General Configuration: The configuration file
For all the default settings, configurations and the base of application, pgDesigner leans to a file called configuration files. This file is usually created at the first execution of pgDesigner and updated automatically every variation of the basic settings.
The first time you run pgDesigner in directory described in this chapter, you create the file pgdesigner.conf, which contains all the basic settings, configurations and user customization for the application. Any change in configuration pgDesigner, is updated and stored in this file.
The file is in a format similar to the classics .ini file with the settings grouped in special blocks, and every variable, along with their value, as defined in a single line in the following format: variable = value.
In the following paragraphs will be given a detailed description of the contents of this file and the various settings and values.