Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Installation and Configuration

Startup and shutdown

You can use either the Client or the Progress Explorer to perform many of the startup and shutdown tasks. These methods provide you with a GUI interface for managing and configuring your databases and servers. If you are not using a Windows environment, or if you prefer a command-line interface, you can choose to enter commands at the command line to perform these tasks. The following sections explain how to use the GUI and command-line interfaces to perform startup and shutdown tasks.

Using the GUI interface

You can use either the Client or Progress Explorer to perform startup and shutdown tasks, as indicated in Table 12–1. To perform one of the tasks listed using the Client, open the properties of the Client and modify the shortcut target as indicated.

To perform one of the tasks using the Progress Explorer, start the Progress Explorer, select the server you want to start or stop, and follow the instructions in the online help.

Note: These instructions refer to the 4GL Client. To perform SQL tasks, you must start the SQL Explorer and use the SQL Client. See the SQL Explorer online help for more information about using the SQL Client.

Table 12–1 summarizes tasks and methods to perform startup and shutdown tasks using the graphical user interface (GUI).

Table 12–1: Windows GUI startup and shutdown commands 

Task	OpenEdge program group icon	Action
Start the Procedure Editor and connect to a single-user database.	Client	Modify shortcut target properties: install-path\bin\prowin32.exe pathname\db-name -1
Start the Procedure Editor and connect to a multi-user database.	Client	Modify shortcut target properties: install-path\bin\prowin32.exe pathname\db-name
Start the ADE Desktop and connect to a single-user database.	Client	Modify shortcut target properties: install-path\bin\prowin32.exe -p _desk.p pathname\db-name -1
Start the ADE Desktop and connect to a multi-user database.	Client	Modify shortcut target properties: install-path\bin\prowin32.exe -p _desk.p pathname\db-name
Start an OpenEdge batch session and connect to a single-user database.	Client	Modify shortcut target properties: install-path\bin\prowin32.exe -b pathname\db-name -1 -p procedure
Start an OpenEdge batch session and connect to a multi-user database.	Client	Modify shortcut target properties: install-path\bin\prowin32.exe -b pathname\db-name -p procedure
Start a server or broker for an OpenEdge database.	Progress Explorer	See online help. Command-line alternative: proserve pathname\db-name
Shut down a server or broker for an OpenEdge database.	Progress Explorer	See online help. Command-line alternative: proshut pathname\db-name

Using the command-line interface

Startup commands start a Progress session and connect you to a database. Table 12–2summarize the startup and shutdown commands for the Windows operating system and its functions. For detailed information on these commands and their parameters, see the descriptions of the commands in either OpenEdge Deployment: Startup Command and Parameter Reference or OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration .

Table 12–2 summarizes the tasks to perform and the related startup and shutdown commands to use in Windows systems.

Table 12–2: Windows startup and shutdown commands

Task	Command
Start a Windows character Procedure Editor and connect to a single-user database.	pro db-name
Start a Windows character Procedure Editor and connect to a multi-user database.	mpro db-name
Start a Windows character client session in batch mode and connect to a single-user database.	bpro db-name -p procedure-name
Start a Windows character client session in batch mode and connect to a multi-user database.	mbpro db-name -p procedure-name
Start an OpenEdge server-group.	proserve -servergroup server-group-name
Start a server or broker for a multi-user OpenEdge database.	proserve db-name -S service-name -H host-name -N network-type
Shut down a multi-user server or broker for an OpenEdge database.	proshut db-name
Start a remote OpenEdge DataServer broker.	probrkr -S service-name -H host-name -N network-type
Start an asynchronous page writer (APW) for a database1.	proapw db-name
Start a before-image writer (BIW).1	probiw db-name
Start an after-image writer (AIW).1	proaiw db-name
Start the OpenEdge Watchdog utility.1	prowdog db-name
Shut down a remote OpenEdge DataServer.	proshut db-name -S service-name -H host-name -N network-type
Shut down an APW, AIW, BIW, or Watchdog process.1	proshut db-name Choose option 1 (Disconnect a User) to disconnect the process.

1Option available only on Enterprise product.