About the System Directory

Within Cview, the location of the system directory is only meaningful when opening or creating a database, and when modifying System Settings (the SysVisual.properties file).

The system directory provides the default database location during an Open or Create action. However, you can always use the Directory button (from inside the Create Database or Open Database dialogs) to create or locate databases outside the system directory.

You can explicitly specify the system directory for a Cview session in these ways:

If you do not explicitly specify the location of the system directory, it defaults to one of the following: