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 dataMAP 4.1 Release Notes Minimize

Below is a printable version of the configuration settings in dataMAP.  These settings can generally be set at the user or system level.

Main configuration

  Configuration file redirect
    Redirect the configuration file to a different location. By default the configuration file is searched for in the same directory as the executable, in the parent directory and in "..\config\system.xml"

Type: RelativeFile
ID: ConfigFile
Typical Value: X:\dataMAP\Config\Planning\System.xml

  Gazetteer configuration file
    The gazetteer config file the application will use.

Type: RelativeFile
ID: GazetteerConfigFile
Typical Value: gaz.SIAGazDef

  Data Directory
    The default location for data.

Type: RelativeDirectory
ID: DataDirectory
Typical Value: |SpecialFolder.MyDocuments|\dataMAP Maps\

  User Directory
    The location for user data.

Type: RelativeDirectory
ID: UserDirectory
Typical Value: |DataDirectory|

  Directory for new data
    The default directory for new data to be written to when dataMAP starts. When you export data the directory is remembered until dataMAP is restarted.

Type: RelativeDirectory
ID: DefaultOutputDirectory
Typical Value: |UserDirectory|

  Map Management Configuration File
    Configuration file where you map list is stored.

Type: RelativeFile
ID: MapManager_MapListFile
Typical Value: MapManager.xml

  Script Directory
    The location for script (.MapScript.cs or .MapScript.VB) files that will appear in the Tools > Scripts menu. If not specified, defaults to the same folder as the datamap executable

Type: RelativeDirectory
ID: ScriptsDirectory
Typical Value: c:\datamap\scripts\

Branding

   Splash Screen

  Splash Screen Image
    The splash screen image that appears as the application is loading.

Type: RelativeFile
ID: SplashScreenImage
Typical Value: splash.png

  Splash Screen Text Colour
    The name of the colour we use for the splash screen text.

Type: ColName
ID: SplashScreenTextCol
Typical Value: Pink

   Application Window

  Application title
    The title of the application

Type: String
ID: UI_ApplicationTitle
Typical Value: dataMAP

  Application icon
    The application icon

Type: RelativeFile
ID: UI_ApplicationIcon
Typical Value: app.ico

Workspace

  Default workspace
    The workspace that will be loaded when the application starts.

Type: RelativeFile
ID: DefaultStartupFile
Typical Value: default.mvs

  Show default workspace on File-New
    When the user creates a new window, do we load the default workspace file. If false, you get an empty window

Type: Boolean
ID: DefaultStartupFile_ShowOnFileNew
Typical Value: True

  Allow closing startup file
    Do we let the user close the default workspace. Use this in conjunction with a configuration that disables the File > New option.

Type: Boolean
ID: DefaultStartupFile_AllowClose
Typical Value: False

  Prompt To Convert Temp Maps On File-Save
    When the user saves the workspace, do we want to prompt them to tidy up / save any temporary maps as shape files?

Type: Boolean
ID: Workspace_PromptToConvertTempMapsOnSave
Typical Value: True

Printing

  Default print template
    The default print template to use.

Type: RelativeFile
ID: PrintDefaultStyle
Typical Value: default.dps2

User Interface

   Tool Tips

  Tool tip duration
    Duration a tool tip stays in milliseconds.

Type: Integer
ID: ToolTipDuration
Typical Value: 700

  Tool tip delay
    Time you must hover before a tool tip appears in milliseconds.

Type: Integer
ID: ToolTipDelay
Typical Value: 30000

   Selection

  Ignore selection of no data
    When the user clicks somewhere on the map where there is no data, should this be ignored? If true, the list will be left as is, if false, the list will be cleared

Type: Boolean
ID: Selection_IgnoreSelectionOfNoData
Typical Value: False

  Ensure selected item visible
    When the user clicks on the selection table, do we make sure the selected item is visible?

Type: Boolean
ID: Selection_EnsureSelectedItemVisible
Typical Value: False

  Distance to search in pixels
    When the user clicks on the map, what search tolerance do you want to use when scanning for items (units are pixels)?

Type: Double
ID: QueryPoint_DistanceToSearchInPixels
Typical Value: 6

  Query polygons as lines
    If false, polygons can be selected by clicking anywhere within them. If true they can only be selected by clicking on the perimiter.

Type: Boolean
ID: QueryPoint_TreatPolygonsAsLines
Typical Value: False

  Limit selection to a single item
    When the user clicks on the map and several items are selected, should only the one nearest the cursor be displayed?

Type: Boolean
ID: QueryPoint_LimitToSingleItem
Typical Value: False

   Recently Used

  Most Recently Used Workspaces
    How many most recently used workspace filenames do we store?

Type: Integer
ID: MRU_Workspace_Items
Typical Value: 4

  Most Recently Used Map Files
    How many most recently used map filenames do we store? eg. SHP, TAB and DH files

Type: Integer
ID: MRU_Map_Items
Typical Value: 4

  Most Recently Used Import Files
    How many most recently used import filenames do we store? eg. excel spreadsheets

Type: Integer
ID: MRU_Imports_Items
Typical Value: 4

   Toolbars

  Show big buttons in the toolbar
    Show larger (32x32) toolbar buttons rather than 16x16?

Type: Boolean
ID: ShowBigButtons
Typical Value: false

   Gazetteer / Searching

  Auto complete enabled
    Enables auto completion on searching gazetteers/indexes as you type. Auto completion will only occur if the gazetteer has this function enabled and this is set to true (default)

Type: Boolean
ID: Gaz_AutoCompleteEnabled
Typical Value: true

  Max records to return
    Number of records to return when you search the gazetteer

Type: Integer
ID: Gaz_MaxRecordsToReturn
Typical Value: 50

   Wizards

  Turn off other maps after export
    Turn off other maps after we've done an export? You might want to set this to true if you're operating with a few large datasets or false if you are operating with many small ones.

Type: Boolean
ID: TurnOffOtherMapsAfterExport
Typical Value: true

  Skip progress screens when you complete
    Automatically proceed to the next screen when a progress screen completes

Type: Boolean
ID: SkipProgressScreensWhenComplete
Typical Value: false

   Map Manager

  Font name for map manager
    Font name used in the map manager

Type: FontName
ID: MapManager_FontName
Typical Value: Arial

  Font height for map manager
    Height in pixels of the font used in the map manager

Type: Integer
ID: MapManager_FontSize
Typical Value: 10

  Icon size for map manager
    Height and width of icons used in the map manager

Type: Integer
ID: MapManager_IconSize
Typical Value: 24

  Word wrapping in the map manager
    If set to true, text in the map manager is wrapped.

Type: Boolean
ID: MapManager_WrapText
Typical Value: true

   Map List

  Font name for map list
    Font name used in the map list

Type: FontName
ID: MapList_FontName
Typical Value: Arial

  Font height for map list
    Height in pixels of the font used in the map list

Type: Integer
ID: MapList_FontSize
Typical Value: 10

  Icon size for map list
    Height and width of icons used in the map list

Type: Integer
ID: MapList_IconSize
Typical Value: 16

  Word wrapping in the map list
    If set to true, text in the map list is wrapped.

Type: Boolean
ID: MapList_WrapText
Typical Value: true

  Width of key item in pixels
    Width of icons used in the map list

Type: Integer
ID: MapList_KeyWidth
Typical Value: 64

  Height of key item in pixels
    Height of icons used in the map list

Type: Integer
ID: MapList_KeyHeight
Typical Value: 32

   Item Details

  Show images as documents
    When editing a field that contains a list of images, should we just use text rather than thumbnails. Thumbnails can take some time to generate.

Type: Boolean
ID: ItemDetail_ShowImagesAsDocuments
Typical Value: False

Map Drivers

  Bitmap cache size
    Maximum number of megabytes to use for caching uncompressed images. You may want to increase this if you are dealing with a single uncompressed image.

Type: Integer
ID: BitmapCache_MegabytesToUse
Typical Value: 256

  Default map type
    Default map driver ID to use when exporting maps

Type: String
ID: DefaultDriverID
Typical Value: SHP

  Window Layout
    Custom object that represents the window layout. This is saved to the user.xml when the user selects View > Layout > Save Default and can be copied into System.xml

Type: Custom
ID: WindowLayout
Typical Value:  

Administration

  Allow editing user configuration
    Enables editing of configuration parameters at the user level.

Type: Boolean
ID: Administration_AllowEditUserConfig
Typical Value: true

  Allow editing system configuration
    Enables editing of configuration parameters at the system level.

Type: Boolean
ID: Administration_AllowEditSystemConfig
Typical Value: true

  Stop Editing of Map Management
    If set to true, the user will not have an option to enable editing the map library.

Type: Boolean
ID: MapManager_ReadOnly
Typical Value: true

Application Builder

  Application Builder Directories
    The location of the application builder database you are using. If several are in use then use a semicolon delimiter eg. M:\AppBld2\;M:\AppBld3\

Type: String
ID: AppBuildDirs
Typical Value: c:\datamap\user\appbld2\


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