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Pieface1-Visitor
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February 11, 2016
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config.pro duplicates including mapkeys

  • February 11, 2016
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My recollection is the first item in the config will load and duplicated items will be ignored?  I can only assume this will occur for mapkeys of the same name?  I could test the theory but thought it would be nice to see it here.  I came here looking for an answer and did not find it.  I went to Google and did not find the answer.  The first place I looked was documentation and could not locate it there.


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KenFarley
KenFarley21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
February 11, 2016

As I recall, the exact opposite is true. I had a parameter set in the beginning of my config.pro and didn't know it was also set further down. The last one was the winner, which drove me batty for a while, thinking my changes were being ignored, etc. You can test it yourself by setting a benign parameter, like

display wireframe

display shaded

Start up Creo and see whether you are in wireframe or shaded view.

R
RonSt.Pierre12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
February 11, 2016

If there is a config.sup in the load directory, this is run first and  this will assign the options and "lock" them.

Then, if there is a config.pro in the load directory, it will then assign these options, barring any changes from the locked .sup

Then if there is a config.pro in the start in directory, i will assign or overwrite the load directory config.pro options but barring any changes from the config.sup

Chris3
Chris321-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
February 11, 2016

Any line further down in the config.pro takes precedence over any lines earlier.

For example if you have:

Line 1: display_points no

Line 12: display_points yes

display_points yes (Line 12) is the line that is loaded in. Any previous lines above it are over written.


Same applies for mapkeys.

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    gkoch1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    February 25, 2016

    Hello Don,

    Kenneth, Ron and Christopher are correct. See more details in this article in our knowledge database:

    CS28227 : How does Creo Parametric retrieve config.pro options at startup

    Regards,

    Gunter

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