Searching For Configuration Settings (CSETS)

Each CadEnhance tool provides a powerful search function to let users find a CSET by name, value or category. From there they can inspect and/or modify its current value, and also see the source of it's current value.

Accessing the CSET Search Tool

The Main UI provides a Search for Config Setting Button which pops up the Search Controls. The same search can also be accessed using the Config->Search for Configuration Settings Menu item.

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PartBuilder’s Search For Config Setting Button

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Config->Search For Configuration Settings

CSET Search Operation

Main Search Entry (Search for setting containing…)

Multiple match Strings can be entered separated by commas in the main Search Entry

In the example shown below, the user entered power,sig_name in the Search for setting containing... entry and then pressed the Search Button (or hit enter)

The Tool searched all of its CSETS to see if their NAME contains either "power" or "sig_name" and then listed the matching CSETS below the search control entries.

Modifying Search Critera

With Prefixes Like #,TAB=,Source=,VAL= and !Default the user can change the search criteria used for each individual match string. 

#Category/Tag

Each CSET in the tool is assigned a list of Categories or Tags that they apply to. The user can use these Tags to search for all the CSETS that are used to control specific functions for the tool. Originally the Tags were referred to as TABS because the CSETs in the View/Set All Configuration Settings were split into a TAB for each function like shown in the NetBom UI image above

The User may enter a Category or TAG Match using the #[matchString] or TAB=[matchString], the tool will search for all CSETs whose category/tag matches the matchString

VAL=PREFIX

With the VAL=MatchString, the tool will search for any CSET whose VALUE contains the matchString.

SOURCE=PREFIX 

With the SOURCE=[SITE|LOCAL] the tool will search for any CSET whose VALUE was contained in the SITE or LOCAL Configuration File

!DEFAULT

If the user enters !DEFAULT as a pattern, the tool will search for any CSET whose VALUE is not equal to the internally stored DEFAULT value. This provides a good way to look for all values that have been changed by the user.

The Category/Tag Pulldown provides the user a shortcut to browse and select any of the available CSET Tags (which will be inserted into the Search Entry)

Mix and Match Search Types

Each of the multiple search_strings can be entered with a different prefix…For example if the user enters:

#Admin,Val=158,LIMIT

The result will display all the CSETS assigned to the ADMIN category, any CSET whose VALUE contains '158', and any CSET whose NAME contains 'LIMIT'

Working with the Search Results

The Search Results

CSET_NAME Label

Help Balllon

Right Click to Open CSET Value Editor with Help

CSET VALUE

Widets

Default Button [D]

Hover over the [D] Button to see the default value for the selected CSET. Press the D button to change the Value back to default

CSET Source