wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle) (02/04/91)
I am looking for a PD curses-based forms data entry package with field validation, lookup, cursor-movement, editing, etc. We have dbm. We have awk, perl. Where is a general-purpose entry system? Thanks.
steve@chopin.udel.edu (Steve Singles) (02/07/91)
In article <23964@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> probst@iiic.ethz.ch (Urs Probst) writes: >I am looking for a PD curses-based forms data entry package with >field validation, lookup, cursor-movement, editing, etc. > >We have dbm. We have awk, perl. Where is a general-purpose entry system? _______________________________________________________________________________ A package named Menu (by Paul J. Condie) came through alt.sources last December. I've never used it, but it seems like a fairly complete menu system. The description for the program follows. Steve Singles steve@brahms.udel.edu _______________________________________________________________________________ >From: pjc@pcbox.UUCP (Paul J. Condie) Newsgroups: alt.sources Subject: menu(1) part 1 of 14 Date: 26 Dec 90 20:02:53 GMT Organization: Yet Another Box - Casto Valley, Ca. # A Brief Description: # Menu(1) is an easy-to-use menu utility that allows users to # operate an application system in a user-friendly, menu- # driven environment. Any application software, regardless of # source language or operating system process can be executed # from menus designed with Menu(1). # # For systems requiring multi-level menus for a diverse number # of users, Menu(1) allows a single menu to call any number of # submenus, which may in turn call more menus or execute any # number of processes. Menus can be nested to any level # without increasing startup time or memory requirements. # # Menus can also be designed to function as user-friendly data # entry screens for capturing data, which can then be used as # input for a process. Text items such as "displays", # "choices" and "responses" can be added within any of these # defined boundaries, and will automatically adjust if any # boundaries are changed. Special screen attributes, such as # highlighting and reverse video, can be defined to add # special emphasis. # # The menu script file contains all of the menu instructions, # and can be edited using a standard system editor, such as # vi. Menus and utilities can be added or deleted by editing # the appropriate script file, even while the menu is in use. _______________________________________________________________________________