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7.1 Startup Launcher

The Startup Launcher normally shows only two buttons:

The Login button is used to start MetaEdit+. The login process is described in more detail in Section 2.1.1.

The Reconstruct button is needed if the repository has been left in an inconsistent state, e.g. by a power failure during a MetaEdit+ session, and you need to reconstruct it. Normal users can perform minor reconstructions; more detailed reconstruction functions are available only to system administrator and thus described in System Administrator’s guide.

By pressing the down arrow button, or resizing the Startup Launcher to its maximum size extra buttons will be shown:

The File in Patches button opens a browser on patch files and a help window showing currently loaded patches.

The Edit Reports button opens a Report Browser for the generic reports stored in the image.

The Options button allows you to specify your preferences for using the MetaEdit+ online HTML manual, external text editor, and printer.

The Time Zone button allows you to set the time zone. The correct time zone is needed in order to show times correctly, and to write files with the correct time. This is especially important in the multi-user version, where some operations may depend on file dates and times (see Section 2.1.1).

The Save Image button lets you save your changes in patches, reports, manual browser etc. preferences to the MetaEdit+ program.

The Roots Filename button prompts the directory and filename of the artbase.roo file. In a single user version the roots file is located in the same directory as MetaEdit+, but in the multi-user version it is also possible to use a single roots file normally located in the server directory.

The Roots Browser button allows you to enter information about the repository directories (see the System Administrator’s Guide).

The Create DB button will create a new, totally empty repository.

The other buttons are described in the System Administrator’s guide.

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