### General

The following are details about options of this category. See the dialog.

Show welcome page

Specifies whether or not to show the welcome page when you start JReport Designer.

Show version warning message when opening reports

Specifies whether or not to show the version warning message when a report of an earlier version is opened using a higher version. The message warns you that you are about to open a report which belongs to an earlier version, and if you save the report using the current version, you may not be able to open it with the earlier version of JReport Designer again.

Show prompt message dialog when creating a blank report

Specifies whether or not to show the prompt message when a blank report is created. The message prompts you to drag and drop data components from the Toolbox panel and data fields from the Resource View panel onto the blank report.

Show hidden objects

Specifies whether or not to show objects that are hidden in your report.

Show real view of subreport

Specifies whether or not to show the detailed structure of a subreport in its primary report in design mode.

Set maximum number of open reports

Specifies whether or not to limit the number of the reports that can be opened in JReport Designer. If check, you can set the the maximum number of the reports that can be opened in JReport Designer.

Set recently used report names to display

Specifies whether or not to display names of the recently used reports in the welcome page. If checked, you can set the number of report names that are recently used to display.

Backup files automatically before saving modifications

Specifies whether or not to generate the backup files (.cat.bak and .cls.bak ) of the catalog and report when they are saved.

High Precision View

Specifies the default value for the High Precision View option on the View menu.

Show tips

Specifies whether or not to show the tooltip when you hover the mouse over a property in the Report Inspector or Catalog Browser, or some dialog option.

Show warning message when CSS properties are not supported by JReport

Specifies whether or not to show the warning message when the applied CSS style contains properties that JReport does not support.

Check the availability of dynamic chart for Excel

Specifies to check if a chart can be correctly mapped to a banded object/table when you save the report or export it to Excel.

Default Chinese Encoding

- Convert
  Enables the converting encoding function. This function is applied to data which is stored using the Unicode UTF8 in the database. When this function is enabled, the changes will only be apparent when you view the report or export it to certain formats.

User Name

Specifies the user name used in reports that reference the special field User Name at runtime.

Restore Defaults

Restores values of all options to be the default ones.