Working with the catalog menu and configuration menu

General notes

Main menu:

Password:

If Allplan is installed in a workgroup environment, only administrators have write access to the catalogs and configurations. This protects the data from unwanted alteration.

The icon with the key symbol looks like this:

• If a user is mapped as the administrator, sysadm, nemadmin or root in the user list of the workgroup or if a user uses the same name to log on to the operating system, this user automatically has write access to all the catalogs and configurations (also applies to the BFT menu). This is indicated by the green key symbol.
• If a user is not the administrator (i.e. none of the above conditions is true), this user automatically has read access only and the red key symbol is displayed.

Administrators can grant normal users write access to a computer. Click the green key symbol and and click OK to confirm the prompt asking whether you want to create a password. Type in the password. The password is not created when you click Cancel. This new password does not affect administrators.

A normal user who knows the password can click the red key symbol and type in the password. Now this user has write access and can change the entries in the catalogs and configurations.
If a password has not been created for normal users, the program will display an appropriate message when these users click the red key symbol.

Please note that the password primarily protects the data from unwanted alteration. It does not provide sufficient protection against unauthorized access as the files can still be manipulated using the operating system.

Further information:

Password for standalone versions

Password for standalone versions

When you work with a standalone version, a password is initially not assigned for the catalog menu and the configuration menu. To protect the data from unwanted alteration, you can define a password.

Click the green key symbol, type in the password and confirm it. If you quit the dialog box by clicking Cancel, the password is not created.

The next time you start the catalog menu or configuration menu the red key symbol is displayed. To change the data, click the red key symbol and type in the password.

Please make sure that you remember your password because it can only be deleted using an undocumented function!

Changing password

Changing password

If Allplan is installed in a workgroup environment, only administrators can change the password.

At a standalone version, click the red key symbol and type the password. Then click the green key symbol. Now you can change the password. If you do not specify a new password or quit the dialog box by clicking Cancel, the old password is retained.

Load

Loads the catalogs or configurations you have previously saved using .

Save

Saves the data in *.bca format (catalogs) or *.bco format (configurations) in the \NEM\ALLPLAN...\EXTERN folder. These files can be exchanged or retrieved using .

Help

Activates the help system. You can also press the F1 key while editing a data record, for example.

Automatic synchronization of catalogs

If you delete entries or factories that were assigned in the individual catalogs in the Standard, Factory, Assignment and Panel type tabs, then this gives rise to unreferenced entries in the individual catalogs. These entries cannot be seen by the user and can lead to problems in running the program properly.
Therefore all unreferenced entries arising from programs are automatically located and deleted when you quit the catalog menu. Information on this operation is displayed.

Catalog data record:

The catalog data records created are displayed on the left. Click to select the data record you want to edit.

You can select a tab on the right. The number and names of the tabs vary depending on the selected catalog.

Paste

Inserts a data record in front of the current position.

Add

Creates a new data record at the end.

Delete

Deletes the current (selected) data record.

Saves changes in the open catalog.

OK Closes the catalog. Important: the program saves the changes without issuing a confirmation prompt.

Cancel Closes the catalog. If a data record has been changed, the program will issue a prompt.

<F1> Displays the help system.

Configurations:

You can select the entry of the configuration file you want to edit on the left.

The number and names of the tabs displayed on the right vary depending on the selected configuration file.

Saves changes in the open configuration.

OK Closes the configuration. Important: the program saves the changes without issuing a confirmation prompt.

Cancel Closes the configuration. If data has been changed, the program will issue a prompt.

<F1> Displays the help system.