fmli(1) User Commands fmli(1)NAMEfmli - invoke FMLI
SYNOPSISfmli [-a alias_file] [-c command_file]
[-i initialization_file] filename...
DESCRIPTION
The fmli command invokes the Form and Menu Language Interpreter and
opens the frame(s) specified by the filename argument. The filename
argument is the pathname of the initial frame definition file(s), and
must follow the naming convention Menu.xxx, Form.xxx, or Text.xxx for a
menu, form or text frame respectively, where xxx is any string that
conforms to UNIX system file naming conventions. The FMLI descriptor
lifetime will be ignored for all frames opened by argument to fmli.
These frames have a lifetime of immortal by default.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a alias_file If -a is specified, alias_file is the name of
a file which contains lines of the form
alias=pathname. Thereafter, $alias can be
used in definition files to simplify refer‐
ences to objects or devices with lengthy
pathnames, or to define a search path (simi‐
lar to $PATH in the UNIX system shell).
-c command_file If -c is specified, command_file is the name
of a file in which default FMLI commands can
be disabled, and new application-specific
commands can be defined. The contents of com‐
mand_file are reflected in the FMLI Command
Menu.
-i initialization_file If -i is specified, initialization_file is
the name of a file in which the following
characteristics of the application as a whole
can be specified:
− A transient introductory frame dis‐
playing product information
− A banner, its position, and other
elements of the banner line
− Color attributes for all elements of
the screen
− Screen Labeled Keys (SLKs) and their
layout on the screen.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Examples of the fmli command.
To invoke fmli:
example% fmli Menu.start
where Menu.start is an example of filename named according to the file
name conventions for menu definition files explained above.
To invoke fmli and name an initialization file:
example% fmli-i init.myapp Menu.start
where init.myapp is an example of initialization_file.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
Variables
LOADPFK Leaving this environment variable unset tells FMLI, for cer‐
tain terminals like the AT&T 5620 and 630, to download its
equivalent character sequences for using function keys into
the terminal's programmable function keys, wiping out any
settings the user may already have set in the function keys.
Setting LOADPFK=NO in the environment will prevent this
downloading.
COLUMNS Can be used to override the width of the logical screen
defined for the terminal set in TERM. For terminals with a
132-column mode, for example, invoking FMLI with the line
COLUMNS=132 fmli frame-file
will allow this wider screen width to be used.
LINES Can be used to override the length of the logical screen
defined for the terminal set in TERM.
FILES
/usr/bin/fmli
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWcs │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOvsig(1F), attributes(5)DIAGNOSTICS
If filename is not supplied to the fmli command, fmli returns the mes‐
sage:
Initial object must be specified.
If filename does not exist or is not readable, fmli returns an error
message and exits. The example command line above returns the following
message and exits:
Can't open object "Menu.start"
If filename exists, but does not start with one of the three correct
object names (Menu., Form., or Text.) or if it is named correctly but
does not contain the proper data, fmli starts to build the screen by
putting out the screen labels for function keys, after which it flashes
the message:
I do not recognize that kind of object
and then exits.
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