Settings Dialog

Settings Dialog
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The Settings dialog is used to adjust and manage buffer and filter settings for documents (Capture Filter) and for views (View Filter). It contains therefore a number of configuration pages, which can be selected in the page list on the left. The dialog can be resized. The Collect > Capture Filter and View > View Filter menu commands and the View Filter button will open this dialog.

The page list contains entries for all available configuration pages. If not all items are visible in the list, you can either resize the dialog, scroll the list up or down with the small arrow buttons at the top and bottom, or you right-click the list to get a context menu that offers commands to change the size of the icons.

Following pages are available:

	The Packet Sources page is only available in the Settings dialog for capture filters. It is used to set the buffer size of the document's packet store and the network interface cards, from which packets shall be collected.
	The Save and Load Filter Settings page is used to save filter settings in the internal settings file (Quick Load list) or on disk and to manage and load these saved settings.
	The Protocol Filter Settings page is used to configure a protocol filter for the current document or view.
	The Address Filter Settings pages are used to configure different address filters for the current document or view.
	The Address Group Settings page is used to manage and create new address groups.
	The Packet List Columns page is used to configure the different packet data columns that shall be displayed in the Packet List View.
	The Scheduled Packet Capture Settings page is used to configure the schedule and target directory for the scheduled packet capturing.
	The Statistics Settings page is used to configure the statistics module that shall be used and the data columns that shall be displayed in the Statistics View.
	The Load over Time Statistics Settings page is used to configure the statistics module, the chart type and the chart properties of the Load over Time Statistics View.
	The Report Settings page is used to configure the schedule, target directory, and format of network traffic reports.
	The Report Data page is used to configure the statistics module and the contained data of network traffic reports.

The title bar displays the name of the currently selected settings page.

This is the page area where the selected settings page is displayed.

The Save Page and Load Page buttons allow to save and load the settings of a single page to/from disk. If you want to save all your filter settings in a single file, use the Save and Load Filter Settings page of this dialog instead. The address filter pages will not save the address descriptions and colors in the file, as these are not part of the filter. If you want to save or load the address database, you will need to use the Export/Import Address DB commands in the File menu.

The OK button applies the settings and closes the dialog.

The Apply button allows on some pages to apply your settings without closing the dialog.

The Cancel button closes the dialog and dismisses all settings that were not applied yet.

The Help button opens the context help for this dialog.

Note: Some settings are always applied immediately, thus you need not click Apply to do this, and the changes will not be dismissed if the Cancel button is clicked. These settings are address descriptions and colors, protocol colors, changes to the protocol groups tree, and changes to the Quick Load list of the Save and Load Filter Settings page.