Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

102.0. "Presenting DECwindows" by DCC::HAGARTY (Essen, Trinken und Shaggen...) Thu Feb 02 1989 07:01

Ahhh Gi'day...

	 A very old DEC problem rather close to my current heart...

    Do we  have any DECwindows demonstration packages? I've come to believe
    that  we  shouldn't  release a product without one! The old UIS one was
    *terrible*! Does one exist or being done?

    We need:

	.  The  ability  to  be  able  to  display a screenfull of "likely"
	applications,  and  then  be  able  to  LOCK  the KEYBOARD, so that
	somebody  can look at the pictures, but don't screw around with it!
	Very important for tradeshows, etc

	.  A  "rolling  demo" showing (even just rendering) pictures on the
	screen  with  some  text  explaining how and what you are doing! Go
	through  a session of fileview, extending it, opening a cardfile to
	display a picture, sending a mail, updating a DECwrite document etc

	.  A  tool  to  create  and  modify these! UTOX isn't for rendering
	images!  The DDIF viewer never shows the FULL image (you get scroll
	bars etc) and is a little shakey! VIS (IMAGE VIEW) is Ok, but clips
	1cm  from  the bottom of the picture, and you cannot place position
	it on the screen, nor time the displays!

	.  So  a  (robust)  tool to read a data file and paste ddif or X or
	sixel  images on the screen at a requested point (with scroll bars,
	icons  etc if possible) for the required amount of time.  It should
	also  run  at  (performance of H/W aside) the same speed on most of
	our machines (a 5 minute rolling demo isn't readable in 28 seconds)

    I've seen  some  good  UWS  demos,  why  can't  we do that for VMS? Can
    anybody give us a pointer? I'm sure there MUST be something out there..

	Thanks and Regards,
	Dennis Hagarty,
	Munich ACT/DCC Demo Centre