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dtcreate -- The CDE Action and Datatype creation client.
dtcreate
[<filename>]
The CreateAction client is used to create actions
and datatypes to integrate an application into the CDE. CreateAction provides
the most commonly needed functions including the creation of actions for
an application, creation of the associated datatypes for the application’s
data files, and the ability to specify the Open and Print actions for those
datatypes. The output from this tool is a actions and datatypes definition
file placed within the users $HOME/.dt/ types directory and an action file
that is placed in the users $HOME directory. CreateAction also provides
the ability to edit a action and datatypes definition file that was created
using this tool.
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- Creating of actions to represent
applications, commands, shell scripts, etc.
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- Creating of datatypes to
represent an application’s data files.
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- Creating of the Open and Print
actions for the datatypes.
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- Creating of the actions and datatypes definition
file within the user’s /HOME/.dt/types directory.
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- Creating the action file
within the user’s home directory. This file provides the ability for the
icon to be visible within the CDE’s managers such as the File Manager.
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- Modifying of actions and datatypes definition files that were created
using this tool.
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- Rereading of the action and datatype database so that
the actions and datatypes are available for immediate use.
- <filename>
- Loads
the <filename> action and datatype definition file into CreateAction for
modification.
Exit values are:
- 0
- Successful completion.
- >0
- Error condition
occurred.
dtcreate will load the MyAction.dt action
and datatype definition file and display using dtcreate’s graphic user interface.
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