Setting Database Manager Preferences

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Printing preferences

Print the database while you configure a block or start another iFIX program.

Saving preferences

Save the current spreadsheet settings or the process database when you exit Database Manager.

Display preferences

View or hide:

• Spreadsheet row numbers
• The status bar
• The Database Manager toolbar

You also have the option to set the automatic refresh rate.

Editing preferences

Open block dialog boxes in view or modify mode when you double-click a cell in the spreadsheet. In view mode, you can examine the block configuration but not modify it. The block and its chain remain on scan at all times. In modify mode, you can examine and change the block configuration. The block and its chain are placed off scan even if you do not modify the block.

You also have the option to place edited blocks and chains on scan automatically when you finish editing them. By default, this option is disabled and Database Manager prompts you to place modified blocks on scan.