Library Settings

Use this page to configure the following default settings for the Library:

Automatically save changes every: Allows you to set the time interval (from 1 to 100 minutes) that the Developer uses to automatically create a temporary backup copy of any open document. If the Developer unexpectedly terminates while you are editing one or more documents, you may be able to recover all or part of the unsaved content depending on the situation. See the table below for details. When you restart the Developer, the Recovered Documents dialog box lists any documents that have been recovered. You have the option to discard the recovered documents (reverting back to the last explicitly saved version) or open all recovered documents in their appropriate editors. When you open a recovered document, the word "(Recovered)" is appended to the name of the document in the editor tab as a visual indicator that the document is recovered. The "Recovered" indicator is not actually part of the document name and is removed when you save or close the document.
Do not use AutoRecover as a substitute for regularly saving your work by clicking Save.

Note: The Developer does not autosave package documents.

An action is required to resolve any recovery situation. These actions and the resulting behaviors are described below:

Situation	Action	Behavior
Document was previously saved and an autorecover copy exists that the author wants to save	Save	The autorecover copy becomes the current version and the older autosave version is discarded.
Document was never saved but the author wants to save the autosave copy.	Save	The author is prompted to provide a document name and save the document. The saved document becomes the latest version and the autosave is cleared. If the Developer unexpectedly terminates before an autosave was created, the document is lost because there is no copy to revert back to.
Author chooses to save an autosave copy by another name.	Save As	A copy of the autosave document is saved as the user supplied name and the autosave copy is discarded. Documents linked from the newly saved document (for example, concepts linked to a Topic) retain links because the links are contained within the saved document. Documents linked to the newly saved document (for example, the Section linked to the Topic) must be linked again because the new document has a different ID.
Author chooses to discard an autosave document.	Close	If the document is closed without being saved, it reverts back to the last explicitly saved version and the autosave is cleared.

networking icon Multi-user Considerations

When the author chooses to save an autorecover document, the Developer verifies that the original version is checked out (and checks it out if necessary) and replaces that version with the autorecover version. The author can then check in the new version as the current version.

Scan for Lost Documents: You should not have to run this scan unless you are experiencing problems with documents in the Library. Contact technical support for more information on recovering lost documents.

Multi-user Option: Available Disk Space

This option controls the amount of disk space that is allocated to a folder that stores documents that are automatically downloaded to your computer when you access (view or open) documents while online or when you explicitly download documents using the Document, Get or Check Out commands.

Use the Clear Now button to remove read-only documents from your local cache and restore used disk space. This button only removes documents that exceed the Available Disk Space setting.

networking icon Multi-user Option: Network Connection

This option controls the timeout value that determines the maximum amount of time for a transaction such as document check out/in, Get document, or document download to finish. For example, if you use the Medium setting (300 seconds), each document download should finish in five minutes; otherwise you will receive a "timeout" error message.

If the Library contains large documents and you have a slow network connection, the Low setting is better (1000 seconds), since you will not get the "timeout" error message. If you have a fast network connection, the High setting is better because if the server goes down for some reason, you will be notified after 100 seconds (and you do not have to wait 1000 seconds to receive the "timeout" error message).