There are several adjustments that can be made to the DAQFactory environment.  These are all available from File-Preferences... from the main menu.  These preferences are saved in the registry and apply to DAQFactory as a whole, independent of which document may be loaded.  For the colors, you will need to restart DAQFactory for the changes to take effect.

Local Developer Code: when using the external file feature, this code must match the File Developer Code specified in the document settings for files to be saved externally.  This is so that you don't accidentally save external files on customer computers, just your development computer.

Table Font and Font Size:  On some systems, the default font for DAQFactory's tables does not appear correctly.  If this occurs on your system, you can select a different font here to make the tables appear properly.  This also affects the watch.  You must restart for the changes to take effect.

Flash Window on Alert? If checked, the DAQFactory window will flash whenever an alert arrives.  If not, only the alert area of the status bar will flash.

Show all Alerts in Alert box only: This is identical to the option presented when an alert is displayed and eliminates any alert popups.

Sequence Editor Font and Size:  This setting allows you to change the sequence editor font and size.  This is required for some languages to ensure that the editor font supports characters in your language.  We strongly recommend using a mono-spaced font.  This also affects the command / alert window.  You must restart for the changes to take effect.  

Expression / Sequence editor colors:  This gives you the ability to change the colors used to highlight certain types of entries in expression boxes and the sequence/event editors.  It has no effect on the execution of your documents, just how the editors look.  You must restart for the changes to take effect.

Expression / Sequence editor background colors:

You must restart for these changes to take effect:

Default: this is the default background color before any syntax coloring is applied.  This is normally white, and is changed by Syntax Coloring if enabled for expression edit boxes.  

Syntax Coloring: Syntax coloring displays the background of an expression edit box in a different color if the entered expression results in a valid value.  A different color is displayed for a numeric result, string result, or invalid result.  Syntax coloring actually evaluates the expression.  When working with large histories, spectral or image data this can sometimes result in slow response from DAQFactory as it does this.  To avoid this, simply disable the syntax coloring.  Sometimes syntax coloring will display invalid even when there are no problems.  For example, if you are entering an expression that includes a channel or variable that hasn't been initialized, the syntax coloring will show invalid, but once the channel or variable is initialized, the expression will be perfectly valid.