This program enables you to customize the appearance of SYSPRO, including overall theme and how forms, listviews and panes must appear.
The settings defined here are saved on the client workstation in the XXXXXX.PRF file of the \Base\Settings folder (where XXXXXX indicates your operator code).
Some of these settings can also be defined system-wide using the System-wide Personalization program. The system-wide options take precedence over the individual operator settings defined here. |
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Workspace backdrop | |
Display a bitmap image |
Displays a bitmap image as a background for your workspace. You can make a selection from a pre-defined list of bitmap images at the Select a bitmap field. The image names are stored in the file called DS.ICN (located in the Base folder) which point to the actual bitmap image. You can add your own bitmap images by editing the file: USER.ICN (located in the Base folder). Entries must be added in the format: image-name:bitmap-name where:
For long filenames (i.e. where the bitmap name exceeds 8.3 characters) you must enclose the entry in quotes. |
Select a bitmap |
Displays a pre-defined list of bitmap images from which you can make selections. |
Tile bitmap across workspace |
Repeats the bitmap image until it covers the entire workspace background. |
Save background for this company only |
Assign different bitmap images to each company, thereby providing a visual cue as to which company you are logged into. |
Program settings | |
Save primary window positions upon exit |
Restores the primary window to its saved position when next a program is loaded. By default, primary windows for each program are centered within the MDI frame of the main menu. |
Reset |
Resets the visual location and size of all primary windows to the original settings applicable at the time the product was shipped. This information is stored in the ADMWIN file within the Settings folder. |
Structured G/L ledger code entry |
These options only apply if you have enabled the Structured General Ledger facility (GL Structure Definition). |
Automatically validate sections as you type | Validates a ledger code section by section as you enter
it. If you select this option, then you will be unable to type ahead of the validation process as the system must first complete validating the section you entered before you can enter the next section of the ledger code. If you do not enable this option, you will be able to enter the full ledger code and only validate the code when you use the Tab or Enter keys to move off the ledger code field. |
Display available sections as drop-down list |
Displays a list of valid ledger codes that can be entered wherever a ledger code must be entered in a program. The list of available ledger codes is displayed by default, but can be switched off by selecting CTRL+L at any ledger code field. |
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Show status bar |
Displays the status bar in SYSPRO, indicating information such as the current company being accessed, the current system date, the current operator and the current printer. |
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Show icon for this company |
Associates an icon with the current company on the status bar for visual identification purposes. |
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Icon |
Indicates the number assigned to the selected icon. |
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Change Icon |
Displays a selection of icons to choose from. When you select an icon, its corresponding number is inserted into the Icon field. |
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Launch help from status bar | Opens the help system when you click on the SYSPRO version in the status bar. This loads the SYSPRO Highlights help page by default. | ||||||||
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Highlight last selected menu item in Program List | Returns you to your last menu item position on the Program List when next you load the system. | ||||||||
Reload last web page on startup | Automatically refreshes the last web page viewed within the SYSPRO Browser when next you load the system. | ||||||||
Most recent programs list contains xx entries |
Indicate how many entries you want to retain on the Recent Programs list (up to a maximum of 30). Once the list reaches 30 entries, each new program removes the next oldest program from the list. |
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Visual theme | Skins enable you to fully skin the SYSPRO product, including components such as title bars, scroll bars, buttons, checkboxes and option buttons. | ||||||||
Overall theme for user interface |
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User-defined skin | Indicate your own skin to apply to SYSPRO. User-defined skins must be saved in the \Base\SkinFramework folder on the server. In a client/server environment, the skins saved in this folder are automatically copied to the client machine the next time the operator logs into SYSPRO. | ||||||||
Ini filename | Indicate the initialization (.INI) file to use for the selected user defined skin. | ||||||||
Show Ribbon bar | Replaces the SYSPRO desktop menu bar and toolbar with a Ribbon bar. | ||||||||
Save theme for this company only | Applies the selected skin to the current SYSPRO company only. This enables you to indicate different skins for each of your SYSPRO companies. |
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Task definition | Your selection here applies to all tasks defined
against your operator code.
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Check for tasks now due on startup | Enable this option if you want to be reminded of any
tasks that are due when you load the system. You can also establish whether any tasks are due by selecting the Refresh option within the Task List. |
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On startup |
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Automatically refresh message inbox every xx minutes |
Refreshes the Message Inbox automatically after a specified number of minutes.
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Display a notification message when new messages arrive |
The system notifies you when one or more messages have arrived. This notification takes place when next the message inbox is refreshed.
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Delete Actioned Messages |
Deletes all messages that have been actioned, providing they are older then the number of days specified at the option: Delete actioned messages that are more than xx days old. |
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Reset all Task Dialog Warnings | Resets the file that contains a list of all the task
messages that you had previously marked as 'Do not show me
again'. For example: If you delete the defined printer and then run an application, a message is displayed indicating that no printer is defined. You can select the Do not show me again option from the message and the warning message is not re-displayed the next time you run an application. You can, however, select the Reset all Task Dialog Warnings option to re-display the message if required. |
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Optimize document printing by pre-loading the Crystal runtime as SYSPRO loads | This improves the performance of documents that are produced
using SRS document printing by pre-loading the Crystal runtime when
SYSPRO loads (see Pre-loading the Crystal Runtime). This option must be enabled to apply the SRS Runtime check SRSRuntimeFix.exe to SRS document printing. The CrConfig file must contain the correct Java Dir path for the check to apply. You can only access this field when the Optimize by pre-loading Crystal runtime system-wide personalization option is defined as Set at operator level (Personalize options). For example, if the system-wide option is set to Optimize for all operators then this field is disabled and ignored, regardless of its previous setting. |
Automatically check for new SRS reports every nn minutes | Sets the time interval in minutes at which an alert message
is displayed on the desktop when new (unread) reports are available
to view in the SRS Document Queue. This applies to server-side reporting. |
Reset All Default Settings |
Configures all reports to be output to the current printer destination. |
You use the Company Calendar program to define the specific working and non-working days on your company calendar.
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Calendar options | |||||
Show week numbers in date navigator |
Displays the week number when using the Date Navigator. |
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Number of days in first week of year |
If you selected the option to show week numbers in the date navigator, then this indicates the number of days from the previous year that occur in the first week of the current year. This enables you to control the week numbering against the Date Navigator. If the first week of the current year contains four or more days from the previous year, then the first week of the year is numbered as week 53. If it contains three or less days from the previous year, then it is numbered as week 1. |
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Show non-working days in date navigator |
This highlights non-working days within the Date Navigator. |
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Select Color |
Select the color you want to use to highlight non-working days in Date Navigator. |
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Apply to background |
Applies the selected color to the background area of any non-working day. |
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Apply to foreground |
Applies the selected color to the foreground (i.e. the text itself) of any non-working day. |
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First day of week |
Indicates which day of the week must be displayed as the first day within the Date Navigator. |
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Calendar theme | Select the theme you want to apply to the
Calendar within SYSPRO.
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Calendar data provider | |||||
Use Outlook | Synchronizes Outlook's appointments, schedules, events,
etc., in your SYSPRO calendar. Details captured in SYSPRO's calendar are also automatically synchronized to Outlook.
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Use local file | Captures events, schedules, appointments, etc., without
synchronizing to Outlook. The captured details are stored in the xxxxxx_calendarevents.xml file of the Base\Settings folder (where xxxxxx refers to the operator name).
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None | Indicates you do not want to use the calendar control.
This does not affect the running of SYSPRO, as the Calendar control is not currently linked to any SYSPRO functionality. |
Listviews in SYSPRO are used throughout the system to represent data in a grid (i.e. rows and columns). Within SYSPRO you can customize the global look-and-feel of these listview windows.
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Default font for listviews and forms |
Indicates the font currently in use for listviews and forms. |
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Change Font |
Changes the default font and font attributes (e.g. bold, italic) of listviews and forms in SYSPRO.
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Apply font to all |
Applies the default font for listviews rows, regardless of whether an operator has assigned a different font to listview rows. The only exception to this will be listviews where the font and style has been customized using CTRL+Q (i.e. customizing individual rows). |
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Default font for listview captions |
Indicates the font currently in use for listview captions. |
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Change Font |
Changes the default font and font attributes (e.g. bold, italic) of listview captions in SYSPRO. |
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Apply font to all captions |
Applies the default font for listview captions, regardless of whether an operator has assigned a different font to listview captions. The only exception to this are listviews where the font and style has been customized using CTRL+Q (i.e. customizing individual rows). |
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Font for Quick View |
Indicates the font currently in use for the Quick View displays. |
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Change Font | Changes the default font and font attributes (e.g. bold, italic) of the Quick View displays in SYSPRO. | ||||||||
Listview options |
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Default date format |
Indicates the format in which you want to display dates in listviews. The date format you selected is displayed next to this field. |
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Apply date format to all listviews |
Applies the default date format in all listviews, regardless of whether an operator has assigned a different date format to listviews. The only exception to this is listviews where the font and style has been customized using CTRL+Q (i.e. customizing individual rows).
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Show disabled listview cells in gray | Displays the descriptive text for listview cells which cannot
be edited in gray. This applies to entry type listviews. |
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Show lock icon for disabled listview cells | Displays a lock icon next to listview cells which cannot be
edited. This applies to entry type listviews. |
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Show multi-line column headings | Displays listview headings across multiple lines. This increases the height of a listview heading to accommodate the full description for each column heading of the listview. | ||||||||
Shade sorted columns | Apply background shading to highlight the column by which the listview is sorted. | ||||||||
Comment line style | Indicate the style you want to display comment lines in listviews. | ||||||||
Color | Indicate the color in which you want to display comment lines in listviews. | ||||||||
Column line style |
Indicate the style you want to use to display columns in your listviews. |
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Column style |
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Reset Listview Settings |
Removes the layout settings applied to all your listviews and resets them to the default listview layout for your operator code.
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Preview |
Test your selections before applying them to property windows throughout the system. |
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Entry and display form options | |
Read-only color | Indicates the color of the value text for fields containing a
value (excluding hyperlinks). For entry forms it indicates the color of the text for both the caption and displayed values for fields that are currently set to read only. |
Background color | Colorizes the background of forms (e.g. within Query
programs). You can choose to apply one of the standard system colors
(i.e. associated with the display properties of your workstation) or
you can choose your own color. If you selected a background color of Other, then you use the dropdown icon to select the specific color you want to use for the form background. |
Apply this background color to all forms | Forces all forms to use the selected background color.
Operators will be unable to selectively change the color of any form using the CTRL+F4 listview function. |
Group background color | Assign a color to the background of items that are grouped
together within a form (e.g. ship address details). You can apply one of the standard system colors (i.e. associated with the display properties of your workstation) or your own color. When you select a group background color of Other, you use the dropdown icon to select the specific color you want to use. |
Colorize group headings | |
Show Icons for Custom Fields | Places an icon at the beginning of the caption of each field that has been added to a form, regardless of whether they are custom form fields, related fields, or scripted fields. This affects all display and entry forms. |
Highlight editable form fields | Sets the background color of the value section of all fields
that are currently editable. If selected, it disables the option
with the same name against the individual forms. The fields that are
currently editable may change as data is entered and fields are no
longer editable. This option is not applied when using the Minimalist user interface (see System-wide Personalization). |
Highlight focused form field | Places a rectangle around the value part of the field on which focus is currently set. |
Show description of keys in form caption | Displays the description for key fields (e.g. Branch, GL code, Currency, etc) on a form. The matching description for the code appears in brackets within the caption portion of the field. This applies to the current company only. |
Show grid lines | Indicate how you want to display grid lines on forms. You can set them to be always displayed, never displayed or to be displayed individually by form (see Form functions). |
Show captions in bold | Indicate how to display captions on forms. You can set them to be always displayed in bold, never displayed in bold or to set the display individually by form (see Form functions). |
Preview | Select this to test your selections before applying them to property windows throughout the system. |
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Docking pane and Tab options | |||||
Show maximize button in caption for adjacent panes | Displays the maximize and restore buttons when two panes appear next to each other within a SYSPRO window. | ||||
Highlight caption for active pane | The system indicates which pane within a window is currently active. | ||||
Show floating panes as windows | |||||
Position of tabs for tabbed panes | Indicates where you want to position tabs buttons for panes that include tab pages. You can position them left, right, top or bottom. | ||||
Resize panes dynamically as splitter is dragged | The system dynamically resizes panes as you drag the splitter (i.e. there is no delay in redrawing the window). | ||||
Splitter style | Configures the style of the splitter between panes. | ||||
Splitter size | Configures the size of the splitter. | ||||
Tab appearance | Applies a theme to tabs that appear within a pane.
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Docking theme | Applies a theme to docking panes.
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Opacity for inactive floating panes | Indicates the level of opacity for inactive floating panes. When a pane is floated but not selected, it will become opaque to the degree selected at this option. | ||||
Reset Layout | Resets all docking pane layouts to the position they were in at the time the software was shipped (for the current operator). | ||||
Preview | Tests your selections before applying them throughout the system. |
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Toolbar options | |||||
Toolbar theme | Assign a theme to toolbars within SYSPRO.
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Reset Toolbar Settings | Reverts all toolbar settings to their default settings (this removes all Tbar_*.XML files from your \Base\Settings folder). | ||||
Preview | Tests your selections before applying them throughout the system. |
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Email options | |
Use system default | Select this option to use the default emailing system. |
Microsoft Office 365 | Enable this option to use an Office 365 account. |
User name | Enter your Office 365 account username. |
Password | Enter your Office 365 account password. |
Operator access to the following activities within this program can be restricted. You configure this using the Operators program.
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Main menu - Customize options | Controls whether an operator can access the
Personalize function to configure desktop settings
( -> -> ).
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