Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Managing 4GL Applications

> ## Starting clients without connecting to a database

> To permit maximum flexibility for your application, you might want to start OpenEdge without connecting to a database. For example, you can start OpenEdge and name a startup procedure, such as a main menu procedure. This startup procedure (or a procedure that it calls) can connect to a database based on an end user’s menu selection. To start OpenEdge without connecting to a database, execute the OpenEdge startup command without specifying a database name. On UNIX, use the `PRO` command; in Windows, use the `PROWIN32` command. For more information about startup commands, see OpenEdge Deployment: Startup Command and Parameter Reference .

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