Design Center Settings dialog box

In the Design Center Settings dialog box you can specify the default Design Center application settings.

Setting	Description
Remember these settings when closing Design Center	Select to open the Design Center views and windows as they were the last time Design Center was closed.
Default code page	The default code page specified here is the default code page in all code page drop-down lists in Design Center.
Enable wizard window at startup	Select to display the wizard window when you launch Design Center. The wizard window contains the options Recent Projects, Open Project, Create new Project, etc.
Highlight Runtime links for selected items	Select to highlight all links to components selected in a Runtime configuration view.
Reconnect version control session on startup	Select to reconnect to the Version Control System when you launch Design Center. If a VCS connection was active the last time you exited Design Center, the same VCS connection is activated when you launch Design Center.
Track active item in project tree	Select to highlight the active node in the Project browser. For example, if a Message view is active in the Main window, the corresponding Message node in the Project browser is highlighted.
Enable autosave	Select to enable autosave of the Design Center Project files.
Autosave interval	Specify how frequently to autosave the Design Center Project files.
Inherit resource sets	Specify whether to inherit resource sets. For example, you have the resource set “B” connected to the Message configuration “Invoice”. When you add the Message configuration “Invoice” to a Runtime configuration, you must decide whether the Runtime configuration should inherit the resource set “B”. • Ask Before – You are prompted each time. • Always – Resource sets are inherited automatically. • Never – Resource sets are not inherited.
Obtain write lock when opening views	Specify whether Design Center should try to lock a Project file when opening the corresponding view. This is only applicable if Design Center is connected to a Version Control System (CVS in this release). • Ask Before – You are prompted each time. • Always – Design Center tries to lock the file automatically. • Never – Design Center does not try to lock the file.
Obtain write lock for all components when opening them	Specify whether Design Center should lock all components in a view when opening the view. This is only applicable if Design Center is connected to a Version Control System (CVS in this release). • Ask Before – You are prompted each time. • Always – Design Center locks the components automatically. • Never – Design Center does not lock the components.
Project Templates location	The path to the Design Center Project templates.
Choose help type	Select whether to Use web help or Use local help. The default option is to use web help, but if you are unable to connect to the web, you can select to use local help instead.