Command Line Switches

Command line switches are options specified when a program is started from a DOS prompt or batch file. They can also be assigned to a program's desktop icon by right clicking on the icon, selecting the Properties item, and placing the switches in the Target box of the properties dialog. Note that some of the following command line switches have now been superseded by Jarte advanced settings.

Command Line Switches

/I:<initial folder path> - The initial folder path specifies the initial folder placed in the open and save file dialog boxes the first time they are used. Normally, the file open and file save dialog boxes default to using the My Documents folder the first time they are used. Double quotes must be placed around this switch if the folder path contains any spaces. Also, see advanced setting Default Initial Folder.

/PT:<printer name> - The PT switch is only available in Jarte Plus. It is the same as the P switch except you can specify the name of the printer to be used. It is not necessary to specify the exact printer name. You can specify any unique part of the printer name. For example, if you have a printer named "EPSON Stylus COLOR 880 on LPT1" you can send a file to it by specifying "/PT:epson" or "/PT:color 880" (be sure to use double quotes around the entire command line switch).

/U:<units of measurement> - Determines whether metric units or English units of length measurement are used throughout the Jarte program. The valid units of measurement values are M for metric and E for English. Units of measurement are based on the computer's locale setting if this switch is not specified. Note that Jarte's units of measurement can also be specified in the ruler and the margin settings.

/T:<n> - Causes spaces to be inserted in plain text documents instead of tabs whenever the tab key is pressed. The number of spaces used to represent a tab is specified by n. Valid values for n are 1 through 9. This switch only affects plain text documents. Also, this switch causes the Increase Indent and Decrease Indent paragraph formatting features to use spaces, rather than tabs, for indenting in plain text documents.  Also, see advanced setting Spaces For Tabs.

/N:<personality name> - This switch is only available with Jarte Plus. Jarte is started using all the environment and option settings associated the specified personality. The Jarte Personality feature creates a desktop icon which uses this switch. The user name should not include any spaces. Use underscores instead of spaces.

/D - Disables the Clip List feature. This is useful if there is a conflict between the Clip List and another program that monitors the Windows clipboard. Also, see advanced setting Clip List Enabled.

This is an example DOS prompt command to start Jarte with the Clip List disabled, forced use of metric units, and C:\My Folder as the initial open/save folder:

"C:\Program Files\Jarte.exe" /D /U:M "/I:c:\My Folder"