Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Administration

Progress Dynamics Session Properties

This appendix describes the Progress Dynamics session properties, shown in Table B–1. For information about defining properties for a session, see Chapter 2, " Defining and Managing Sessions."

Table B–1: Progress Dynamics session properties

Name	Description
AB_compile_into_directory	AppBuilder object code root directory.
AB_source_code_directory	AppBuilder source code root directory.
allow_anonymous_login	Determines whether anonymous logins are allowed for WebSpeed.
anonymous_user_name	Used if allow_anonymous_login is on.
anonymous_user_password	Password to apply to anonymous_user_name.
auto_dump_entity_cache	Indicates to Dynamics if it is to dump the entity cache to disk at session shutdown. The default is YES.
bound_icfdb	Specifies whether a session type is bound or unbound. Set this property on sessions that are connected before Progress Dynamics starts to ensure correct generation of icfconfig.xml.
ClassIgnoreContainedInstances	Deprecated.
client_cache_directory	An absolute path where the client cache is generated and accessed.
configuration_source	Defines how a session type is treated when it is initialized.
CustomizationTypePriority	Comma-separated list of customization codes in order of priority.
DCUSETUPTYPE	Derived from DCUSETUPTYPE -icfparam (used only by the DCU).
display_login_screen	Indicates whether the login screen should be displayed.
field_cache_options	Specifies what DynCombo and DynLookup Progress SmartDataField™ classes have their data cached on the client (all or a comma-separated list). If you do not define this property or specify it with a blank value, no SmartDataFields have their data cached.
ICFCONFIG	Derived from -icfparam ICFCONFIG.
ICFPATH	Derived from -icfparam ICFPATH.
ICFPATH1	Derived from -icfparam ICFPATH.
ICFPATHn	Derived from -icfparam ICFPATH.
ICFSESSTYPE	Derived from -icfparam ICFSESSTYPE.
IDEPalette	Comma-separated list of AppBuilder palette objects. The default is PaletteDynamics.
IDETemplate	Comma-separated list of master template objects to load for the AppBuilder. The default list is: templateContainer,templateSmartObject, templateProcedure, templateWebIObject.
image_path	Directory path of images for Web browser applications.
keep_old_field_api	Specifies if Dynamics uses the performance-optimized API for dynamic combos and lookups or uses the API that is available in versions prior to 2.1B, without these optimizations.
login_procedure	Login procedure to be used at session startup.
MaxHiddenContainers	Specifies the maximum number of dynamic frames that can be kept alive (hidden) for a single dynamic TreeView instance after being closed by the user. The default is 10.
menu_images	Displays images on menu (TreeView) if set to “enabled”.
OG_ValidateFrom	Used by the Object Generator to determine validation logic within DLCProc.
physical_session_list	Automatically inserted into ICFCONFIG from session type.
print_preview_preference	The format for the data exported by Print Preview, including XML (default), HTML, and Crystal.
print_preview_stylesheet	An XML (.xsl) or HTML (.css) style sheet to apply to data exported by Print Preview.
root_directory	Root directory.
run_local	Specifies to run the session locally.
session_appl_alert_boxes	SESSION:APPL-ALERT-BOXES setting.
session_context_help_file	SESSION:CONTEXT-HELP-FILE setting.
session_data_entry_return	SESSION:DATA-ENTRY-RETURN setting.
session_date_format	SESSION:DATE-FORMAT setting.
session_debug_alert	SESSION:DEBUG-ALERT setting.
session_immediate_display	SESSION:IMMEDIATE-DISPLAY setting.
session_multitasking_interva	SESSION:MULTITASKING-INTERVAL setting.
session_numeric_format	SESSION:NUMERIC-FORMAT and SESSION:SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT setting.
session_propath	PROPATH setting.
session_suppress_warnings	SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS setting.
session_system_alert_boxes	SESSION:SYSTEM-ALERT-BOXES setting.
session_time_format	Time format used as a format mask.
session_time_source	SESSION:TIME-SOURCE setting.
session_tooltips	Session ToolTips
session_v6display	SESSION:V6DISPLAY setting.
session_year_offset	Session year offset attribute.
setup_type	Name of a custom session type for setting up an application with the DCU.
setup_type_file	Relative pathname of the custom DCU driver file used to run a custom DCU session type.
StartupCacheClasses	Comma-separated list of the names of classes that are to be cached when the session starts.
StartupCacheMenusForObjects	A comma-delimited list of logical names for Repository containers whose menus are to be precached at session startup.
StartupCacheToolbars	A comma-delimited list of logical names for toolbars to precache at session startup.
startup_procedure	Startup Procedure.
startup_procedure10	Startup Procedure 10.
startup_procedure20	Startup Procedure 20.
UseThinRendering	Specifies if Dynamics uses a defined thin rendering procedure to render a given object at run time.
valid_os_list	Automatically inserted into ICFCONFIG from session type.
window_title	Title to use for the DCU window when running with a custom session type for application setup.
_debug_tools_on	Switches on special tools in the framework for diagnostics.
_framework_code_directory	Framework directory containing code that is currently being run.
_framework_directory	Directory from which the framework is running.
_framework_drive_letter	Drive letter from which the framework is running.
_framework_gui_directory	Framework directory containing GUI code.
_framework_root_directory	Framework directory excluding /src, /gui, or /tty.
_framework_source_directory	Framework directory containing source code.
_framework_tty_directory	Framework directory containing ChUI code.
_startup_proc	Name of procedure used to start Dynamics session.
_start_in_directory	Start in directory.