The global.properties file has two main uses:

  1. Define global variable that can be used within the (XML) configuration files (e.g. if you defane NAME_OFPROGRAM=c:\Myexe.exe in the global.properties file you can use the variable $NAME_OFPROGRAM$ in the configuration files).
  2. To set software options. A list of available options is given below:

Name

Value

Description

localDatastoreFormat

firebird

Use firebird for the local datastore (instead of msacces). Useful if you have large (> 2GB) datastores