Lesson 1: Running NewGenLib

Submitted by siddartha on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 16:21

This lesson assumes that you have installed NewGenLib Successfully. If you have not yet installed NewGenLib please see the installation steps.

Start NewGenLib Server:

  1. To run NewGenLIb Server, there will be an icon on your desktop "Shortcut to RunNGL3Server.bat". Icon may similar to the the image shown

    2. double click on it.

  2. This will start running NewGenLib Server (Apache Tomcat). You can see Terminal window (black in color) similar to this image .
  3. Once your server is completely initialized you will see a message "Server startup in xxxxx ms". See the red underline in the previous image.

Run NewGenLib Librarian Interface:

  1. To start NewGenLib Librarian Interface double click on the Icon "NGL3 EE Carbon". The system will prompt to enter the IP Address of the server as shown in this image .
  2. Enter the IP address of the system in which your NewGenLib Server is running. And click on Ok
  3. You will now see a login screen. By default the user id is "1" and the password is "abc". Enter these without the double quotes and click on Login button. This will open the NewGenLib Librarian Interface main screen. That's it, we are through the Lesson 1

Frequently asked questions?

Question: I am unable to see the "Shortcut to RunNGL3Server.bat", where to find that file?
Ans: Go to /NGL3/apache-tomcat6.0.xx/bin directory. In this directory you will find a file named RunNGL3Server.bat. Place a shortcut of the same on your desktop.

Question: I am unable to see the "NGL3 EE Carbon" shortcut on my desktop, How to launch NewGenLib Librarian interface in this case?
Ans: Open any browser. Type http://:8080/newgenlibctxt/LaunchApplication and press Enter. This will launch NewGenLib Librarian interface.
Example 1: If you want to launch the client on the server itself, use the url http://localhost:8080/newgenlibctxt/LaunchApplication
Example 2: If you want to launch the client on a different system and your server IP is 192.168.1.1 , use the url http://192.168.1.1:8080/newgenlibctxt/LaunchApplication