Kill option to manually specify value of initial limit (DataLimitEnd) in preferences. Keeping the checkbox for autocalculating while rephrasing its caption. Now the limit number is set either automatically by GetCalculatedLimit() or not at all if the option is disabled. (Un-)checking the CheckboxLimit in Mainform now toggles this option permanently.

components/heidisql/include/const.inc

@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ const
   DEFAULT_DEFAULTCOLWIDTH = 100;
   REGNAME_DATALIMIT = 'DataLimit';
   DEFAULT_DATALIMIT = True;
-  REGNAME_DATALIMITEND = 'DataLimitEnd';
-  DEFAULT_DATALIMITEND = 50;
   REGNAME_REMEMBERFILTERS = 'RememberFilters';
   DEFAULT_REMEMBERFILTERS = True;
   REGNAME_LOGTOFILE = 'LogToFile';

source/childwin.pas

@@ -1493,8 +1493,7 @@ var
   limit                : Int64;
   ds                   : TDataSet;
   sl_query             : TStringList;
-  manualLimit          : boolean;
+  DoAutoLimit          : Boolean;
-  manualLimitEnd       : integer;
   DisplayedColumnsList : TStringList;
   tmp                  : TDataSet;
 begin
@@ -1503,15 +1502,11 @@ begin
   try
     // limit number of rows automatically if first time this table is shown
     if not dataselected then begin
-      manualLimit := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_DATALIMIT, DEFAULT_DATALIMIT);
+      limit := -1;
-      manualLimitEnd := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_DATALIMITEND, DEFAULT_DATALIMITEND);
+      DoAutoLimit := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_DATALIMIT, DEFAULT_DATALIMIT);
-
       // limit number of rows fetched according to preferences
-      if manualLimit then begin
+      if DoAutoLimit then begin
-        // manual limit set in preferences
+        // tick in preferences check box - auto-limit:
-        limit := manualLimitEnd;
-      end else begin
-        // no tick in preferences check box - auto-limit:
         // limit number of rows fetched if more than ~ 5 MB of data
         limit := GetCalculatedLimit( SelectedTable );
       end;

source/main.pas

@@ -819,8 +819,15 @@ end;
 
 
 procedure TMainForm.ButtonOKClick(Sender: TObject);
+var
+  reg: TRegistry;
 begin
-  // Set Filter
+  // Set auto limit option after manual checking "Limit"
+  reg := TRegistry.Create;
+  if reg.OpenKey( REGPATH, true ) then begin
+    reg.WriteBool( REGNAME_DATALIMIT, CheckboxLimit.Checked );
+  end;
+  FreeAndNil(reg);
   ChildWin.DBTree.SetFocus;
   ChildWin.viewdata(self);
 end;

source/options.dfm

@@ -416,13 +416,6 @@ object optionsform: Toptionsform
       BorderWidth = 5
       Caption = 'Data-Appearance'
       ImageIndex = 4
-      object Label26: TLabel
-        Left = 257
-        Top = 40
-        Width = 36
-        Height = 13
-        Caption = 'records'
-      end
       object Label19: TLabel
         Left = 8
         Top = 68
@@ -446,7 +439,7 @@ object optionsform: Toptionsform
         Caption = 
           'Change this font in order to view special language characters in' +
           ' data-grids:'
-        TabOrder = 6
+        TabOrder = 4
         object Label21: TLabel
           Left = 20
           Top = 24
@@ -516,40 +509,20 @@ object optionsform: Toptionsform
       object CheckBoxlimit: TCheckBox
         Left = 8
         Top = 40
-        Width = 169
+        Width = 397
         Height = 17
-        Caption = 'View data by default limited to'
+        Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
+        Caption = 'Automatically calculate data limit to avoid huge net loads'
         Checked = True
         State = cbChecked
         TabOrder = 1
-        OnClick = CheckBoxlimitClick
-      end
-      object EditLimit: TEdit
-        Left = 189
-        Top = 37
-        Width = 41
-        Height = 21
-        TabOrder = 2
-        Text = '50'
-        OnChange = Modified
-      end
-      object UpDownLimit: TUpDown
-        Left = 230
-        Top = 37
-        Width = 16
-        Height = 21
-        Associate = EditLimit
-        Max = 32767
-        Position = 50
-        TabOrder = 3
-        OnChanging = anyUpDownLimitChanging
       end
       object editDefaultColWidth: TEdit
         Left = 188
         Top = 65
         Width = 42
         Height = 21
-        TabOrder = 4
+        TabOrder = 2
         Text = '0'
         OnChange = Modified
       end
@@ -560,7 +533,7 @@ object optionsform: Toptionsform
         Height = 21
         Associate = editDefaultColWidth
         Max = 1000
-        TabOrder = 5
+        TabOrder = 3
         OnChanging = anyUpDownLimitChanging
       end
       object chkRememberFilters: TCheckBox

source/options.pas

@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ type
     EditFontSize: TEdit;
     UpDownFontSize: TUpDown;
     CheckBoxlimit: TCheckBox;
-    EditLimit: TEdit;
-    UpDownLimit: TUpDown;
-    Label26: TLabel;
     Label19: TLabel;
     Label20: TLabel;
     Label28: TLabel;
@@ -103,7 +100,6 @@ type
     procedure FontsChange(Sender: TObject);
     procedure CallColorDialog(Sender: TObject);
     procedure DataFontsChange(Sender: TObject);
-    procedure CheckBoxlimitClick(Sender: TObject);
     procedure anyUpDownLimitChanging(Sender: TObject;
       var AllowChange: Boolean);
     procedure btnOpenLogFolderClick(Sender: TObject);
@@ -180,7 +176,6 @@ begin
   reg.WriteString(REGNAME_CSV_TERMINATOR, Edit3.Text);
   reg.WriteInteger(REGNAME_DEFAULTCOLWIDTH, updownDefaultColWidth.Position);
   reg.WriteBool(REGNAME_DATALIMIT, CheckBoxLimit.Checked);
-  reg.WriteInteger(REGNAME_DATALIMITEND, UpDownLimit.Position);
   reg.WriteString(REGNAME_DATAFONTNAME, Panel8.Font.Name);
   reg.WriteInteger(REGNAME_DATAFONTSIZE, UpDownDataFontSize.Position);
   reg.WriteBool(REGNAME_REMEMBERFILTERS, chkRememberFilters.Checked);
@@ -226,10 +221,6 @@ begin
     cwin.prefConvertHTMLEntities := self.CheckBoxConvertHTMLEntities.Checked;
   end;
 
-  // Set relevant properties in mainform
-  Mainform.CheckBoxLimit.Checked := CheckBoxLimit.Checked;
-  Mainform.UpDownLimitEnd.Position := UpDownLimit.Position;
-
   // Settings have been applied, send a signal to the user
   ButtonApply.Enabled := false;
 
@@ -270,8 +261,6 @@ begin
   CheckBoxConvertHTMLEntities.Checked := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_CONVERTHTMLENTITIES, DEFAULT_CONVERTHTMLENTITIES);
   CheckBoxRestoreLastUsedDB.Checked := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_RESTORELASTUSEDDB, DEFAULT_RESTORELASTUSEDDB);
   CheckBoxLimit.Checked := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_DATALIMIT, DEFAULT_DATALIMIT);
-  UpDownLimit.Position := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_DATALIMITEND, DEFAULT_DATALIMITEND);
-  CheckBoxLimit.OnClick(self);
   updownLogSQLNum.Position := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_LOGSQLNUM, DEFAULT_LOGSQLNUM);
   updownLogSnip.Position := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_LOGSQLWIDTH, DEFAULT_LOGSQLWIDTH);
   chkUpdatecheck.Checked := Mainform.GetRegValue(REGNAME_DO_UPDATECHECK, DEFAULT_DO_UPDATECHECK);
@@ -365,13 +354,6 @@ begin
   Modified(self);
 end;
 
-procedure Toptionsform.CheckBoxlimitClick(Sender: TObject);
-begin
-  UpDownLimit.Enabled := CheckBoxLimit.Checked;
-  EditLimit.Enabled := CheckBoxLimit.Checked;
-  Modified(sender);
-end;
-
 procedure Toptionsform.anyUpDownLimitChanging(Sender: TObject;
   var AllowChange: Boolean);
 begin