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Description of a menu creation and interpretation system

1982; Wiley; Volume: 12; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/spe.4380120308

1097-024X

Michael Heffler,

Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies

Abstract The Menu Creation and Interpretation System (MCIS) is a menu system development tool that can provide the high‐level control structure and the user interface for any application program or software system. MCIS simplifies the task of building menu‐driven systems while presenting a user interface that is easily learned and easy to use. Human factors considerations have been stressed in the system design. A user is able to jump from one menu to another, obtain help whenever it is needed, and easily recover from errors. Menu systems created with MCIS are extensible and easily modified, enabling them to meet changing user needs. In addition, through the specification of user profiles, menu systems can be customized to meet the needs of individual users. MCIS is written in the C programming language under the UNIX Unix is a trademark of Bell Laboratories. operating system. It can be used in any environment that includes a C compiler and the UNIX standard I/O library.