.TH fd2pascal 1 "12 November 2004" "Free Pascal" "forms description to pascal conversion"
.SH NAME 
fd2pascal \- Free Pascal forms description to pascal program converter

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B fd2pascal [-compensate] [-altformat] [-main] [-callback] filename

.SH DESCRIPTION

.B fd2pascal
reads a XForms designer file (
.I .fd
) and creates pascal code to create the form
described in the file. The pascal code is written to a file with the same
name as the input file, but with extension 
.I .pp
if a file with that name already exists, then it will be renamed to a file 
with the extension
.I .bak
appended.

.SH OPTIONS
fd2pascal has a small number of options to control its behaviour:

.TP
.B \-altformat
By default, a record type is emitted for the form definition, with a field
for each widget (object) on the form. The alternate form declares a global 
variable for the form and each widget on the form.
.TP
.B \-compensate
If this option is given then a call to fl_adjust_form_size is emitted after
the form is created.
.TP
.B \-callback
If this option is given, then a callback procedure is generated for each 
widget on the form.
.TP
.B \-main
By default, a unit is created which can be included in the uses clause of
a program. If this option is specified, a program file is emitted instead.

.SH SEE ALSO
.IP 
.BR  ppc386 (1)