Preferences dialog/How preference dialog settings are represented

This page documents what actually gets changed when you change a setting on the Preferences dialog, for example, which system variable is set, etc. Please see Preferences dialog for a description of what of each preference setting does.

Change identifier

SysVar Naming

0=Don't rename (When title changes unchecked)

1=Ask (Both checked )

2=Don't ask (When title changes checked, Ask before renaming unchecked)

5=Ask then backquote

6=Don't ask then backquote

SysVar NameSize

Max number of characters in auto-generated (from title) identifier

X+Y Opens

SysVar Editor

0 = Object window

1 = Attribute panel

Default result view

Table

SysVar UseTable := 0

Graph

SysVar UseTable := 1

Yes, this polarity is backwards.

Personal preferences

These preferences are not saved with your model, but are retained in the registry as your personal preferences. The registry settings shown here are in the hive:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Lumina Decision Systems/Analytica

Preference	System variable	Registry setting
Use Return to enter data	SwapEnterReturn	SwapEnterReturn
Maintain recovery info	AutosaveMode	AutosaveMode
Expression assist	Sys_IntelliSense 0 = off 3 = on	ExpressionAssist
Syntax error underlining	Sys_EnableErrorUnder	EnableErrorUnderlining
Fixed font in expression fields	Sys_EnableFixedFont	EnableFixedFont
Syntax coloring in definitions	Sys_EnableSyntaxColo	EnableSyntaxColoring
Help balloons	Sys_BalloonHelp (bit 1)	BalloonHelp
...only in browse mode	Sys_BalloonHelp (bit 2)	BalloonHelp
Large text in attributes & tables	AttributeFontSize (13=on, 10=off) TableFontSize (13=on, 10-off)	AttributeFontSize TableFontSize
Max open windows	MaximumOpenWindows	MaxOpenWindows

Model preferences

Preference	System variable
Check variable class	TypeChecking (0=off, 1=on)
Check value bounds	Checking (bit 1)
...against Check attribute	Checking (bit 2)
...against Domain bounds	Checking (bit 4)
Show undefined	ShowUndef 0=off 1=on (hatch when either defn or check is unparseable) 2=hatch when def is unparsed, but check attribute doesn't impact
Show result mode icons	NodeInfo::showformicon of FormNode
Flag nodes without descriptions	ShowDescriptionMarks
Show module hierarchy	ShowHier
Show result warnings	AllWarnings
Auto recompute outgoing OLE links	OleAutoRecompute
Use Excel date origin	Sv__DateOriginOffset 0 = off (1-Jan-1904) -1462 = on (30-Dec-1899)

Legacy model settings

! Preference	System variable or attribute
Domain acts as self index	Sys_DomainSelfIndex
Proactively evaluate indexes	ProactivelyEvaluate of Index (1 bit)
Deprecated x+y behavior for text	PlusOnTextReturnsNaN 0 = on (legacy) 1 = off
m..n decrements when m>n	Sys_DotDotSequenceIsStrict 0 = on (legacy) 1 = off

See also

• Preferences dialog