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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2003</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>2003</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -38,12 +38,31 @@
<section>
<title>Getting Started</title>
- <p>From an erlang node, start Crashdump Viewer by calling
- <c>crashdump_viewer:start()</c>. This will automatically start
- WebTool and display the web address where WebTool can be
- found. See the documentation for the WebTool application for
- further information about how to use WebTool.
- </p>
+
+ <p>The easiest way to start Crashdump Viewer is to use the
+ provided shell script named <c>cdv</c> with the full path to the
+ erlang crashdump as an argument. The script can be found in the
+ priv directory of the <c>observer</c> application. This starts
+ WebTool, Crashdump Viewer and a web browser, and loads the given
+ file. The browser should then display a page named General
+ Information which shows a short summary of the information in
+ the crashdump.</p>
+
+ <p>The default browser is Internet Explorer on Windows or else
+ Firefox. To use another browser, give the browser's start command
+ as the second argument to <c>cdv</c>. If the given browser name is
+ not known to Crashdump Viewer, the browser argument is executed as
+ a command with the start URL as the only argument.</p>
+
+ <p>Under Windows the batch file <c>cdv.bat</c> can be used.</p>
+
+ <p>It is also possible to start the Crashdump Viewer from within
+ an erlang node by calling <seealso
+ marker="crashdump_viewer#start/0">crashdump_viewer:start/0</seealso>. This
+ will automatically start WebTool and display the web address where
+ WebTool can be found. See the documentation for the WebTool
+ application for further information about how to use WebTool.</p>
+
<p>Point your web browser to the address displayed, and you should
now see the start page of WebTool. At the top of the page, you
will see a link to "CrashDumpViewer". Click this link to get to
@@ -52,15 +71,12 @@
connection to the internet, or you must set no proxy for
localhost.)
</p>
- <p>You can also start WebTool, Crashdump Viewer and a browser in
- one go by running the <c>start_webtool</c> script found in the
- <c>priv</c> directory of the WebTool application, e.g.
- <br></br>
-<c>>start_webtool crashdump_viewer</c></p>
<p>From the start page of Crashdump Viewer, push the "Load
Crashdump" button to load a crashdump into the tool. Then enter
- the filename of the crashdump in the entry field and push the "Ok"
- button.
+ the filename of the crashdump in the entry field and push the
+ "Ok" button. This will bring you to the General Information
+ page, i.e. the same page as the <c>cdv</c> script will open in
+ the browser.
</p>
<p>Crashdumps generated by OTP R9C and later are loaded directly
into the Crashdump Viewer, while dumps from earlier releases first