xTuple ERP Reference Guide

Select if you do not want to add digital wall paper on the main application work space.

Specify an image definition to create digital wall paper on the main application work space.

Select to make non-modal screens open within the main desktop window. When this option is selected, you can choose cascaded, tiled, or tabbed window views from the Window menu.

For new xTuple installations, this is the default selection. With this option turned on, all screens will be free-floating and not constrained by the main desktop.

Select to turn on alternating row colors (white and gray) where lists are displayed in xTuple. If not selected, all displayed rows will appear on a white background with no color distinction between them.

Select to maintain the legacy interface styling for xTuple ERP. If not selected, the application will use the newer application style.

Select to bypass the warning message which may be presented at log in to indicate that a translation file is missing. The warning may be irrelevant in some cases. This option will be useful in situations where the default language is acceptable, even though the country designation on the user's locale might indicate otherwise. For example, in the United Kingdom (UK), the language may be English and the country United Kingdom—allowing for date and time localizations specific to the UK. However, because the default English language translation is acceptable, there's no need for an alternate translation file just for the UK (e.g., xTuple.en_uk.qm).

Select to download the latest translation file to match the language defined on your user's locale. Translation files are downloaded from the xTuple translation portal (www.xtuple.org/translate)—and they are stored on your local file system in a standard location where other application support files would generally be stored. For example, on Windows the translation files are stored here:

C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\xTuple\xTuple

Once a translation file is downloaded, the xTuple ERP interface will automatically appear as translated using the most current translation file available. A message will alert you if no translation is available for your language. To learn more about defining a language in your locale settings, please see Section 13.2.12.1, “Locale”.

Select if you want to enable spell checking in most comment, note, and text areas throughout the application. xTuple uses the widely-adopted, open source Hunspell spell checker as the basis for its spell checking feature. By default, the English dictionary files (English.dict and English.aff) are distributed with the product. However, Hunspell dictionaries for other languages are also available for download from many sites on the Internet. The spell checking feature has been designed to operate with a user's locale settings—which means that if you are using a locale other than English (and you have the correct Hunspell dictionary files installed) the spell checker should work in your specified language.

Select to download spell check dictionaries to match the language defined on your user's locale. A message will alert you if no dictionaries are available for your language.

Value entered dictates the number of minutes before the client automatically shuts down. To turn the idle timeout feature off, simply set the value to 0.

Select to have your personal dashboard launch in a browser (instead of in the desktop) when you log in to xTuple. If not selected, the My Dashboard will launch in the desktop. For more information about the dashboard feature, please see Section 1.2.8, “My Dashboard Desktop”.

Select to make the dashboard the first tab on all the workbenches where dashboards are used. If not selected, the dashboard will display as the final tab on the workbenches.

Select if the user does not have a preferred site.

Specify the preferred site. Sites designated as preferred will appear at the top of site list by default—eliminating the need to search the menu for the desired site code. The user may access other sites in these lists in the normal way. Assigning a preferred site is simply a time-saving feature and does not affect user access to site data.

Select to preserve font, coloring, and other formatting information for pasting into office applications like Open Office Calc or Excel.

Select to copy only the most basic text information for pasting into simple text editors.

Define how much data the application will attempt to export when right-clicking on lists and choosing the Export As or Copy to Clipboard options. Setting this limit can help prevent application crashes. For example, if you set the limit to 0.5 GB, then load a list where the total data from all the column headers and cells is greater than 0.5 GB, the exporting process will throw a warning to let you know you've exceeded your limit. If the limit is set to 0, this will be interpreted to mean there is no limit.

Select to list numeric item numbers before alphabetic item numbers in displays featuring item numbers.

Select to prevent mouse scroll wheels from scrolling through drop-down lists (i.e., ComboBoxes). If selected, users will need to manually open drop-down lists to select the desired option.

Specify whether you want to launch a List view or a Search view after selecting the lookup feature to look up information. The List view corresponds to the standard CTRL+L keyboard shortcut functionality; whereas the Search view corresponds to CTRL+S functionality.