FDESIGN(1L)

NAME
fdesign - Forms Library User Interface Designer

SYNOPSIS
fdesign [-xformoptions] [-option] [files]

DESCRIPTION
fdesign is a GUI builder that helps the construction of graphical user interface in a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) way by allowing the user to directly manipulate various objects, such as buttons, sliders and menus etc. Once a satisfactory UI is constructed, the user can save the composed interface into an external file containing some C code. When compiled, linked with the Forms Library , and executed, the generated code would construct the exact same interfaces as those seen within fdesign.

OPTIONS
fdesign accepts all standard Forms Library command line options as well as the following:

-help
    Prints a brief summary of all command line options. This options does not require a connection to the X server.

-version
    Prints the current version of fdesign and exits.

-geometry geom
    Specifies the prefered size and location of main working area in which the UI is to be constructed.

-convert fdfile-list
    This option prevents fdesign from attempting to make a connection to the X server. The file list following this flag is converted to C code directly.

-unit pixel|point|mm
    selects the unit of measure of objects geometries in the C code output. If unit other than the default is selected, the interface so created is screen resolution independent.

-altformat
    selects an alternative format for the generated C code where global variables are used for the UI components.

The most useful Forms Library command line options are

-display host:dpy
    This option specifies the X server to connect.

-name appname
    This option specifies the application name under which resources are to be obtained, instead of the executable name fdesign. appname should not contain . or *.

SEE ALSO
xforms(5)

AUTHOR
Copyright 1995 by T.C. Zhao (zhao@csd.uwm.edu) and Mark Overmars (markov@cs.ruu.nl)