IEFCOMPATIBLEAPPEARANCE

The 3D Window Border look is the default for all Primary Windows. To suppress the 3D look, set this variable to any value. The default 3D look makes the borders thicker.

3D Window Border look

IEFDONTFORCESCROLLBAR

If a list box has scroll events defined, the list box includes a vertical scroll bar even when it is not full. Setting IEFDONTFORCESCROLLBAR shows the scrollbar only when the list box is full.

Always show vertical scrollbar in list box

GROUPCONTROLS

When defined, the controls in a group box, not a radio button group, are moved or hidden together with the group they belong to. When undefined, only the group is moved or hidden.

Only group box is moved or hidden

IEFTRACEGUIOBJETS

When set to Warning, display error message boxes when GUI Automation objects are not released.

No Messages displayed

IEFFLEXEDITING

Allows automatic completion of time inputs, with zeros.

No automatic completion

USEOLDSHELLCOLORS

When defined, uses the system Window color, usually white, as a window's default background, instead of the system 3D object color, usually gray.

Gray window background

IEFLOCALVIEWALLOCSCOPE

When set to GLOBAL, shares uninitialized local views between distinct instances of an action block.

Local views are not shared

RETRY_LIMIT

Determines the number of times an application tries to connect to the database.

10

USERHANDLEQUOTAPERCENTAGEUSED

Displays a warning message when the application has used this percentage of the max allowed User Handles and asks the user to close application windows. The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\USERProcessHandleQuota registry entry lists the maximum number of handles.

90