When selected, instructs Designer to notify you before deleting an element used by other elements, such as flow services, IS document types, specifications, or triggers. If Designer finds elements that depend on the element being deleted, Designer lists those dependents and prompts you to delete the element anyway or cancel the action. If you clear this check box, Designer deletes the element without prompting you.

When selected, instructs Designer to alert you when dependents exist. Dependents are elements that use the selected element, such as flow services, IS document types, specifications, or triggers.

If you clear this checkbox, Designer automatically updates dependents without prompting you.

When selected, Designer updates local references when copying and pasting a group of elements. When two elements within a group refer to each other, it is called a local reference. If you clear this check box, Designer retains the original references in the copied elements.

When selected, Designer automatically unlocks elements after you save changes to them. This prevents you from forgetting to unlock elements; however, it may not be the best option if you save periodically while editing an element. (Not applicable for Java/C services.)

When selected, Designer does not display flow services automatically generated by a process in the Package Navigator view.

When selected, Designer does not allow multiple connections to the same server (same IP address and same port) using different hostnames.

Specifies the number of elements that you want to cache per Designer session. The higher the number of elements, the more likely an element will be in the cache, which reduces network traffic and speeds up Designer by caching elements that are frequently used. The total number of cached elements includes elements on all the servers to which you are connected.

Click Clear Cache to remove all cached elements from memory. Clearing the cache does not remove flow services with breakpoints, flow services that are currently being debugged, and unsaved elements. Keep in mind that the cache is automatically cleared when you close Designer or when you refresh the session.

Re-enables message boxes and reminders that have been disabled with the Don't Show This Again check box.