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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, RSS, etc.

See the List of Available Plugins for more information.

Tutorial Content

In this tutorial you will learn:

Prerequisites

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:

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

  1. From the plugin list on the right, mark the Eclipse Color Theme and Mylyn check boxes, and click Apply changes.

  1. 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.

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Uninstalling Plugins

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To remove the Eclipse Color Theme and Mylyn plugins:

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

  1. Unmark the Eclipse Color Theme and Mylyn plugins and click Apply changes.

  2. 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, the professional features will be disabled. These include refactoring, getter and setter generation, new PHP element creation wizards, Zend Framework integration, profiling, PHPUnit testing, Zend Server integration, debugging through tunneling, advanced code formatting, code galleries and more.

 

To enjoy the full range of Zend Studio functionality, you should 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:

  1. 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.

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

  2. 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 :

  1. From the Menu-bar, select Help | Unregister.

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

 

 

Related Links

Related Links:

Customizing Zend Studio Using the Welcome Page

Customizing

License Registration

 

 

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