Settings Locked by Two Administrator Levels

Using the Environment Editor, create the environment Admin1 and set the CATReferenceSettingPath variable so that it points to an existing folder, for example:
```
CATReferenceSettingPath   E:\users\administrator\LockSettings
```
then click Set, then OK to save and exit the Environment Editor.

Environment Admin1 is the top level administration environment containing the reference settings for all other environments that reference it.
Using the Environment Editor, create the environment Admin2 and set the CATReferenceSettingPath variable to concatenate the value for Admin1 and the name of another folder, for example:
```
CATReferenceSettingPath E:\users\administrator\LockSettings;E:\users\administrator\LockSettings2
```
Save the changes.

Note that the separator on Windows is ";". Furthermore, there should be no blanks between the separator and the path string.
Start a session using environment Admin1 in administrator mode as explained in Locking or Modifying Settings
Select the Me > Preferences command, the Display category, then the Visualization preference.
All the settings are not locked and are set to the default values.
Set and lock the settings as follows:
- Background: keep the default value, do not lock the setting
- No Show background: choose another color, do not lock the setting
- Low intesity elements: keep the default value, lock the setting
- Update needed: choose another color, lock the setting
Click OK to confirm, and exit the session.
Start a session using environment Admin2 in administrator mode as explained in Locking or Modifying Settings
Select the Me > Preferences command, the Display category, then the Visualization tab.
You inherit the settings and locks from environment Admin1.
Set and lock the settings as follows:
- Background: change the color, lock the setting
- No Show background: choose another color, lock the setting
- Low intensity: the setting is already locked - the value cannot be changed
- Update needed: the setting is already locked - the value cannot be changed.
Click Apply, then click OK and exit.
Access the Visualization tab again, then click Reset.

Select the Reset Option and click OK.

The tab now looks like this.

What Happened?

Low-intensity elements and Update needed settings were already locked. The values are obviously kept.

However, for the Background and No Show Background settings: the locks you just set are kept but the values for the corresponding settings in environment Admin1 are restored.

Consequently, unlike in the case of the scenario in which no locks are used, using the reset button in a scenario involving multiple administrator levels restores (for non-locked settings) the default values set by the higher level administrator environment, and not the default settings in the software.