08-16-2017, 10:26 PM
AUTOMATIC MENU GENERATOR creating menus that facilitates communication between user and the application program. Different applications have different Menus. AMG facilitates the setting up of an Interface with an application in a standard way. Interface allows communication between user and the application program. AMG initiates the program; it collects relevant information from the user and the application for which the communication block is being generated. Using menus user can open and edit file content.
The Structure includes the following
NUMBER OF MENU ITEMS.
EACH MENU ITEM NAME.
SUBROUTINE NAME THAT HANDLES MENU S FUNCTIONS.
All such details are collected and the after performing the related operations , the user can verify the details entered and user can give suitable name for the Menus.
First, we have to create a Main Menu. Assume that this Menu has the following Items:
NEW
EDIT
COPY
DOCUMENTATION
HELP
The NEW Menu initiates the AMG.
The EDIT menu facilitates modification in an existing menus.
The DOCUMENTATION Menu contains a submenu that includes details about the systems and the user manual.
The HELP Menu includes the tips for using this software. There should be a file for each main menu to collect the structural information about it.
When the execution of the AMG is initiated, the Menu s are displayed and the selection of the Menu and suitable action is carried and based on the subroutine name entered while creating the Menu. The application generator writes the subroutines. AMG does not depend on them. This software is application independent.
IMPORTANT STEPS NEEDED
Having a Welcome message for the user.
Clicking HELP, DOCUMENTATION OR NEW MENU.
On clicking NEW menu the user have to enter his/her application name for which the menu is created.
Also the user has to include the number of menu s he/she wants and also submenus, at appropriate time.
A Tree structure format is obtained for displaying menus.
The user can open, copy and edit text files.
Procedure is repeated as per the number of menus given by the user.