To start MySQL Workbench on Windows select , , and then select MySQL Workbench.
You may also start MySQL Workbench from the command line. To view the available command-line options, issue the command MySQLWorkbench -help | more from the MySQL Workbench installation directory. You will see the following output:
MySQL Workbench 5.1.12 OSS. (C) 2006-2009 by Sun Microsystems. All rights reserved. Usage: MySQLWorkbench [options] [model file] Options -help (-h) ...... Print this output -open filename .. Open the given filename at startup -nologo ......... Do not display the splash screen -verbose (-v) ... Print verbose output in the GRT Shell -version ........ Print the version information -grtversion ..... Print the GRT version information -swrendering .... Force the canvas to use software rendering instead of OpenGL -log ............ Instruction to save messages (other debug info) to file
The MySQL Workbench version number is displayed followed by a usage
message and then the options. Use the
-swrendering option if your video card does not
support OpenGL 1.5. The -version option can be
used to display the MySQL Workbench version number. The
-grtversion can be used to display the GRT
shell version number. The other options are self-explanatory.
When using command-line options that display output to a
console window, namely -help and
-version, be sure that you pipe the output
through the more command otherwise nothing
will be displayed.