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Command Line Options
HP ALLBASE/4GL lets you 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:
:HP4GL ["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
[:application_passwd] end 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.
-a application_name This is the form of the -a option used by a
[:security_code] developer. It invokes HP ALLBASE/4GL and
passes control directly to the developr main
menu (developing the application specified by
application_name). The security_code field is
the development security code for the
application. The -u option must be specified
with this option.
-i [delay] Turns on logic tracing with a pause on trace
messages of delay seconds. The delay value can
be any value from 0 through 9. If delay is not
specified, the pause defaults to 3 seconds.
All messages are logged into a temporary file
named HP4TRACE in the user's current group.
-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 window cannot be
found, HP ALLBASE/4GL displays the standard HP
ALLBASE/4GL logo window. HP ALLBASE/4GL
searches through the application specified by
logo_application for the window logo_screen.
If logo_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
HP ALLBASE/4GL 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 through 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.
-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
[:user_passwd] the 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)
The values specified on the command line only apply for the current
session of HP ALLBASE/4GL. The existing values (if any) for these
variables and job control words are restored when you exit from HP
ALLBASE/4GL.
Refer to Appendix C for more information about these variables and job
control words.