Link Precompiled Forms
The technique of declaring a precompiled form to the FRS is discussed in the Forms‑based Application Development Tools User Guide. To use such a form in your program, you must also follow the steps described here.
To link a precompiled form
1. In VIFRED, select a menu item to compile a form. VIFRED then creates a file in your directory describing the form in the VAX‑11 MACRO language. Select a name for the file.
2. Once you have created the MACRO file, assemble it into linkable object code with the VMS command:
macro filename
3. The output of this command is a file with the extension .obj. Link this object file with your program by listing it in the link command, as shown in the following example:
$link formentry,-
empform.obj,-
ii_system:[ingres.files]esql.opt/opt,-
sys$library:vaxcrtl.olb/library