This dialog is opened with the Preferences button of the FBEditor's menu bar.

The first time this dialog is opened, it shows the values loaded from the editor.ini file.

• If no value is given in editor.ini for a parameter, a default value is used.
• The values shown above are the default values.

The parameters that can be adjusted include:

• bounds: The initial Editor window bounds in top,left,width,height order. This preference contains an additional drop-down item for setting the initial bounds to the current bounds of the editor.
• drawingStyle
• java: The command to execute the Java™ runtime environment (JRE).
• log: Enables (ON) or disables (OFF) logging to the log tab of the Editor.
• timeout: The period, following a configuration command, after which a NOT_READY error condition will be declared.

The buttons in the bottom row of this dialog have the following functions:

• Save: Saves the current values in the Preferences dialog to the editor.ini file for future use.
• Restore: Replaces the current values in the Preferences dialog with the stored values from the editor.ini file.
• Defaults: Replaces the current values in the Preferences dialog with the default values shown above.
• OK: Accepts the current values in the Preferences dialog and closes the dialog window.
  • New values for the bounds, java, javac and timeout preferences must be confirmed by exiting their respective text fields via the Enter or Tab key before pressing the OK button.