To get to the Settings window press the icon button in the top left to bring up the menu.
These tabs contain customizing settings for the Gage Control software.
Items for Add/Edit Gage - This contains a list of fields to be displayed for the "Edit Gage" page. The "FieldName" column has a dropdown box that contains the choices of all the available fields. The "Heading" will appear next to the input box. The "ListItems" column contains any optional pick list items you want to show in the input box. Click on the ListItem cell to bring up the edit box for adding the list items.
Serial Number Prefix - If you normally have a prefix on the gage serial number, you can enter it here. This is used only by the Generate button on the Edit Gage page.
Database Type - Gage Control can use either a Microsoft Access type database or any other database that uses an ODBC driver.
For Access database, enter in the path and filename of the database file. The name of the database file that comes with gage Control is: gages.mdb.
For ODBC driver databse - Gage Control uses a file DSN that is named "gages.dsn". The file dsn is a text file located in the user data path folder that basically contains the connection string like this:
[ODBC]
DRIVER=MySQL ODBC 5.1
Driver
Server=rand
Pwd=george
Persist Security
Info=True
Uid=root
Database=gages
OPTION=2
Reports
Report Files - These are the filenames of the report files used when you press the Print button on the respective pages.
Calibration Results Columns - This contains a list of fields to be displayed for the "Calibration Info" items on the Calibration page. The "FieldName" column has a dropdown box that contains the choices of all the available fields. The "Heading" will appear next to the input box. The "ListItems" column contains any optional pick list items you want to show in the input box. Click on the ListItem cell to bring up the edit box for adding the list items.
Display as Overdue Before - Do you want to display the gages in the Overdue page one or two weeks before they are due so you can get a head start on them? Then you can change this setting.
S/N Display - This is only for showing the Serial Number on the Calibration page. You can select what fields you want to display there.
User Data Path - Shows what directory is being used for the configureation files. This was set at installation.