Default Settings

The Default Settings page accessed through File | Defaults controls most of the default settings used throughout MapViewer's dialogs. These settings are saved within a setting file [.SET], and are reloaded whenever MapViewer is started. Using the hierarchical list in the Default Settings page, you can customize each default setting independently. This is an advanced feature so the settings should not be changed indiscriminately. Minimal error checking is performed so it is possible to specify values completely inappropriate for some data sets.

Always reset

Do not update the default setting when it is changed in a dialog. Every time the dialog is invoked, the setting is reset to the value in the setting file.

Current session only

This option saves changes made to the setting within the dialog during the current session only. The settings are not written to the setting file and are not used the next time MapViewer is started.

All sessions

This option saves the changes made to the setting within the dialog during the current session and writes the changes to the setting file to be used the next time MapViewer is started.

 

You must click the OK button in the dialog that uses the setting for the setting to be updated. If the Cancel button is clicked, the dialog the changes are not recorded in the setting file.

 

 

See Also

General Options

Rulers and Grid

Units