DESIGN commands


PROGRAM NAME

xvrun - GUI display & process execution tool

DESCRIPTION

This program displays the graphical user interface of a Khoros software object as defined by its *.pane file. You may then fill in the values for program arguments on the GUI, and execute the process using the "Run" button, as you would when using the program via cantata. This program provides an alternative to the interactive command line prompting that is offered by the [-P] option of all Khoros programs. You must, of course, be on a workstation running X Windows in order to use it.

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

-oname
type: string
desc: program to execute

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

-tb
type: string
desc: toolbox in which to find program
default: {none}
-args
type: string
desc: command line arguments
default: {none}

EXAMPLES

% xvrun -tb datamanip -oname karith1

SEE ALSO

RESTRICTIONS

This program suffers from limitations in the code that error checks arguments. If you enter bogus arguments for input files, output files, strings, etc, for the program, you will be prompted for corrections FROM THE COMMAND LINE. Furthermore, the command line prompts will be incomplete; ie, they will be something like, "program name: Reenter:", and will not tell you what the problem was, or what you are supposed to re-enter. We understand that this is counterintuitive and awkward, and are hoping to find a solution for the next release.

REFERENCES

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1993 - 1997, Khoral Research, Inc. ("KRI") All rights reserved.