Link Precompiled Forms
The technique of declaring a precompiled form to the Forms Runtime System is discussed in the SQL Reference Guide. To use such a form in your program, you must also follow the steps described here.
To link a precomiled 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 MACRO language.
2. Once you have created the 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 specifying it in the link command as in the following example for the program unit "formentry," which includes two compiled forms:
acs link formentry –
empform.obj, deptform.obj, -
ii_system:[ingres.files]esql.opt/opt