To open the standalone OpenRPT application, locate the OpenRPT executable file on your system. Then run the file to open it and reach the application desktop. The OpenRPT application desktop is shown in the following screenshot:

OpenRPT Application Desktop

The basic functionality of the standalone OpenRPT application is identical to the functionality of the embedded report writer. The main difference is that OpenRPT can connect to any target database, whereas the embedded report writer may only be used by xTuple users connected to an xTuple database.