Table of ContentsTable of Contents 
Previous Chapter For clarity reasons, the prefix that identifies the SDT tool that the parameter applies to is specified once only, at the beginning of each tool section.
Preference parameters are grouped toolwise, following the order of appearance of the tools in the Preference Manager window. Within each tool section, parameters are listed in alphabetic order.
Where the parameter is specified with a numeric value, the sort is specified within parentheses "()". Parameters which value is specified as a text and which do not have any default value are identified as "". Possible allowed range value is not specified; the user should run the Preference Manager in order to obtain a reference to the permitted values.
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Preference Parameter Default Affects
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AlwaysNewWindow off If a new window
should be opened or
not when opening
am SDL diagram.
See "Always new
Window" on page
1205 in chapter 23,
The SDL Editor.
AutoNumberPages off If added SDL pages
should be autonum
bered (1, 2,... N). See
"Autonumbered" on
page 1212 in chap
ter 23, The SDL Edi
tor.
BlockSubstructureSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
BlockSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
BlockTypeSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ChannelSubstructureSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
CommentSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ConnectorSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ContinuousSignalSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
CreateRequestSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
DecisionSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
FixEndpointsWhenMoved off If end points on
channels and signal
routes should be
fixed to frame or not
when moving block
(type) and process
(type) symbols. See
"Endpoints fixed at
frame" on page
1204 in chapter 23,
The SDL Editor.
GateSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
GrammarHelp off If the Grammar
Help window is to be
opened automati
cally at start-up.
InputLeftSymbol off If the symbol should
be displayed left-ori
ented or not.
InputSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
InteractionPageGridHeight 5 (mm) The vertical grid on
interaction pages.
InteractionPageGridWidth 5 (mm) The horizontal grid
on interaction pages.
InteractionPageMarginLeft 15 (mm) The distance
between the Frame
Symbol and the left
boundary of the
drawing area.
InteractionPageMarginLower 15 (mm) The distance
between the Frame
Symbol and the
lower boundary of
the drawing area.
InteractionPageMarginRight 15 (mm) The distance
between the Frame
Symbol and the
right boundary of the
drawing area.
InteractionPageMarginUpper 15 (mm) The distance
between the Frame
Symbol and the
upper boundary of
the drawing area.
InteractionPageSymbolHeight 20 (mm) The default height
of symbols on Inter
action Diagrams.
InteractionPageSymbolWidth 30 (mm) The default width of
symbols on Interac
tion Diagrams.
MacroCallSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
MacroInletSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
MacroOutletSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
NameTextHeight 12 (pt) The height of text in
kernel heading sym
bols, page name
symbols and text
objects on Interac
tion Diagrams
(exception from text
symbols and signal
list symbols). See
"Default Font
Sizes" on page 1234
in chapter 23, The
SDL Editor.
Operator on If the Operator refer
ence symbol should
be available or not is
the symbol menu.
(The symbol is an
SDT specific exten
sion to Z.100.)
OutputLeftSymbol off If the symbol should
be displayed left-ori
ented or not.
OutputSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
PageHeight 230 (mm) The height of a new
page.
PageWidth 190 (mm) The width of a new
page.
PrintFontFamily "Helvetica" The font face used
when printing text.
PrintZ100Symbols off Printing SDL sym
bols with an appear
ance that complies to
Z.100.
PriorityInputLeftSymbol off If the symbol should
be displayed left-ori
ented or not.
PriorityInputSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ProcedureCallSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ProcedureReturnSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ProcedureStartSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ProcedureSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ProcessPageGridHeight 15 (mm) The vertical grid on
Flow Diagrams.
ProcessPageGridWidth 25 (mm) The horizontal grid
on Flow Diagrams.
ProcessPageMarginLeft 0 (mm) The distance
between the Frame
Symbol and the left
boundary of the
drawing area.
ProcessPageMarginLower 0 (mm) The distance
between the Frame
Symbol and the
lower boundary of
the drawing area.
ProcessPageMarginRight 0 (mm) The distance
between the Frame
Symbol and the
right boundary of the
drawing area.
ProcessPageMarginUpper 0 (mm) The distance
between the Frame
Symbol and the
upper boundary of
the drawing area.
ProcessPageSymbolHeight 10 (mm) The default height
for symbols on flow
pages. (The width /
height relationship
is fixed to 2:1.)
ProcessSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ProcessTypeSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
SaveSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
Scale 100 (%) The scale when dis
playing a diagram on
screen.
ScreenFontFamily "Helvetica" The font face to use
when displaying
text on screen.
ScreenZ100Symbols off Displaying SDL
symbols on screen
with an appearance
that complies to
Z.100.
ServiceSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ServiceTypeSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ShowPageBreaks on If printer page
breaks should be vis
ible or not on the
screen.
SignalDictionary off If a Signal Dictio
nary window should
be opened automati
cally upon start of
the SDL Editor.
SignalDictionaryAll off If the Signal Dictio
nary option All
should be enabled by
default.
SignalDictionaryDown on If the Signal Dictio
nary option Down
should be enabled by
default.
SignalDictionaryExternal off If the Signal Dictio
nary option External
should be enabled by
default.
SignalDictionaryMSC off If the Signal Dictio
nary option MSC
should be enabled by
default.
SignalDictionaryThis off If the Signal Dictio
nary option This
should be enabled by
default.
SignalDictionaryUp on If the Signal Dictio
nary option Up
should be enabled by
default.
StartSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
StateSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
Statusbar on The presence of a
status bar in the SDL
Editor window.
StopSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
SymbolMenu on The presence of a
symbol menu in the
SDL Editor window.
SyntaxCheck on Enables or disables
the syntactic check
ing performed by
the SDL Editor at
editing time.
SystemTypeSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
TaskSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
TemplateFile "sdt.tpl" The name of the file
containing the gram
mar templates used
by the Grammar
Help window.
TextExtensionSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
TextHeight 9 (pt) The height of text in
symbols (except ker
nel heading symbols
and page name sym
bols) on Flow Dia
grams, and text
symbols and signal
list symbols on Inter
action Diagrams.
TextSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
TextWindow on The presence of a
text window in the
SDL Editor window.
Toolbar on The presence of a
tool bar in the SDL
Editor window.
TransitionOptionSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
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ActionSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
AlwaysNewWindow off If a new window
should be opened or
not when opening am
SDL diagram.
CommentSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ConditionSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
CoregionSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
CreateInstanceSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
DefaultName "Diagram" The default name for
new diagrams.
DiagramHeight 230 (mm) The height of a new
MSC.
DiagramWidth 190 (mm) The width of a new
MSC.
GroupingMode First_Closest The grouping mode
for dynamically cre
ated instances. See
"Insert Created Pro
cess" on page 1335 in
chapter 25, The MSC
Editor.
HeadingTextHeight 20 (pt) The height of the text
in the diagram Head
ing Symbol. See also
"Default Font Sizes"
on page 1360 in chap
ter 25, The MSC Edi
tor.
HorizontalSpacing 12 (mm) The horizontal spac
ing unit between
instances. See "Spac
ing" on page 1329 in
chapter 25, The MSC
Editor.
InsertMode After The mode for inser
tion of symbols with a
double-click. See
"Insert Symbol or
Line" on page 1335 in
chapter 25, The MSC
Editor.
InstanceEndSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
InstanceHeadHeight 4 (mm) The height of the
instance head symbol.
The width / height
relation is always
fixed to 5:1.
InstanceHeadSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
InstanceRuler on The presence of an
Instance Ruler in the
MSC Editor window.
MessageSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
MessageTextOffsetX 2 (mm) The horizontal offset
between a message
and the associated
text.
MessageTextOffsetY 2 (mm) The vertical offset
between a message
and the associated
text.
PrintFontFamily "Helvetica" The font face used
when printing text.
PrintInstanceRuler on If an Instance Ruler
should be included on
the printed pages.
ProcessStopSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
ResizeUnit 230 (mm) How much a diagram
will be resized, when
required during simu
lation trace or double-
click of a symbol.
Scale 100 (%) The scale when dis
playing a diagram on
screen.
ScreenFontFamily "Helvetica" The font face used
when displaying text
on screen.
ShowInstanceComposition on If the Instance decom
position should be dis
played.
ShowInstanceKind on If the Instance kind
should be displayed.
ShowInstanceName on If the Instance name
should be displayed.
ShowMessageName on If the Message name
should be displayed.
ShowMessageParameters on If the Message param
eters should be dis
played.
ShowPageBreaks off If printer page breaks
should be visible or
not on the screen.
Statusbar on The presence of a sta
tus bar in the MSC
Editor window.
SymbolMenu on The presence of a
symbol menu in the
MSC Editor window.
TextHeight 8 (pt) The height of the text
except from the dia
gram Heading Sym
bol. See also "Default
Font Sizes" on page
1360 in chapter 25,
The MSC Editor.
TextSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
TextWindow on The presence of a text
window in the SDL
Editor window.
TimerSymbol on If the symbol should
be available in the
symbol menu.
Toolbar on The presence of a tool
bar in the MSC Editor
window.
VerticalMsgLineOffset -5 (mm) The offset between a
message-to-self's ver
tical line and the par
ent instance axis.
VerticalSpacing 12 (mm) The vertical spacing
unit between
instances. See "Spac
ing" on page 1329 in
chapter 25, The MSC
Editor.
VerticalTimerLineOffset 5 (mm) The offset between a
timer's vertical line
and the parent
instance axis.
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------------------------------------------------------------ Preference Parameter Default Affects ------------------------------------------------------------ AbsolutePath on If file names should be speci fied with an abso lute directory path or not. See "Set Directories" on page 1077 in chap ter 22, The SDT Organizer. AllPreferences off If all preferences or if only the "diff" between current Organizer options and Organizer start-up options should be written as options in the system file. See "Options in the System File" on page 1146 in chap ter 22, The SDT Organizer. AutoSaveBefore off If modified dia grams should be saved on file with out user confirma tion when selecting any of the com mands Analyze, Make, Generate SDL Overview and Convert to PR. Capitalisation LowerCase The default value for the code gener ation option Capi talization. CompileAndLink on The default value for the code gener ation option Com pile & link. DefaultSimulator "SCTDEBCOM" The default value for the compile and link option Stan dard kernel when generating a simu lator. DefaultValidator "SCTVALIDATOR" The default value for the link option Standard kernel when generating a validator. EnablePartitioning off The default value for the code gener ation option Enable partition ing. ErrorLimit 30 (mm) The default value of the Analyze parameter Error limit. ExpandPR off The value of the Convert to PR option Expand included PR files. ExpressionLimit 0 The value of the Analyze parame ter Log expressions deeper than. GenerateCode on The default value for the code gener ation option Ana lyze & generate code. GenerateEnvHeader off The default value for the code gener ation option Gen erate environment header file. Kernel "SCTDEBCOM" The default value for the compile and link option Stan dard kernel. MacroExpansion off The default value for Analyze option Macro expansion. MakefileMode Generate The default value for which option to select from the compile and link options · Generate makefile · Generate makefile and add template file · Generate makefile. OutputControl on The default value for Analyze option Check output semantics. PrefixType Full The default value for the code gener ation option Prefix. ReferenceControl on The default value for Analyze option Check references. SemanticControl on The default value for Analyze option Semantic check. Separation UserDefined The default value for the code gener ation option Sepa ration. ShowDashed on The default value for the view option Dashed dia grams. ShowDiagrams on The default value for the view option Diagram structure. ShowDirectories off The default value for the view option Diagram directories. ShowDocuments on The default value for the view option Diagram structure. ShowFileName off The default value for the view option Diagram file names. ShowInstances on The default value for the view option Instance diagrams. ShowLinks on The default value for the view option Associated document links. ShowLogLevel Warning Under which cir cumstances the Organizer Log Window should be raised automati cally. ShowLongMenus on The default value for the view options Long menus / Short menus. ShowPages off The default value for the view option Pages. ShowSeparators on The default value for the view option Separators. ShowTypeName off The default value for the view option Diagram type names. ShowVirtuality on The default value for the view option Diagram virtuality. SourceDirectory "" The default Source Directory when creating a new system. StandardKernel on The default value for the compile and link option Stan dard kernel. Statusbar on The presence of a status bar in the Organizer window. SyntaxControl on The default value for Analyze option Syntactic check. SystemInstance "" The default value for Analyze option System instances. TargetDirectory "" The default Target Directory when creating a new sys tem. TargetLanguage Cbasic The default value for the code gener ation option Code generator. Toolbar on The presence of a tool bar in the Organizer window. TreeRepresentation List The default value for the view options Indented list / Vertical tree. UpperCase off The default value of the Convert to PR option Write reserved words in. (off means lower case) UsageControl on The default value for Analyze option Check unused defi nitions. UserKernel "" The default value for the compile and link option Use kernel in directory. UserMakefile "" The default value for the compile and link option Use makefile. UserTemplate "" The default value for the compile and link option Gener ate makefile and add template file. WelcomeWindow on If an SDT Wel come window should be dis played at startup of the Organizer. XCodeGenerator "X" The name of the code generator that appears last in the option menu Code generator in the Analyze and generate code options. XRef on The default value for Analyze option Generate a cross reference file. ------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------- Preference Parameter Default Affects --------------------------------------------------------------- Filter "" What SDL entities to be hid den by default in the Filter Entities dialog. The entities should be entered as a number of text strings, separated by spaces. Statusbar on The presence of a status bar in the window. Toolbar on The presence of a tool bar in the window. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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ShowInstanceSymbols on The default value for the
Instance symbols option
defined in the List Options.
ShowNameText on The default value for the
Name option defined in the
Symbol Options.
ShowQualifierText off The default value for the
Qualifier option defined in
the Symbol Options.
ShowTypeText on The default value for the
Type option defined in the
Symbol Options.
Statusbar on The presence of a status bar
in the window.
Toolbar on The presence of a tool bar in
the window.
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AboveThreshold on Which option to select by
default between Show symbols
executed >= threshold and
Show symbols executed >=
threshold. (on means >=)
FillSymbols on Whether to fill symbols or not
when displaying a coverage
tree.
LogThickness off Which option to select by
default between Normal line
thickness and Logarithmic line
thickness. (off means linear)
MaxLineThickness 60 (1/10 The default value for the
mm) parameter Max line thickness.
ShowTransitions on Which option to select by
default between Transition
Coverage and Symbol Cover
age. (on means Transition
Coverage).
ShowVisibilityLine on Which option to select by
default between Show visibil
ity line and Hide Visibility line.
(on means Show visibility line).
Statusbar on The presence of a status bar in
the window.
Toolbar on The presence of a tool bar in
the window.
VisibilityThreshold 0 The default value for the
parameter Threshold.
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DistanceBetweenLines 3 (mm) The default value for the
option Distance
between Lines.
DistanceBetweenSymbols 10 (mm) The default value for the
option Distance
between Symbols.
ExpandedDiagramsOnly on The default value for the
option Use Expanded
Diagrams Only.
IncludeLines on The default value for the
option Include Lines.
IncludeProcedures off The default value for the
option Include Proce
dures & Operators.
IncludeStates off The default value for the
option Include States.
Margin 10 (mm) The default value for the
parameter Margin.
MinimumSymbolHeight 10 The default value for the
option Minimum Symbol
Height.
MinimumSymbolLength 20 The default value for the
option Minimum Symbol
Width.
NameTextHeight 10 (pt) The size of textual ele
ments in Overview dia
grams. See "Default
Font Sizes" on page
1234 in chapter 23, The
SDL Editor.
PrintFontFamily "Helvetica" The font face used when
printing text.
ScreenFontFamily "Helvetica" The font face to use
when displaying text on
screen.
ShowLineNames on The default value for the
SDL Editor option Show
line names.
ShowSignallists off The default value for the
SDL Editor option Show
signal lists.
TextHeight 8 (pt) The size of textual ele
ments in Overview dia
grams. See "Default
Font Sizes" on page
1234 in chapter 23, The
SDL Editor.
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Preference Parameter Default Affects
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Statusbar on The presence of a status bar
in the window.
Toolbar on The presence of a tool bar in
the window.
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--------------------------------------------------------------- Preference Parameter Default Affects --------------------------------------------------------------- ButtonFileName "def.btns" What file containing Button definitions to load by default. CommandFileName "def.cmds" What file containing Com mand definitions to load by default. CommandWindow on If The Command Window should be opened by default at startup. Statusbar on The presence of a status bar in the window. Toolbar on The presence of a tool bar in the window. WatchFileName "def.vars" What file containing Vari able definitions to load by default. WatchWindow off If The Watch Window should be opened by default at startup. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------- Preference Parameter Default Affects ------------------------------------------------------------- FrameMakerCommand "imaker" What command SDT uses when starting the Help Viewer when the preference parameter HelpViewer is specified as FrameMaker. HelpViewer Mosaic The choice of Help Viewer. MosaicCommand "Mosaic" What command SDT uses when starting the Help Viewer when the preference parameter HelpViewer is specified as Mosaic. NetscapeCommand "Netscape" What command SDT uses when starting the Help Viewer when the preference parameter HelpViewer is specified as Netscape. -------------------------------------------------------------
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Preference Parameter Default Affects
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Statusbar on The presence of a status bar in
the window.
Toolbar on The presence of a tool bar in
the window.
Version 3.0 The version of the preference
files.
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DateType ISO The date format in
printouts.
DestinationFormat OnePostScriptFile The default Format
option in the Print
dialog.
FooterFile The default value for
the option Footer File
in the Print dialog.
FrameMakerCommand "imaker" The default Execute
command in the Print
dialog when Format
is specified as Import
into Frame Maker.
HeaderFile "" The default value for
the option Header
File in the Print dia
log.
HeaderTextHeight 12 (pt) The size of the font
face used in headers
and footers.
Landscape off The default value for
the option Orienta
tion in the Print dia
log. (off means
landscape).
MarginLeft 10 (mm) The default value for
the parameter Left
margin in the Print
Margins dialog.
MarginLower 25 (mm) The default value for
the parameter Lower
margin in the Print
Margins dialog.
MarginRight 10 (mm) The default value for
the parameter Right
margin in the Print
Margins dialog.
MarginUpper 42 (mm) The default value for
the parameter Upper
margin in the Print
Margins dialog.
MinimumLineWidth 3 (1/10 pt) The minimum thick
ness applied on lines
in the printout.
PageMarkers off The default value for
the option Page
Markers in the Print
dialog.
PaperFormat A4 The default value for
the option Paper For
mat in the Print dia
log.
PrinterCommand "lpr -h -r" The default Execute
command in the Print
dialog when Format
is specified as One
PostScript File.
RemoveTempFiles off If SDT should
remove temporary
files after printing is
done.
Scale 100 (%) The default value for
the parameter Scale in
the Print dialog. (off
means landscape)
TextHeight 10 (mm) The font size used
when printing
expanded text sym
bols.
ToCShowPages off The presence of page
numbers in generated
table of contents.
UserDefinedHeight 297 (mm) The default value for
the parameter User
paper height in the
Print Margins dialog.
UserDefinedWidth 210 (mm) The default value for
the parameter User
paper width in the
Print Margins dialog.
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Generic preferences may be used by SDT tools that have not defined any specialization for these preferences.
----------------------------------------------------------------- Preference Parameter Default Affects ----------------------------------------------------------------- Drives "" The default contents of the Drives Section in the system file for a newly created system. Only used when MixedPlatform is on. MixedPlatform off The syntax and interpreta tion of file specifications in the system file, and the presence of a Set Drives menu choice in the Orga nizer's File menu. PrintFontFamily "Helvetica" The font face to use when printing text. Scale 100 (%) The scale to use when dis playing on screen. ScreenFontFamily "Helvetica" The font face to use when displaying text on screen. Sound on The emission of an alert sound (beep) when per forming an illegal opera tion. StartInformationServer on If an Information Server should be allowed to start or not. -----------------------------------------------------------------This page intentionally left blank
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