Options Dialog

The Options dialog displays the application options.

Select Options from Tools menu of the menu bar to display the Options dialog.

General tab

Merge concatenated text messages specifies whether to merge the parts of concatenated (long) SMS messages or to receive the parts as separate messages.
Delete messages accepted by any service specifies whether the messages accepted by any running service should be deleted from the Inbox.
Delete messages not accepted by any service specifies whether the messages not accepted by any running service should be deleted from the Inbox.
Play sound when new message arrives allows you to select a sound file which will be played when the new message arrives.

Send messages immediately specifies whether messages should be sent immediately. If this option is not selected messages placed in the Outbox will not be sent until you click Send button in the Outbox window.
Send cancelled messages on connect specifies whether to send cancelled messages when account is connected. Sending of messages will be cancelled when the connection is lost. This option enables automatic resending of the cancelled messages once the connection is reestablished.
Delete successfully sent messages specifies whether successfully sent messages should be deleted form the Outbox.
Long text messages specifies what to do with text messages which could not be sent in one SMS. You can select to send such messages as several concatenated SMS messages, or to truncate them to the maximum capacity of one SMS, or not to send such messages at all.

Ask to save after creating a new service specifies whether SMS Studio will ask you for the filename of newly created services.
Lock windows docking states specifies whether the windows can be docked and undocked to and from the tabbed pages area. When this option is checked, windows retain their docking states.
Automatically clear typed message text specifies whether the manually entered message text should be cleared after use. Regardless of this setting the text will not be cleared if the text has not been used (e.g. a dialog is closed with Cancel button).
Remember typed message text between sessions specifies whether the application will remember manually entered message texts between its sessions.

Code page lets you select the code page used by the application.
Font allows you to select the font in which the text will be displayed throughout the application.
Use Unicode for clipboard, file and database operations specifies that SMS Studio should use Unicode character set when accessing system clipboard, external files and databases. This option may be useful if your system code page differs from the code page used by SMS Studio.
Separators lets you enter the list of characters that will be treated as spaces in the pattern matching process. See Wildcard Patterns for more information.
First day of week lets you specify the first day of the week used in your country.

Run when Windows starts lets you specify whether SMS Studio should start automatically when Windows starts.
Run in the taskbar status area lets you specify whether SMS Studio should keep running in the taskbar status area when closed. If this option is checked, you can use the Exit option from the File menu to exit the application.
Store folder lets you select a folder where the application will store its files.
Process priority lets you change the process priority class of the application.
Use write-through file caching method option instructs the system to write through any intermediate cache and go directly to disk. If this flag is not checked Windows is responsible for flushing files and the file write operations are faster.

Delete messages lets you specify whether SMS Studio should automatically delete outdated messages in regular time intervals. Note that messages are grouped by day, week, month or year, and are deleted at 04:00 AM local time.
Export deleted messages to text file lets you specify whether you wish to export deleted messages to a text file.

Use Address Book specifies whether to use the Address Book for storing contacts information.
Display lets you specify what information about the contact should be displayed in the tables. To include desired information use Address Book Text Parameters.
Create contact specifies whether and when to add a new contact to the Address Book.
Use contact name separator lets you define a character to be used to extract contact name from the incoming message. If the incoming message contains this character any text that follows it will be considered as a contact name.

Always on top lets you specify that the full screen view should be displayed on top of all windows in the system.
Refresh interval lets you specify the interval for checking and restoring the on top status of the full screen view.

Use file lets you specify a file with a list of words which will be used for filtering incoming messages. A file may also contain a replacement text for each word.

Draft preview specifies displayed the Chat Preview will be displayed in draft mode.
Allow Returns specifies whether by pressing the Return key while typing a message a new line will be inserted. If this option is not checked default action will be performed.
Move to next item specifies whether the next item in the TV Chat window should be automatically selected after a message has been added to chat.
Defocus Moderator Bar specifies whether the focus will stay on the moderator bar after adding a message, or it will be moved to the list of the chat messages.

Thread priority specifies the priority of the thread which draws the chat.
Use DirectDraw specifies whether the DirectDraw should be used for better performances.
Wait for Vertical Sync defines if the drawing of the chat should be synchronized with the monitor's frequency.
Safe delay specifies a number of milliseconds to use for intercepting vertical sync signal. Higher values reduce the chance of missing vertical sync, but increase processor time used by chat.