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GUIDEMAKER™ is a tool for system administrators to manage the functions and programs to which their users have access. It gives user a fast and easy-to-use menu system with windows, ring menus, and on-line help.
With GuideMaker's visual menu system, users can walk through menus as easily as
pressing arrow keys. A menu system consists of selection panels, each of which can
be linked to other panels. When a selection is highlighted, pressing the right arrow pops
up a submenu (if any). Pressing ENTER executes a selection. Users may jump directly
to any point in the hierarchy with short cut keys. Entering a level number jumps
back to that level.
Each user signs on with a user name and password (if any). Each user is assigned
a home panel within the menu structure. Security can be set up to permit
selective access to menus, programs, operating system commands, job queuing, background
task execution, and more. Users only see selections for which they have privileges.
Security can be grouped by user department and level.
Define and maintain a common menu structure for all users, together with program interface specifications and prompting messages. An optional logging feature tracks program executions. In addition to moving about the menu and selecting programs for execution, users can: Log On/Off, Lock Keyboard, Print Menu Screen, and Jump Directly to a Specific Program or Menu Panel. After each program execution, the user will be returned to the departure point of the menu structure.
GuideMaker comes complete with an electronic mail system. Each time the user returns to a menu, mail status is checked and displayed. Users can compose, send, receive, review, acknowledge, forward, and discard mail messages. Various priorities can be assigned to mail to facilitate review and response.
GuideMaker can flexibly prepare and manage spool files and submit them to a choice of
printers and/or unspool tasks. Printer preferences can be specified by user and
program.
GuideMaker is written in the PL/B language, and is delivered with source code which can be compiled with user COMMON data definitions. GuideMaker contains an extensive user programmable interface into COMMON data setup, spool file preparation and disposition, and PL/B program error message diagnostics.
GuideMaker runs under MS-DOS, OS/2, UNIX, XENIX, DEC/VMS, DEC/ULTRIX, IBM/AIX, and Datapoint operating systems in a wide variety of hardware and network environments. Now you can standardize on GuideMaker as your menu and application support environment for each of your systems. Using its flexible script interface, the same guide files can actually run in multiple environments.
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