This document covers the following topics:
It is also possible to start and terminate a Natural batch session. See Natural in Batch Mode in the Operations documentation.
When Natural is installed, an entry for starting Natural is automatically added to the Windows
menu.Note:
When Natural has been installed in an environment protected by
the Windows firewall and can therefore not be started, see
Using the Windows Firewall
with Natural in the Operations
documentation.
To start Natural Studio
From the Windows
menu, choose .Note:
The Start menu group name (by default,
this is "Software AG") can be changed during the
installation.
Natural Studio, the development environment for Natural, appears. The toolbars and windows are placed at the same positions as when Natural Studio was left the last time. See Elements of the Natural Studio Window for further information.
When you have previously worked in a remote development environment and have therefore collapsed the node for the local environment, the local environment also appears collapsed when you restart Natural Studio.
When Natural Security is active, all definitions made in Natural Security have an influence on Natural Studio. Thus, the use of specific libraries, objects, commands and other features may be restricted to specific users only.
Notes:
When you terminate Natural Studio, the positions of the toolbars and windows are stored.
To terminate Natural Studio
From the
menu, choose .Or:
Choose the following toolbar button:
Or:
Press ALT+F4.
Or:
From the Control menu, choose
.
Or:
Choose the corresponding standard button at the right of the
title bar.
Or:
Enter the system command FIN
in the
command line.
Or:
Execute a program that contains a
TERMINATE
statement.
Note:
Termination methods can also be defined with the
Configuration Utility. See
also Program
Loading and Deletion in the Overview of Profile
Parameters section of the Configuration Utility
documentation.
You can suppress the display of the Natural startup map. To do so, create a shortcut on your desktop for starting Natural Studio and change its properties. To suppress the startup map, specify a colon (:) after natural.exe in the Target text box. For example:
C:\SoftwareAG\Natural\Bin\natural.exe :