2. Using Ingres Commands : vifred Command—Start the Visual Forms Editor
 
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vifred Command—Start the Visual Forms Editor
The vifred command invokes the Visual Forms Editor (VIFRED), a forms-based interface for editing the appearance of a form. For a complete description of this system, see Using VIFRED in the Character-based Querying and Reporting Tools User Guide.
The vifred command has the following format:
vifred dbname | vnode::dbname[/server_class] [[-f]form | -ttablename |
-jjoindef][-e] [-uusername][-Ggroupid]
dbname
Specifies the name of a database, and if required, the vnode and server_class, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters (see page Standard Flags and Parameters).
[-f]form
Specifies an existing form created with VIFRED. The -f flag itself is optional, because VIFRED assumes it is a form unless the -t or -j flag is used.
-ttablename
Specifies a table name on which VIFRED is to create a default form.
The table name can be qualified with a valid schema name in the format schema.tablename, as described in Schema Qualifier (see page Schema Qualifier—Specify Ownership).
-jjoindef
Specifies a JoinDef on which VIFRED is to create a default form.
-e
Starts VIFRED with an empty table field in the Catalog frame. The user can then access the desired form directly by entering its name in the table field, or use pattern matching to retrieve a range of names for selection.
-uusername
Specifies the effective user for the session, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters (see page Standard Flags and Parameters).
-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").