Description of the illustration prefs_script

The prefs_script_format.gif image shows the iSQL*Plus Script Formatting Configuration Preferences screen. It is one of 3 screens available under the System Configuration menu option. It has an Oracle iSQL*Plus logo in the top left, and the three standard iSQL*Plus navigation icons: Logout, Preferences and Help in the top right, separated from the main body by a horizontal line.

The right hand end of the dividing line contains two selectable tabs. Neither tab is active. They are labelled Workspace, and History.

The body is labelled Script Formatting, and a drop down menu is displayed on the left side. The first option of the drop down menu is Interface Configuration.The remaining options are: System Configuration and Change Password. System Configuration has 3 sub options, Script Formatting, which is selected, Script Execution, and Database Administration.

The body shows the fields and buttons for those preferences visible in the image, but there are more available by scrolling down. The text underneath the body label, Script Formatting, reads, "Configure settings that affect how script output is formatted, and what optional information it contains". At the right hand end of this line, there are two buttons labelled, "Cancel", and "Apply". The visible options are labelled:

Describe Objects, with the text, "Set the depth of the level to which you can recursively describe an object". There is an associated checkbox labelled, "Describe all", which is not checked. There is also an associated input field labelled, "Describe depth", which has the value, "1".
Show Line Numbers, with 2 radio buttons labelled, "On", and "Off". On is selected.
Indent Attributes or Column Names, with 2 radio buttons labelled, "On", and "Off". Off is selected.
Display Bind Variables, with the text, "Set whether to automatically display bind variables referenced in PL/SQL blocks or execute commands". There are 2 associated radio buttons labelled, "On", and "Off". Off is selected.
Display Commands, with the text, "Set whether commands in scripts are displayed in output as the script is executed". There are 2 associated radio buttons labelled, "On", and "Off". Off is selected.