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Manual page for mkfdf.
NAME
mkfdf - Make FDF file for a database table.
SYNOPSIS
mkfdf [ -U user ] [ -P passwd ] [ -S server ] -d database -t table [ -k keyfields ] [ -n formname ] mkfdf -h
DESCRIPTION
This program produces Form Definition Files (FDF) for the wdb system. Given a table name mkfdf extracts the necessary information from the database to produce a template FDF for the table. The FDF will still have to be edited by hand to make nice labels, joins with other tables, conversions of data from database format to display format, etc..
OPTIONS
- -U user
- Database user
- -P password
- Password for the database user.
- -S server
- Database server to connect to
- -d database
- The database where the wanted table is.
- -t table
- Name of the table for which to produce the FDF.
- -k keyfields
- The name(s) of the field(s) in the table which are the key field(s). If not specified the first column are assumed. If more than one field is specified they should be separated by commas and with no spaces.
- -n formname
- The name of the form produced. (Defaults to table name). The file formname.fdf are produced as output.
- -h
- Produces a short help text explaining these options.
SEE ALSO
The WDB homepage : http://www.dtv.dk/%7Ebfr/wdb/
BUGS
- What ? Bugs ! - In my program ? .... Never. :-)
AUTHOR
Bo Frese Rasmussen (bfr@dtv.dk),
B.F. Consult
Next: WDB Sybase Interface Up: WDB Installation and Users Previous: Porting WDB to other Copyright © 1996 Bo Frese Rasmussen
Last update: Sun Mar 10 22:57:31 1996
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