Progress
Results User’s Guide
for UNIX
Starting Results for the Tour
This section describes the steps for running the tour of Results. You can also try the examples in Chapters 4 through 7.
The following sections describe two ways to start Results. The first method starts Results from your operating system using the
mysports
database. The second method starts Results from Progress using the database you specify when you start Progress.Starting Results with a Copy of the Sports Database
This section describes how to start Results using the
mysports
copy of the Progress sports database.
- Enter the appropriate command at your operating system prompt to start Results, as shown in Table 3–2.
Table 3–2: Starting Results with the mysports Database Operating System Commands UNIXDOSresults mysports
This command starts the database in single-user mode, which means that once you start Results with this database no one else can access the database. If you want more than one user to access this database at a time, you must first start a server for the database and use the multi-user startup command for Results. For information on starting servers and using Results in multi-user mode, see "Startup and Shutdown Procedures."
When you run Results with a new database, Progress prompts you to perform an initial build on the database.
NOTE: You should not get an initial build prompt if someone has already installed the Results package and performed the initial build for you. If you do get this prompt, see your database administrator.
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- Type y for YES to do an initial build.
The following prompt appears.
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- Press ENTER to accept the default value of AUTO to generate the procedures automatically.
Results then uses its algorithms to determine default settings. If you want to use SEMI or MANUAL, see your database administrator. See "Database Administration," for details on the MANUAL, SEMI, and AUTO selections.
A status screen appears that lists the names of the files as they load from the database into Results:
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When Results completes the initial build, the logo screen briefly appears, followed by the Results Main Menu:
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The Main Menu lets you access different modules. These modules are described in Chapters 4 through 7.
NOTE: If the Main Menu does not appear in the language you want to use, you or your database administrator can change the working language using the Language option in the Administration module. For more information, see the "Language" section of Database Administration."From this menu, you can start the Results tour, but before you do that, read through the rest of this chapter. It describes how to exit Results and how to move between Results and Progress. It also describes keystrokes you can use in Results as well as how to navigate through menus.
Starting Results from Progress
The following steps describe how to start Results from inside Progress. Results runs against the database you specify when you start Progress.
- Enter this command to access Results from the Progress Editor:
NOTE: If you see an error message, see your database administrator. Results must be in your PROPATH before you can run it.- Press GO.
When you run Results with a new database, Progress prompts you to perform an initial build on the database.
NOTE: You should not get this prompt if someone has already run Results against the database (for example, if someone installed and customized the application software). If you get this prompt, see your database administrator.
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Here, dbname is the name of the Progress database you specified when you started Progress.
- Follow Step 3 in the "Starting Results with a Copy of the Sports Database" section.
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