Carlson Settings Explorer

The Carlson Settings Explorer dialog box allows you to view, manage and report the values for all settings in all commands in all Carlson Software programs.

The left-side of the dialog is a tree-view showing "Carlson Software" as the top item in the tree. Then, each Carlson Program or module is included as a sub-item under "Carlson Software". The Menus are then displayed as sub-items under each Carlson Program. And then the Commands in each Menu are listed as sub-items of the Menu.

The right-side is a spreadsheet view and is populated depending on the item(s) selected and highlighted in the tree-view. Selecting and placing a checkmark next to an item at one of the upper levels of the tree structure will select that item and all its sub-items.

The spreadsheet view shows the following columns for a command:

Select/Unselect: If you pick and highlight an item in the tree-view that is un-checked, this button displays "Select". If the selected item is already checked, this button displays "Un-Select". After an item is selected and highlighted, picking the "Select" or "Unselect" button will place or remove the checkmark next to that item and all its sub-items.

Select All: Use this button to place a checkmark next to all items and sub-items in the tree-view.

Clear All: Use this button to clear checkmarks from all items and sub-items in the tree-view.

Show Selected Only: Select this option to display - in spreadsheet view - only those settings that have checkmarks next to them in the tree-view.

Filter: Using a Filter will display only those settings containing the text string specified as the Filter. for instance, Filtering with the word "elevation", returns the following results:Find: Use this option to search for a string of text. First, enter the text to be found and then pick the button to the right to execute the search.

Show Modified Only: Select this option to display only those settings whose current value, as shown in the "Value" column, is different from the default value shown in the "Default" column.

Show Layers Only: Select this option to display only those settings whose value in the "Data Type" column is specified as "Layer".

Report: Use this button to prepare a report of all selected settings using Carlson's Report Formatter.

Load: Use this button to Load settings from a Carlson Configuration File (.cfg).

Save: Use this button to Save settings to a Carlson Configuration File (.cfg).

Restore: Use this button to Restore selected settings to their Default value.

Pulldown Menu Location: Settings
Keyboard Command:
setxplore
Prerequisite:
None