dtbuilder(1) UNIX System V dtbuilder(1)
Name
dtbuilder - the CDE Application Builder
SYNOPSIS
dtbuilder [projectfile]
DESCRIPTION
The dtbuilder utility is an interactive application
development tool and user interface management system for
CDE. Known more fully as the CDE Application Builder,
dtbuilder is designed to make it easier for developers to
construct applications that integrate well into the CDE. It
provides two basic services - aid in assembling Motif
objects into the desired application user interface and
generation of appropriate calls to the routines that support
CDE desktop services (e.g. ToolTalk, sessioning, Help).
OPTIONS
None.
OPERANDS
The dtbuilder utility accepts an optional filename operand
that is interpreted as the name of an application project
file that should be loaded for editing. This file should be
in the BIL format defined for use by the Application
Builder.
If no project file is specified, then dtbuilder comes up
"empty", ready for a new application to be developed
interactively by the user.
RESOURCES
None.
STDIN
Not used.
INPUT FILES
A project file to be processed by the dtbuilder utility must
to be in the BIL format defined for the CDE Application
Builder.
Interactively, the Application Builder provides facilities
for loading additional project files, as well as application
module files (which also must be in the BIL format) and
interface files that use Motif's UIL format.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
The dtbuilder utility takes the standard action for all
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signals.
STDOUT
Not used.
STDERR
Used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None by default.
Interactively, the Application Builder provides facilities
for writing ("saving") application project and module files,
both of which must be in the BIL format, and also for
writing ("exporting") interface files that use Motif's UIL
format.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Normal termination.
1 Abnormal termination. The dtbuilder utility was
unable to allocate necessary memory or spawn the code
generator.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
APPLICATION USAGE
Because the dtbuilder is a complex, highly-interactive tool,
users typically consider the command line interface as
little more than the way to start up the Application
Builder.
CDE provides an "AppBuilder" action so the Application
Builder can be invoked through the standard action
interface, including through the Application Manager.
EXAMPLES
dtbuilder
This runs the CDE Application Builder, presuming that
the user will either be creating a new project or will
load one interactively through the Application
Builder's "File" menu.
dtbuilder myproject.bip
Starts the CDE Application Builder and instructs it to
load the project defined in the file myproject.bip.
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SEE ALSO
dtcodegen(1)BIL(4)
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