# Installation Guide

### Starting and Stopping the Documentation Server on Windows and OS/2

To start the documentation server on Windows, do the following:

Local Documentation Server

  From the Shortcuts
    To start the Documentation Server from the shortcuts, select IBM VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise Client 6.0 and Start the Documentation Server.

  From the Command Line
    You may also start the server from the command line by typing:

        start <vast>\help\bin\abtdoc.exe -z.ver=6.0

    where <vast> is the directory into which you installed VisualAge Smalltalk.

  By default, the server only accepts requests sent to `localhost`.

Shared Documentation Server
  If you wish to set up the documentation server so that it may be shared by others in your network, specify the hostname of the machine on which the server is running as follows:

      start <vast>\help\bin\abtdoc.exe -z.ver=6.0 -z.host=myhostname

  where <vast> is the directory into which you installed VisualAge Smalltalk.

  To use the shared documentation server, client web browsers must replace `localhost` with `myhostname` in the URL used to access the VisualAge documentation. You only need to make this change for the initial URL. Change the following:

       http://localhost:57002/abtwebx/6.0/va/vast.htm

  to the following:

       http://myhostname:57002/abtwebx/6.0/va/vast.htm

To start the Documentation Server automatically when the machine boots, place a command file similar to the following in the Windows startup folder:

    @echo off
    start <vast>\abtdoc.exe -z.ver=6.0

where <vast> is the directory into which you installed VisualAge Smalltalk and where <drive> is the drive on which you installed VisualAge Smalltalk.

To start the Information Center and access documentation, select the Information Center.

To stop the documentation server in, select Shutdown the Document Server from the Information Center screen.

To start the documentation server on OS/2, do the following:

Local Documentation Server

  From the Shortcuts
    To start the Documentation Server from the shortcuts, select IBM VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise Client 6.0 and Start the Documentation Server.

  From the Command Line
    You may also start the server from the command line by typing:

        cd <vast>\help\bin
        abtdoc.cmd -z.ver=6.0

    where <vast> is the directory into which you installed VisualAge Smalltalk.

  By default, the server only accepts requests sent to `localhost`.

Shared Documentation Server
  If you wish to set up the documentation server so that it may be shared by others in your network, specify the hostname of the machine on which the server is running as follows:

      cd <vast>\help\bin
      abtdoc.cmd -z.ver=6.0 -z.host=myhostname

  where <vast> is the directory into which you installed VisualAge Smalltalk.

  To use the shared documentation server, client web browsers must replace `localhost` with `myhostname` in the URL used to access the VisualAge documentation. You only need to make this change for the initial URL. Change the following:

       http://localhost:57002/abtwebx/6.0/va/vast.htm

  to the following:

       http://myhostname:57002/abtwebx/6.0/va/vast.htm

To start the Documentation Server automatically when the machine boots, place a command file similar to the following in the OS/2 startup folder:

    @echo off
    <drive>
    cd <vast>
    abtdoc.cmd -z.ver=6.0

where <vast> is the directory into which you installed VisualAge Smalltalk and where <drive> is the drive on which you installed VisualAge Smalltalk.

To start the Information Center and access documentation, select the Information Center.

To stop the documentation server in, select Shutdown the Document Server from the Information Center screen.

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