2. Using Ingres Commands : abf Command—Invoke Applications-By-Forms
 
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abf Command—Invoke Applications-By-Forms
The abf command invokes Applications-By-Forms (ABF), a forms-based interface for creating forms applications.
The abf command has the following format:
abf dbname |vnode::dbname[/server_class] applname [-w] [+wopen] [-5.0]
[-uusername] [-Ggroupid]
dbname
Specifies the name of the database, and the vnode and server_class, if required, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters (see page Standard Flags and Parameters).
applname
Specifies the name of an ABF application. If omitted, ABF prompts for the name of the application.
-w
Causes the procedure names of an application to be checked for conflicts with system function names.
+wopen
Generates warnings if ABF detects statements that are not compatible with OpenSQL.
-5.0
Causes 4GL to be invoked in 5.0 compatibility mode.
-uusername
Specifies the effective user for the session, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters (see page Standard Flags and Parameters). Files that are created by ABF when using this flag are not owned by username, but by the user actually running the ABF process.
-Ggroupid
Specifies a group identifier, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters (see page Standard Flags and Parameters).
On VMS, enclose this parameter in double quotation marks (“‑Ggroupid”).