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UT-E  Set System Configuration

This program allows you to set up or change various parameters used by the system when it is first loaded into memory.  There is generally no need to change any of these parameters from their default values with the exception of International date and currency settings.

Field Explanations

Multiuser

This field is set to Y to enable record locking when performing a Find operation.  Changing this setting is not recommended.

No. of Retries on locked record

The number of times a locked record will be retried before a Record Lock message is presented.  Default is 2

Delay between  retries

The amount of time between attempts to open a locked record.

Dollar Character

This is the character to use as the dollar sign in numeric displays.  The default is ??

Decimal Character

This is the character to use as the decimal character in numeric displays.  The default is ??

Comma Character

This is the character to use as the comma character in numeric displays.  The default is ??

Date Type

This controls the way the date is displayed.  Your choices are M (month/day/year), D (day/month/year), or Y(year, month, day).  It is important that this setting agree with the Windows Regional Setting for Date display and that all users in the network are using the same format.

Date Separation Character

The character that will be used to separate the dates.  The default character is a forward slash (/).

Time Separation Character

The character that will be used to separate hours, minutes, and seconds within time fields.  The default character is a colon (:).

AM Specifier

This is the character that will print after a time field if it is before noon.

PM Specifier

This is the character that will print after a time field if is after noon.

YN Specifier

These are the two characters that represent the yes and no characters, respectively.

YN Extension

These are the eight characters that appear at the end of internal questions that ask for a yes or no answer.

Lckd Rcrd # of Retries

This is the number of times the system will attempt to read a record that is locked by another user before the locked message is displayed.

Delay Between Retries

This is the number of 64K loop cycles the program will wait before attempting to read the locked record again.  Time depends on computer type.

Default Dictionary Path

This tells the system where the master data dictionary resides.  Normally this field is kept blank so that it defaults to the current folder, normally DBAMFG. You would only specify a path if the data dictionary files are stored in a different directory than the programs.

NOTE: On network installations do not specify a drive letter; only the subdirectory name unless all users have the same drive mapping established.  If different workstations use different drive letters they will not be able to access the data.