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The [Preferences] section



The following table lists and describes the name and legal value range of available parameters in the [Preferences] section:

Parameter Range Description
UndoBuffers 1-100 The number of undo/redo buffers to allocate for each circuit window.
BackgroundColor  The background color of circuit windows. You can specify one of the system color identifiers or a numeric value to set the red, green and blue color intensity.
TextEditor  Full path of text editor program to use for ATP file editing. If this parameter is an empty string (default), the built-in text editor is used.
ATPCommand  Holds the ATP program command. A batch file is suggested as default (runATP_S.bat for the Salford version and runATP_W.bat for the Watcom/Gnu versions. For the Watcom/GNU version (no DBOS) the ATP program could also be specified directly as %WATDIR%TPBIGW.EXE DISK $$ * -r  where $$ replaces the %1 sign normally used in a batch file.
ARMAFITCommand  Holds the name of the Armafit program used for NODA line/cable models. A batch file runAF.bat is suggested.


Default settings:

[Preferences]
UndoBuffers=10
BackgroundColor=Window
TextEditor=
ATPCommand=C:\ATPDraw\runATP_W.bat
ArmafitCommand=c:\ATPDraw\runAF.bat

See also: Initialization File, [ATPDraw], [Directories], [View Options], [ATP Settings], [Objects], other sections