Command-line Reference
Parameter | Accepts | Default Value | Since Version | Usage Notes |
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| A valid file path (either absolute or relative to Deskzilla installation directory) | 1.2 | Sets the license key to be used. If not set, the user may be asked for a license key. If set to an invalid or non-existing file, Deskzilla will not be able to start. | |
| A valid directory path | .Deskzilla subdirectory in the user's home dir | 1.2 | Sets the workspace to be used. Alternatively, the workspace directory may be specified as a parameter, e.g. |
| Valid existing directory name | 1.0 | Sets the home directory for Deskzilla. If not set, the directory is guessed based on the current directory and the directory where Deskzilla executables are located. | |
| True/false | 1.0 | If set to true, Deskzilla will give more detailed output to the console and to log files. | |
| True/false | 1.0 | If true, Deskzilla will not show a splash screen when starting. | |
| True/false | 1.1 | If true, unsynchronized queries will also show the number of bugs (in the database). | |
| True/false | 1.1 | If true, Deskzilla will log statistics about queries counting. | |
| True/false | 1.0 | If true, do not patch Windows look and feel with winlaf project. | |
| True/false | 1.0 | If true, use metal look-and-feel. | |
| Positive integer number (milliseconds) | 30000 | 1.0.2 | Defines the |
| True/false | 1.1 | Makes Deskzilla connect to HTTP servers using HTTP/1.0 regardless of server capabilities. | |
| True/false | 1.1 | Force HTTP/1.1. Not used. | |
| All/errors | 1.0.2 | Makes Deskzilla log pages that are returned from Bugzilla into "bugzilla" folder under "log" folder. If set to "errors", only pages that caused exceptions or errors will be logged. | |
| True/false | 1.1 | If true, no automatic checks for a new version of the application will be made. | |
| Integer | 1.1 | Changes default font size for the application. The number corresponds to the font size of a label. If default font size of some component is different from the default size of a label, then the size will be scaled. | |
| Integer | 1.1 | Changes default font size for the application. Sets the specified number as the default font size for all components. | |
| Integer | 30 | 1.1 | Obsolete as of: Deskzilla 1.6, JIRA Client 1.3. Use full.sync.period and quick.sync.period. Sets the number of minutes between automatic resynchronization. |
| Integer | 10 | 1.1 Obsolete as of: Deskzilla 1.6, JIRA Client 1.3. Use full.sync.period.failed | Sets the number of minutes between automatic resynchronization. |
| True/false | Unspecified | 1.1.1 | If set to true, forces Deskzilla to use font "Arial Unicode MS" instead of Tahoma. This may be needed to make Deskzilla display Chinese characters correctly. |
| OS-specific | Positive integer | 1.2.1 | If set, overrides the default value for the maximum number of options appearing in the drop-down box of certain comboboxes (Component, Version, Milestone, etc). |
| True/false | False | Deskzilla 1.3 | If set, allows all httpclient log messages into the application log. |
| Positive integer | 100 | Deskzilla 1.5.1 | Sets the maximum number of bugs requested from Bugzilla's |
| Positive integer, 10 <= maxload <= 1000 | 100 | JIRA Client 1.3 Obsolete as of JIRAClient 3.5 | Sets the default page size for loading issues in XML form from issue navigator. Even if you set maxload to some value, JIRA Client in certain cases may ask for larger pages to perform correct download. |
| Positive integer (milliseconds) | 64800000 (18 hours) | JIRA Client 1.3 | Sets the amount of time JIRA Client steps back from synchronization point when loading changed issues. |
| Positive integer (minutes) | 720 (12 hours) | Deskzilla 1.6, JIRA Client 1.3 | Sets the period of full synchronization, which loads all metadata from the server and may take some time. |
| Positive integer (minutes) | =full.sync.period | Deskzilla 1.6, JIRA Client 1.3 | Sets the period between failed full sync and next full sync attempt. |
| Positive integer (seconds) | 150 (2.5 minutes) | Deskzilla 1.6, JIRA Client 1.3 | Sets the period between quick synchronizations. |
| Positive integer | 100 | JIRA Client 1.3 | If the |
| – | "true" | JIRA Client 1.3, Deskzilla 1.6; not effective in JIRA Client 1.7 | Use this option to disable spell checker. |
| "true" | – | JIRA Client 1.7 | Use this option to enable spell checker. |
| "true" | – | Deskzilla 1.6 hf 15 | Starting with version 1.6, Deskzilla sets all values on the New Bug form to the product defaults, as seen on the "New Bug" Bugzilla web page. Use this option to make Deskzilla behave like in older versions: remember the last used values for fields per project. |
| "true" | – | Deskzilla 1.6 | When set, Deskzilla will ask Bugzilla not to send attachments with xml bug info. This option may be used as a workaround to out-of-memory caused by a large attachment in XML. |
| Integer from 0 to 60 | 0 | Deskzilla 1.7 | When set to non-zero, defines the number of seconds that must pass between consecutive page load during long query download. |
| Text | JIRAClient 3.2 | Pattern of custom copy action | |
| Text | JRIAClient 3.2 | Name of custom copy action | |
| Positive integer (bytes) | 102400 | Maximum size of an attachment that JIRAClient downloads without explicit user's action. Default is 100Kb. | |
| Positive integer | 100 | JIRAClient 3.2 | Maximum number of issue that user is allowed to query via REST API |
newIssue.allowMultiple | true/false | false | JIRAClient 3.6 hf 136 | If set to false (default) only one New Issue window is allowed per connection. Next invocation of "New Issue" action focuses previously open window. Affected actions: New Issue, New Issue Here, New Sub-Task. |
assignee.filter | true/false | true | JIRAClient 3.6 hf 136 build 9204.136 and later | If set to true (default) Assignee editor shows only assignable users. Use the option if you have many assignable users on your server and the list of assignable users is cut off at some position (generally only first 50 assignable users are available). |
upload.finalstatemode | true/false | false | JIRAClient 3.1.3 | Controls how to upload successive changes. Read more about how JIRA Client uploads Move issue and work flow steps. |
workflow.resolve.defaultResolution | Text | – | JIRAClient 3.6 hf 138 Build 9204.138 and later | Name of default resolution. This option used to choose default value for Resolution field. Example: If desired default resolution name is "Shipped" set |
jiraclient.comment.html | true/false | false | JIRAClient 3.6.2 hf 168 Build 9204.168 and later | If set to true JIRAClient removes HTML tags from comment text. The default false value means that JIRAClient shows comment texts as is (as they are downloaded from server). This option may be helpful when JEditor plugin is installed on server. JEditor plugin inserts HTML tags into the comments, this makes comments hard to read. This option may slow down issue loading into issue table. Note: This optional does not render HTML, it just removes HTML tags from text - this makes texts easier to read. |
alm.format.time | Date/Time format pattern | - | JIRAClient 3.7 hf 32 | If specified used to display and parse time. Examples: HH:mm - 24-hours (0-23) (00:01, 23:59) hh:mm a - 12-hours (1-12), AM/PM (12:01 AM, 11:59 PM) Full list of supported pattern letters: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html |
alm.format.date | Date/Time format pattern | - | JIRAClient 3.7 hf 32 | If specified used to display and parse date. Attention: Check your date queries after changing date format. If your queries contains absolute date constraints - this constrains may become invalid or even wrong (if you swap day and month). |
jira.sprint.removeClosed | true/false | true | JIRAClient 3.8.1 hf 38 | If set to false, JC does not remove closed Sprints on Reload JIRA Configuration. The consequences are:
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