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Customizing and Registering Zend Studio

Zend Studio now 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, mark the Eclipse Color Theme and Mylyn check boxes, and click Apply changes.

When prompted, click Restart Now.
Zend Studio now includes the Eclipse Color Theme and Mylyn plugins.

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 the Eclipse Color Theme and Mylyn plugins:

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

Unmark the Eclipse Color Theme and Mylyn plugins 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.

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 | Unregister.
When asked to confirm the unregistration process click OK.
Zend Studio restarts unregistered.