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872 Chapter 22: Customizing the User Interface
in the list File > Open Recent. Range=0 to 50.
Default=9.
Auto Backup group
Auto Backup saves your work periodically. In the
eventofapowerfailure,ifyouhavenotsavedyour
work,youcanloadinanautobackup(autoback)
file from the
autoback subdirectory in the program
directory and continue working w ith little lost
work.
Auto Backup creates auto backup files based on
atimeinterval.Thenameofanautobackupfile
is
autobakn.max, where autobak is the main part
ofthename(
autobak is the default), and n is an
integer from 1 to 9.
For example, if y ou’ve set Auto Backup to create
three auto backup files at one-minute intervals,
Auto Backup will create
autobak1.max ,and
then a minute later
autobak2.max ,andthen
autobak3.max. At the fourth minute, the system
overwrites
autobak1.max ,andsoon.
Enable—Enables Auto Backup.
Number of Autobak Files—Determines how many
backup files to write before overwriting the first
one. Range=1 to 9.
B ackup I nterval (minutes)—Determines the number
of minutes between backup file generation.
Auto B ack up File Name—Lets you enter an
alternativenamefortheautobackupfile. Auto
backup files with a different name still have the
filename extension .
max .Default="Autobak".
Log File Maintenance group
The following controls affect the
max.log file.
Never Delete Log—Determines how long the log
file is maintained. When you choose Never Delete,
the
max.log file remains on the hard disk and
continues to grow.
Maintain Only...Days—Resets the file to zero bytes
after it reaches the number of days specified in this
field.
Maintain Only... K bytes—Resets the file to zero
bytesafteritreachesthenumberofkilobytes
specified in this field.
Err ors—Writes fatal er rors to the max.log file
instead of generating Alert dialogs. Alerts halt
network rendering for one or more servers.
Wa rn in gs—Writes warning messages to the
max.log file instead of generating Aler t dialogs.
Info—Wr ites general information to the max.log
file instead of generating Alert dialogs.
Debug—Writes debug messages to the max.log file
instead of generating Alert dia logs.
Thetypeoferrorscoveredbythesefourcategories
include maps that can’t be found, missing UV
coordinates, missing output directories, full disks,
missing DLLs, disks to which you don’t have
access, invalid meshes, and obsolete MAX files
Import Options group
Zoom Ex tents on Impor t—Zoomsallviewportsto
scene extents after importing a file. If this is turned
off, zoom extents isn’t performed.
Archive System group
Progra m—Specifies the name and location of the
program to use for archiving. The program must
be independently installed on your system. You
can add command-line arguments to follow the
executable file name. For example, for the PKZIP
program , the arguments mi ght b e:
project1.zip c:proj0?.max -o