Modifying a Designer Shortcut to Enable Console Output
You can add parameters to a Windows shortcut to enable output of Designer activity and error messages to a Command Prompt session on Windows when you start Designer from the shortcut. In this case, output is enabled only during the session started from the modified shortcut.
To modify a
Designer shortcut to enable console output
1. Locate the Designer shortcut you want to modify, for example:
Start > All Programs > Software AG_directory > Tools > Software AG Designer 9.8
2. Copy the shortcut and paste the copied shortcut onto your desktop.
3. Right-click the copied shortcut and click Properties > Shortcut.
4. In the Target field, add the following parameters to the end of the Target definition:
–consoleLog –vm <path to java.exe>
5. Click OK to save the new Target definition.
6. Rename the copied shortcut as desired.