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Group	Option	Description
	Location of ini file.	The location of the file where the global general options are saved.
Miscellaneous	Prompt to load previous project at start-up	When SysCAD is started, a dialog box will be displayed which gives the user the option to load the previous project. This is very useful IF the user is working on a single project.
	Prompt to save before solve if models added/removed	With this option selected, SysCAD will display a pop up (see Changes Detected - Save Project) to remind user to save project changes prior to project solve.
	Show Evaluation Order Window	If this option is selected, the Evaluation Order window will be visible by default. Otherwise, the user can still view this window by selection View - Evaluation Order.
	Show Dialog tool tips	Toggles tool tips on the dialog boxes on or off.
	Show Status Bar	Toggles status bar on the bottom of the application window on or off.
	Zip Scenarios files during save	This will automatically zip up scenario files when they are created. This is a useful feature, as scenario files can be large.
	Log script commands to message window	This is the same as option in Command Script dialog box, allows user to disable logging of commands to Message Window.
	Current Data Dislay format	Options are DD/MM/YY and MM/DD/YY.
	Start SysCAD from COM Timeout (seconds)	Used when running SysCAD from other application using COM. Allows SysCAD to timeout if errors are present.
Explorer Window	Open on load	The SysCAD Explorer window will be opened when the project is opened and this allows the user to toggle between windows and search for models in a project. This is useful for projects with many flow sheets and trend windows.
	Show Node/UnitType/Flows/Tear	These will show/hide sections of information when the explorer window is opened. See Explorer Window for more information. For very large projects, not ticking these tick boxes will save on load time when the explorer window is opened.
Dialog Positions	Explorer	Available in Build139.30498 or later. Allows user to select where the dialog (or floating window) can be displayed. This is especially useful when working with multiple Displays (screens). User can choose to display the floating windows On Any Display (for example, the Explorer floating window can move outside of the SysCAD application window and displayed on another screen) Same Display as SysCAD (for example, the Explorer floating window can move outside of the SysCAD application window but remain on the same display screen as the SysCAD application) Within SysCAD Window (for example, the Insert Unit dialogue box can only be displayed inside the SysCAD application window)
	Others
Editors	available from Build 139.32925, use the button to select an installed editor.
	Reaction	If the reaction editor has been installed, it will be selected automatically as the default editor. (Recommended) User may select different editors for editing Reactions/PGM/Text files (as shown in the pictures at the top). The selected editor will be used when they are started from within SysCAD. NOTES: VS Code is available from Build 139.32925. Selecting the option "Select Default:SysCADReactionEditor" from the Reaction:Select pop-up menu will select the reaction editor as default editor. (as shown in the picture at the top right) Selecting the option "Select Default:Code" from the PGM:Select pop-up menu will select the VS Code as default PGM editor. Selecting the option "Select Default:Notepad++" from the Text/CSV:Select pop-up menu will select the Notepad++ as default text/csv editor. Valid reaction editors include: Reaction Editor, VS Code, Notepad++, Microsoft Notepad Valid text editors include: VS Code, Notepad++, Microsoft Notepad
	PGM
	Text/CSV
	Reset to Default	Pressing this button will reset all Options on the current tab to default settings.