Setup the server to start the runtime
You can run the project in any of the following ways:
•Start manually, from the FactoryStudio main window and project list, right-click the project and select Run Project.
•Start manually, when configuring the project, go to Run > Startup and click Run Startup.
•Start the project automatically, which is the best option for production environments.
The best way to define an automated startup of the product, it is to use the configuration interface available on the Project Management tools, at the SERVER tab.
We recommend to start manually during the project development or installation where it is necessary for an operator during the startup process, otherwise the automated startup is more suitable for production computers.
You should use the login option, the startup shortcut, when testing the project or in scenarios where the application will always run in the same Windows user profile.
Use the Windows Service on production servers when you need different Windows users to login on the computer, while keeping the server side runtime components running at all times.
We support the OPC client activation, in order to be in full OPC compliance, but we don’t recommend its use, because, as a good practice principle, it not desirable to allow the status of remote client connections to control if a server side application is running or not.
The following sections will describe what those automated settings are doing if, for some reason, you need to setup those startup settings without using the configuration tools.
