Setting General Preferences |
Understand for C++ allows you to control a number of aspects of its operation using the Software Preferences dialog. To open this dialog, choose Options->Preferences.
This section describes the options in the General tab. Other tabs in this dialog are discussed in the following locations of this manual:
The following options can be controlled from the General tab of the Options->Preferences dialog:
If this box is unchecked, Understand for C++ runs in Single Document Interface (SDI) mode. In SDI mode, there is no single application window to contain the Understand for C++ windows. Instead, each window is separate.
SDI mode is useful when using the Information Browser in conjunction with other tools as described in Server Mode: Controlling from Other Programs. You may decide that you prefer SDI mode even if you are not using external programs.
In SDI mode, the Information Browser window has a “Stay on Top” push pin icon you can click to cause its window to stay on top of other windows. In addition, each code, info browser, and graphical view window has its own history buttons when you are using SDI mode.
You will need to close and restart Understand for C++ in order for changes to the MDI/SDI setting to take effect.
See Using an External Editor for recommendations for MDI/SDI settings when using an external source code editor.
Checking or unchecking this box has the same effect as checking or unchecking the box for this option in the dialog opened when you choose Options->Editor Selection.
If you uncheck this box, a new Information Browser or graphical view is opened if the Reuse box is unchecked.
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