dtbuilder(1)

dtbuilder(1)		 USER COMMANDS		     dtbuilder(1)

Name
     dtbuilder - the TED Application Builder

SYNOPSIS
     dtbuilder [projectfile]

DESCRIPTION
     The dtbuilder utility is an interactive application develop-
     ment tool and user	interface management system for	TED.
     Known more	fully as the TED Application Builder, dtbuilder
     is	designed to make it easier for developers to construct
     applications that integrate well into the TED.  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 TED	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 TED 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 writ-
     ing ("exporting") interface files that use	Motif's	UIL for-
     mat.

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 lit-
     tle more than the way to start up the Application Builder.

     TED provides an "AppBuilder" action so the	Application
     Builder can be invoked through the	standard action	inter-
     face, including through the Application Manager.

EXAMPLES
     dtbuilder
	  This runs the	TED 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 TED 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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