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Using the Design Aids Example

The following are steps and an outline example of how to use the design aids to design a system.

  1. Design a single menu, using the Toolkit utility Work with Menu (YWRKMNU).

  2. Refine the menu into three sub-menus. For example:

  3. If necessary, add a help text to explain the scope of each function.
  4. For each option, prepare panel designs or report designs using the Toolkit Work with Design utilities YWRKPNL and YWRKRPT.

  5. Link the panel and report designs into the appropriate menus; for example the Toolkit command Display Panel Design (YDSPPNL) could be specified as a menu option to display a panel design when an option is taken.

After only a few minutes work, you can show a user a realistic simulation of what the system will look like and print a description of that system.