Neoview Command Interface (NCI) Guide (R2.5)

3 Launching NCI
This chapter describes how to launch NCI from the Windows, Linux, or UNIX environment:
• “Launching NCI on Windows” (page 31)
• “Launching NCI on Linux or UNIX” (page 34)
• “Logging In to the Database Platform” (page 35)
• “Using Optional Launch Parameters” (page 38)
• “Exiting NCI”
For information about launching NCI from Perl or Python, see Chapter 6 (page 65).
Launching NCI on Windows
1. Find the Windows launch file, hpnci.cmd, in the NCI bin folder:
2. Double-click the hpnci.cmd file.
The Neoview Command Interface appears, prompting you to enter the host name or IP
address of the database platform, your user name, password, and a data source name. See
“Logging In to the Database Platform” (page 35).
Creating a Shortcut to hpnci.cmd
To enable a user to launch NCI from a shortcut icon on the desktop:
1. Right-click the desktop and select New > Shortcut:
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