Questions tagged [settings]

Settings may refer to the tweaking which can be used to help improve the user-experience or performance etc.

Settings may refer to the tweaking which can be used to help improve the user-experience or performance etc. Settings typically represent a set of options which a user can choose from adjust the interface or controls of a certain application to their preferences.

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How do I preserve a user setting's value when I change the setting's roaming property?

I've come to understand that I can preserve user settings from previous versions using code like this: if (Settings.Default.UpgradeRequired) { Settings.Default.Upgrade(); Settings.Default.UpgradeRequired =…
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Save application preferences... registry/file?

Where is the best place to store application preferences? In particular, I'd like to save preferences for a media player such as volume levels and the like. Two candidates spring to mind... file and registry. Which would be more appropriate? As a…
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Android: How to Implement a Settings Page Within a Navigation Drawer?

So I'm in the process of creating an app which utilises a Navigation Drawer which is split into separate fragments to access each of the tabs. Now, the thing I would like to find out how to do, is to equally have a Settings/Preferences Fragment or…
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Change user settings in Sublime Text 3

I'm trying to change my user settings for Sublime Text 3 so that word wrap is disabled by default. However, I'm running into some problems. Sublime Text doesn't let you change the default settings under Preferences -> Settings. I know this and I've…
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php js - Store user settings on his computer

I would like to create a tiny script for web visitors : A single sentence saying "Welcome {your name}." By cliking on {your name} the user would be able to write ... his name. I can do that by myself. My question is : What is the best way for the…
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How to use quotes in Visual Studio Code settings values?

I'm trying to add this as my default terminal: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k "C:\Program Files\nodejs\nodevars.bat" but how do I set the "/k "C:\Program Files\nodejs\nodevars.bat" part in terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows settings. It doesn't…
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Set Android Things time zone

After installing Android Things on a Raspberry Pi, time is not correct. My time zone is GMT+2, and using date +%Z I see RPi's time zone is GMT. How can I set time zone?
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iPhone settings: create dependent settings?

Is it possible to create "dependent settings"? e.g. you have hierarchical settings like this: - include animals -- include dogs -- include cats where toggling animals would automatically toggle dogs and cats (I know I can cater for that in code,…
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Hide app-specific settings in the Settings.app

I am using a Settings.bundle to keep user preferences in my app. By default, they are displayed in the standard Settings.app: https://i.stack.imgur.com/QxWKX.png I need to be able to hide these so the user cannot access the app preferences from the…
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SSAS Cube attribute value case got changed ( 'Abc') after Cube Full process, even though underlying data is in upper case (‘ABC’)

I noticed that sometimes SSAS Cube dimension member value case is differ from data source after Cube process . Example: (Database Field Value) ABC ---> Abc (Cube Dimension attribute value) Language/Collation Settings: Windows Collation:…
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How to change time format in NetBeans template

I have a very specific C++ project, and I use a NetBeans. Reason for it is because we need to have a specific timestamps, and I found NetBeans templates a great tool for inserting an automatic header with all the relevant stuff. I manage set…
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Open Settings Programmatically iOS 10

I am able to open Settings > iCloud using following method, [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"App-Prefs:root=CASTLE"]]; Question: Is this legal? Will Apple reject the application? Because I cannot find any…
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Modify Maven settings.xml with SettingsWriter and keep comments

I need to add a new profile to the users settings.xml as part of an IDE Plugin. Currently I'm directly parsing and modifying the actual file, but I would prefer to use Maven APIs like SettingsWriter. Reading, modifying and writing works fine, but…
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How to use the WinInet API from Java?

According to this answer to an earlier question of mine, the WinInet Windows API is the correct way to read and write internet connection settings in Windows. How can I use this API from Java? I'd prefer a free, open-source solution.
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Set global settings for Latex Printing in sympy

I want to use the latex() command from sympy a lot in my code. However I want every multiplication to be printed with a dot, and I do this by adding mul_symbol= "dot" after the variable I want the latex form of. Can I make these setting global, so I…
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