Startup options

The isCOBOL IDE runs inside a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The command-line options used by this JVM at startup are stored in a configuration file named isIDE.ini, placed in the product installation directory.

By changing this file it’s possible to add new options as well as altering the existing ones.

For example, if you wish to give isCOBOL IDE more memory, alter the value of the -Xmx option.

This is also the place where to configure iscobol.font properties as the IDE doesn’t look for them in iscobol.properties files. If you wish to customize the quick loaded fonts (DEFAULT, MEDIUM, LARGE, SMALL, FIXED and TRADITIONAL) so that the IDE Screen Designer and Report Designer render them differently, you should set the corresponding isCOBOL property here, using the -D java option. For example, by adding the following line

-Discobol.font.default=Arial-12

the IDE will use the font Arial with size 12 to represent controls whose font is set to ‘Default Font’ in the Screen Designer and Report Designer.