CenterPoint® Depreciation - Using Global Preferences

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Global Preferences and the Global Layout file are used when your system is a network. An administrator creates an application-level preference stored in a preferences.xml file. The preferences.xml file can then be copied to a common location on the server. The preferences.xml file on the server becomes the default for all users, no matter what database they are using. If the user sets up their own settings, they override what is set as the default.An administrator can override the configuration of the Quick List by setting up the layout of CenterPoint for all users on the network, which is stored in a ControlLayouts.xml file. Then, the ControlLayouts.xml file can be copied to a common location on the server, and each user can set their preference to point to that location.

  1. If you want to set up application-level preferences for all users, at one workstation, select File > Preferences and set preferences the way that you want your CenterPoint users to see them. These should be set on the Application tab for all Preferences.
  2. Click Save.
  3. If you want to customize the default QuickList and save your changes for all users, see the Customize the QuickList topic.
  4. Close out of CenterPoint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. From the File Explorer, find the location of your preferences.xml and/or ControlLayouts.xml file(s). Right-click on the file and select Copy. The file(s) is normally located at:C:\ProgramData\Red Wing Software\CenterPoint\Config\Program folder*

    *The name of the Program folder will be Ag, Business, Municipal or Payroll, depending on which CenterPoint product is installed.

  1. From File Explorer in a location (a shared folder) on the server that the CenterPoint workstations can access, right- click and paste the preferences.xml and/or ControlLayouts.xml file(s).
  2. CenterPoint will need to be set up to use that shared preferences.xml and/or ControlLayouts.xml file(s). At each workstation that you want to use the CenterPoint global preferences/layout:
    • Select File > Preferences > General > Global File Settings > Database.
      • Click on the lookup button to the right of Select The Location Of The Global Preferences File field. Locate the shared network folder used in step 6. Highlight the preferences.xml file and click Open.
      • Click on the lookup button to the right of Select The Location Of The Global Layout File field. Locate the shared network folder used in step 6. Highlight the ControlLayouts.xml file and click Open.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Exit and restart CenterPoint to start using the global preferences/layout.
  5. Repeat step 7 -9 at each workstation that should use the shared preferences/layout.
Note: If there are any Preferences set at the Application, Database or User level, they will override the settings in the global preferences file. If you would like to use only the global preference settings, then set all Application, Database and User level preferences to Not Set.

 

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