Data Environment Options (Data Tools—Options Dialog Box)

See Also      Tasks

Allows you to set data environment options, such as automatically displaying properties or showing system objects in the data environment.

The data environment options can be set from the Options dialog box on the Tools menu in the Data Environment tab of Data Tools.

Options

Show properties immediately after object creation

Select to display the property pages immediately after a Command object is added to the data environment. You can use the Command object's property pages to set the source of the object's data, the values of its parameters, and advanced ADO connection information. This option is selected by default.

For information about using the Command object property pages, see Command Properties Dialog Box.

Prompt before deleting object

Select to prompt the user with a confirmation dialog box when a Command object is deleted from the data environment. This option is selected by default.

Show status bar

Select to display the data environment's status bar. This option is not selected by default.

Note   This option is not yet implemented in Microsoft® Visual InterDev™.

Show system objects

Select to show system objects in the list of database objects in the Database Object field on the General tab of the Command Properties dialog box. System objects, such as the sysObjects and dtProperties tables, contain general information about a database, as opposed to data entered by the user. This option is not selected by default.

Disable Warnings

Select to specify whether warning messages, such as the ramifications of changing the properties of an object, are displayed. This option is not selected by default.

Note   It is recommended that warning messages remain enabled, so that you are notified of the ramifications of your actions.

Prompt before executing command

Select to prompt the user with a confirmation dialog box before a Command object is executed. This most often applies to Command objects based on a stored procedure. This option is selected by default.