4. Start/Stop a CIMPLICITY Project

About this task

  • Start a CIMPLICITY project.
  • Stop a CIMPLICITY project.

Start a CIMPLICITY project

About this task

You can start a project using either of the following.
  • Workbench
  • Select a CIMPLICITY® Project dialog box
Important: A maximum of 5 CIMPLICITY projects can be running concurrently on a CIMPLICITY server.

Procedure

  1. Do one of the following.
    A Click Project>Run on the Workbench menu bar.
    B Click the Run button on the Workbench toolbar.
    C Press Alt+P+R on the keyboard.

    A message box opens to confirm starting  the project, when you use any method.

  2. Click OK.

Results

The project starts running when you use any of these methods

Select a CIMPLICITY® Project dialog box

Procedure

  1. Open a runtime window, e.g. CimView, Point Control Panel.
    If no project is running, a Select a CIMPLICITY® Project dialog box opens.
  2. Do one of the following.
    Action Option Description
    A Select a project. List Recently used or selected objects are listed.
    Browse Click Browse to find and select a project that is not listed.
    B Start the project. Start The project will run with  Server functionality.
    Start as Viewer The project will run with Viewer functionality.
    Note: Click Cancel to cancel starting a project. If the window opens there will be no runtime values. For example, a CimView window will open, but the screen will display black instead of values.

Stop a CIMPLICITY project

Procedure

  1. Do one of the following.
    A Click Project>Stop on the Workbench menu bar.
    B Click the Stop button on the Workbench toolbar.
    C Press Alt+P+S on the keyboard.
    A message box opens to confirm that the project should be stopped, when you use any method.

  2. Click OK.

Results

The project stops.