Options

Several settings are available in the Options dialog.

To open the Options dialog

In the Explorer, click Options... on the Tools menu.
Make your changes in the displayed dialog, then click OK.

Some changes only take effect after restarting Engineering Base. In this case, a respective message will be displayed.

General settings	Meaning
Language settings	Select an edit language and several display languages on database level and click the check box Activate user-specific project languages to activate these selections in all projects.
System of units	To define a system of units on database level Select the option Activate user-specific unit system settings. Select the system of units of your choice in the selection list under Select the required system of units. The possible choices are: Client System Settings Imperial MET SI Individually created view on systems of units Select Display input values alphanumerically if the attribute values that are visible in the Modify dialog are to be displayed on reports, sheets and diagrams independent of the selected system of units. Select Display input values graphically if the input values are also to be displayed on the graphics. The user-specific settings take precedence over the project-related settings.
Environment settings	Check the checkbox Disable internet access for preview links to avoid that the internet is accessed from the preview window of a folder. This sets the key EnablePreviewInternetAccess under HKEY_CURRENT_USER to 0 in the registry.
User information	The data of this dialog is used for error reports, messages and document revisions (attribute: Revision User Name 1-20 (Document)).
Visio settings	Visio settings
	Enable AutoSave diagrams	Enables AutoSave. This will save the changes on your diagrams to the database with the interval in the minutes box. This prevents loss of data in case your computer stops responding, you face a power failure, or lose connection to the network.
	Show the Engineering Base Explorer in Visio	This displays the Engineering Base Explorer in the Visio window.
	Show Attributes List in Visio window	The freely dockable attribute list is available by default in the Visio window.
	Keep selection when right mouse button is pressed	The current selection is kept when you press the right mouse key in the Visio window. The functions that correspond to the selection are then offered for selection in the context-sensitive menu.
	Enable shortcut menu for pins at shapes	Displays the shortcut menu of pins. If you disable this option, when you right-click a pin, the shortcut menu of the shape is displayed instead of the shortcut menu of the pin.
	Disable warning for multiple representations of the same item for secondary representations	No message is displayed in case of another placement of elements that already have representations where the marker Secondary Representation is set.
	Navigate from Cross-Reference
	Show destination sheet only	If this option is not selected, the source and target sheets are displayed on the screen side by side when you select Navigate from Cross-Reference. If the option is checked, only the target sheet of the cross-reference is displayed.
	Print Options
	Print all sheets in one print job	Groups all sheets in one print job.
	Use Start Separator Page	Generates a start separator page for a print job.
	Use End Separator Page	Generates an end separator page for a print job.
Worksheet Settings	Click the checkbox to open multiply selected start objects in a single worksheet
Automatic Wires	Click the Create message if wiring is incomplete checkbox to create a message for each incomplete wire in folder Messages/Calculate Automatic Wires when Calculate Automatic Wires is running. At Show warning after x wiring errors, a threshold value (x) can be entered after which a message is displayed through which the calculation of the wires can be interrupted (Default = 0, no message is displayed).
Show messages	Optimize database reminder	Creates a message that reminds you to optimize your database.
	Show options dialog for paste special on project.	Show the Paste Special dialog when you want to copy a project and paste it with Paste Special.
	File was opened with an external program. Changes are not automatically saved.	Creates a message when you open an imported file in Engineering Base with an external program. The changes made in the file in the external program are not automatically transferred to Engineering Base.
	Close sheet to edit object.	Creates a message when the sheet is opened read-only and you call the Modify dialog of the sheet. Additionally, the message is displayed in the multi user mode if the sheet is opened both by you and another user and you want to call the Modify dialog of the sheet.
	Print batch does not support all virtual printer drivers.	Creates a message if the selected printer is not supported.
	Check the user group settings of the current user at system run.	Creates a message if the current user is not entered in an Engineering Base user group for Windows. The message is displayed at the start of Engineering Base and at the start of document outputs by Save as XLS (via ODBC), Save as CSV, Save as XLS (via Excel), and Save as XLS Workbook (via Excel). As a general rule, outputs without a user registered in the Engineering Base user group are not permitted.
	Text box is affected by a project text configuration - Warning.	Creates a message if the Central Configuration of the Designation Text Block influences the correct representation of Visible Designations (text block) on shapes in the circuit diagram.
	Navigate to hidden item is not possible - select parent.	Creates a message when you navigate and do not reach objects that are hidden by type filters but their superordinate, visible objects.
	Update external document not possible - read only.	Creates a message when you cannot update external documents because of their write-protection.
	Show running Visio COM add-ins on start.	Creates a message when Visio COM add-ins are started.
	Message items are created.	Creates a message when message objects are created.
	When objects are moved.	Creates a message when an object is moved in the explorer.
	When objects are moved. Deactivation not possible in the message.	Creates a message when an object is moved in the explorer. In the displayed dialog, there is no button to deactivate this message.
	Sheet is opened read-only.	Creates a message when a sheet is opened read-only.
	More than 5 sheets opened.	Creates a message when more than 5 sheets are opened.
	Close Visio to save sheet as DXF or DWG.	Creates a message to indicate that Visio is to be closed when you save a sheet as a DXF or DWG file.
Search Dictionary	Two options are present for the search for terms in dictionaries: Either you activate the option Starting Searchstring to ensure a term is amongst the search results only if it starts with the string to be searched for, or you activate the option Containing Searchstring. With this option, after entering the string to be searched for in the dictionaries, terms containing the user’s input at any position will also be listed among the search results. The search is not case sensitive. Searching for special characters is possible. The use of wildcards (,?) is not possible. The default setting is the option Starting Searchstring*.