Modifying the options
A few options of the work area can be modified or customized. In the Tools menu,
choose Options.
The options are categorized in six fields:
General application options
- Undo / Redo Level: This parameter defines how many historic entries are kept for the Undo / Redo operations during the work.
- Recent Files Items: This parameter defines how many file' paths are kept in the menu File / Reopen.
Directory options
You can choose directories instead of having default settings. Customization is possible
for the following:
- Default working directory
- DDL generation directory
- Java forward directory
- HTML generation directory
Display options
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
If you think that the explorer window and the design panel take too much space or
are on the wrong side of your screen, here is the place to change them.
Changes can be made to the explorer and design panel layout (Left-Right, Left-Bottom
or Left-Left) and GUI components headers can be shown or hidden.
To access this option, in the main menu, choose Tools > Options > Display > Graphical User Interface.
Look & Feel
There are eight different Look and Feel settings available allowing you to customize
the appearance of your copy of Open ModelSphere. To use this option, in
the main menu, select Tools > Options > Display > Look and feel.
Windows Default Size
You can customize the size of both the diagram window and
the properties window. Choose Tools > Options > Display > Windows Default
Size.
You can size the windows to: small, medium, large, 3/4 available space or maximum
available space.
Default setting is 3/4 available space.
Explorer Tool Tips
This section lets you select the properties that you want to be displayed in the tool tips of the explorer.
You have the opportunity to see rapidly, without selection, some values of the object.
Choose Tools > Options > Display > Exporer Tool tips.
Display Language
You can choose the language used in the application. Choose Tools > Options > Display > Display Language.
NOTE: The changes are available only after restarting the application.
Diagram options
Automatic Creation
Another way to customize the working area is to use the diagrams options.
You can enable or disable the automatic creation of a model’s diagram. Choose
Tools > Options > Diagram > Automatic Creation.
You can apply automatic
creation on:
- data models
- domain models
- common item models
- Java class models
- Context of business process models
If Automatic creation is disabled, diagrams are only available through
manual operations.
You can opt to create (or not) the context frame in process diagrams.
Stamp
You can also customize the stamp by replacing the default logo with your prefered logo.
To replace the logo, choose Tools > Options > Diagram > Stamp.
From there, you must Browse to the folder containing the picture of your prefered
logo, select it and click Open. (.jpg or .gif)
If, instead, you prefer not to have any logo on the stamp, disable Use a
Stamp Logo by unchecking the box.
To return to the default logo, click Default.
After any operation, click Apply to validate your selection.
Zoom and Magnifier
The last diagram option deals with the zoom level of both the magnifier window and
the diagram window. It lets you set the magnifier zoom level to any percentage, from
60 to 300%. It also lets you choose the default zoom level for the diagram window to
any percentage, from 50 to 150%.
Simply slide the cursor to the desired percentage. Click Apply to validate your selection.
Toolbar options
If you do not like to have more than one line of tools, you might want to use the
Toolbar options. Not only can choose which toolbar will be display or not, you can
also choose which buttons of the different toolbars will be displayed and which buttons
will not.
To make a change, check or uncheck the appropriate box.
Of course, any of these changes are not irreversible! This simply sets customized
default settings. To modify only a few things, do it manually, one
by one. If you need to readjust most or all customizable default settings,
use Tools > Options menu.
Advanced options
You can change the initial TCP port at this location.