The PREFERENCES menu item changes the way that ViSta works.  The changes you make are saved and will be in effect when you use ViSta again. Preference settings include:

  
START/EXIT PREFERENCES
 
HIDE XLISPSTAT   - Hide XLispStat window when checked. The XLispStat window contains a large version of the listener that is handy for programming.

HIDE DESKTOP     - Hide DeskTop window when checked. This is useful if you want to make ViSta invisible at startup and wish to run a script which only shows analysis results.

HIDE VISTA LOGO  - Hide ViSta Logo window when checked. Note that you can make ViSta startup completely invisibly by hiding all three startup windows.

SPIN VISTA LOGO  - Show Spinning ViSta Logo when checked. Shows the initial splash screen with the Logo spinning.

SHOW VISTA LOGO  - Show Static ViSta Logo when checked. Shows the initial splash screen with the Logo nopt spinning.
 
SHOW EXIT DIALOG - Shows "DO YOU WANT TO EXIT" dialog at exit.



DEVELOPER PREFERENCES
 
DEVELOPER MODE   - Switch to the developer's mode. This shows a menu of tools that are useful for developers.
 
VERBOSITY LEVEL  - Set ammount of listener output that helps with debugging.



SESSION PREFERENCES  
 
OPEN DATA SHOWS DATASHEET - Automatically see the data's datasheet when you first open it.
 
SHOW SPINPLOTS SPINNING - Show spinable plots spinning the first time they appear.
 
AUTOSHOW MODEL REPORTS - Automatically show reports when makeing a new model.
 
AUTOSHOW MODEL SPREADPLOTS - Automatically show the model's spreadplot after a model is constructed.
