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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 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]
Specifies the name of a database, and if required, the vnode and server_class, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.
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.
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.
Specifies a JoinDef on which VIFRED is to create a default form.
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.
Specifies the effective user for the session, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.
Specifies a group identifier, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.
On VMS, enclose this parameter in double quotation marks ("-Ggroupid").
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This command starts VIFRED in its initial Forms Catalog frame in the employee database (this is equivalent to invoking Ingres Menu with the employee database and selecting Forms):
vifred employee
This command starts VIFRED to edit the finance form in the employee database (this is equivalent to selecting Forms from Ingres Menu, then Edit with the cursor on the finance form):
vifred employee finance
This command starts VIFRED with a default form for the lastname table (this is equivalent to selecting Forms from Ingres Menu, then Create and Table):
vifred employee -t lastname