Visual Tagging Tool

Configuration Setup

This version of VTT Java provides users choices of different set up options through the configuration file. The default configuration file is ${VTT_DIR}/data/config/vtt.properties. The variables used in the configuration file are listed in the following table. "Relative path" refers to the path relative to VTT top directory, ${VTT_DIR}.

I. Configuration variables

Variable NamesDescriptions Variable Values
VTT System Variables
VTT_DIR the absolute path of the Visual Tagging Tool directory
  • /Projects/VTT/vtt2010
  • d:/Projects/VTT/vtt2010/
VTT_FILE_DIR the path (absolute or relative) of VTT file directory
  • /Projects/VTT/vtt2010/data/vtt
  • data/vtt
TAGS_FILEthe path (absolute or relative) of default tags file
  • /Projects/VTT/vtt2010/data/config/tags.data
  • data/config/tags.data
FILEPATH_DISPLAY_LENGTHthe length of display characters of opened file path shown in the title
  • 50
BASE_FONT_SIZEthe base font size for text and tag
  • 10
ZOOM_FACTORthe global relative view factor of zoom in/out
  • 2
  • 0
  • -2
VTT_FORMATVTT file format on markups
  • SIMPLE_FORMAT
  • READABLE_FORMAT
  • FIX_LENGTH_FORMAT
MARKUP_OFFSET_SIZEsize of markup offset field in FIX_LENGTH VTT format
  • 7
MARKUP_LENGTH_SIZEsize of markup length field in FIX_LENGTH VTT format
  • 2
MARKUP_TAG_NAME_SIZEsize of markup tag name field in FIX_LENGTH VTT format
  • 15
MARKUP_TAG_CATEGORY_SIZEsize of markup tag category field in FIX_LENGTH VTT format
  • 15
Select Markup Variables
OVERWRITE_SELECT_BOLDoverwrite the bold attribute on select markup
  • false
OVERWRITE_SELECT_ITALICoverwrite the italic attribute on select markup
  • false
OVERWRITE_SELECT_UNDERLINEoverwrite the underline attribute on select markup
  • false
OVERWRITE_SELECT_FONToverwrite the font attribute on select markup
  • false
OVERWRITE_SELECT_SIZEoverwrite the size attribute on select markup
  • true
OVERWRITE_SELECT_TEXT_COLORoverwrite the text color on select markup
  • false
OVERWRITE_SELECT_BACKGROUND_COLORoverwrite the background color on select markup
  • false
USE_TEXT_TAG_FOR_NOT_DISPLAY_SELECT_MARKUPuse textTag for not display selected markup
  • false
SELECT_BOLDselect markup bold attribute
  • true
SELECT_ITALICselect markup italic attribute
  • false
SELECT_UNDERLINEselect markup underline attribute
  • true
SELECT_FONTselect markup font attribute
  • Monospaced
SELECT_SIZEselect markup size attribute (+2|14|-2)
  • +4
SELECT_TEXT_COLOR_Rselect markup text color-red (0 ~ 255)
  • 0
SELECT_TEXT_COLOR_Gselect markup text color-green (0 ~ 255)
  • 0
SELECT_TEXT_COLOR_Bselect markup text color-blue (0 ~ 255)
  • 0
SELECT_BACKGROUND_COLOR_Rselect markup text color-red (0 ~ 255)
  • 255
SELECT_BACKGROUND_COLOR_Gselect markup text color-green (0 ~ 255)
  • 255
SELECT_BACKGROUND_COLOR_Bselect markup text color-blue (0 ~ 255)
  • 255

II. Syntax

  • comment lines begin with "#".
  • variable=value: set value to variable

III. File Location

  • default: ${VTT_DIR}/data/config/vtt.properties

Notes: The VTT installation program generates ${VTT_DIR}/data/config/vtt.properties automatically (from ${VTT_DIR}/data/config/vtt.properties.TEMPLATE) according to options users chose during the installation.