Starting up a new ODA

To start the ODA, you run an ODA startup script. This startup script starts the ODA runtime. This startup script is a batch file that starts the ODA runtime. By convention, a startup script's name takes the following form:

start_ODAName.bat
 

where ODAname is the unique name of the ODA (its source-data name) with the string "ODA" appended. For example, if an ODA has its source data in HTML format, its ODA name could be HTMLODA. Therefore, you could name its startup script as follows:

start_HTMLODA.bat
 

Before you can start up an ODA that you have developed, you need to ensure that a startup script exists to support your new ODA. To enable a startup script to start your own ODA, you must take the following steps:

  1. Prepare an ODA runtime directory for your ODA.
  2. Create the startup script for your ODA. For Windows systems, also create a shortcut for your ODA startup.
  3. Set up the startup script as a Windows service (optional).

The following sections describe each of these steps.

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