Current Help System: PC-DMIS Settings Editor (View Core Help)

### Editing PC-DMIS Registry Entries

In connected mode, the registry entries are loaded into the PC-DMIS Settings Editor. You can then use this tool to modify those registry entries.

PC-DMIS Settings Editor

To edit PC-DMIS registry entries, follow this procedure:

1. With the Settings Editor running, click Connect. It may take a minute to load all of the settings. Once the settings are loaded, you can use the PC-DMIS Settings Editor to find and edit any user-definable setting.

2. Click the plus sign next to the group you want to modify. The list expands, showing all the entries in that group. Each entry uses formatting to indicate whether or not the entry is modified from its default value. In addition, a small icon appears next to the entry to indicate the user privilege level necessary to modify the entry:

- Plain - An entry without any boldface formatting indicates that the default factory value is used. In this case, a physical entry does not yet exist in the registry.

- Boldface - An entry in boldface means one of two things: 1) An actual entry exists in your registry or 2) The entry's value is something other than the default entry.

- - This icon indicates that the entry is a User Key - Standard Access entry. This type of entry allows each user to have his or her own value. Any user can change this value.

- - This icon indicates that the entry is a User Key - Administrator Access entry. Only a user with administrator access can change this type of entry.

- - This icon indicates that the entry is a System Key - Standard Access entry. This type of entry is shared by all users and any user can change this value.

- - This icon indicates that the entry is a System Key - Administrator Access entry. This type of entry is shared by all users, but only a user with administrator access can change this type of entry.

These four buttons, located at the bottom of the Settings Editor, correspond to the user and system icons discussed in the bullet list above. Each button, when clicked, shows or hides all entries tied to its specific user privilege level, allowing you to easily filter the registry entries displayed.

3. Select the setting you want to change. The PC-DMIS Settings Editor displays information related to the setting you selected.

- Section Name box – displays what section the entry falls under (for example [Option] was a section in the old Pcdlrn.ini file).

- Entry Name box – displays the entry whose value you will change (for example HasRenishawWrist is an entry in the old Pcdlrn.ini file).

- Entry Type box – displays what type of value is needed to modify the entry. These include, boolean, string, double, integer, DWORD.

- Current Value box – displays the value of the setting selected. If the value displayed is NONE, you will see that it is followed by a value in parentheses. For example you might see something like NONE(0). NONE indicates that you haven’t changed a registry setting from its default value. The value in parentheses represents the default value, in this case a zero. PC-DMIS initially uses the default setting for the entries. When you change a value, PC-DMIS then adds a new key to the registry for that entry.

6. Change the value of the setting in the Current Value box, and then press TAB or click anywhere outside of the field. The Settings Editor stores a temporary record of your change.

7. Continue making changes as desired, as you move off of the field, the current value is temporarily saved for that entry.

8. Click the Save button to permanently save all you changes to the registry. The Settings Editor doesn't actually update the registry with the changes you made until you click Save. Prior to this, you can always revert a selected entry back to what it was before you started the current session by clicking the Undo button. Likewise, Undo All reverts all changed settings back to what they were.

9. Click Close once you have finished editing. The dialog box closes. If you have entries that weren't saved when you click Close, a dialog box appears allowing you at that point to choose whether or not to save or discard changes made.

Note: With PC-DMIS 2010 MR2 and later, you can use the Settings Editor to edit registry entries while PC-DMIS is running, although some registry entries may not take effect until PC-DMIS is restarted.

More:

Resetting All Registry Entries

Cancelling Your Changes

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