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TIBCO Designer Administration

When you start TIBCO Designer, the startup panel allows you to open projects (see Startup Options). You can also use the startup panel to perform some TIBCO Designer administrative tasks. When you choose the Administration tab, the panel presents the choices shown in Figure 2:

Figure 2 Startup panel Administration options

Table 3 Startup panel Administration options

Option	Description
Convert DAT to files	Displays a dialog that lets you specify the .dat file you wish to convert and the folder for the multi-file project. Because .dat files are a legacy format, you must convert to a multi-file project before you can open a project from TIBCO Designer.
Convert files to DAT	Displays a dialog that lets you choose a project directory and a .dat file. When you specify both, TIBCO Designer converts the multi-file project in the directory to the .dat file.
Configure preferences	Displays the Preferences dialog. See TIBCO Designer User’s Guide for more information.
Configure runtime	Allows you to configure the TIBCO Designer runtime environment. You have these options: • Extended Class Path—classpath to be used by TIBCO Designer. Users can specify file names or directories. If they specify directories then all .class, .zip and .jar files will be loaded. The order in which they are loaded depends on the file system. • Palette Path—Location from which TIBCO Designer loads palettes. • Maximum Heap Size—Maximum JVM heap size. • User Directory—Default location for the application to store files. • Command Line Arguments—Allows command line arguments to be passed to Designer. Currently -d (debug) is supported. If you specify -d, the log that is sent to the Console becomes more detailed.
Runtime environment	Displays TIBCO Designer runtime information. This information, which includes the palette name and version information, supporting product name and version information, and Java property and value information, can be useful for debugging or during interaction with Technical Support. Use the Export Runtime Settings button to create a file with all pertinent information.

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