compform Command—Compile a Form

The compform command compiles a form that is stored in a database and places it in a text file.

The compform command has the following format:

compform dbname |vnode::dbname[/server_class] form filename [-m]
[-uusername] [-Ggroupid]

• dbname

  Specifies the name of the database. Also specifies the vnode and server_class, if required, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.

• form

  Specifies the name of the form. You can compile only one form at a time.

• filename

  Specifies the name of the text file into which the compiled form is placed.

• -m

  VMS: Compiles a form into OpenVMS macro code. Unless you specify this flag, compform compiles the form into C language code. This flag is set by default on OpenVMS machines.

• -uusername

  Specifies the effective user for the session, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.

• -Ggroupid

  Specifies a group identifier, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.

  On VMS, enclose this parameter in double quotation marks ("-Ggroupid").

compform Example

This command compiles the employees form, which is stored in the emp database, and places it in the file empform.c:

compform emp employees empform.c

Before you can link the compiled form to your application, you must translate the compiled form into object code. For more information, see the Character-based Querying and Reporting Tools User Guide.