Progress
Installation and Configuration Guide
Version 9
for Windows


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 8–1. To perform one of the tasks listed using the Client, open the properties of the Client and modify the shortcut target as indicated. See "The Progress Program Group," for more information about modifying icon properties. The Client icon looks like this:

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. The Progress Explorer Tool icon looks like this:

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 8–1 summarizes tasks and methods to perform startup and shutdown tasks using the graphical user interface (GUI).

Table 8–1: Windows GUI Startup and Shutdown Commands
Task
Progress Program Group Icon
Action
Start the Progress Procedure Editor and connect to a single-user database.
Client
Modify shortcut target properties:
installation-path\prowin32.exe pathname\db-name -1
Start the Progress Procedure Editor and connect to a multi-user database.
Client
Modify shortcut target properties:
installation-path\prowin32.exe pathname\db-name
Start the ADE Desktop and connect to a single-user database.
Client
Modify shortcut target properties:
installation-path\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:
installation-path\prowin32.exe -p _desk.p pathname\db-name
Start a Progress batch session and connect to a single-user database.
Client
Modify shortcut target properties:
installation-path\prowin32.exe -b pathname\db-name -1 -p procedure
Start a Progress batch session and connect to a multi-user database.
Client
Modify shortcut target properties:
installation-path\prowin32.exe -b pathname\db-name -p procedure
Start a server or broker for a Progress database.
Progress Explorer
See online help.
Command-line alternative:
proserve pathname\db-name
Shut down a server or broker for a Progress 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. The following tables summarize the startup commands for each operating system and their functions. For detailed information on these commands and their parameters, see the descriptions of the commands in the Progress Startup Command and Parameter Reference .

Table 8–2 summarizes the tasks to perform and the related startup and shutdown commands to use on Windows systems.

Table 8–2: Windows Startup and Shutdown Commands
Task
Command
Start a Windows character Progress Procedure Editor and connect to a single-user database.
pro db-name
Start a Windows character Progress Procedure Editor and connect to a multi-user database.
mpro db-name
Start a Windows Progress character client session in batch mode and connect to a single-user database.
bpro db-name -p procedure-name
Start a Windows Progress character client session in batch mode and connect to a multi-user database.
mbpro db-name -p procedure-name
Start a Progress server-group.
proserve
-servergroup
server-group-name
Start a server or broker for a multi-user Progress database.
proserve db-name
-S service-name
-H host-name
-N network-type
Shut down a multi-user server or broker for a Progress database.
proshut db-name
Start a remote Progress 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 Progress Watchdog utility1.
prowdog db-name
Shut down a remote Progress DataServer.
proshut db-name
-S service-name
-H host-name
-N network-type
Shut down an APW, AIW, BIW, or Watchdog process1.
proshut db-name

Choose option 1 (Disconnect a User)
to disconnect the process.
  1. Option available only on Enterprise product.


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