---
name: "gnue-forms"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnue-forms-wxgtk"
version: "0.5.11-2"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnue-forms"
---

# gnue-forms(1)

GNUe Forms

## NAME

gnue-forms - GNUe Forms

## SYNOPSIS

**gnue-forms** \[ *options* \] *file*

## DESCRIPTION

GNUe Forms is the primary user interface to the GNU Enterprise system.

## OPTIONS

- **GENERAL OPTIONS**

  -

  - **--connections \<loc\>**

  Specifies the location of the connection definition file. \<loc\> may  specify a file name (/usr/local/gnue/etc/connections.conf),or a URL  location (http://localhost/connections.conf).If this option is not  specified, the environent variable GNUE\_CONNECTIONS is checked.If  neither of them is set, "/home/reinhard/gnue/etc/connections.conf"  is used as a default.

- **--debug-file \<filename\>**

  Sends all debugging messages to a specified file (e.g.,  "--debug-file trace.log" sends all output to "trace.log")

- **--debug-level \<level\>**

  Enables debugging messages.  Argument specifies the level of  messages to display (e.g., "--debug-level 5" displays all  debugging messages at level 5 or below.)

- **--help**

  Displays this help screen.

- **--help-config**

  Displays a list of valid configuration file entries, their purpose,  and their default values.

- **--help-connections**

  Display help information related to database connections, including  a list of available drivers.

- **--help-dev**

  Display all options of interest to core developers.

- **--help-ui**

  Prints a list of user interfaces that forms supports.

- **--interface \<ui\>, -u**

  The name of the user interface to use to display your form. For a  list of interfaces, use the --help-ui options.

- **--no-splash, -s**

  Disables the splash screen

- **--password \<passwd\>**

  Password used to log into the database.  Note that if specified,  this will be used for all databases.  If not supplied, the program  will prompt for password if needed. NOTE: SUPPLYING A PASSWORD VIA THE COMMAND LINE MAY BE CONSIDERED A  SECURITY RISK AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

- **--silent**

  Displays no output at all.

- **--username \<name\>**

  Username used to log into the database.  Note that if specified,  this will be used for all databases.  If not supplied, the program  will prompt for username.

- **--version**

  Displays the version information for this program.

- **DEVELOPER OPTIONS**

  -

  - **--interactive-debugger**

  Run the app inside Python's built-in debugger

- **--profile**

  Run Python's built-in profiler and display the resulting run  statistics.

- **--selfdoc \<type\[,subtype\]\>**

  Generates self-documentation.

- **--selfdoc-file \<filename\>**

  Specifies the filename that selfdoc should write to. If not provided,\
    output is sent to stdout.

- **--selfdoc-format \<format\>**

  Format to output the self-documentation in. Supported formats are  dependent on the type of selfdoc being created.

- **--selfdoc-options \<options\>**

  Options specific to individual selfdoc types.

## AUTHOR

GNU Enterprise Project \<info@gnue.org\>

## BUGS

Please report any bugs to info@gnue.org. Include a complete, self-contained example that will allow the bug to be reproduced, and say which version of this tool you are using.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2000-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

gnue-forms is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

gnue-forms is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with gnue-forms; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.