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  1. { MENU_TPL.FRM }
  2.  
  3. { *************************************************************************** }
  4. { *                                                                         * }
  5. { *                TURBO SCREEN INPUT PRE-PROCESSOR TOOLKIT                 * }
  6. { *                                                                         * }
  7. { *                        MENU SCREEN TEMPLATE FORM                        * }
  8. { *                                                                         * }
  9. { *                             Version  1.07                               * }
  10. { *                                                                         * }
  11. { *                                                                         * }
  12. { *   The screen templates are the key to versatility of this the pre-      * }
  13. { *   processor.  It is by altering these templates you then alter how the  * }
  14. { *   screen pages will appear to the user.  For example, you may have      * }
  15. { *   four different application programs you have written and each         * }
  16. { *   program requires a unique set of inputs from the user.  All you do    * }
  17. { *   is alter the screen templates for each of the four programs with the  * }
  18. { *   proper screen template generators, while using the same input pre-    * }
  19. { *   processor subprograms to control the interaction between the user     * }
  20. { *   and the four application programs.                                    * }
  21. { *                                                                         * }
  22. { *   A screen template is simply a file containing information about the   * }
  23. { *   prompts (or descriptors) to be displayed when a particular screen     * }
  24. { *   page is shown.  The screen template is a series of records where      * }
  25. { *   each record describes one particular prompt for a particular screen   * }
  26. { *   page.                                                                 * }
  27. { *                                                                         * }
  28. { *   The form below is provided to aid you in filling out a menu template  * }
  29. { *   for your program so that the proper data is in the proper format for  * }
  30. { *   the menu subprogram.  Please use your printer to get a hard copy      * }
  31. { *   of this template form so that you can fill out the form by hand.  I   * }
  32. { *   recommend that you set-up your printer to print in compressed mode    * }
  33. { *   before printing out this file since the template form is 125          * }
  34. { *   characters wide.  Then use the menu template generator to enter this  * }
  35. { *   menu data into a menu template file.                                  * }
  36. { *                                                                         * }
  37. { *   Filling out the template form is quite easy.  Start by listing all    * }
  38. { *   the menu prompts you wish to display on your menu.  Then enter the    * }
  39. { *   screen column and row that you want each menu prompt to be displayed  * }
  40. { *   at (the screen is 80 columns wide and 25 rows high, the upper left    * }
  41. { *   corner of the screen is column 1, row 1 ).  For example, for the Up   * }
  42. { *   Key Pointer and Down Key Pointer enter the prompt record number for   * }
  43. { *   the prompt you wish to be highlighted when the user curses up or      * }
  44. { *   down.  For example:                                                   * }
  45. { *                                                                         * }
  46. { *         Record        Up Key  Down Key        Prompt                    * }
  47. { *         Number        Pointer Pointer                                   * }
  48. { *         ------        ------- --------        ---------------------     * }
  49. { *           1              0       2            Enter Program Data        * }
  50. { *           2              1       0            Print Program Results     * }
  51. { *                                                                         * }
  52. { *   When the menu subprogram executes, prompt 1 would be highlighted and  * }
  53. { *   prompt 2 would not.  If the operator struck the down key, prompt 2    * }
  54. { *   would now be highlighted and prompt 1 wouldn't.  If the user struck   * }
  55. { *   the down key again the menu subprogram would recognize that the down  * }
  56. { *   key pointer for prompt 2 is 0 and thus would only sound an error.     * }
  57. { *   The subprogram would not allow the user to curse any further          * }
  58. { *   downward.  The same sort of logic can be applied for the other key    * }
  59. { *   pointers.                                                             * }
  60. { *                                                                         * }
  61. { *   More documentation on how the menu subprogram uses a menu template    * }
  62. { *   for its operation can be found in the toolkit documentation file      * }
  63. { *   'Tsipp.Doc'.                                                          * }
  64. { *                                                                         * }
  65. { *************************************************************************** }
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