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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating/Editing a Profile</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">You can create or edit a profile with this one dialog. When you edit, you enter the general parameters for an existing profile in step 2 and then overwrite the DFA file by entering the same path in step 11.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">To create a profile:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Check-Mate</b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Author Tests</b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Create/Edit Profile</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Enter the general parameters of the profile: <b class="uiTerm">Profile Name</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Display Name</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Test Category</b>, <b class="uiTerm">When to Check</b> mode, and whether to save the check log in the part file. You can also click <b class="uiTerm">Browse</b> and select a profile from the <b class="uiTerm">Profile Selection</b> dialog.
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            <p class="para_item">The category can be a compound name using the period (.) character to separate multiple category levels. &nbsp;For example: A profile in the category &quot;Engineering.File Checkers&quot; would be found under &quot;Engineering&quot; in the subcategory of &quot;File Checkers&quot;. &nbsp;If there is no category entry, the profile is placed under the &quot;No Category&quot; header.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click<b class="uiTerm"> Documentation </b><img align="bottom" src="graphics/doc_ico.gif" border="0">  to add a specialized form of comment to the profile that provides the user with general information about the profile. Enter your text in the <b class="uiTerm">Documentation Text</b> box.
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            <p class="para_item">Click<b class="uiTerm"> Customization</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/customize_ico.gif" border="0">  to allow or disallow the option for the Check-Mate user to change the attributes for the profile. If you check an option, then that parameter is available to the user during customization.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Categories</b> list box, click on the plus sign in front of a category name to examine the category's tree. If there are subcategories, click on the plus sign of the desired subcategory.
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            <p class="para_item">Select any checkers or categories you want to add to the profile.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click the <b class="uiTerm">Add to Selected</b> option <img align="bottom" src="graphics/addtosel_ico.gif" border="0">  to add your selections to the <b class="uiTerm">Chosen Profiles and Checkers</b> list box.
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            <p class="para_item">To remove any unwanted profiles or checkers from the <b class="uiTerm">Chosen Profiles and Checkers</b> list box, select the item(s) and click delete <img align="bottom" src="graphics/remove_test_ico.gif" border="0"> .
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            <p class="para_item">To customize parameters for a checker or profile from the <b class="uiTerm">Chosen Profiles and Checkers</b> list box, select the item(s) and click the Configure Parameters <img align="bottom" src="graphics/config_param_ico.gif" border="0">  option.
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            <p class="para_item">Click the<b class="uiTerm"> Save Profile As</b> button.
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            <p class="para_item">From the <b class="uiTerm">File Selection</b> dialog, enter a unique file path, one that is in your Knowledge Fusion DFA search path.
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            <p class="para_item">If a warning window displays the message: &quot;The location where the class is saved is not in your search path,&quot; this means you need to create the location of your saved class as a new search path. See below.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To create a new search path for your new checker or profile:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">From the menu toolbar, choose<b class="uiTerm"> Preferences</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Knowledge Fusion</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the<b class="uiTerm"> New Directory</b> box, enter the directory path where you saved your DFA file.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <img align="bottom" src="graphics/kf_add_ico.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Add</b>.
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