Task Builder General Preferences

The Task Builder General tab preferences control how tasks are displayed in the Steps pane. This includes the indentation, word wrapping, icons, and error description.

Property

Description

On startup, open

When opening the task from the EFT administration interface, the selected task appears, regardless of this setting.

Double-clicking adds to end of task

If enabled, double-clicking an action from the Available Actions pane adds the new step to the end of the task. If this is not enabled, the step is inserted above the currently selected step. In either case, a new step can be inserted at a desired position by dragging an action from the Available Actions pane into the position. This option is enabled by default.

Show dialogs for actions that have no parameters.

If enabled, a dialog will appear for actions that gave no parameters.

Default Task location

By default, all Tasks are saved in C:\ProgramData\Globalscape\EFT Server Enterprise\AWE.

Icons

This option controls the identifying icons displayed next to each step in the Steps pane. The available options are:

  • Small icons (default): Small icons (16x16) will appear next to each step.

  • Large icons: Large icons (32 x 32) will appear next to each step.

  • No Icons: No icons will appear next to each step.

Include error handling descriptions

Controls when the visual view in the Steps pane displays descriptive text about each step's error handling along with descriptive text about the step itself. Every AWE step performs default error handling if the step fails. Select from the following:

  • Only when different from default (default): Appends descriptive text about the step's error handling only when an error handling option has been set that is different from the default. This will cause the error description to be omitted in the majority of cases because the default error handling is sufficient for most steps.

  • Always: Always appends the error handling description to each step. This can cause extra, redundant text to be displayed in the Steps pane.

  • Never: Never appends the error handling description. The error handling can only be viewed by opening the properties dialog box for the step.

See Also

Setting Task Builder Fonts

Setting Task Builder Colors