formedit - create or maintain logical formfiles
formedit [-vx] [ lformfile ]
formedit -c [-evx] [ -C comment ] [ -D directory ] [ lformfile ]
Formedit creates or modifies the logical formfiles used by form.
Lformfile specifies the name of the logical formfile. The logical
formfile contains a sequence of data entry forms.
When formedit is invoked with the -c flag on a logical formfile,
the
formfile is created if it does not already exist. If the create
(-c)
flag is omitted, the existing logical formfile lformfile is modified.
The following flags and arguments apply to formedit:
-c Creates the logical formfile lformfile. An entry in the formfile
catalog cannot already exist for lformfile. To create the formfile,
formdef is invoked. Once the formfile has been created, an entry
for lformfile is added to the formfile catalog. If a file exists
in the named directory that matches the logical formfile name, or
the name is too long for a file entry, a unique name is generated
for the formfile's pathname.
The -e, -C and -D flags apply only when a formfile is initially
being
created.
-e Enters expert mode by displaying a parameter form and allows
input of
arguments that are available with the formedit command. This flag
only applies when the create (-c) flag has been specified with a
logical form file that does not already exist. The parameter form
accepts input in the same manner as form(C-1).
-v Displays progress information on standard output.
-x Displays on standard output the commands run by formedit.
-C comment
Supplies the description of lformfile that is stored with the logical
formfile entry. If the -C flag is specified, comment is required
and
must be quoted if embedded with blanks, tabs or newlines. The -C
flag
applies only when formedit is invoked with the create (-c) flag.
If the -C flag is omitted, the description for the logical formfile
entry is set to null.
-D directory
Names the directory to contain the new formfile. The formfile
directory must be an absolute pathname or a pathname relative to
the database's home directory. If the formfile directory is not
defined, formedit uses the directory scr relative to the database's
home directory.
If the lformfile argument is omitted, a parameter form is displayed
requesting the name of the logical formfile. This form accepts input
in the same manner as form(C-1).
formadmin(C-1), formupd(C-1),
formrm(C-1), form(C-1),
formdef(C-1).
Chapter 5, Creating Formfiles.
Chapter 6, Advanced Form Features.