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<H1>11. Programs</H1>
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<H2><A NAME="Overview">11.1. Overview</A></H2>
<P>The programs available are summarised below.</P>
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<A HREF="../ref/sdf.html">sdf</A>
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convert <A HREF="http://www.mincom.com/mtr/sdf/">SDF</A> files to other formats
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<A HREF="../ref/sdfapi.html">sdfapi</A>
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extract the <EM>Application Programming Interface</EM> from source code
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<A HREF="../ref/sdfbatch.html">sdfbatch</A>
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generate <A HREF="http://www.frame.com/PRODUCTS/Products.doc.html">FrameMaker</A> batch files
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<A HREF="../ref/sdfcli.html">sdfcli</A>
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extract the <EM>Command Line Interface</EM> from a utility
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<A HREF="../ref/sdfget.html">sdfget</A>
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extract documentation embedded in source code
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<A HREF="../ref/sdftest.html">sdftest</A>
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execute SDF regression tests
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<A HREF="../ref/sdngen.html">sdngen</A>
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build an SDF tuning module from a FrameMaker template
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<CMD>prn2ps</CMD>
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convert Windows PostScript to Unix PostScript
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<P><A HREF="../ref/sdf.html">sdf</A> is typically invoked as follows:</P>
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sdf -2<EM>format</EM> [options] files
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<P>Supported <EM>format</EM> values include the following:</P>
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ps
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a <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com">PostScript</A> document
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html
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a <A HREF="http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/">HTML</A> document
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hlp
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<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft</A> Windows help input files
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fvo
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a <A HREF="http://www.frame.com">FrameViewer</A> file
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txt
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a plain text document
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rtf
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an <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com">RTF</A> document
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book
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a book (<A HREF="http://www.adobe.com">PostScript</A>)
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<P>Further details on the programs are provided below.</P>
<P><A HREF="sdf.html">sdf - SDF Conversion Utility</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sdfapi.html">sdfapi - API Extraction Utility</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sdfbatch.html">sdfbatch - Batch Processing Utility</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sdfcli.html">sdfcli - Command Line Interface Utility</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sdfget.html">sdfget - Documentation Extraction Utility</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sdftest.html">sdftest - Execute SDF Regression Tests</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sdngen.html">sdngen - SDF Tuning File Generator</A></P>
<P><A HREF="prn2ps.html">prn2ps - PostScript Conversion Utility</A></P>
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