fmli(1)               UNIX System V(Essential Utilities)                fmli(1)


NAME
      fmli - invoke FMLI

SYNOPSIS
      fmli [-a alias_file] [-c command_file ] [-i initialization_file] file ...

DESCRIPTION
      The fmli command invokes the Form and Menu Language Interpreter and opens
      the frame(s) specified by the file argument.  The file argument is the
      pathname of the initial frame definition file(s), and must follow the
      naming convention Menu.xxx, Form.xxx or Text.xxx for a menu, form or text
      frame respectively, where xxx is any string that conforms to UNIX system
      file naming conventions.  The FMLI descriptor lifetime will be ignored
      for all frames opened by argument to fmli.  These frames have a lifetime
      of immortal by default.

      The available options are as follows:

      -a   If -a is specified, alias_file is the name of a file which contains
           lines of the form alias=pathname.  Thereafter, $alias can be used in
           definition files to simplify references to objects or devices with
           lengthy pathnames, or to define a search path (similar to $PATH in
           the UNIX system shell).

      -c   If -c is specified, command_file is the name of a file in which
           default FMLI commands can be disabled, and new application-specific
           commands can be defined.  The contents of command_file are reflected
           in the FMLI Command Menu.

      -i   If -i is specified, initialization_file is the name of a file in
           which the following characteristics of the application as a whole
           can be specified:

             -  A transient introductory frame displaying product information

             -  A banner, its position, and other elements of the banner line

             -  Color attributes for all elements of the screen

             -  Screen Labeled Keys (SLKs) and their layout on the screen.

   Environment Variables
      LOADPFK
      When this variable is set to yes, true, or the null string, it directs
      FMLI to download alternative keystroke sequences into the function keys
      of terminals (such as the AT&T 5620 and 630) that do not have fixed,
      preset values for them.  See the appendix titled ``Keyboard and Mouse
      Support'' of the Programmer's Guide:  Character User Interface (FMLI and
      ETI) for more information on automatic function key downloading.





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      COLUMNS
      Can be used to override the width of the logical screen defined for the
      terminal set in TERM.  For terminals with a 132-column mode, for example,
      invoking FMLI with the line

          COLUMNS=132 fmli frame-file

      will allow this wider screen width to be used.

      LINES
      Can be used to override the length of the logical screen defined for the
      terminal set in TERM.

EXAMPLES
      To invoke fmli:

            fmli Menu.start

      where Menu.start is an example of file named according to the file name
      conventions for menu definition files explained above.

      To invoke fmli and name an initialization file:

            fmli -i init.myapp Menu.start

      where init.myapp is an example of initialization_file.

DIAGNOSTICS
      If file is not supplied to the fmli command, fmli returns the message:

            Initial object must be specified.

      If file does not exist or is not readable, fmli returns an error message
      and exits.  The example command line above returns the following message
      and exits:

            Can't open object "Menu.start"

      If file exists, but does not start with one of the three correct object
      names (Menu., Form., or Text.)  or if it is named correctly but does not
      contain the proper data, fmli starts to build the screen by putting out
      the screen labels for function keys, after which it flashes the message:

            I do not recognize that kind of object

      and then exits.

FILES
      /usr/bin/fmli





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SEE ALSO
      vsig(1F).




















































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