This sub-section describes how to launch SsbQt to connect with a third party database. Currently SsbQt supports only Landmark OpenWorks/SeisWorks
There are various ways that SsbQt can be launched (contact your on-site system administrator or help desk). ARK CLS recommends launching SsbQt as follows:
Ensure that you have a Landmark OpenWorks environment then start the OpenWorks launcher.
From the OpenWorks launcher menu select to pop up an OpenWorks xterm.
In this OpenWorks xterm type: ssb to launch SsbQt. This assumes that the Ssb launch script has been placed in a location which can be seen from your environment. Normally your system adminstrator would have placed this script in such a location. Alternatively, if you know the location of your installation of SsbQt, then you can launch the software by typing: <path to SsbQt installation>/bin/ssb
Once launched, the SsbQt main window will be displayed. This window is the main interface to the application. The main window GUI consists of, from top to bottom, a menu area, an icon area, a chart area and a status area (see figure below). The chart area, which occupies the large scrollable central area of the main window, is used to display various charts of spectra and time data to provide feedback to the Interpretation Geoscientist in his/her quest to design a SsbQt operator. Following launch, only the 
icon, the view icons 
and the 
will be sensitised.
With the SsbQt main window displayed, the first task will be to select a project. This can be achieved by clicking the icon, select menu File->Project or Ctrl+P to pop up the "Select Project" dialog.
This Select Project dialog displays a list of SeisWorks projects that are available for you to select. The available projects are normally determined by your OpenWorks environment variable OW_PMPATH. Once you have selected a project, the push button will be sensitised allowing you to complete the project selection.
This will create a new SsbQt session without the need to click the 
icon or selecting the menu item .