Table 3–4: Client 4GL Parameters
Parameter
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Syntax
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Purpose
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Batch
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-b
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Initiate a batch process with no terminal interaction.
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ADE r-code Location
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-baseADE
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Specify the ADE r-code directory to the client so that the client can add this directory and all of the procedure libraries contained in the directory to the PROPATH.
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Client Logging
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-clientlog
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Allows an application to automatically write all error and warning messages to the specified log file.
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Directory Size
|
-D n
|
Change the number (soft limit) of compiled procedure directory entries.
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Debugger
|
-debug
|
Start a Progress session by running the Debugger in stand-alone mode.
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Debug Alert
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-debugalert
|
Access 4GL stack trace information during a session.
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Dictionary Expressions
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-dictexps
|
Direct Progress to use dictionary and help validation for all fields in all frames when compiling.
|
Expand Browse
|
-expandbrow
|
Sets the EXPANDABLE and FIT-LAST-COLUMN option to on for all browsers created in the current session.
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Filtering Asynchronous COM Events
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-filterocxevents
|
Control the conditions under which you want asynchronous COM events handled.
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Field List Disable
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-fldisable
|
Direct Progress to ignore field lists in the r-code and fetch complete records.
|
Dynamics Parameter
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-icfparam
|
Specify a character string that can be accessed from 4GL procedures within the Dynamics framework.
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Input Characters
|
-inp n
|
Expand the available buffer space for a single statement.
|
Keyword Forget List
|
-k filename
|
Disable the keywords listed in filename.
|
Lock Timeout
|
-lkwtmo seconds
|
Specify a different “lock wait timeout.”
|
Nested Blocks
|
-nb n
|
Set the maximum number (soft limit) of nested procedure blocks.
|
No Lock
|
-NL
|
Make all record retrieval statements default to NO-LOCK record access.
|
No Check Temp-table Names
|
-nochkttnames
|
Suppress the limited checking of TEMP-TABLE column names when passing TEMP-TABLE as parameters to procedures.
|
Printer
|
-o printername
|
Identify the printer to use when processing OUTPUT TO PRINTER statements.
|
Outer-join Mode
|
-ojmode
|
Specify the mode in which mixed inner and left outer joins, in queries of three or more joined tables, are processed.
|
Startup Procedure
|
-p filename
|
Specify a procedure that executes when Progress starts.
|
Parameter
|
-param string
|
Supply information in a character string or comma-separated list of files to open in Procedure Editor buffers.
|
Proxy Host
|
-proxyhost
|
Specify the name of the host or the IP address of the host at which the HTTP-based proxy server is located.
|
Proxy Password
|
-proxyPassword
|
Authenticate the AppServer client to the HTTP-based proxy server.
|
Proxy Port
|
-proxyport
|
Specify the port on which the HTTP-based proxy server is listening.
|
Proxy Userid
|
-proxyUserid
|
Authenticate an AppServer client to the HTTP-based proxy server.
|
Quick Request
|
-q
|
Direct Progress to search PROPATH directories only on the first use of a procedure.
|
Alternate Random Number Generator
|
-rand n
|
Specify a different random number generator. Use the value 1 for the old generator or the value 2 for a new one.
|
Reread Nolock
|
-rereadnolock
|
Direct Progress to re-read the record from the database, even if the record is already in a buffer.
|
Token
|
-tok n
|
Specify the maximum number of tokens allowed in a 4GL statement.
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Version 6 Colon
|
-v6colon
|
Direct Progress to use colon alignment of unlabeled fields (as in Version 6).
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Version 6 Query
|
-v6q
|
Direct the Progress server to use only a single index to resolve FOR EACH statements (as in Version 6).
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