Settings:Application Basic

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User Permissions Level: Administrator
Product Level: All
Basic Application Level Settings


Basic Application Settings Panel

Settings Explanation

Setting Description
Check for Updates Checks for new updates to the application on application startup. This is done in the background. A panel will pop up in your task bar if there are updates available to download. Click the link on the panel or click Help>Check For Updates to download.
Show Application Setup Wizard Shows the Application Setup Wizard which walks you through the basics of setting up the Application level settings on startup.----
Bulbgraph.png Note: This is normally unchecked after the first application run

Community Library Auto-Contribute Mode Your Equipment Library will be automatically contributed to the WireCAD community unless you opt otherwise.

Options include:

  • No Thanks - Don't contribute.
  • Yes Please - Contribute.
  • Wait til I mark the item as Approved - This setting only uploads items that have the Approved field set to true.
Release Lease On Shutdown If you are floating your license you will want to set this to true unless you plan to start WireCAD while you are not web connected.

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Default Project Database Host(SQL only) If you are using SQL databases this is the default information that will populate the New Project Wizard Database Host field.
SQL Database Connection Page of New Project Wizard