System Properties

Certain system properties can be set that change the behaviour of ASM at the system level. These do not have options in the user interface as they are not things user should generally be changing or aware of.

To set these, they need to placed after the call to Java when ASM starts up.

For Windows, you will need to edit the asm.bat file in Program Files\ASM. Eg:

C:\Program Files\ASM\Java\bin\java.exe -Dasm.log.debug=true -cp (etc.)

For Linux/Unix, you'll need to edit the run.sh bash script in the asm directory (it can be found in /usr/share/asm for Debian packages).

For MacOSX, you'll need to use the terminal application and edit the asm script in ASM.app/Content/MacOS

The system properties are:

• -Dasm.log.debug=true - Enables additional debug logging in $HOME/.asm/asm.log. Also, turns on various advanced options, such as the System->Database Tools->Database Copy facility to allow moving an ASM database between different types/servers, The System->Database Tools->Database Update tool for running batch scripts and facilities to run the Java garbage collector.
• -Dasm.fontsize.textarea=[size] - Changes the size of the font in text area fields (these are the large edit boxes on various screens). Set [size] to a font size in points.
• -Dasm.shellexecute=internal - Normally, ASM will figure out if the OS knows how to open the correct program for a file. If you set this system option to ``internal'', ASM will let you keep a separate list of filetypes and what program to open them with. A ``Configure File Types'' menu option will appear under the Preferences menu to allow editing of them.