General

Author

Defaults to your user name as the name to which the Author field on the diagram or element Properties dialog defaults when objects are created and modifications are made.

Optionally, click on the drop-down arrow and select another name for the properties Author field to display.

General Tab

General Settings

Clipboard

Click on the drop-down arrow and select the graphic format in which to save images to the Microsoft Windows clipboard; Metafile has the best detail.

Copy Image to Clipboard

Edit

Double click on browser

Defaults to Shows Properties (dialog) as the action the Project Browser takes when you double-click on an item.

Optionally, select the radio button for a different response that you want the Project Browser to make.

Set Default (Project Browser) behavior

Use Jet 4.0 - requires restart

Select the checkbox to set JET 4.0 as the database engine; this ensures compatibility with .EAP files that are in turn compatible with versions of MS Access later than Access 97, and that support unicode character sets.

If your project is not in a Jet 4.0 database, you should also download a copy of the Jet 4.0 EABase Model from the Sparx Systems website, and do a .EAP to .EAP transfer of your model into the Jet 4.0 file.

If the checkbox is not selected, the database engine is Jet 3.5.

Link to Jet 4.0 EABase Model

Perform a Project Data Transfer

Use extended � and � characters

The checkbox defaults to selected to apply the guillemet characters to stereotype names; recommended for double byte character sets.

Deselect the checkbox to hide the guillemet characters.

Stereotype Visibility

Allow custom RTF tags in reports

Select the checkbox to use customized rich text format code in report templates when you generate reports with the Legacy RTF Report Generator.

In releases of Enterprise Architect from 7.0 onwards, with the notes-formatting facility, this option is not really necessary.

The Legacy RTF Report Generator

Notes Toolbar

Project Directory

Type in the default directory location for the Enterprise Architect .eap projects you create.

File Directory

Type in the default directory name for the shared files you define on the Files tab of an element's Properties dialog (maximum 50 characters).

Associated Files

Web Home

Type in the URL of the default home page to open when you click on the Home button in the internal web browser.

The Web Browser

Web Search

Type in the URL of the default web page to open when you click on the Web Search button in the internal web browser.

Web Mail

Type in the email server address (http://xxxxx/exchange/) for accessing email  within Enterprise Architect, through the web browser.

Confirm Deletes

The checkbox defaults to selected to display a confirmation prompt whenever you delete a model component.

Only clear this checkbox to bypass the prompt if you are an experienced user and have taken other measures to identify and recover from accidental deletes.

Delete Elements

Delete Diagram

Allow Free Sorting

Select the checkbox to allow you to manually reorganize elements within a package regardless of element type, in the Project Browser.

Order Package Contents

Show Stereotypes

The checkbox defaults to selected to display element and feature stereotype names as part of the object names in the Project Browser.

Deselect the checkbox to hide the stereotype names.

Set Default Behavior

Always open maximized

The checkbox defaults to selected to set Enterprise Architect to open in a full-screen (maximized) window on start-up.

Deselect the checkbox to set Enterprise Architect to open in a smaller window.

Hide Properties Info Section

The checkbox defaults to selected to hide the properties information bar at the  bottom of the element Properties window.

Deselect the checkbox to expose the information bar.

Properties Window

Docked Windows Tabs on Bottom (requires restart)

The checkbox defaults to selected to display any tabs on a docked window at the bottom of the window.

Clear the checkbox to show the window tabs at the top of the window.

Main Diagram Tabs at Bottom (requires restart)

The checkbox defaults to selected to display the diagram tabs at the bottom of the  Diagram View.

Clear the checkbox to show the tabs at the top of the Diagram View.

File Loading Strategy

Click on the drop-down arrow and select the model loading behavior for .eap files; choose either:

Load on Demand does not load the full project view when you load a model; instead, only the parts that are necessary to display the visible portion of the tree are loaded.

This means that the model loads faster and you can begin work sooner, but at the expense of later small delays as the system loads specific portions of the model.

For server connections, the Load on Demand option is automatically set when the connection is created.