Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

112.0. "I don't do WINDOWS" by OFFPLS::RYAN () Thu Aug 11 1988 18:37

    Version 5.2 opened up a lot of new features in FOCUS and corrected
    a lot of old problems, such as the Fortran carriage control problem.
    One of the nicest new features is WINDOWS.  WINDOWS was created
    from the routines TABLETALK used - or at least looks like TABLETALK's
    screen handling.  I've been playing around with WINDOWS for a awhile
    and have been pretty impressed with the ease one can write dialogue
    management oriented procedures.  I particularly like the way WINDOWS
    reads fieldnames from masters, picks of a directory of files, and
    even reads the contents of files.  There are other things about
    WINDOWS I do not like (as always, the documentation).
    
    If anyone is interested, I am working on a works-in-progress DECgraph
    interface.  Like the old FOCUS-DECgraph interface that has been
    floating around the AIC/MDS environments, this one uses the same
    approach except that it is made to look like TABLETALK so that
    end-users will feel comfortable with it.  HOWEVER IT IS UNFINISHED.
    If anyone is interested in copying it, possibly enhancing it, all
    the better.  The programs are located in:
    
    	OFFPLS::USERA:[RYAN.GRAPHTLK]
    
    You must be using v5.2.  I have not yet program PF key recognition. The
    primary programs to concern yourself with are GRAPHTLK.FMV (window file)
    and GRAPHTLK.FEX.  The main reason I'm putting this in now, is to
    demo what WINDOWS can do and solicit input for enhancements.