The Tools menu contains commands for configuring the JBuilder environment and for displaying various internal and external tools. You can add your own selection of tools to this menu by using the Options dialog box (Tools|Options) or by editing the Tools.cfg file, located in the .jbuilder folder of you JBuilder installation. Instructions for doing so are in the file.
Choose one of the following commands for more information.
Displays the IDE Options dialog box. Use the pages of this dialog box to specify browser, file types, and run/debug preferences.
Displays the Editor Options dialog box. Use the pages of this dialog box to specify editor, display, color, code templates, and CodeInsight preferences.
Opens the Configure Libraries dialog box where you can add and edit libraries.
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This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Opens the Configure Servers dialog box where you configure the settings for the server(s) you use for your development projects.
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Opens the Configure JDKs dialog box where you can add and edit JDKs.
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Displays the Palette Properties dialog box, where you configure the pages of the component palette.
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This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Displays the Enterprise Setup dialog box that contains three tabs: CORBA, Database Drivers, and SQLj. You use the CORBA page to select an ORB (VisiBroker, OrbixWeb, or other) and set the options that will enable JBuilder to use that ORB. Use the Database Drivers to add new new configuration files based on existing libraries to modify the existing classpath. Use the SQLj page to set up the SQLj configuration for either DB2 or Oracle.
This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
If Borland Enterprise Server 5.0.2+ is your target application server, this menu command displays the Borland Enterprise Server Deployment wizard.
If a server other than a Borland server is your target application server, this menu command displays a dialog box specific to that server that contains deployment setting fields.
This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Displays the Stubs wizard that generates a single client JAR containing enterprise beans that have the necessary stubs so that the JAR can be used by a client application that does not use a container, such as a CORBA client. It can also create a JAR containing just the client- and/or server-side stub classes, or a JAR containing just the stubs necessary for a manual deployment.
This menu item is disabled for all servers except for the Borland Enterprise Server 5.0.2+.
This is a feature of JBuilder SE and Enterprise.
Displays the BeanInsight wizard you can use to verify that a JavaBean is a valid one.
This is a feature of JBuilder SE and Enterprise.
The Package Migration tool helps you convert existing projects and source code.
This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Displays the JDBC Monitor, a window that you use to monitor the activity of database drivers while they are in use by JBuilder.
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This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Displays the Database Pilot, an all-Java, hierarchical database browser that also allows you to edit data.
This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Displays the JDataStore Explorer.
This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Displays the JDataStore Server.
Displays the Configure Tools dialog box, where you configure the Tools menu.
You can also configure the Tools menu with the Tools.cfg file, located in the .jbuilder folder of your JBuilder installation.
Displays the Configure File Associations dialog box, where you select which file types to associate with JBuilder.
This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Starts the Borland Enterprise Server Agent, which starts the VisiBroker Smart Agent and starts the Borland Enterprise Server.
To make this command appear on the Tools menu,
This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Starts the VisiBroker Smart Agent.
This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise.
Invokes the Sonic MQ Broker.
To make this command appear on the Tools menu,
Starts the RMIRegistry. Output displays in the message pane.