Keyword Forget List (-k)

Use Keyword Forget List (-k) to disable ABL keywords. The keyword forget list is provided to ease migration from one release of OpenEdge to the next.

Operating system and syntax	UNIX / Windows	-k filename
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Client Session	—	—	—	—

filename

The name of a file that contains ABL keywords to disable. Each keyword must use a single line in the file. If the AVM encounters a word that is not an ABL keyword, it returns a warning message but continues processing the file. OpenEdge uses the PROPATH variable to locate filename. If it cannot find filename, it displays an error message and does not start.

Do not use keywords in procedures as ABL user-defined element names (tables, fields, frames, variables, streams, and so on). If necessary, disable new keywords (and the features they implement) until they can be removed from the application.

The directory where OpenEdge is installed contains the following keyword files:

newkywd — Lists all keywords that are new in the most recent release of OpenEdge

newkw810 — Use instead of newkywd, if you are converting from Progress Version 8 to OpenEdge Release 10

newkw710 — Use instead of newkywd, if you are converting from Progress Version 7 to OpenEdge Release 10

newkw610 — Use instead of newkywd, if you are converting from Progress Version 6 to OpenEdge Release 10