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Configuring
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Preferences
Preferences are personal choices about the appearance and operation of AppScan® Source for Analysis.
Application server preferences for JavaServer Page compilation
If you are scanning an application that contains JavaServer Pages (JSP), the AppScan® Source analysis engine must be able to compile the JSP code in order to analyze it. When you create your JSP project, you must specify the JSP compiler that AppScan Source should use (or accept the default compiler, which can be set in the Java™ and JSP preference page). If AppScan Source cannot compile your JSP files, use the application server preference pages to configure the JSP compiler that your application uses.
Tomcat
This topic describes the preferences that you need to set for configuring AppScan® Source to reference an Apache Tomcat application server other than one that is supplied with AppScan Source.

Tomcat

This topic describes the preferences that you need to set for configuring AppScan® Source to reference an Apache Tomcat application server other than one that is supplied with AppScan Source.

Apache Tomcat Versions 7 and 8 are included in the installation of AppScan Source. If the Tomcat 7 and Tomcat 8 preference pages are not configured, AppScan Source will compile JSP files using the supplied Tomcat JSP compiler that is currently marked as default. If you want to employ an external supported Tomcat compiler, use the Tomcat preference pages to point to your local Tomcat installation.

If you are using an external supported Tomcat compiler, go to the appropriate preference page and set the application server installation directory. Specifying the installation directory allows AppScan Source to automatically find all application server dependencies when configuring projects.