Windchill System Administrator's Guide

Property Description
useFullHostNames Specifies if hostnames should be fully qualified for use within the
bootstrap.
Default is false.
verboseInstaller Writes to System.out trace messages reflecting class loader reuse,
downloading and installation of new JAR files, and construction of
new bootstrap loaders. The output is short and can be used to confirm
that bootstrap class loaders are being used. This property is used to
debug bootstrapping problems.
Default is false.
verbose loader Writes trace messages to System.out reflecting classes and resources
used by bootstrap class loaders. The output can be very large if many
files are loaded. This property is used to debug bootstrapping
problems.
Default is false.
version Specifies the version number for the currently installed bootstrap.
This is the version number used by checkVersion.
Controlling Java System Property Settings
As described in the preceding table, you can use the configuration file to control
Java system property settings. Because the bootstrapper is signed and trusted, it
can be used to set system properties before applets are started. The bootstrapper
searches the .wtboot.properties file and uses any properties with names of the
form of setProperty.xxx to set the system property specified by xxx.
Because the bootstrap package can be granted special privileges, it can be used to
set Java system properties before other classes are loaded and initialized. This
makes it useful as a single, consistent mechanism to control your Java system
properties across several Web browsers. This is especially handy when you want
to work around default settings that do not produce the desired results.
Whenever a new JAR class loader is instantiated, the bootstrap properties (from
the .wtboot.properties file) are examined. Java system properties are set when a
property naming convention is triggered. Any bootstrap property that has a name
starting with setProperty results in the setting of a system property using the
remainder of the name. For example, the following bootstrap property sets the
user.language system property:
setProperty.user.language=FR.
Some Java system classes are initialized at load time, using system properties, and
are not normally affected by later changes to the system properties if the class is
already loaded. Therefore, special support has been added to reset the default
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