Properties Dialog (SAP Library

Properties Dialog

Use

This function of the standard SCE user interface lets you define user-specific settings that influence the appearance and behavior of the SCE. It does this by providing a user-friendly user interface for editing the properties of user-interface objects and the SCE system itself. An overview of the properties that you can edit is shown in the overview at the end of this document.

The properties you define are saved for your user (in file sceuser.properties in the lib directory of the SCE installation), without your having to open and edit the file itself, and are read whenever you start the SCE. You can use the properties to define settings for the following SCE user-interface objects:

Beans

Dialogs

Support objects

Features

To start this function in the SCE, you choose File ® Properties. You see a dialog box with a list of objects (technical Id and descriptive Name) whose properties you can edit. You can double-click on any object to edit its properties, or use the following functions:

OK closes the dialog box.

Default Setting initializes the properties of the selected object(s).

Objects that are not present (because the process that requires them is not running) are shown with their Id only. You can remove the properties of these objects, so that the objects use their default values the next time they are started. To do this, use one of the following functions, which are only available if the list contains objects that are not present:

Remove Selected removes the properties of the currently selected object(s).

Remove Unavailable removes all properties that are not currently needed by objects.

You may want to remove the properties of every value dialog for every cstic.

Edit Properties

When you double-click on an object, you see its properties editor. This is usually the Edit Properties dialog box. One important exception is when you double-click on SCESystem. This takes you to the Edit SCE System Properties dialog box (see the following section for details).

The Edit Properties dialog box shows all properties of the object you double-clicked on. The Key column shows the name of the property, the Value column shows the current value, and the Default column shows the default value. If an object is not present, its default values are not shown. To edit the properties, do one of the following:

To enter a new value for a property, double click on a current Value. You see a cursor that lets you change the value.

Only for an object that is present: to replace the current value of one or more properties with the default value, use the left-hand mouse button and the Shift or Control key on the keyboard to select one or more values, then choose From Default.

To save the changed properties, choose OK. To close the editor without saving your changes, choose Cancel.

Edit SCE System Properties

When you double-click on SystemSCE, you see the Edit SCE System Properties dialog box, where you can edit global system properties.

Properties of SCE Objects

To explain some terms used in the following overview of SCE objects and their properties:

SCE objects are either always present (permanent) or only present when required by a specific process (volatile).
Properties are either capable of being changed outside the properties editor, like window sizes (active), or can only be changed in the editor (passive).
Changes to properties either take effect immediately (direct) or after you restart the SCE (indirect).

StdUi.n	Standard User Interface Window		volatile	default-editing
width	Window width	integer	active	direct
height	Window height	integer	active	direct
x	Top left-hand corner x	integer	active	direct
y	Top left-hand corner y	integer	active	direct
langDependent	Show language-dependent description	boolean	active	direct
contCompleteness	Continuously check for completeness	boolean	active	direct
contPricing	Continuously run pricing	boolean	active	direct
showInvCstics	Show invisible cstics	boolean	active	direct
Toolbar	SCE Main Toolbar		permanent	default-editing
Settings	Tools and separators in toolbar	string-encoded	passive	direct
ValueDialog.*	Cstic-Specific Value Dialog		volatile	default-editing
windowRelative	Are coordinates relative to window?	boolean	passive	direct
width	Dialog width	integer	active	direct
height	Dialog height	integer	active	direct
x	Top left-hand corner x	integer	active	direct
width	Top left-hand corner y	integer	active	direct
SCESystem	SCE System Properties		permanent	default-editing
lookAndFeel.Setting	Which look and feel to use?	SCE, Windows, Motif	passive	indirect
lookAndFeel.satMotifier	Saturation modifier for SCE LaF	-1.0 – 1.0	passive	indirect
lookAndFeel.hueMotifier	Hue modifier for SCE LaF	-1.0 – 1.0	passive	indirect
tableMatchAnywhere	Keyboard searches in tables match anywhere in a string	boolean	passive	direct
standalone	Don't try to connect to the SPE	boolean	passive	indirect
dividerLocation	Relative location of the divider	0.0 – 1.0	passive	direct
ValueDialog.immediate	Immediately send selections to the engine	boolean	passive	direct
ValueDialog.hideImages	Hide KB-specific images for the values	boolean	passive	direct