1.Introduction › 1.2 Dialog Structure and Flow

1.2 Dialog Structure and Flow

Document Access allows you to retrieve CA MICS documentation
using options 1 through 5 on the Document Access menu:

    1  Document Browse
    2  Data Element Browse
    3  Document Print
    4  Subject Cross Reference
    5  Bookmark List

Getting the documentation you want is a two-step process.
First, you specify the text you want to read by selecting
text sections from a contents list.  Then you specify whether
you want to display it, print it, or bookmark it for future
reference.
Figure 1-3 shows the relationship between the content
retrieval functions and the output functions of Document
Access.
                      Document Access
                            .
                            .
     .................................................
    .               .                .                .
    .               .                .                .
Document       Data Element     Subject Cross     Bookmark
Browse/Print      Browse          Reference         List
    .               .                .                .
    .               .                .                .
    .               .                .            (Optional)
  Guide            File            Phrase           Guide
  Select          Select           Select           Select
    .               .                .                .
     .................................................
                            .
                            .
             .................................
            .                                 .
          Text                              Data
         Section                           Element
         Select                             Select
            .                                 .
             .................................
                            .
                            .
         ..........................................
        .                   .                      .
        .                   .                      .
      Text               Bookmark            Text/Document
      Browse              Update                 Print


  Figure 1-3.  Document Access Dialog Structure
Document Access provides a primary option selection for each
retrieval function, but also allows you to invoke one
function from another.  You can, for example, review the
Bookmark List or request a Subject Cross Reference search
while under any of the other functions.  You can also use the
Bookmark or Subject Cross Reference options as the starting
point for getting to a specific text in Document Browse.

Figure 1-4 shows how the retrieval functions can be used in
combination, by requesting the use of one function directly
from another.



        Document                   Data Element
      Browse/Print                     Browse
           .                             .
           .                             .
     ...............               ...............
    .               .             .               .
    .               .             .               .
Subject Cross    Bookmark     Subject Cross    Bookmark
  Reference        List         Reference        List





     Subject Cross                   Bookmark
       Reference                       List
           .                             .
           .                             .
     ...............               ...............
    .               .             .               .
    .               .             .               .
Document         Bookmark     Document       Subject Cross
Browse/Print       List       Browse/Print     Reference


  Figure 1-4.  Document Access Dialog Switching