choinier@MITRE.ARPA.UUCP (03/13/87)
Pat and any other interested parties,
The WIS JPMO (a military organization) has placed two screen generators and
two menu managers into public domain at Simtel20. We are currently preparing
to send to Simtel20 a set of software that is an automatic Ada Code Generator
which does what you want. With the input of an Ada record that describes the
form, or message, or table that you want a MMI for; the generator creates a
full up formated editor of the type you asked for. This software was also
used in a modified way to create an Ada/SQL interface for a relational DBMS.
The software generated has been ported from VAX to IBM PCs which have the Alsys
compiler.
**** WARNING ****
This software is not well documented yet because it was developed on the fly
in support of another specific task. I hope to have it documented by 1 Oct.
YOU MUST KNOW Ada TO USE THIS TOOL!!!!!!!!! The tool itself has been developed
to run on the DEC VAX Ada compiler. Rehost should not be too difficult.
The tool scans the Ada record to create the needed IO routines, etc. And then
passes the routines and other information to a generic formated editor or the
"generic" Ada/SQL interface.
If you have general questions please call (703) 285-5008, or send a note on
MILNET to jcc@mitre.arpa.
CPT Choiniere