7.1 Default Behavior of ShotStat

To avoid users having to configure ShotStat each use, ShotStat stores default values for user and control parameters in a configuration file. For multi-user systems (such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP), there is a separate configuration file for each user. This means users can configure ShotStat for their own preferences. For single user systems (such as Windows 98 and Windows ME), there is only one configuration file. For more technical detail regarding the configuration file, see Section 11.1.

The Default Options Window has a series of check boxes that control what program parameters are saved to the configuration file. This does not select values for these items; rather, the values are whatever the current program values are. For example, checking ``Full Cursor'' means that the current state of the Full Cursor Option is written, not that a setting of Full Cursor is written. Any items not checked are kept as whatever settings currently in the file.

To Open the Default Options Window: on the Main Page, click Options/Default Options.

The Default Options Window has four buttons:

Save Now

Writes the configuration file immediately; it is still written when ShotStat exits

Save On Exit

The configuration file is not written immediately, but will be written when ShotStat exits.

Cancel

any changes to the options on the Default Options Window are discarded, and the window is closed.

Reset

Restores ShotStat to the install configuration. The configuration is not written until ShotStat exits.

To temporarily return to the install configuration but to keep the saved configuration for future uses, click Reset and then uncheck all options in the Default Options Window.

To return to the install configuration and write the configuration file, check all options in the Default Options Window, click Reset and click Save Now.