Starting Vision or ABF with Command Line Options
In some Ingres installations, you can access Vision or ABF in various ways to exercise specific privileges. To do this, include identifying parameters when you use the vision or ABF command to start Vision or ABF.
The full specification of the vision or ABF command is:
vision|ABF[nodename::]dbname [applicationname [framename]][-w][-5.0]
[+wopen][-uusername][-Ggroupid]
[+wopen][-uusername][-Ggroupid]
nodename::dbname
Specifies the name of the Ingres database.
If you are using a database that resides on a remote host, you must specify nodename, followed by two colons. For example:
server1::orderdb
applicationname
Specifies the name of the application.
If specified, enter Vision at the Application Flow Diagram for that application or ABF at the Edit an Application frame for that application. If not specified, enter Vision or ABF at the Applications Catalog frame.
framename
Runs the application with the specified frame as the top frame
-w
Causes all warnings to be turned off. See Disabling Warnings for more information.
-5.0
Invokes 4GL in a mode that is compatible with Ingres Release 5.0. See 5.0 Applications for more information.
+wopen
Generates warnings if Vision or ABF detects statements that are not compatible with OpenSQL
-uusername
Lets you run or edit an application as if you were the user represented by username.
Files created under this parameter are owned by the user actually running the Vision or ABF process, not by username.
To use this option, you must be a privileged user.
If you are using Ingres Enterprise Access products, see your Ingres Enterprise Access documentation before using this parameter.
-Ggroupid
Lets you run or edit the application as a member of the group specified
VMS: Capital letter parameters require double quotes in VMS, for example: "-Ggroupid" 
Consult your system administrator to find out which parameters you can use.
Last modified date: 01/30/2023