These settings represent the options in Miscellaneous section of the Preferences dialog.

Setting Description Type Default
Value
ShowTipStrings Show tip-strips TF True
useNativeFileDialog Use native file dialogs
(Not available on Sun platform)
TF True
dropThroughClicks Allow drop-through clicks
(Not available on Sun platform)
TF True
hotMenus Use hot menus TF True
showBDConstName Show auto-constant labels TF False
openInRun Open VIs in run mode TF False
skipNavigatorDialog Skip navigation dialog on launch TF False
cleanupVisa Automatically close VISA sessions TF False
readOnlyLock Treat read-only VIs as locked TF False