# Configuration Editor

Description

The configuration editor allows you to easily update filePro configuration files to control your filePro environment settings such as screen colors, printers, etc.

Use the "filePro Utilities" menu option to display the filePro utilities menu.

Select option [2] "Configuration Editor" from the filePro Plus Utilities menu to display your configuration settings.

To update your configuration settings, Press [U] to update.

The [F10] help key will display a list of available variables and usage information similar to the following screen.

When pressing the [F9} Search key, an index is displayed for the available filePro variables.

Note that the variables are identified in all uppercase letters while general help categories contain lowercase letters in the index. This is done only to separate items in the index to indicate that the index item is a VARIABLE name rather than a general help category. Environment variables are not case sensitive when using the configuration editor so they can be entered in either upper or lower case.

Classification

Environment variables are classified based on the utilization e.g. Debug, Screen, Output, etc. Note that these categories are abbreviated in the index as "Env_Var-Debug", "Env_Var-Screen", "Env_Var-Output", etc. The following is an example of the help for environment variables for "Output".

Caution: Be careful when updating your configuration settings to ensure that filePro continues work properly.

Variables that should NOT be added using the filePro Configuration Editor.

Path Variables Path variables such as PFPROG, PFDATA, PFDSK should not be entered with this editor. These types of variables should set using a "fppath" file or in the batch file used to start your filePro sessions. Path variables are clearly identified in the help file and in the fPmanual.

Once you have finished updating your filePro configuration variables, Press [Esc] to record your changes and then exit the configuration editor.

Note: Refer to the topic "References" and sub-topic "Environment Variables " in this manual for more details on usage of environment variables.