The simplest way to call an ADABAS tool is to use predefined user specifications. The specifications must have been predefined using the XUSER tool.
For one operating system user, XUSER manages up to 32 different combinations of user specifications for establishing an ADABAS session. These specifications are stored in the file .XUSER in the user's HOME directory.
In this way, user specifications can be predefined for different tasks and then be used for the connect. Thus it is possible to administer individual user specifications even for several database users who work under different ADABAS user names but in the same HOME directory.
The user receives his specifications from the database administrator who must have created the corresponding database user.
The user himself may store these specifications in the XUSER file by calling 'xuser'. (Section Using XUSER contains a detailed description of XUSER.)
When using valid predefined user specifications to call an ADABAS tool, the user automatically accesses the operative mode of the tool.
The syntax of the connect with XUSER access is in general:
How the predefined user specifications are used for precompilers and precompiler programs is described in the Sections C / C++ and COBOL of this manual and in the precompiler manuals.
See also:
Calling Without Parameter Specifications