You can start CodeGuide by choosing Programs | Omnicore CodeGuide 6.1 | CodeGuide 6.1 in the start menu or by double-clicking on the CodeGuide 6.1 icon on your desktop.
You can start CodeGuide by running the CodeGuide shell script which can be found in the application's root directory. You might have to adapt the CodeGuide shell script if you do not have the Sun J2SDK 1.4.1 installed at the default location.
Example (assuming the CodeGuide has been installed in /opt):
/opt/codeguide-6.1/CodeGuide
You can start CodeGuide by clicking on the CodeGuide application bundle on your desktop.
If CodeGuide is not running:
You can supply either
a project file (ending with .cpr). CodeGuide will load this project once started
or any number of Java files which will be loaded into CodeGuide once started.
If CodeGuide is already running:
If CodeGuide is already running and you start CodeGuide with commandline arguments, no second instance of CodeGuide will be started. Instead the arguments will be communicated to the instance of CodeGuide which is already running using socket communication.
You can supply either
a project file (ending with .cpr). CodeGuide will close the current project and load this project
or any number of Java files which will be loaded into CodeGuide.
If you do not supply any commandline arguments a second instance of CodeGuide will be started. However beware that both instances use the same configuration file. Thus the CodeGuide instance which is exited last will overwrite the previously saved configuration.
Java files and CodeGuide Project files (.cpr files) are automatically associated with CodeGuide during the installation.
Thus you can use the Windows Explorer to open project files and load Java files.
If CodeGuide is not running:
If you double-click on a CodeGuide project file CodeGuide is started and will load this project file once started.
You can start CodeGuide and cause it to load Java files by either double-clicking on a Java file or by choosing Open in the context menu on selected Java files.
If CodeGuide is already running:
If you double-click on a CodeGuide project file the current project will be closed and CodeGuide will load this project file.
You can cause CodeGuide to load additional Java files by either double-clicking on a Java file or by choosing Open in the context menu on selected Java files.
While dragging project files or Java files onto the application window is not possible you can Drag Java files or CodeGuide project files onto the CodeGuide icon on the desktop. The behavior is the same as described in the previous section.