Starting the Windows client process
- Last Updated: April 3, 2026
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- OpenEdge
- Version 12.8
- Documentation
Starting the Windows client process
Start the OpenEdge client process in Windows by running the prowin32.exe executable. The Windows executable includes support for the DataServer.
You can create a program icon for the OpenEdge client process. On the command line for the
program icon, enter the following information:
- The executable.
- The schema holder name. If you have multiple schema holders, create a program icon for each schema holder.
- The connection parameters required by the remote DataServer configuration.
- This is a sample command line:
prowin32 oholder -RO -db oradb -H host1 -S oserviceA -U scott -P tiger
See Connecting a schema holder at startup Optional connection and startup parameters and the for descriptions of the command line and the required and optional parameters.