publication Properties, General Tab
The following options are available on the General tab of the publication Properties dialog box.
Options
Name
View the name of the publication.
Database
View the name of the database containing the publication.
Description
Enter or change the description of the publication.
Type
View the type of publication (snapshot, transactional, or merge).
List the publication in the Active Directory
Select to enable the publication in the Microsoft® Windows® Active Directory™ Services available on Microsoft Windows 2000. This will allow users at Subscribers to view the publication, and if allowed, subscribe to the publication.
Subscriptions expire and are dropped if not synchronized in the following number of hours/days
Set the number of hours for snapshot and transactional publication, or the number of days for merge publications. This is the number of hours or days in which synchronization needs to occur, otherwise the subscription will be dropped.
Subscriptions never expire
Allows subscriptions to exist even if they haven't synchronized. For snapshot and transactional publications, the subscription will be deactivated until it is reinitialized.