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# 8.4. Setting options

knoda can be highly configured to fit your needs.To do so press the "Options"-button in the main window.

Figure 8-5. The knoda window

## 8.4.1. General options

Figure 8-6. The knoda general options

In the 'General'- options menu you can set:

- the driverpath: the directory where the database drivers are located

- the default driver: the driver which is displayed in the knoda main window as default

- show maximised: Tables, queries, forms and reports can either be shown in their construction size or maximized

- Show all questions:Per default knoda asks questions like "Are you sure?" before executing actions

## 8.4.2. Defaults options

The 'Defaults'- section allows you to define the look of your data.

Figure 8-7. The knoda defaults options

- Default font: the font which is used to display grids, forms and reports

- Text alignment: the alignment of text data

- Number alignment: the alignment of numeric data

- Separator: whether numbers should include the thousands separator (only valid if this is supported by locale)

- Precision: the numeric precision of floating data

## 8.4.3. Regional options

knoda uses the German format for displaying the date and time. If you want or need to change it, no problem.

Figure 8-8. The knoda regional options

If you are not happy with the date "31.12.2001" and prefer "2001-12-31", enter Y-M-D in the date field. The 'Date & Time format' is needed for fields which have both, date and time data.

- D - Day

- M - Month

- Y - Year

- h - hour

- m - minute

- s - second

## 8.4.4. Report options

There are some options you should set before using reports. First is your character set encoding. If you are using unicode, set the encoding to that which comes closest to your requirements.

Figure 8-9. The knoda report options

The printer value will be used when calling the command line tools of hk_classes.

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