Setting Preferences
Set the user preferences using the Creo Illustrate Options dialog box in the Creo Illustrate client, and then click OK. For more information, see the Creo Illustrate Help.
Set the administrator preferences by basing them on one of these files:
• User preferences
• Default preferences
Instructions for both methods follow.
Basing the Administrator Preferences on the User Preference File
1. In the Creo Illustrate client, click > . The Creo Illustrate Options dialog box opens.
2. Set one or more preferences, click OK, and then close Creo Illustrate. The changes are saved to the user_prefs.xml file.
3. Open these files in a text editor:
◦ user_prefs.xml
◦ admin_prefs.xml
4. In user_prefs.xml, find and copy the entries for the preferences you set in step 2.
5. Paste the entries in admin_prefs.xml.
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Make sure the XML structure hierarchy is maintained.
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6. To lock one or more preferences, add the attribute locked=”True” to the definition of those preferences.
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The locked attribute is not supported in the user_prefs.xml.
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7. Save and close admin_prefs.xml.
Basing the Administrator Preferences on the Default Preference File
1. Make a copy of the default preferences file, Illustrate_prefs.xml.
2. Open Illustrate_prefs.xml in a text editor.
3. Modify one or more preferences.
4. To lock one or more preferences, add the attribute locked=”True” to the definition of those preferences.
5. Save the file as admin_prefs.xml
You have now set and locked the administrator preferences. For information about using the preference file to disable default commands, continue to the next section, Disabling Commands.
