VUECONVERT(1X)

NAME

vueconvert — Converts VUE 2.0 action and filetype databases to VUE 3.0.

SYNOPSIS

vueconvert <filename(s)>

DESCRIPTION

Vueconvert is a script for converting VUE 2.0 action and filetype databases to their VUE 3.0 equivalent.

Vueconvert accepts one or more files ending with a ".ft" or ".ad" suffix. The VUE 3.0 file will be given a suffix of ".vf". Vueconvert does not remove the VUE 2.0 file(s). When the 3.0 file is created, it will have the same basename as the 2.0 file. Vueconvert will append to an existing 3.0 file. The conversion is done in the current working directory. See the section "EXAMPLES" for some sample invocations of vueconvert.

After a file is converted to the VUE 3.0 form, the VUE 2.0 version should be removed to reduce start-up time. If the 2.0 version is not removed, both the 2.0 and 3.0 versions will be loaded by the VUE components which use actions and filetypes.

VUE 3.0 action and filetype definitions may be in the same file. In VUE 2.0 this was not allowed. To convert "foo.ft" and "foo.ad" to "foo.vf", for readability reasons, it is recommended that the filetype database be converted first and then the action database.

EXAMPLES

The following command will convert "foo.ft" to "foo.vf".

vueconvert foo.ft

The following command will convert "foo.ad" to "foo.vf". Note that if "foo.vf" already exists, the action definitions in "foo.ad" will be appended to "foo.vf".

vueconvert foo.ad

The following command will convert "foo.ft" and "foo.ad" to "foo.vf". Note that "foo.vf" will first contain the filetype definitions from "foo.ft" and then the action definitions from "foo.ad".

vueconvert foo.ft foo.ad

The following command will convert all of the ".ft" files and ".ad" files in the current working directory to their 3.0 equivalents. If a ".ft" and ".ad" file have the same basename, their 3.0 ".vf" file have the filetype definitions first and then the action definitions.

vueconvert *.ft *.ad

COPYRIGHT

ORIGIN

Hewlett-Packard Company

— February 27, 1995