Invoking Natural with an Alternative Parameter File

By default, Natural Studio and Natural Runtime are invoked with the parameter file NATPARM. When you have created your own customized parameter file, you can also invoke Natural Studio and Natural Runtime with this parameter file.

See also Dynamic Assignment of Parameter Values in the Operations documentation.

To invoke Natural Studio with an alternative parameter file

Create a shortcut on your desktop for starting Natural Studio and invoke the properties of the shortcut. Then specify the following after natural.exe in the Target text box: PARM=parameter-file. Example:
```
"C:\SoftwareAG\Natural\Bin\natural.exe" PARM=myparm
```

To invoke Natural Runtime with an alternative parameter file

Create a shortcut on your desktop for starting Natural Runtime and invoke the properties of the shortcut. Then specify the following after naturalr.exe in the Target text box: PARM=parameter-file. Example:
```
"C:\SoftwareAG\Natural\Bin\naturalr.exe" PARM=myparm
```