Getting Started with Cloudscape
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Bring up Cloudview Against a Sample Database

/demo/databases contains a pre-built version of the Cloudscape sample database, called toursDB.

NOTE: Cloudview works best in a JDK 1.2 environment. Use JDK 1.2 if available.

The process for starting Cloudview against the sample database depends on your operating system and the installer you used.

Windows Start Menu

If you installed Cloudscape using the Windows installer, you can start Cloudview against the sample database as follows:

  1. From the Start menu, choose Programs->Cloudscape->ToursDB Demo.

Command Window

If you installed Cloudscape using the java or zip installers, you start Cloudview from a command window.

UNIX

  1. Open a command window.
  2. Change directories to the /demo/databases subdirectory of the cloudscape base directory.
  3. Type cview.
  4. Choose File->Open by Name, and type toursDB.
  5. Click OK.

Other

Users in other environments can start Cloudview against the sample database by following these steps:

  1. Open a command window.
  2. Change directories to the /demo/databases subdirectory of the cloudscape base directory.
  3. Type:

    java -ms32M -mx32M COM.cloudscape.tools.cview toursDB