Options

• F9
  This dialog is available from the View menu in the main window and allows you to set up preferences for CDBF.

General

• Start mode
  CDBF can work in two modes: Browse ( in the form of a table ) and Fields ( in the form of a single record ). When you open a database, CDBF shows it according to your choice.

• Date format
  Specifies the format for Date and DateTime fields displayed in the program.

• Date delimiter
  Specifies the delimiter for Date and DateTime fields displayed in the program. It's possible to choose system delimiter or define it yourself.

• Alignment
  Allows you to align the data in character fields after editing.

• Codepage
  If the header of a database does not contain the explanation of the codepage, then CDBF can try to detect the codepage automatically or it can be defined manually.

• Memo-fields
  CDBF can show state or content of the memo-field.

Interface

• Parameters
  You can customise a font, colors, and height of rows of the main window of CDBF.

• International
  This section allows you to use another Help-file or another interface language.

Advanced

• Associate DBF file type with CDBF
  This means that when you double click on a file of such type in Explorer, it will be opened in CDBF.

• Progress-bar
  CDBF can show a progress bar during some long operations, such as "Sort", "Filter", "Sum" etc.

• Read-only mode at startup
  CDBF can work as a viewer only. Check this option if you are afraid of damaging your data accidentally.

• Read-only mode at startup
  CDBF can show records in reverse order. It can be helpful in some situations, such as when you accumulate data in the database.

• Auto save setup
  If checked, CDBF will save settings of columns of databases automatically.

• Aliases mode at startup and file open
  If checked, CDBF uses aliases for new files.

• Save setting
  CDBF will save settings of columns in:
  • a separate file in the home directory (CDBFW.HST).
  • a separate file in each directory where you view or edit databases (CDBFW.HST).
  • a file with the same name and .HST extension.

• Escape
  CDBF can handle the ESC key in various ways.
  • Does nothing.
  • Closes CDBF. This feature is useful when you use CDBF as a file viewer with any file manager like WinCommander.
  • Minimizes CDBF. By pressing one key you can hide CDBF from the screen, but leave it in memory for further work.

Confirmations

• These switches allow you to switch off confirmation messages in the program.
  Be careful. You can easily lose all your data.

Tweaking

• Do not remember current record when you filter or sort a database
  By default CDBF keeps current record.

• Disable sounds effects
  Do not use Windows sounds in message boxes.

• Maximize first child window
  Old behavior emulation.

• Transparency of 'Properties' window
  Use this option to set the 'Properties' window transparency level. This option is available under Windows 2000 and Windows XP only. At 10% the window will be almost opaque. And at 90% it will be hardly visible.

• Root directory
  
  • Use default
    Let Windows choose a directory in Open/Save dialogs.
  • Remember last directory
    CDBF will use a directory that has been used last time.
  • Use this
    You can specify some specific directory.