PREFERENCES

This command displays a dialog box for selecting an input file (see FILE INPUT) specifying preferred parameter settings. This input file is executed immediately, and again after the initialization file (INTKEY.INI) of each new data set. The default file type is .PRF, and the default directory is the one containing the program. The settings associated with the operating mode initially selected by the user (see "Modes of Operation", under "Introduction") are also reset at the start of each new data set. The order of setting parameters is: initialization file, operating mode, preferences file. You can also specify a preferences file to be automatically invoked when the program starts: see "Data-Sets Index and Startup Parameters" under "Introduction".

Example of "preferences" file

*SHOW Preferences: SET AUTOTOLERANCE ON, DISPLAY NUMBERING ON
*SET AUTOTOLERANCE ON
*DISPLAY NUMBERING ON

Syntax of command line: PREFERENCES filename