Specifying Visual Designer preferences

If you are using QMF for Workstation, you use the Visual Designer page of the Preferences window to specify preferences that will effect the creation of visual projects.

1. Select View > Preferences. The Preferences window opens. Select Visual Designer from the tree.
2. Click one of the Visual Designer Ruler Unit radio buttons to specify the default units that will be used for the ruler that spans the editor window in the Visual Designer perspective. Your choices are pixels, inches, or centimeters.
3. Select a formatting schema for date values of a classic report in the Formatting for &DATE values drop-down list.
4. Select a formatting schema for time values of a classic report in the Formatting for &TIME values drop-down list.
5. Select the Reset global variables when entering runtime mode check box to reset the global variable values back to default values each time a visual project is run.
6. Expand Visual Designer in the tree and select Fonts.
7. To make a different set of fonts available for visual dashboards, specify the path to a custom set of fonts in the Search directory field and click Refresh Associations.
8. Select Project Explorer from the tree.
9. Specify a specific number of times that you can undo an action in the design editor in the Undo limit field.
   A value of '0' indicates that there is no limit to the number of times that you can undo an action.
10. In the Rename preferences radio group, specify whether you will be prompted to confirm when you attempt to rename an object in the design editor.
    The available options include:

    • Always prompt - You will always be prompted when you attempt to rename an object.
    • Prompt when referenced - You will only be prompted when the object has references to other objects.
    • Never prompt - You will never be prompted when you attempt to rename an object.
11. In the Delete preferences radio group, specify whether you will be prompted to confirm when you attempt to delete an object in the design editor.
    The available options include:

    • Always prompt - You will always be prompted when you attempt to delete an object.
    • Prompt when referenced - You will only be prompted when the object has references to other objects.
    • Never prompt - You will never be prompted when you attempt to delete an object.
12. Click Apply to save your preferences choices.
13. Click Restore Defaults to restore the default preference values.
14. Click OK to close the Preferences window.