Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

Progress 4GL parameters

Use the parameters listed in Table 3–4 to modify Progress 4GL behavior.

Table 3–4: Client 4GL parameters

Syntax	Parameter	Purpose
-b	Batch	Initiate a batch process with no terminal interaction.
-baseADE	ADE r-code location	Specify the ADE r-code directory to the client so the client can add this directory and all procedure libraries contained in the directory to the PROPATH.
-checkwidth n	Check Width	Specifies whether Progress compares CHARACTER, DECIMAL, and RAW field data against the metaschema _width field value before updating a database record.
-clearlog	Clear log file	Deletes any file that matches the name of the specified client log file identified by the -clientlog parameter.
-clientlog	Client logging	Allows an application to automatically write all error and warning messages to the specified log file.
-D n	Directory size	Change the number (soft limit) of compiled procedure directory entries.
-dataset100	DataSet100	Compiling r-code containing ProDataSet objects run in both OpenEdge 10.1 and 10.0.
-debug	Debugger	Start a session by running the Debugger in stand-alone mode.
-debugalert	Debug alert	Access 4GL stack trace information during a session.
-debugReady {0|port-number}	Enable Attachable Debugging	Enables a Progress process (that is, a Progress 4GL client or a single WebSpeed agent) to attach to the attachable Debugger.
-dictexps	Dictionary expressions	Direct Progress to use dictionary and help validation for all fields in all frames when compiling.
-expandbrow	Expand browse	Sets the EXPANDABLE and FIT-LAST-COLUMN option to on for all browsers created in the current session.
-filterocxevents	Filtering asynchronous COM events	Control the conditions under which you want asynchronous COM events handled.
-fldisable	Field list disable	Direct Progress to ignore field lists in the r-code and fetch complete records.
-h n	Number of databases.	Specify the maximum number of databases that can be connected.
-icfparam	Dynamics parameter	Specify a character string that can be accessed from 4GL procedures within the Dynamics framework.
-inp n	Input characters	Expand the available buffer space for a single statement.
-k filename	Keyword forget list	Disable the keywords listed in filename.
-literalquestion	Literal Question	Change the default value of the LITERAL-QUESTION attribute to TRUE.
-lkwtmo seconds	Lock timeout	Specify a different “lock wait timeout.”
-logentrytypes string	Log Entry Types	Specifies one or more types of log entries to write to the log file.
-logginglevel n	Logging Level	Specifies the level at which log entries are written to the log file.
-logthreshold n	Log Threshold	Specifies the file size threshold of log files.
-noudfinwhere	No UDF in WHERE clause	Restricts the invocation of user-defined functions and methods from WHERE clauses.
-numlogfiles n	Number of Log Files to Keep	Specifies the number of rolled over log files to keep on disk at any one time.
-nb n	Nested blocks	Set the maximum number (soft limit) of nested procedure blocks.
-NL	No lock	Make all record retrieval statements default to NO-LOCK record access.
-noautoreslist	No Auto Result-list	Avoids building result-lists for static non-scrolling queries.
-nochkttnames	No Check temp-table names	Suppress the limited checking of temp-table column names when passing temp-tables as parameters to procedures.
-noincrwarn	No Auto-Increment Warnings	Suppress messages (5407) through (5410).
-o printername	Printer	Identify the printer to use when processing OUTPUT TO PRINTER statements.
-ojmode	Outer-join mode	Specify the mode in which mixed inner and left outer joins, in queries of three or more joined tables, are processed.
-p filename	Startup procedure	Specify a procedure that executes when OpenEdge starts.
-param string	Parameter	Supply information in a character string or comma-separated list of files to open in Procedure Editor buffers.
-proxyhost	Proxy host	Specify the name of the host or the IP address of the host at which the HTTP-based proxy server is located.
-proxyPassword	Proxy password	Authenticate the AppServer client to the HTTP-based proxy server.
-proxyport	Proxy port	Specify the port on which the HTTP-based proxy server is listening.
-proxyUserid	Proxy userid	Authenticate an AppServer client to the HTTP-based proxy server.
-rand n	Alternate random number generator	Specify a different random number generator. Use the value 1 for the old generator or the value 2 for a new one.
-rereadnolock	Reread nolock	Direct OpenEdge to re-read the record from the database, even if the record is already in a buffer.
-showppuerr	Show PPU Error	Restore the warning for message 4132 (“Invalid character unit value <N>. Changed to 320.”).
-ttmarshal n	Temp-table schema marshall	Specify the amount of schema information to marshal for temp-table parameters during an OpenEdge client session.
-tok n	Token	Specify the maximum number of tokens allowed in a 4GL statement.
-usewidgetid	Use Widget ID	Enables application-defined widget IDs for Progress widgets in OpenEdge GUI applications.
-v6colon	Version 6 colon	Direct OpenEdge to use colon alignment of unlabeled fields (as in Version 6).
-v6q	Version 6 query	Direct the OpenEdge server to use only a single index to resolve FOR EACH statements (as in Version 6).