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MODS Facilities

This section introduces facilities provided by Managed Object Development Services (MODS). MODS is a development environment that provides you with powerful tools for creating and customizing NCL applications. It provides comprehensive menu-and-panel-driven facilities for the definition and maintenance of data, presentation and behavior of applications.

MODS includes the Common Application Services (CAS) functions. These special purpose routines define application elements such as menus and lists that are common to all applications and provide a consistent user interface.

These same facilities let you easily customize delivered applications to your installation's requirements.

MODS provides the following benefits:

• Ability to quickly develop NCL based applications through the use of sophisticated, interactive development tools
• High reliability due to the use of common routines for standard application components
• A single interface for accessing data and invoking functions for all applications
• Ability to maintain test and production libraries and utilities to move components from one library to another
• Whole applications or individual components can be easily isolated, modified, or replaced due to the registration of application components

The MODS maintenance facilities have the following features:

• Panel Driven—Tailoring is performed through full-screen interactive panels. You do not need a knowledge of NCL to perform tailoring.
• Data Input Assistance—Selection lists of valid input are available to assist you in performing tailoring and maintenance functions.
• Text Editor—The editor allows easy text entry and alteration. The editor is available for maintaining help text, message text, panels, and presentation formats for lists and reports.
• Help—Comprehensive online help is available throughout the MODS maintenance functions. Help is invoked by entering the HELP command or pressing F1 (Help).