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# start_vc(-VisClientName)

Start a new Java Visualisation Client

VisClientName
  An atom; the name of the new visualisation client.

## Description

This predicates starts a new Java Visualisation Client (VC). The VC survives backtracking over the `start_vc/1` goal, and persists until it is explicitly terminated. VisClientName becomes instantiated to an atom which can be used when the VC is to be stopped.

For `start_vc` to work correctly, ECLiPSe needs to know where to find the Java installation. To check whether this is so, use `find_java/1`. If the result of `find_java/1` is not the root directory of a Java installation (at least version 1.2.2) then the behaviour of `start_vc/1` prints an error message and fails.

### Resatisfiable

no

## See Also

stop_vc / 1, find_java / 1