Gleam User Guide: Running Gleam
Assuming you have an installed and compiled version of Gleam, now you will
want to run the application. Before getting into the details, you should
try running Gleam using its default settings, based upon the default jobOptions
file. For more information about jobOptions files, see the next
section.
Windows
You can run Gleam in a number of ways: using VCMT, within Visual C++, or on
the Windows command line (DOS prompt).
Step By Step:
- Using VCMT
- Follow the directions included in the SAS
Code How-to Pages
- Specifically, you will choose the Gleam package in the package list
- Choose Gleam-app in the Project drop-down list in the msdev section of
VCMT.
- Click run in the msdev section of VCMT.
- Using Windows Command Line
- Follow the directions in the SAS
Code How-to Pages.
- You can also create bat files that will allow you to run Gleam from
the command line or create a short cut on your desktop.
- Running any application first requires running the setup.bat file
associated with the package, and then running the application.
You need to know 2 things:
- The full path to the setup.bat file for the version of Gleam
you want to run
- The full path to the version of the Gleam executable you want
to execute. Note that it will be located in a directory
called Win32Debug or Win32.
- Next create a new bat file, name it anything you like, as long as
it ends in the .bat extension. It should contain two lines,
for example, if the path to my copy of Gleam is in:
C:\packages\Gleam\v2r4 do:
C:\packages\Gleam\v2r4\cmt\setup.bat
C:\packages\Gleam\v2r4\Win32Debug\Gleam.exe
or to schedule a run for a specific time, or to run in
the background, use the start command:
C:\packages\Gleam\v2r4\cmt\setup.bat
start /low /b C:\packages\Gleam\v2r4\Win32Debug\Gleam.exe
- Now you can run Gleam from the command line by typing in the name
of your new bat file or just by double-clicking on the bat file name
in Windows Explorer. You could also create a short cut to this
BAST
- Using Visual C++
Note: This is not the
typical way to run Gleam, but you may desire to debug the program or attempt
to trap an error.
- Highlight the Gleam package in the VCMT package list.
- Click the start button in VCMT to begin Visual C++
- Set Gleam as the active project
Refer to the Visual C++ help pages if you do not know how to do this
- To just run Gleam without using the debugger, type Ctrl-F5.
To run Gleam using the debugger, type F5.
Linux
You can use glastpack
to run any application, including Gleam.
glastpack.pl run Gleam virn Gleam.exe
H. Kelly Last Modified: 2002-12-02 11:43:26 -0800