Setting the Deploy Tool Properties 

Use

You can set the Deploy Tool properties according to your application needs and personal preferences.

Use this procedure tomaintain the tabs and data transfer between them, the look and feel of the tool and the classpath of the Deploy tool.

Procedure

       1.      Choose Project ® Options.The Project Options dialog window appears.

       2.      Enter data as required for each tab of the Project Options window.

       3.      To close the Project Options window and save your changes, click the OK button.

Managing Classpath Settings

For information about the Classpath tab, see: Setting a Project Classpath.

Managing Additional Settings

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       1.      In the Browser part of the window you have to specify a browser that will be used to display help documents of the Help button.

To do this, set a path to the browser in the Path field:

       2.      In the Tabs part of the window, choose which tabs should be displayed in the Deploy Tool. You can choose from:

¡        J2EE Components

¡        Assembler

¡        Deployer

¡        Server Components

Select at least one tab.

If you deselect a tab and this tab contains project information, this information is lost.

       3.      If you want to allow the tabs to share information among each other, select the Enable Transfer Between Tabs checkbox.

It is recommended that you use this option. It saves development time by transferring information you have already entered in one tab to where it is required in the next tab.

Managing Look and Feel Options

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       1.      The Current Look and Feel table displays all look and feel options that are already installed and the selected one. The selected option is also listed next to the table name. To change the look and feel of the Deploy Tool, select an option from the table. The default option is Metal.

       2.      The Name field shows the name of the current look and feel.

You can also enter the name of a new look and feel that you want to use. In this case, you will have to specify the class name of the main class of this look and feel in the Class Name field.

       3.      The Class Name field shows the name of the class that extends the standard javax.swing.LookAndFeel. If you want to use another look and feel, you should enter the fully qualified name of that look and feel. Also, in the Classpath tab you should enter the classpath to the JAR file that contains the files of that look and feel. When you are ready, choose Add to add the new look and feel to the list.