Overview of Creo Illustrate Preferences
This section contains an overview of the types of preferences you can set for Creo Illustrate. It also provides information for locking preferences.
Types of Preferences
There four types of preferences. Each type is read from an XML file:
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Type
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File Name
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Location
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Default
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Illustrate_prefs.xml
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Read from <Creo Illustrate>\preferences\Illustrate\ subdirectory of the installation directory.
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A preference sample file is located in<Creo Illustrate>\resources\Illustrate\preferences\illustrate_pref.xml
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Shared
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shared_pref.xml
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Downloaded from a shared location, to %APPDATA%/ptc/Illustrate/shared_prefs. Once enabled, the shared preference file is updated automatically.
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Administrator
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admin_prefs.xml
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Read from <Creo Illustrate>\preferences\illustrate\ subdirectory of the installation directory
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User
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user_prefs.xml
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Read from the user’s profile:%APPDATA%/ptc/Illustrate/user_prefs.xml
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The files are processed in the order listed above. You can override a value in a preference file with a different value in a subsequent file:
• A user preference replaces the setting for a preference in the administrative file.
• If a shared preference file exists and is active, the administrative preference replaces the shared preference.
For example, the administrator disables the color highlighting command by defining the highlight_using_color preference in the admin_prefs.xml file, as shown:
However, if the user explicitly enables the same preference in the user interface, the setting is saved to the user_prefs.xml file. As a result, the administrator preference is overridden and the color highlighting command is enabled. To prevent a user from overriding the administrator preferences, lock the administrator preferences. Continue to the next section, Locking Preferences, for more information.
Locking Preferences
At any level, you can lock a preference. A locked preference cannot be modified or overridden by a file on a lower level. Using the color highlighting example from the previous section, you can add the attribute locked=”True” to prevent the user from changing the preference:
The color highlighting command is now disabled and locked.
