User Guide/Log/Settings

The STx Configuration Settings Dialog provides access to some of the most basic STx settings.

maximum number of project backup files

The number of backed up versions of a project that should be kept (See Restoring a project from backup for details).

automatic project and workspace save

Set how often the project and the STx INI should be saved in minutes.

enable ASIO support

Check this box to enable ASIO driver support. Otherwise only MME devices are supported.

use UNC file names

If checked, all file names used in project files should be converted to their UNC equivalent when saving. This is recommended if more than one person is working on a project file, and the users use mapped network drives. Here is a scenario, where this option will be useful.

User1 maps the server path \\server1\data to drive z. User2 maps the same server path to drive y. Both users are working on the same project, using the project file \\server1\data\ds.xml. Sound files added to the project by User1 would not be accessible by User2, if they were saved using User1's drive mapping. By using UNC file names, this kind of collaboration is possible.

Default Helpfile

Choose the help file to be called by the key F1. The default is the User Guide.chm, which contains the documentation of the graphical user interface of STx. You can choose between the User Guide, the Programmer Guide or STx Help (both User Guide and Programmer Guide).

User Font

The user font is used in the Detail window.

Dialog Font

The dialog font is used for all dialogs in STx except those which use the User Font.

Working Directory

The working directory is where STx opens and saves files by default.

Tempfile Directory

The temporary directory where, for example, Recorder sound files are stored during recording.