Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Creating a New Project
• Generate a dump file when an unexpected error happens option: When this option is selected, the runtime modules
generate a new Dump File (*.dmp) with useful information about the conditions of the error. This is a
binary file that can only be read by your support representative.
Note: Dump Files are named WinXXX.dmp — where XXX is an identifying number (in
hexadecimal format) automatically generated by the system — in order to prevent an existing file
from being overwritten when an new error occurs. Therefore, if more than one error occurs, then
you will find multiple Dump Files in the directory. The Log File indicates the name of the Dump
File associated with each error.
• Enable log of memory option: When this option is selected, the runtime modules append the Log File every
15 minutes with information about the current memory allocation. (The first log entry is written out 15
minutes after the runtime module is started.) This information can be used to identify memory leaks.
• Enable detailed dump files option: When this option is selected, the generated Dump Files will contain more
detailed information than they normally do. Please note that these files take much more hard drive
space, so you should select this option only when you are working with your support representative to
troubleshoot a specific issue.
Even if none of these Quality Feedback options are selected, a post-mortem Dump File (WinDump.dmp)
will always be generated when the runtime module is terminated by a fatal error. However, for debugging
purposes, it is strongly recommend that you enable all options in this section and then send the Log File and
all Dump Files to your support representative.
Other Preferences
• Reset Tags Database when starting project option: When this option is selected, the project tags are reset
automatically whenever you run your project. For more information, see Reset Tags Database.
• Enforce Web functionality equivalence in local project screens option: When this option is selected, the development
software will automatically warn you when you try to select fuctions or features that are incompatible with
the remote runtime modules (e.g., Thin Client and Secure Viewer).
Note: This option is unselected by default in order to maintain compatibility with previous
versions of InduSoft Web Studio.
• Auto reload project on Viewer/Web Clients when it is changed option: When this option is selected, target systems (i.e.,
Thin Clients and Secure Viewers) will check the server to see if they have the most recent version of the
project. If they do not, then they will automatically download the new version from the server.
• Disable high quality when resizing bitmaps to improve performance option: When this option is selected, bitmaps in
project screens are resized at lower quality. Normally, when bitmaps are displayed at anything other
than actual size, they must be resampled to maintain high quality, and if this resampling must be done
frequently and/or for many bitmaps in the same screen, then it might decrease run-time performance.
• Default project path box: This is the location where new projects are saved by default when you create
them. When you install the InduSoft Web Studio software, this is automatically set to C:\Users
\username\Documents\InduSoft Web Studio v7.1 Projects\, but you can reset it to any location on
your computer or network.
Note: If you selected the Collaboration feature when you installed the InduSoft Web Studio
software, then you cannot change Default project path setting, regardless of whether you are actually
connected to a collaboration server. Instead, if you want to change where your projects are saved,
then you must remap your workspace in the Collaboration Server settings. For more information,
see Collaboration.
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