Setting Your JADE Database Utility Preferences

The Preferences command from the JADE Database utility View menu enables you to specify an alternative work directory and the type of viewer with which you want to display your log files. You can also specify a different font for your running display. (For details, see "Selecting the Display Font", earlier in this chapter.)

To set your JADE Database utility preferences

1. Select the Preferences command from the View menu.

   The Set Preferences dialog, shown in the following image, is then displayed.

   

2. Enter an alternative working directory in the Working Directory text box, if required.

   Alternatively, click the adjacent browse button (indicated by the … points of ellipsis symbol) to display the common Browse for Folder dialog that enables you to select the work directory that you require.

   The JADE Database utility uses the working directory for the temporary files it created during the JADE Database utility operations; for example, during the compaction operation. If you do not specify a directory in this text box, it defaults to the database directory.

3. In the Select Log Viewer group box, select the External viewer option button if you do not want the log files displayed in an internal viewer. By default, log files are displayed in the internal viewer; that is, the Internal viewer option button is selected.

4. In the External viewer text box, specify the utility (for example, Notepad.exe) with which to display your JADE Database utility log files if you do not want to use the internal popup window.

   Alternatively, click the adjacent browse button (indicated by the … points of ellipsis symbol) to display the common Browse for Folder dialog that enables you to select the external viewer utility with which you want to view your log files.

5. Click the OK button to confirm your selections, or the Cancel button to discard your selections.

The JADE Database utility window is then displayed.