Global Settings

In installations where many users share the same computer there may be a need to control some global settings. This is typically the case in Terminal Server and Citrix Server installations. Starting with version 3.0.0.270 the program supports a collection of global settings. Global settings will override the settings that the specific users put into their option files.

A settings file named global.ini can be placed in the program folder where you also find gui.exe (ie. C:\Program Files\bioPDF\PDF Writer). When the program starts creating the PDF file it will read the values in global.ini and overwrite the corresponding values from the user's settings.ini.

The content of a global.ini is similar in structure to that of a normal settings.ini or runonce.ini.

Sample of global.ini:

[PDF Printer]
  WatermarkText=Set by global.ini
  Output=<desktop>\<basedocname>.pdf

Another sample global.ini could look like this:

[PDF Printer]
  DisableOptionDialog=yes

This would disable the access to the options dialog for all users.

Developers' note: The global.ini will not affect the settings when a runonce.ini file is present in the user's application data folder.