Setting and Restoring the
Nikon Plug-in State – Macintosh
As you have seen, there are many user-controlled settings associated with the
Nikon Scanner plug-in. These user-controlled settings are referred to as the plug-in
state. It is understood that you will not want to fix each setting every time you want to
scan. To avoid this, the Nikon Scanner plug-in includes a simple method of managing
the setting and restoring of the plug-in state.
There are three ways to set and restore the Nikon Scanner plug-in’s initial state as
shown in Figure 8.1. These include the standard startup conditions shown in Figure
8.1a, the default conditions shown in Figure 8.1b, and the user named settings files
shown in Figure 8.1c.
Figure 8.1 Setting the Nikon Scanner plug-in state. (a) This method is used automati-
cally upon starting and exiting the application. (b) The set default method allows you
to save and restore the state through an un-named file. (c) The user-named method
allows you to save and restore the state through named files.
The automatic method of setting and saving the plug-in state involves saving the
state each time the application exits, and then restoring this state the next time the
application is run. In Figure 8.1a, it is seen that clicking on either the
C
ANCEL
or
S
CAN
buttons causes the last state of the plug-in to be stored in the plug-in preferences file.
When the plug-in is run, these saved settings are used as the new startup conditions.
This includes the image present in the preview image window.
The set default method allows you to set aside the current plug-in state for ready
access at a later time by clicking on the
S
ET
D
EFAULTS
button. This is shown in Figure
8.1b. The
R
ESET
button can be clicked at any time to restore the plug-in to the default
state in the preferences file.
Save Settings
Load Settings
User Named Files
Preferences
Scan
Cancel
(a) Automatic settings
(c) User-named settings
Preferences
Set Defaults
Reset
(b) Default settings
Nikon
Control
Initial
Settings
Double-click
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Setting and Restoring the Nikon Plug-in State – Macintosh
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