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

Literal Question (-literalquestion)

Use Literal Question (-literalquestion) to change the default value of the LITERAL-QUESTION attribute to TRUE (which would otherwise be FALSE).

Operating system and syntax	UNIX Windows	-literalquestion
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Client Session	–	–	–	–

The LITERAL-QUESTION attribute lets you specify how Progress interprets a quoted character value during assignment into the BUFFER-VALUE attribute for a character BUFFER-FIELD object. That is, whether Progress treats the quoted character value as a literal or non-literal character value.

When TRUE, the new default value, Progress treats a quoted character value as a literal character value. That is, it does not remove enclosing quotes, trailing blanks, or formatting insertion characters.

When FALSE, Progress treats a quoted character value as a non-literal character value. That is, it removes enclosing quotes, trailing blanks, and formatting insertion characters. For example:

Progress treats "abc   " as abc.
Progress treats a quoted question mark character ("?") as the Unknown value (?).

For more information about Progress 4GL objects and attributes, see OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Reference .