Starting DECsound Sessions You can start a DECsound session in any of the following ways: * Using Session Manager or FileView To start DECsound from Session Manager or FileView, choose DECsound from the Applications menu. If the Applications menu does not contain a DECsound menu item, contact your system manager. * Using LiveLink connections from DECwrite . For information about using DECsound in this way, click on the Using LiveLink Connections topic in the list of additional topics. * Using the command line To start DECsound from the operating system command line on an OpenVMS ~ system, enter one of the following commands: $ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:DECSOUND You can also define a symbol on the command line or in your LOGIN.COM file, as follows: $ DECSOUND:== $DECSOUND If you define a symbol, you can specify the qualifiers that control how the DECsound session executes. Additional topics: * Command Line Qualifiers * Using LiveLink Connections * Starting DECsound Sessions * Overview of DECsound