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dtbuilder(1)
CDE


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 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.


SEE ALSO
  dtcodegen(1) BIL(4)