Customizing Electrical System Functional Definition
for the Way You Work

You can customize the look and feel of the Electrical System Functional Definition application to corporate practice. You can, for example, change the appearance of icons or customize toolbars and menus.

Customizing is done by editing:

  • The ElecAppli.properties file
  • Workshop files: there are two workshop files, one for webtree and the other for specific application commands.
This task explains how to customize Electrical System Functional Definition for the way you work.
  1. Edit the ElecAppli.properties file.

    The ElecAppli.properties file:
    • Lists icons used in document views. You can, if desired, replace the icons with new ones.
      Gif and jpeg image formats can be used.
      st01NLS.gif (13790 bytes)
    • Lets you set permissions for electrical components. For example:
      ElectricalType.ElecSignalExtremity.usage=Modify

      Permissions are: create (default), modify (you can modify but not create new components), display (components are visualized but you cannot create or modify them) and hide (the electrical type is hidden).

      Default type names are:
      ElecSystem for electrical systems
      ElecFnctEqt for equipment
      ElecFnctCon for connectors
      ElecFnctCntPt for contact points
      ElecOffSheet for off sheet connectors
      ElecUnknownType for unknow electrical types.

    • Set print options (paper margins, etc.)

    • Set CSV format parameters. The column separator and the list separator in the Regional Settings Properties dialog box (Number tab) under Windows must be the same. The default value is the semi-colon.
    • Set the number of attempts to connect to the server (ServerElec.connectMaxRetry). The default value is 100.
  2. Edit ElecAppli.workshop and ElecWebtree.workshop files.

    These files:
    • List toolbar and contextual menu commands. You can show/hide these commands.
    • Let you add commands.
    • Let you change the appearance of command icons. You can, if desired, replace the icons with new ones.
      Gif and jpeg image formats can be used.
To be able to use the Map Functional/Physical... command, server parameters must be correctly set. For more information, see the Electrical Library User's Guide.