Tools menu

The Tools menu contains commands for displaying the Environment Options dialog and invoking the Windows Notepad and Calculator and other internal tools.

Choose one of the following commands for more information.


Tools|IDE Options

Displays the Environment Options dialog box.

Use the pages of this dialog box to specify Editor, AppBrowser, and Code Insight preferences.

The pages of the Environment Options dialog box are:


Tools|Default Project Properties

Displays the Default Project Properties dialog box. Use the pages of this dialog box to specify project properties for all new projects.

These settings do not apply to the current project. To set properties for the current project, use the File|Project Properties command.

The pages of the Default Project Properties dialog box are:

See also:
Getting Started with JBuilder: Setting project properties


Tools|Configure Palette

Displays the Palette Properties dialog box, where you configure the pages of the Component Palette.

See also:
Getting Started with JBuilder: Managing the Component Palette


Tools|Treat as Text

Displays the Treat as Text wizard.

Use the Treat as Text wizard to extend the types of files that JBuilder treats as text files.

See also:
Getting Started with JBuilder: Extending JBuilder's list of text file extensions


Tools|JBuilder Web Updates

Displays the JBuilder Web Update dialog box, where you can check for news, patches and updates.


Tools|JDBC Monitor

Displays the JDBC Monitor, a window that you use to monitor the activity of database drivers while they are in use by JBuilder.

See also:
Database Applications Developer's Guide: Monitoring database connections


Tools|VisiBroker Smart Agent

Toggles the OsAgent, the object location service. The client finds the server by using the OsAgent, and the server advertises services by using the OsAgent.

See also:
Distributed Applications Developer's Guide: Building the example programs in the "Tutorial:Creating distributed applications in CORBA"


Tools|RMI Registry

Toggles the RMI Registry, which provides a client with references to remote objects.

See also:
Distributed Applications Developer's Guide: Start the RMI bootstrap registry


Tools|Notepad

Displays the Windows Notepad.


Tools|Calculator

Displays the Windows Calculator.


Tools|SQL Explorer

Displays the SQL Explorer. SQL Explorer is a hierarchical database browser with editing capabilities. See the reference below or access SQL Explorer's online help for more information.

See also:
Database Applications Developer's Guide: Using SQL Explorer for database administration tasks