START LIGHTHOUSE TRADER

You can start the Lighthouse Trader application in several ways.

If you have installed Lighthouse Trader using “Java Web Start” (normally this will be the case), you can start Lighthouse Trader by either

• double-clicking on the Lighthouse Trader desktop shortcut icon, or,
• on Windows PC’s, click on Start.Programs.LighthouseTrader

If you followed the procedure to manually download and install Lighthouse Trader, you should have created a desktop shortcut icon for Lighthouse Trader. Double-click on this icon to start the application.

If you manually installed the application, but did not create a desktop shortcut icon, you can start Lighthouse Trader from the command-line by typing: 

1. cd \LighthouseTraderApp  (or whatever directory you installed Lighthouse Trader into)
2. java –jar LighthouseTrader.jar  [location of database]
   Notes:
   [location of database] is optional. Typically it will be C:\LighthouseTrader
   Also, make sure java is in the “path.”

Next you will see a popup window indicating that the application's digital signature has
been verified. Click the "Run" button to continue with the installation.

Also, when you start the application, you might see a warning message like the following.

If you see this message, it means you are running an out-of-date version of the application and must obtain a newer version. To do this, all you need to do is exit the Lighthouse Trader application and start it up a second time. This time it should automatically download the updated version and begin running normally. This assumes that you installed Lighthouse Trader following the normal “Java Web Start” method (by clicking on the Download button near the top of the “Download and Install” page).

However, if you installed Lighthouse Trader manually, you will need to explicitly download new versions of the application “JAR” files.  Follow this link to see the instructions for manually downloading the new files.