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Command Line Options
HP ALLBASE/4GL allows you to use command line options to run the program
in a number of different ways. These options are available to developer
users and end users. When used with options, the command line becomes:
:HP4GLR ["options"] [variable=value]...
In this command, options can be any of the options shown in the following
table. Separate options on the command line with spaces.
Option Description
-a [application_name] This is the form of the -a option used by an end
[:application_passwd] user. It invokes HP ALLBASE/4GL and passes control
directly to the initial action defined for
application_name. If application_name is not
specified, the application defaults to that
specified for the end user in the administ end user
validation screen. If the end user has no default
application, HP ALLBASE/4GL exits with an error
message. The -u option must be specified with this
option.
-l [logo_screen] This option allows you to display a customized
[:logo_application] window (logo_screen) on the sign-on screen. If
logo_screen is not specified or cannot be found, HP
ALLBASE/4GL attempts to display the default window,
logo. If this cannot be found, HP ALLBASE/4GL
displays the standard logo window. HP ALLBASE/4GL
searches the application specified by
logo_application for the window logo_screen. If an
application is not specified, HP ALLBASE/4GL
searches the default application, HPlogo. If the
application HPlogo is not defined, HP ALLBASE/4GL
displays the standard logo window. Refer to
Customized Sign-On, for further information.
-m [delay] Sets the pause on each HP ALLBASE/4GL message to
delay seconds. Delay can be any value from 0 to 9.
If delay is not specified, the pause defaults to 3
seconds.
-n Activates the Tab key for use with Name Recall
function. This function allows developers to use
the Tab key to scroll through item names previously
defined for an active field on an ALLBASE/4GL
screen.
Table 2-0. (cont.)
Option Description
-s Turns on logging of HP ALLBASE/4GL messages. When
logging is turned on, all messages are logged into
a temporary file named HP4TRACE in the user's
current group.
-u user_name Bypasses the standard sign-on screen and logs the
[:user_passwd] user specified by user_name into the HP ALLBASE/4GL
application specified by the -a option. If
user_name is a developer, HP ALLBASE/4GL runs the
developer application. The -a option must be
specified with this option.
The variable option on this command line allows you to set values for the
MPE/iX variables or job control words used by HP ALLBASE/4GL.
You can set values for the following variables and job control words:
* HP4APPNPATH
* HP4DATAPATH
* HP4DBMPATH
* HP4FSPATH
* HP4SPATH
* HP4SQLPATH
* HP4TERM
* HP4TIPATH
* NLUSERLANG (job control word)
* NLDATALANG (job control word)
Values specified on the command line only apply for the current HP
ALLBASE/4GL session. The existing values (if any) for these variables
and job control words are restored when you exit from HP ALLBASE/4GL.
Refer to your HP ALLBASE/4GL support service for more information about
using these variables and job control words.