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    <title>start_webtool</title>
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    <date>2003-06-18</date>
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    <file>start_webtool.sgml</file>
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  <com>start_webtool</com>
  <comsummary>WebTool Start Script</comsummary>
  <description>
    <p>The <c>start_webtool</c> script starts WebTool, a WebTool
      application and a web browser pointing to this application.</p>
  </description>
  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name>start_webtool application [ browser ]</name>
      <fsummary>Start a WebTool Application</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Starts WebTool, the given WebTool Application and a web
          browser pointing to this application.
          </p>
        <p>If no argument is given, a list of available applications
          is displayed, e.g.</p>
        <pre>
>start_webtool
Starting webtool...
WebTool is available at http://localhost:8888/
Or  http://127.0.0.1:8888/

Usage: start_webtool application [ browser ]

Available applications are: [orber,appmon,crashdump_viewer,webcover]
Default browser is 'iexplore' (Internet Explorer) on Windows or else 'firefox'        </pre>
        <p>To start any of the listed applications, give the
          application name as the first argument, e.g.</p>
        <pre>
>start_webtool webcover
Starting webtool...
WebTool is available at http://localhost:8888/
Or  http://127.0.0.1:8888/
Starting webcover...
Sending URL to netscape...done        </pre>
        <p>The WebTool application WebCover is then started and the
          default browser is used. The default browser is Internet
          Explorer on Windows or else Firefox.
          </p>
        <p>To use another browser, give the browser's start command
          as the second argument, e.g.</p>
        <pre>
>start_webtool webcover mozilla
Starting webtool...
WebTool is available at http://localhost:8888/
Or  http://127.0.0.1:8888/
Starting webcover...
Sending URL to mozilla...done        </pre>
        <p>If the given browser name is not known to WebTool, WebTool
          will run it as a command with the start URL as the only
          argument, e.g.</p>
        <pre>
>start_webtool webcover mybrowser
Starting webtool...
WebTool is available at http://localhost:8888/
Or  http://127.0.0.1:8888/
Starting webcover...
Starting mybrowser...        </pre>
        <p>Here the command <c>"mybrowser http://localhost:8888/webcover"</c> is executed.
          </p>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>

  <section>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <p><seealso marker="webtool">webtool(3)</seealso></p>
  </section>
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