Use the UNICOM Intelligence Professional Options dialog to control the appearance and behavior of UNICOM Intelligence Professional.

To open the dialog, click Tools > Options.

For numeric options, click the option, and then enter the new numeric value.

For options that have a limited number of values, click the list to select the value you want.

For options that require a file or folder name, you can either type the name, or click the button next to the option to select a file or folder from a list.

When writing and testing mrScriptBasic (.mrs) files, you can specify additional options by using an initialization file with the same name and the .ini suffix, for example: filename.extension.ini.

You can specify the following options:

For panes, controls the look of the title bar and the caption buttons.

For open files in the Edit pane, controls the look of the tab.

Controls the look of the toolbars.

The library files location.

Controls the number of files that are shown in the list of recent files on the File menu.

Controls the number of workspaces that are shown in the list of recent files on the File menu.

Default questionnaire wizard template.

Controls whether files are automatically saved when you run or debug them.

Select the browser control to be used when using the built-in browser. The default is Microsoft Edge.

(Applies only if Use Built-in Browser is False.) Any arguments to be added to the command that starts the external browser.

(Applies only if Use Built-in Browser is False.) Specifies whether the browser refreshes automatically.

In most situations, True is the most useful option. It adds a script to the HTML page to force the automatic update. If the script causes issues, change the value to False: you then have to refresh the browser manually when each new page is posted.

The default value is True.

(Applies only if Use Built-in Browser is False.) The path for the external browser in which you want to run the interviews.

Determines whether a running interview appears in the Browser pane or a standalone browser. For more information, see Testing an interview.

Specifies the target UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server cluster to use when you choose Activate from the UNICOM Intelligence Professional Tools menu. The value of this option depends on whether you are connected to the same local network as the cluster and have access to the FMRoot shared folder on the primary DPM server. If you are connected to the same local network, enter the name of the primary DPM server. If you are not connected to the same local network, enter the URL that you use to login to UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin on that cluster, for example:

If you typically activate to only one cluster, and are connected to the same local network as that cluster, you can stop the activate Login dialog from appearing: enter the name of the primary DPM server, and then set Show Login Dialog to False. For more information, see Activating an interview.

The location for interview cache files when Use In-Memory Cache is set to False. Typically, you should not need to change this option.

The browser capabilities string that is used when testing in UNICOM Intelligence Professional.

Controls whether answers (case data) collected during the running of an interview should be marked as Live or Test. For more information, see Creating case data.

The name and location of a third-party file compare tool that will be used when you choose Compare from the UNICOM Intelligence Professional Tools menu. For more information, see Comparing interview scripts.

The ‘MR Init Custom’ properties to use with ‘Write to Database’ when debugging interviews. Separate multiple properties by using a semicolon.

For example, to support debugging interview scripts that use the TabulationInterviewService to connect to the DDF, you can specify TransactionMode=2.

The quota data records file location.

Determines whether UNICOM Intelligence Professional displays a warning message when you choose Debug Quotas from the UNICOM Intelligence Professional Tools menu. The message says that creating the quota database might take a long time. For more information, see Testing quotas.

Indicates the DebugQuotas.mrs file location. Running the script will displays the quota results in Microsoft Excel.

The HTML page that appears in the Browser pane when no interview is running. If you create your own page, change this value to the name and location of your .htm file.

The HTML page that appears in the Browser pane when an interview is running. If you create your own page, change this value to the name and location of your .htm file.

The metadata document (.mdd) file that contains the text for interview error messages. If you create your own error message texts, change this value to the name and location of your .mdd file.

The default location for interview template files.

The HTML document type declaration to be used for interview pages. Typically, you should not need to change this option.

Enables and disables the effects of sub-templates in grid and loop questions.

Question sub-templates are applied to questions in nested blocks.

Auto jump is disabled for CATI Player questions.

Excludes the expiry meta tags in the HTML output.

Uses predefined keycodes for CATI Player questions.

Uses table layout for single row/column categorical lists.

Provides WebTV support.

The HTTP ports to use when running interviews. Typically, you should not need to change this option.

Determines whether UNICOM Intelligence Professional opens a metadata viewer when you open an interview script (.mdd) file (see Using the interview metadata viewer).

Determines whether the standard HTML player or the CATI HTML player is used to present the interview. The CATI HTML player allows the interview to be completed using only the keyboard. If you select FromRoutingContext, routing contexts called CATI use the CATI HTML player and all other routing contexts use the standard HTML player.

This option also determines the value of the InterviewMode that is available to the interview script as IOM.Info.InterviewMode, and that is sometimes used for routing. The InterviewMode in UNICOM Intelligence Professional is determined by the “Routing Selection Mode”, and the Routing definition on the Routing tab.

Syntax for the routing definition

<interviewing_mode> is one of the following: DataEntry, Local, Paper_Manual_Entry, Paper_Scanning, Phone, Web. To specify two or interviewing modes, separate them by using + (plus sign).

For example, for a routing that can be used with for local (CAPI), phone (CATI), and Web interviewing, use:

The option can be used to force different players and InterviewModes for testing in UNICOM Intelligence Professional. The rules are as follows:

The name of the Sample User XML (.xsu) file, which contains a Sample Management record that can be used to test an interview. For more information, see Accessing sample management data.

The location for Shared Content files. This option supports the <mrSharedRef> tag.

Determines whether the Login dialog appears when you choose Activate from the UNICOM Intelligence Professional Tools menu. If you set this to False, you must also enter a URL in the Activate Server or URL option. For more information, see Activating an interview.

Controls whether the Use hints from .mdd checkbox in the Auto Answer dialog is selected by default. Using hints can degrade the performance of the interview script. For more information, see Running interviews automatically.

Controls whether caching takes place in memory or on disk. By default, this option is True. Change it to False when you want to save cache files to disk, typically for debugging purposes.

Controls how UNICOM Intelligence Professional displays the metadata and routing sections of an interview script (.mdd) file. The two sections can be displayed on separate tabs in the Edit pane, or can appear as two halves (top and bottom, or left and right) of the Edit pane. For more information, see Viewing and navigating an interview script.

Controls whether UNICOM Intelligence Professional displays the syntax of a function or method when you type the opening parenthesis.

Controls whether UNICOM Intelligence Professional displays a list of the valid global functions, properties and methods for a variable when you type a dot after the variable's name.

Controls whether the ScriptAssist suggestion list includes enumerators from UNICOM Intelligence Type libraries.

Controls whether the ScriptAssist suggestion list includes functions from the UNICOM Intelligence Function Library.

Controls whether the ScriptAssist suggestion list includes hidden items.

When you move the pointer in the Edit window over a function or object property or method, UNICOM Intelligence Professional can display a tooltip showing the correct syntax. You can use this option to turn this feature on and off.

These options control different aspects of the Edit pane.

Controls whether tabs are automatically converted to spaces. The number of spaces is determined by the setting of the Tab Indent option.

The default font that is used in the Edit pane. To change it, either click ... (Browse), or expand the Default Font options by clicking + (plus sign), and then change the suboptions.

Italics are not recommended as the default font, because they might be difficult to read in the Edit pane.

This option enables you to expand and collapse sections of indented code (such as loops and subroutines). By default, all sections are expanded each time you enter the text editor.

The default font that is used in the Output pane. To change it, either click ... (Browse), or expand the Default Font options by clicking + (plus sign), and then change the suboptions.

Controls whether end of line markers are shown.

Controls whether a horizontal ruler is shown at the top of the Edit pane.

Displays a bar on the left side of the Edit pane which indicates the presence of bookmarks and breakpoints.

Indicates the presence of empty lines at the end of a script.

Controls whether line numbers are shown.

Controls whether a pair of matching left and right brackets [ and ] are highlighted as you type in the second bracket.

Controls whether space characters are shown as a blue dot.

Controls whether tab characters are shown

Controls whether a vertical ruler is shown on the left side of the Edit pane.

Controls the number of spaces between tab stops.