How can I set VM options in a Java Netbeans Platform Modular Project?

Question

I have a Netbeans Platform modular project, not a regular Java project. I want to set VM options to increase memory, but under the \"properties\" dialog, there is no way to

Answer 1

I was finally able to solve this based on information at http://activeintelligence.org/blog/archive/gephi-increasing-xmx-memory-in-netbeans/

What I did was modify the project.properties file, as JB said, but the correct way to do it was to add a -J before the args. E.g.,

run.args.extra=-J-Xms256m -J-Xmx756m

That did it! Not sure why it took 3 months to figure that out. Definitely a fail for the Netbeans documentation. They should really make this editable from the properties menu instead of making users hunt through nondescript config files!