows:
To run stand-alone on Windows, you can open the dialog from either the Windows Start Menu or an initialized command window.

From the Windows Start Menu select: Start-->Programs-->RTView-->Configuration Utility

NOTE: When you start the Configuration Utility from the Windows Start menu, it runs from the demos directory. The Configuration Utility will try to read initialization (.ini) files and resolve XML sources containing relative paths from that directory. To start the Configuration Utility in another directory, you must run RTView from a command window. NOTE: It is possible to specify a directory for your initialization files.

In an initialized command window type: run_configutil

On UNIX:
In an initialized terminal window type: run_configutil

Application Options Dialog
Select a category from the left frame to display corresponding dialog tabs in the main window. Click the Save button to record the new application options in an initialization file. NOTE: Do not close the dialog without first saving your changes.

A confirmation dialog will appear to verify in which directory you would like to save the initialization file. If you specified a directory for your initialization files , all initialization (.ini) files will be saved to, and read from, that directory. If you select the lib directory, the initialization file will be available from any directory where you run RTView. If you do not select the lib directory, the initialization file will be saved in the directory where you started the current session and will only be available when you run RTView from that particular directory.  NOTE: If no initialization file is found, RTView will use the defaults shown above.

The following describes Application Options dialog commands:

Command	Description
OK	Applies values and closes the dialog. NOTE: Do not close the dialog until you have saved your changes.
Apply	Applies values without closing the dialog.
Cancel	Closes the dialog with last values applied.
Save	Applies values, saves them to an initialization file, and closes the dialog.

Add - Enter a String and a Value. Click Add to insert the substitution into the listing.

NOTE:  Substitution strings cannot contain the following:

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Edit - Select a substitution from the list and edit the String or Value. Click Add to replace the substitution currently listed.

Remove - Select a substitution from the list and click Remove.