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The General category of the Global Options dialog allows you to configure general SecureFX options.

Dialogs group

This group contains options that control the display of optional dialogs. These dialogs are displayed by default.

Show connection closed dialog

Check this option to display a connection [A data path or circuit between two computers over a phone line, network cable, or other media.] closed message when the connection is closed.

Show confirm disconnect dialog

Check this option to display a message asking for confirmation before disconnecting [To close a communication connection between a client and a server.] .

View group

This group includes options that allow you to show or hide components of the SecureFX application window. To turn off any of these options, clear the associated check box. The available options are as follows:

Show toolbar

 

Show status bar

 

 

 

Show connect bar

Session management group

This group includes options that deal with SecureFX sessions. The available options are as follows:

Use dockable Session Manager

Check this option to use the Session Manager for managing sessions. Uncheck this option to use the Connect dialog for managing sessions.

Show Session Manager or Connect dialog on startup

Check this option to display the Session Manager or Connect dialog on startup of SecureFX.

Session list sort order

Select the method by which you want to sort the entries listed in the session tree of the Connect dialog. Sessions can be sorted alphabetically (i.e., A1, A10, A2, B), logically (i.e., A1, A2, A10, B), or manually. This option can also be controlled from the Connect dialog's Arrange Tree context menu option. See also Arranging Entries in the Connect Dialog.

Save expanded folder state in connect dialog

Check this option to have SecureFX remember the state (expanded or collapsed) of folders in the Connect dialog.

When a session is renamed/moved, updated sessions that use it as a firewall

By default when a session is renamed or moved, any sessions that use it as a firewall (dependent session) get updated. This can take a while if there are a lot of sessions or the configuration folder is located on a network drive. This option can be unchecked if there is a significant delay when sessions are renamed or moved. If a session is used as a dependent sessions, the sessions using it will need to be updated manually.

New session uses wizard

Enabling this option causes the New Session toolbar button in the Connect dialog to start the New Session wizard. Disabling this option causes this button to open the Session Options dialog instead. This option is enabled by default.

Recently used session list

This option allows you to configure the number of sessions [A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine in SecureFX. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts.] listed in the Recently Used Session section of the File menu. The Recently Used Session list displays a list of sessions that have recently been used to connect to a remote machine. The default value is 4.

Note: Entering a value of 0 (zero) in the Recently used session list entry box will disable the list in the File menu and clear the list of all entries.

Warn when more than n sessions are going to be connected

Check this option to be warned when multiple sessions are going to be connected. The default value of n is 20.

 

 

Related Topics

  1. Global Options/General/Default Session