REPORTER 22.1

Library

By default, REPORTER looks for library items in the subdirectories reporter_library and workflows in the directory where REPORTER is installed.

Due to file permissions, it may not always be possible to add library items to your installation location. For this reason it is possible to specify other directories for REPORTER to use in addition to the default directory. This can be done using the reporter*library_directory and oasys*workflow_definitions_directory oa_pref options. These options can be set once for each oa_pref file: one in OA_ADMIN, one in OA_INSTALL, and one in HOME. REPORTER will treat any directory provided via these preferences as a user defined library directory. The oa_pref file in HOME is likely the easiest to access, and is the same file to which preferences are usually saved when the `Save Preferences' button is pressed.

In order to be read correctly, any user-defined library directory should contain subdirectories named templates , pages , and scripts containing their respective library items. For example, if library_directory is set to /home/user/reporter_library then you should put your scripts in /home/user/reporter_library/scripts.

By default, REPORTER will scan all of the directories listed. If you check Only this, REPORTER will scan only the specified Library or Workflows directory, and none of the directories above it (Library and Workflows are treated separately via reporter*library_only_use_specified_directory and oasys*workflow_only_use_specified_directory). This allows you to switch REPORTER to use a different directory when you customise the templates provided with the installation, or when you receive an updated bundle of templates from Oasys Ltd.

Finally, the 'Size' spinbox in the 'Image thumbnails' section controls the size of thumbnails that are drawn for library images.

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