This is the tab where you can change startup, shutdown, and miscellaneous options for HTML Validator's integrated editor.
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StartUp and ShutDown Options
| • | Automatically open documents that were open at the last shutdown - Check this box to save a list of open documents when you close HTML Validator. The next time you run HTML Validator, HTML Validator accesses this list and automatically reloads the documents in the list so that you can start working where you left off. This option is enabled by default. |
| • | Automatically load scratch pads at startup and save them at shutdown - ( Pro, Std,  Lite) Check this box to automatically load the scratch pads at startup and save them at shutdown. By default, the scratch pads are stored in files named "scratchpad1.txt" and "scratchpad2.txt" and placed in a folder like C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\AI Internet Solutions\CSE HTML Validator\9.0 (Windows XP) or C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\AI Internet Solutions\CSE HTML Validator\9.0 (Vista). If this box is not checked, then the scratch pads will not be loaded from disk and will be blank at startup. You can still use them if this option is not checked, but anything left in the scratch pads will not be saved at shutdown unless this option is checked. There will be no warning that you are losing data by not saving the scratch pads at shutdown. This option is enabled by default. |
| • | Periodically ask to check for a new version of HTML Validator at startup - Check this box to automatically be asked to check for a new version of HTML Validator approximately every few weeks. This option is enabled by default. |
| • | If an instance of CSE is already running at startup then ask to run a separate instance - Check this box to display a message asking to run another instance of CSE HTML Validator if an instance of the editor is already running when another instance is started. Running multiple instances is not recommended due to potential conflicts among running instances. This option is enabled by default. |
Miscellaneous Options
| • | Automatically save document (don't ask to save) before viewing with an external viewer - Before viewing the document that you are working on with an external viewer, it must be saved to disk so that the external viewer can access it. If you try to view a document with an external viewer that has not been saved, then HTML Validator will ask you to save it first. You must save it if you want to view your document with an external viewer. By checking this option, HTML Validator will not ask you to save your document if it has changed, instead HTML Validator will automatically save your document and then show it to you in the external viewer. This option is not enabled by default. |
| • | Automatically validate documents when opened - Check this box to automatically validate documents when they are first opened in the editor. HTML Validator will only try to validate the document types that it knows how to validate by using the document's file extension to determine what type of document it is. This option is not enabled by default. |
| • | Automatically revalidate documents when reloaded - Check this box to automatically revalidate documents when they are reloaded. Only documents that were previously validated before they are reloaded are revalidated. This option is enabled by default. |
| • | Enable dynamic refresh in the Shell Windows - (Pro, Std, Lite) Check this option to enable automatic checking for file and folder changes, such as additions and deletions, and automatically update/refresh the Shell Windows to reflect the changes. On some systems, enabling this option may cause problems. This option is not enabled by default. |
| • | Enable password security - Check this option to show asterisks for characters in password fields, such as the password field in the Open from the Web dialog box. Additionally, if this option is checked, then passwords will not be stored in the registry. Unchecking this option makes the password fields easier to use at the cost of security: asterisks will not be used and previous passwords used may be saved in the registry for easier use. Note that usernames and passwords (if used to access URLs) are stored insecurely in Batch Wizard target lists regardless of the setting of this option. If you are not working in a secure environment and are not concerned about people looking at your screen and viewing your passwords, then you may want to uncheck this option. This option is enabled by default. |
