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What Is MenuFinder
MenuFinder©
has been created to give a simple but effective answer to the
requirement of presenting the user with a set of functions via a
menu interface.
In particular,
MenuFinder©
is an ideal instrument to:
- build on-line guides for the users of the computing centre
- document and use management procedures of the system manager or the operator
Read the
review on OpenVMS Times Newsletter by Compaq.
Main Characteristics
Types of option in the menus
DCL commands and procedures, text files, data files, programs and
submenus can be associated with the options.
Manage your system in team
Use MenuFinder© with care, and it will allow you to manage your
system even in group, because it handles so easily
the integration of procedures and documentation that it removes
the usual problems of co-ordination and information transfer.
Help text on the menu options
A user may have to use many programs, although infrequently: it
is not easy therefore, to remember even the simplest functions
of a product. Often, shortcuts and contrivances are forgotten
after a while. MenuFinder© allows the possibility to associate a
help text with each option of a menu, in which can be inserted
instructions, annotations and useful indications both for
oneself and other users.
The means of accessing the menus are particularly powerful
Apart from being able to use the classic hierarchical submenu
structure, it is also possible to jump from one menu to another
specifying its name or supplying one or more words to search
for in the description of the options.
This capability is available not only from within MenuFinder©,
but also from the OpenVMS prompt ($).
Speedy tool
No DCL - it's totally compiled - MenuFinder© sports a character
interface based on standard SMG routines
The navigation line
Records the last 10 menus called-up, allowing an extremely
rapid means to recall them.
Rapid return to the last used menu
In case it is necessary to exit MenuFinder© and return
completely under the control of OpenVMS, it is still possible
to recall immediately the last menu used.
It's simple to construct a menu
MenuFinder© is an easy to use product: it is sufficient to know
a few DCL commands, be able to use EDIT, the standard OpenVMS
editor and know the few (10 or so) instructions for the
generation of the menus. The construction of a menu is
interactive and every change has an immediate effect on the
screen.
Logical Names
The use of Logical Names both for the personalization of
MenuFinder© and for the definition of logical directories, makes
the management of the product extremely flexible and particularly
suitable for a cluster environment.
Dynamic Menus
You can dynamically change or hide menu options using DCL global symbols
Interactive Tutor
MenuFinder© comes with an interactive tutorial tool (Menu Tutor) that
lets you completely learn the package in only one hour.
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