Customizing and Registering Zend Studio

Zend Studio enables you to customize your working environment according to the specific requirements that your project entails. Plugins can be added and removed according to your preferences, ensuring a much lighter and faster operation of Zend Studio.

The Zend Studio Plugin List includes widely used plugins such as CVS, SVN, etc.

See the List of Available Plugins for more information.

Tutorial Content

In this tutorial you will learn:

To customize Zend Studio by adding and removing the plugins you want to work with. The Welcome page includes a list of available plugins, which you can add or remove from your Zend Studio.
To register Zend Studio. Once Zend Studio is installed, all its features will be available for a 30 day trial. To enable full features after this period of time, you will need to register the product.
To unregister Zend Studio. Unregistering Zend Studio will enable you to change the license number.

Prerequisites

An installed Zend Studio 9.o or above. To install Zend Studio go to http://www.zend.com/en/downloads.
A valid Zend Studio license. For more information on purchasing a Zend Studio license visit the Rogue Wave Store.

Step 1: Customizing Zend Studio

After installing Zend Studio, your project may require plugins that are not included in the product's download. All plugins are available from within the product and can be removed if you no longer need them.

Installing Plugins

In this tutorial you will be adding the Eclipse Color Theme and Mylyn plugins.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To add the Eclipse and Mylyn plugins:

From the Menu-bar, select Help | Welcome to open the Zend Studio Welcome screen.

From the plugin list on the right, expand the PHP Tools plugin category, and select the PHP Depend and PHP CodeSniffer plugins.

Click Apply changes.
Zend Studio applies your profile changes.
When prompted, click Restart Now.
Zend Studio now includes the plugins you selected.

Note:

If you do not restart Zend Studio, the changes will not be applied.

Uninstalling Plugins

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To remove plugins:

From the Menu-bar, select Help | Welcome to open the Zend Studio Welcome screen.

Deselect the plugins you wish to uninstall, and click Apply changes.
When prompted, click Restart Now.
Zend Studio restarts with the plugins uninstalled.

Note:

At any stage prior to applying changes and restarting Zend Studio, clicking on Restore will revert to current settings.

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Step 2: Registering Zend Studio

Once Zend Studio is installed, all its features will be available for a 30-day trial. At the end of the 30-day trial, Zend Studio will no longer function. To continue working with Zend Studio, you will be required to register a valid license. You can purchase a Zend Studio license from the Zend Store.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To register your Zend Studio:

If your Zend Studio is already running, close and reopen it. If it is not already running, open Zend Studio.
A Zend Studio Trial screen appears.

Select Provide your license key, and enter the key in the field below.
If you do not have a license, go to theZend Studio product pageand click Purchase Now.
Click Continue.
Your registered Zend Studio opens.

You can now begin working with your Zend Studio or see additional Tutorials.

Unregistering Zend Studio

If you wish to change the license key for Zend Studio you will first need to unregister. Once you unregister Zend Studio, all professional features will become disabled after 30 days.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To unregister Zend Studio :

From the Menu-bar, select Help | Zend Studio License.
The Zend Studio License dialog is displayed.
Click Unregister.
When asked to confirm the unregistration process click OK.
Zend Studio restarts unregistered.