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Before starting using PATIO, you have to do some initial configurations to ensure its correct operation.

Language selection

To select the interface's language you have to select the correspondent flag located in the lower toolbar.

Select interface's language panel.

Configuration panel

Accessing the configuration panel

The next image shows the first window that appears right after running PATIO.

Select user type.

This window allow you to use the user type that will be using PATIO.

If you select the user Teacher, the window that gives access to the teacher's personal desktop will be shown. The configuration panel of PATIO is only completely available from this window. The next image shows the configuration panel aspect.

Configuration panel.

Connection type panel

You can select the connection type for using this tool.

By selecting LOCAL the tool will work with the local database and , if you select the REMOTE option, it will use the data stored in a remote database.

Connection type selection.

Refresh button

If you press this button the tool will be reconnected to the database in use in order to refresh the information.

Refresh button.

Configure button

Configure button.

The next window will appear by pressing the Configure button.

Configuration menu.

Through this window you can set the configuration parameters that affect the behavior of the tool.

As can be seen, it contains two main tabs:Local andRemote.

• Local: Allows to set the configuration parameters for a local connection.

• Remote: Allows to set the configuration parameters for a remote connection.

The configuration parameters that can be set for the two main tabs are the same, so they will be described in general terms.

Database

Sets the configuration parameters that allow the connection to the database you want to use. The following figure shows the section Database and then their fields will be described in descending order of appearance

Panel para introducir los parámetros de configuración con el subpanel "Base de datos" marcado.

• Database: Allows to select the database type you want to use
• DB server: Database server address.
• Port: Port used by the server database.
• Schema: The database schema that describes its structure.
• User: The user's name that is going to connect to the database.
• Password: The password of the user that is going to connect to the database.
• Web server: The web server address in which the database is hosted.
• Port: Port used by the web server.
• Path: The base of the root where is located the file structure in the web server.
• User: The user's name in the web server.
• Password: The password of the user in the web server.

Commons

This section sets out the configuration settings that affect all the tools that use this panel.

• Country: Allows to set the country of the user of the tool. Depending on the country you select, a list of available languages will appear in the field Language.
• Language: Selects the language used by the application.
• Multimedia player: The program used to play the exercises videos.

Información sobre la conexión

El siguiente icono muestra, en todo momento, el estado de conexión con la base de datos. Si se sitúa el cursor del ratón sobre él, aparecerá un texto con información sobre la conexión.

Icono de información sobre la conexión a la base de datos.

Ayuda

Todos los paneles de PATIO tienen asociado un texto de ayuda al que el usuario puede acceder, para obtener información sobre el uso de la herramienta, pulsando el botón que aparecere marcado en la siguiente imagen.

[File:PanelConfig_help_en.png‎|thumb|center|500px|Botón de ayuda.]]