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dtbuilder(1)
CDE
NAME
  dtbuilder - the CDE Application Builder

SYNOPSIS
  dtbuilder [projectfile]

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.

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).

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
  None.

STDIN
  Not used

STDOUT
  Not used

STDERR
  Used only for diagnostic messages.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
  The dtbuilder utility takes the standard action for all signals.

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 that the Application Builder can be
  invoked through the standard action interface, including through the
  Application Manager.

RESOURCES
  None

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
  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.

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.

INPUT FILES
  A project file to be processed by the dtbuilder utility must 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.

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.

SEE ALSO
  dtcodegen(1), BIL(4)

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