The Save Configuration tab of the Configuration dialog box contains all options for the save operation. The following image displays the Save Configuration tab of the Configuration dialog box.
In the Save Configuration tab, you can select which items to save into a project file when the configuration is saved.
This dialog box has the following configurations:
- Options : This item is related to the option and message settings. If this check box is set, the current option and message settings are stored in the project file when the configuration is saved. By disabling this check box, changes done to the option and message settings are not saved, and the previous settings remain valid.
- Editor Configuration : This item is related to the editor settings. If you set this check box, the current editor settings are stored in the project file when the configuration is saved. If you disable this check box, the previous settings remain valid.
- Appearance : This item is related to many parts like the window position (only loaded at startup time) and the command line content and history. If you set this check box, these settings are stored in the project file when the current configuration is saved. If you disable this check box, the previous settings remain valid.
- Environment Variables
: With this set, the environment variable changes done in the Environment property panel are also saved.
Note: By disabling selective options only some parts of a configuration file can be written. For example, when the best Assembler options are found, the save option mark can be removed. Then future save commands will not modify the options any longer.
- Save on Exit:
If this option is set, the Assembler writes the configuration on exit. The Assembler does not prompt you to confirm this operation. If this option is not set, the assembler does not write the configuration at exit, even if options or other parts of the configuration have changed. No confirmation will appear in any case when closing the assembler.
Almost all settings are stored in the project configuration file. The only exceptions are:
- The recently used configuration list.
- All settings in the Save Configuration dialog box.
Note: The configurations of the Assembler can, and in fact are intended to, coexist in the same file as the project configuration of other tools and the IDF. When an editor is configured by the shell, the assembler can read this content out of the project file, if present. The default project configuration filename is project.ini. The assembler automatically opens an existing project.ini in the current directory at startup. Also when using the -Prod: Specify project file at startup assembler option at startup or loading the configuration manually, a different name other than project.ini can be chosen.