Desktop Preferences
The Desktop Preferences dialog is accessed from the OpenSpirit Desktop by choosing the View > Preferences menu item or by clicking the preferences icon in the Desktop's tool bar. The list of available preference pages is displayed along the left side of the preferences dialog. The contents of this list vary depending on which OpenSpirit Desktop tools have been installed into your desktop. The right side of the preferences dialog shows the content of the selected preference page. Changes made to a preference page can be immediately saved by pressing the Apply button. The Restore Defaults button reverts the preference settings on the displayed page to the factory default values. Pressing the Ok button, applies any changes made to any of the preference pages and dismiss the dialog. Pressing the Cancel button discards any unapplied changes to any preference pages and dismiss the dialog. Pressing the Help button displays this help document.
Selecting the OpenSpirit Desktop item on the left panel displays the page for setting the desktop logging level, the option to show the progress bar as a view window, and the desktop exiting behavior setting.
The Desktop Log Level setting controls the amount of information that available for viewing in the Desktop Error Log window. Avoid setting this to All or Debug unless instructed to do so by OpenSpirit support in order to avoid overwhelming the desktop with a massive amount of log message.
The meaning of each log level is described in the following table.
Log Level |
Description |
---|---|
ERROR |
Produces the least amount of log file output. This level should only be used if you have no interest in anything but failures. |
WARN |
Produces less output than INFO. Consider using this level if you are trying to keep the log file size down and are not interested in details of successful operations. Only failure information is reported. |
INFO |
The default level. This is the recommended log level. It produces a reasonably detailed amount of information. |
DEBUG |
Produces a large amount of output. You typically should not use this level unless instructed by OpenSpirit support. Large numbers of program execution messages needed to diagnose problems are produced when this log level is used. |
ALL |
Produces a tremendous amount of output. This level should never be used unless instructed by OpenSpirit support. Volumes of very detailed program execution messages needed to diagnose difficult problems are produced when using this log level. This log level may produce multi-gigabyte log files. |
The Show progress view option controls display of the Progress View window.
The When exiting desktop option controls the data server process shutdown behavior when exiting the desktop. The default value for this option is to prompt when exiting the desktop.
The prompt lists your data server processes that are currently running and asks if you would like to shut them down. Click the Yes button to shut down the data servers, click the No button to leave them running.
Choosing the Do nothing desktop preference option prevents the shutdown prompt when exiting the desktop and leaves the data connectors running.
Choosing the Shutdown all data servers without prompting option shutdown all of your data server processes when exiting the desktop without prompting for confirmation.