Where is configuration file located?

theIdeal · March 8, 2025, 12:07am

Hi there. This might seem like a pointless or a beginner friendly question, but when I run Salome, I get the warning:
WRN - The configuration file has not been found, using default parameters.
And btw, my windows is set to dark mode and therefore my Salome is loaded in dark mode by default. Is there a way I could create a configuration file and tell it to not start the platform in dark mode ?

fred · March 10, 2025, 8:51am

Hello,

It seems the warning message is in fact coming from one of the module (maybe OpenTURNS?). It is shown only on Windows.

The configuration file of SALOME is in the $HOME directory of the user.
On Windows it is %USERPROFILE%\.config\salome. The name of the file is SalomeApp.xml.<version>.
Note that the <version> could be lower than the current version.

But unfortunately there is no setting to select the theme.

NabilG · March 10, 2025, 9:02am

As it was pointed out by Frédéric, the warning is triggered yb Openturns. Here you can edit the salome launcher and add:


    context.setVariable(r “OPENTURNS_CONFIG_PATH”, out_dir_Path + r“\W64\OT\etc\openturns”, overwrite=True)

or simply ignore it.

github.com

openturns/openturns/blob/master/lib/src/Base/Common/ResourceMap.cxx#L649


      
          
          /* Load the configuration file */
          void ResourceMap::loadConfigurationFile()
          {
            try
            {
              readConfigurationFile(findConfigurationFile());
            }
            catch (const FileNotFoundException &)
            {
              LOGWARN(OSS() << "The configuration file has not been found, using default parameters.");
            }
          }
          
          /* Load the configuration defined at installation time */
          void ResourceMap::loadDefaultConfiguration()
          {
            // using physical cores numbers (logical/2) is faster in most situations
            addAsUnsignedInteger("TBB-ThreadsNumber", std::max(std::thread::hardware_concurrency() / 2, 1u));
            if (const char* env_num_threads = std::getenv("OPENTURNS_NUM_THREADS"))
            {

theIdeal · March 10, 2025, 8:41pm

Very thankful about the quick responses. I got the answer I needed which is “It’s not possible to change from dark theme unless windows is set to light theme as a default option”. Thank you guys.