Lesson 6: Starting the MobiLink server

In this lesson, you start the MobiLink server (mlsrv16) using the -c option to connect to your consolidated database, and the -sl java option to load your Java class.

Prerequisites

This lesson assumes you have completed all preceding lessons. See Lesson 1: Setting up an Excel worksheet.

This lesson assumes that you have the roles and privileges listed in the Privileges section at the start of this tutorial: Tutorial: Synchronizing with Microsoft Excel.

Task

Connect to your consolidated database and load the class on the mlsrv16 command line.

Run the following command. Replace c:\MLobjexcel with the location of your Java source files.

mlsrv16 -c "DSN=mlexcel_db" -o serverOut.txt -v+ -dl -zu+ -x tcpip  -sl java (-cp c:\MLobjexcel)

The MobiLink server messages window appears.

Below is a description of each MobiLink server option used in this tutorial. The options -o, -v, and -dl provide debugging and troubleshooting information. Using these logging options is appropriate in a development environment. For performance reasons, -v+ and -dl are typically not used in production.

Option	Description
-c	Precedes the connection string.
-o	Specifies the message log file serverOut.txt.
-v+	The -v option specifies what information is logged. Using -v+ sets maximum verbose logging.
-dl	Displays all log messages on screen.
-zu+	Adds new users automatically.
-x	Sets the communications protocol and parameters for MobiLink clients.
-sl java	Specifies a set of directories to search for class files, and forces the Java VM to load on server startup.

Results

The MobiLink server is started and ready for direct row handling.

Next

Proceed to Lesson 7: Setting up your MobiLink client database.

Lesson 6: Starting the MobiLink server

Task

See also