xwafetel(1)

NAME

xwafetel - an X-based oracle front-end for a telephone database

SYNOPSIS

xwafetel [-c colormode] [-3] [-d database] [-a] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

xwafetel establishes the connection to an Oracle database and allows the user to perform search operations for certain records and displays the found entries.

OPTIONS

In addition to the standard toolkit options such as -display, -name, -geometry, -iconic, -xrm etc. (see manual page X) xwafetel accepts the following options:

-c colormode
    start xwafetel using the given color-mode (for details see manual page wafeapp); color modes are for example mono, blueish or wheat-ish.

-3  do not use 3 dimensional widgets. This option depends of the configuration in the system.waferc file (see manual page wafeapp).

-d userid/passwd@T:machine:oracleId
    this option allows the user to specify a different Oracle server and database name to which xwafetel will try to connect.

-a  use the alternative host/database combination from the system.waferc or your local .waferc file.

-v  Print all SQL statements, which are submitted to the oracle server.

LAYOUT and INTERACTION
xwafetel consists of three input fields, one for each corresponding field of the database. The active text widget, which receives all keyboard input, can be recognized by a different background color (if it was not started with -colormode mono) and the insertion caret. The input field can be changed with the <Tab> key. The user can start the searching process by typing the begin of the field and <Return>. For the search only the content of the current active input field is considered. xwafetel will display all entries, which partly or completely match the specified string. If more then one record is found, the user can view the other matches with the keys <arrow up> and <arrow down> or <page up> and <page down>. The application can be terminated using the "quit" button.

KEY BINDINGS

<Key>Up
    show previous entry

<Key>Down
    show next entry

<Key>Prior
    show previous entry

<Key>Next
    show next entry

<Key>Return
    start a search

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

WAFELIB
    location of the wafe library (typically /usr/lib/X11/wafe)

PERL VARIABLES

Wafe (Perl-) Variables from $WAFELIB/system.waferc or $HOME/.waferc:

$wafetelDB
    specifies the default database

$wafetelDBalt
    specifies the alternative default database

$normalFont
    used to display the current record

$boldFont
    used to display the names of the fields.

$buttonFont
    typically used as font for buttons

$buttonAtts
    attributes used for buttons

$background
    background color

$roColors
    attributes for non emphasized text (typically colors)

$highLight
    attributes for emphasized text portions (typically colors)

%textResources
    default resources for text widgets

@textActions
    default actions for text widgets

FILES

    $WAFELIB/system.waferc
    $HOME/.waferc

SEE ALSO

wafe(n), wafeapp(n), X(1), xwafemail(n), xwafenews(n), xwafeftp(n), xwafeora(n), xwafetel(n), xdirtree(n), xprojektor(n), xbm(n), xwafemc(n), xruptimes(n), xnetstats(n), xiostats(n), xvmstats(n), xwafeping(n), xwafecf(n)

COPYRIGHT

 Copyright (C) 1992 by Gustaf Neumann, Stefan Nusser
        Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien,
        Abteilung fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik
        Augasse 2-6,
        A-1090 Vienna, Austria
        neumann@wu-wien.ac.at, nusser@wu-wien.ac.at
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all supporting documentation. This software is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.

AUTHORS

Gustaf Neumann, Stefan Nusser