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How to show categories field by default when opening the library manager

LuisGutierrez
LuisGutierrez over 8 years ago

Hi all,

Virtuoso version IC6.1.6.500.13.2

This is a very simple question but one that I haven't found an answer as of yet. My intention is to have the library manager displaying the categories field without the need of ticking the checkbox of show categories. I've searched in the library manager reference guide and found the environment variable "showCategoriesOn" but this doesn't seem to do anything. In fact, this is said to be equivalent to the check box but what I want is to show the categories by default. I have the feeling this should be very simple but I can't seem to find a GUI entry or a SKILL command to do this.

Any help is much appreciated.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 8 years ago

    Lawrence, Luis,

    The .libsel file is related to the library browser not the library manager (the one that is launched when you hit the browse button on forms). So it's not that. You can add:

    cdsLibManager.main showCategoriesOn boolean t

    into your ~/.cdsenv file (or whichever .cdsenv files are being picked up - this depends on whether you have $CDS_LOAD_ENV set or have added INCLUDE .cdsenv into a csfLookupConfig file to control where it gets found from - same for virtuoso).

    If you had tried adding:

    envSetVal("cdsLibManager.main" "showCategoriesOn" 'boolean t)

    into your .cdsinit, that wouldn't work, because the library manager is a separate process and does not read the .cdsinit file. Instead, you would have to put it into a file called cdsLibMgr.il which is found using the CSF (setup.loc) mechanism.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 8 years ago

    Lawrence, Luis,

    The .libsel file is related to the library browser not the library manager (the one that is launched when you hit the browse button on forms). So it's not that. You can add:

    cdsLibManager.main showCategoriesOn boolean t

    into your ~/.cdsenv file (or whichever .cdsenv files are being picked up - this depends on whether you have $CDS_LOAD_ENV set or have added INCLUDE .cdsenv into a csfLookupConfig file to control where it gets found from - same for virtuoso).

    If you had tried adding:

    envSetVal("cdsLibManager.main" "showCategoriesOn" 'boolean t)

    into your .cdsinit, that wouldn't work, because the library manager is a separate process and does not read the .cdsinit file. Instead, you would have to put it into a file called cdsLibMgr.il which is found using the CSF (setup.loc) mechanism.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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