Setting Basic Options

Written by Victor Yukhtenko. Email: victor@pdc.spb.su

Before you will start to use the Elementary PzlStudio it is recommended to make some settings, which relate to the further operations. These settings will be stored on your computer when you will end the use of the program. You may change the settings at any time you wish.

Calling Options Dialog

Options Dialog may be invoked via menu Tools/Options.

The list of options includes

• Visual Prolog Location (reference information, no need to change)
• SpbSolutions Location (reference information, no need to change)
• User PzlConteiners Location
• User PzlComponents Location
• Company
• Author
• Copyright

The editing the values of the options above is done by the explicit editing or the next level may be called by pressing the button at the right side from the active line.

All settings become actual after you have pressed the button OK. If you press the button Cancel, all settings will be lost.

Reference information

No need to edit options

• Visual Prolog Location
• SpbSolutions Location

These options are shown as the reference information. The first option Visual Prolog Location shows where the Visual Prolog programming system is set at your computer. The second option - SpbSolutions Location - shows where the Development Kit SpbSolutions is installed.

The information above is taken from the Windows registry

Software/Prolog Development Center/Visual Prolog6/Path

and

Software/Prolog Development Center/SpbSolutions/Path

In some special situations you may change these settings by involving file setting dialog using the button at the right side.

User PzlConteiners Location

The option defines the path to the directory, where your pzl-containers (dll-containers) will be created as the subdirectories. The value will be used on all operations, which use the path to the pzl-containers.

User PzlComponents Location

The option defines the path to the directory at your computer, where your pzl-components will be created. The value will be used in all operations, where the path to the component is used.

Company

The option defines the name of the company, which creates the new product (the new component or the new container). The value will be used in the source codes of the projects and packages and classes, which will be created using the Elementary PzlStudio.

Initially the value Unknown Company is set.

The Option Company has the same feature as the option Company of the form Project Settings of the Visual Prolog programming system.

Author

The option defines the name of the Author of the new product (the component or the container). The value will be used in the source codes of the projects and packages and classes, which will be created using the Elementary PzlStudio.

Initially the name is set as the combination <UserName>/<DomainName>.

The option has the same meaning as the option Author of the Project Settings dialog of the IDE Visual Prolog.

Copyright

Declares the copyright related to the new product (the component or the container). The value will be used in the source codes of the projects and packages and classes, wich will be created using the Elementary PzlStudio.

Initially the name is set as the combination <UserName>/<DomainName>.

The option has the same meaning as the option Copyright of the Project Settings dialog of the IDE Visual Prolog.