printform Command—Print a Form to a File

The printform command creates a text file containing an image and description of the form and its fields.

The printform command has the following format:

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

• dbname

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

• form

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

• filename

  Specifies the name of the text file to which the form is printed.

• -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").

printform Example

This command prints the form employees, which is stored in the emp database, into the file emp.prf:

printform emp employees emp.prf