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| Setting execution arguments |
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| Setting execution arguments |
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| If you want to specify execution arguments for your program, you must |
| define a launch configuration that specifies the arguments. |
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| Select |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.debug.ui.commands.OpenRunConfigurations")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png" alt="Opens the Run Launch Configurations dialog"> |
| <strong>Run > Run...</strong></a> or |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.debug.ui.commands.OpenDebugConfigurations")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png" alt="Opens the Debug Launch Configurations dialog"> |
| <strong>Run > Debug...</strong></a> |
| from the workbench <strong>Run</strong> |
| menu to open the list of launch configurations. Launch |
| configurations for Java programs are shown underneath <strong>Java |
| Application </strong>in this list. |
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| <li> Select an existing configuration or create a new launch configuration by |
| pushing the <strong>New</strong> button after selecting <strong>Java Application</strong>. |
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| On the <strong>Arguments</strong> tab for the configuration, you can |
| specify the following fields as necessary: |
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| <strong>Program Arguments</strong>: Application-specific values that your code is expecting (a user name or a URL for locating help files, for |
| example). |
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| <strong>VM Arguments</strong>: Values meant to change the behavior of the Java virtual machine (VM). For example, you may need to tell the VM whether |
| to use a just-in-time (JIT) compiler, or you may need to specify the maximum heap size the VM should use. Refer to your VM's documentation for more information |
| about the available VM arguments. |
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| <li> <strong>Working Directory</strong>: The working directory used for |
| the launched process. To change from using the default working directory, |
| select <strong>Other </strong>and specify the workspace or local directory |
| to use for the working directory of the launched process. </li> |
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| Click <strong>Apply</strong> or <strong>Close</strong> when you are done. Every time you launch this configuration, these execution |
| arguments will be used. |
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| <img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-java-local-configuration.htm">Creating a Java Application launch |
| configuration</a><br> |
| <a href="task-launching_java_program.htm">Launching a Java program</a><br> |
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