(Registry) Settings - ObjectVision/GeoDMS GitHub Wiki

The GeoDMS stores settings, in use for multiple projects, in the Windows Registry. In earlier versions of the GeoDMS these settings were also partly stored in a config.ini file.

The settings are in use for all projects and installed GeoDMS versions on your local machine.

The path for most of the settings in the registry is:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ObjectVision\%ComputerName%\GeoDMS.

This means the settings are user and machine specific. Only the set of recent files is located in:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ObjectVision\DMS\RecentFiles 

In earlier versions settings were also stored in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ObjectVision\DMS. You might find some settings here, but new GeoDMS versions do not use these anymore.

• DmsEditor: path to the Configuration File Editor. This path can be set/edited with the GUI, Tools > Options > General Settings > External programs > DMS editor.
• ErrBoxHeight: the height of the last size of the error box. The size of the Error dialog can be changed from the control in the right corner, this size is stored.
• ErrBoxWidth: the width of the last size of the error box. The size of the Error dialog can be changed from the control in the right corner, this size is stored.
• FuncList: an url referring to where the list of operators and functions can be found (default: https://www.geodms.nl/operators-a-functions). The url is activated with the GUI, Help > Index menu.
• GeneralUrl: an url referring to root file of the GeoDMS documentation (default: https://www.geodms.nl), currently not in use.
• HelpFileUrl: an url referring to the root file for the help documentation (default: https://www.geodms.nl). The url is activated with the GUI, Help > Online menu.
• LastConfigFile: the path to the last opened configuration, a new GeoDMS application starts with this last opened configuration. Open another configuration with the GUI, File > Open configuration dialog to open a new configuration.
• LocalDataDir: the path to the LocalDataDir, where temporary results are stored. This path can be set/edited with the GUI, Tools > Options > General Settings > LocalDataDir.
• MemoryFlushThreshold: a percentage used to indicate the size of the internal ram memory that might be used before data is flushed to disk. The percentage can be set/edited with the GUI, Tools > Options > Current configuration > Treshold for Memory Flushing wait procedure. It is advised to keep this setting to its default value.
• SourceDataDir: the path to the SourceDataDir, where source data for one or more projects are stored. This path can be set/edited with the GUI, Tools > Options > General Settings > SourceDataDir.
• StatusFlags: a value indicating multiple status flags (e.g. if parallel processing is in use). These settings can be set/edited with the GUI, Tools > Options > General Settings > User modes.
• SwapfileMinSize: only relevant for GeoDMS 7 and earlier, which stored intermediate results in an automatic disk cache. This setting indicated the minimum data size for a data item to be swapped to disk. It is no longer in use since the GeoDMS 8 series.

• RecentFiles: the set of recently opened configuration files.

Multiple other entries might be stored in the registry. These are configuration settings from a specific configuration that can be used in other projects as well. Use the following syntax to configure such settings:

container ConfigSettings 
{
   container Overridable 
   {
      parameter<string> CBSDir: ['%sourceDataDir%/CBS'];
   }
}

The values for these settings can be edited with the GUI, Tools > Options > Tab: Configuration