Configuration Files of DiversityNavigator

DiversityNavigator uses several configuration files to store settings for several aspects, among them projects, database connections and logging. This settings can be changed by editing the configuration files. All those files are in XML and you should have basic understanding of XML if you edit them.

DiversityNavigator comes with a set of templates for configuration files. If the program is started it looks for a directory named .diversity_navigator (note the leading dot in the directory name, this is often used under UNIX systems and causes the file to invisible if you browse the directories) in your home directory.

If this directory doesn't exist, it copies its templates into that directory. If this directory does already exist, it doesn't touch this directory; the assumption here is that you have already edited them and they should not be overwritten. This provides an easy way to return to the default values, if you have messed up the configuraton files: just shut down DiversityNavigator, remove the configuration directory .diversity_navigator and start up DiversityNavigator again; this gives you a new set of configuration files.

The following configuration files are used by DiversityNavigator:

diversity_navigator.connections.xml
Here the settings for database connections are stored. You can edit this file, but the usual way to change them is to use the database configuration dialog.
diversity_navigator.projects.xml
In this file the project settings are stored. A project comprises several related databases.
diversity_navigator.log.xml
This file stores the setttings for logging. DiversityNavigator uses the Log4J library to log messages and errors. If you want to change those settings, you need to have a basic knowledge of this library.


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