11. Programs


11.1. Overview

The programs available are summarised below.

Name Purpose
sdf convert SDF files to other formats
sdfapi extract the Application Programming Interface from source code
sdfbatch generate FrameMaker batch files
sdfcli extract the Command Line Interface from a utility
sdfget extract documentation embedded in source code
sdftest execute SDF regression tests
sdngen build an SDF tuning module from a FrameMaker template
prn2ps convert Windows PostScript to Unix PostScript

sdf is typically invoked as follows:

   sdf -2format [options] files

Supported format values include the following:

Format Description
ps a PostScript document
html a HTML document
hlp Microsoft Windows help input files
fvo a FrameViewer file
txt a plain text document
rtf an RTF document
book a book (PostScript)

Further details on the programs are provided below.

sdf - SDF Conversion Utility

sdfapi - API Extraction Utility

sdfbatch - Batch Processing Utility

sdfcli - Command Line Interface Utility

sdfget - Documentation Extraction Utility

sdftest - Execute SDF Regression Tests

sdngen - SDF Tuning File Generator

prn2ps - PostScript Conversion Utility