### 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 is opened, which belongs to different versions of JReport Designer.

Show prompt message dialog when creating a blank report

Specifies whether or not to show the prompt message when a blank report is created.

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 report sets

Specifies the maximum number of the report sets that can be opened in JReport Designer.

Set recently used report set names to display

Specifies the number of report set 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.

Show prompt message dialog when opening NLS Editor

Specifies whether to show the prompt message when a report set already contains one or more NLS files and you want to develop a report with an NLS file in the report set.

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 tool tips.

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.

Restore Defaults

Restores values of all options to be the default ones.