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Objectives
SDS, Windows version
16 MB capacity

0405 -
0405 -    ..
0406 - Summary/Objective
0407 -
040701 - Follow up ref SDS 3 0000.
040702 -
040703 -
040705 -  ..
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0410 - Progress
0411 -
041101 - Morris wants to begin a new version of SDS that runs under
041102 - Windows.  He plans to write a new Medit program using the C language
041103 - that fits the design of Microsoft Windows.
041105 -  ..
041106 - This will provide a new platform for developing SDS with Medit macros.
041107 - Morris also plans to create a compiler for the macros so everything
041108 - will run fast in main memory.
041110 -  ..
041111 - He said it can apply Windows access to 16 MB, and it would present a
041112 - better program by being integrated.
041113 -
041114 -          [On 901226 Morris has made progress with the C version of
041115 -          Medit; next step is to program the macro language.
041116 -          ref SDS 5 0001
041118 -  ..
041119 - I could be wrong, but my sense is that there will be a very big
041120 - programming chore to achieve the SDS design.  Morris wants to develop
041121 - his own version of Supersort for sorting and selecting options applied
041122 - under SDS.  He also described creating layered menus so people can
041123 - intuitively step people through the functions, instead of having to
041124 - learn all of the function keys that execute commands immediately.
041125 -
041127 -  ..
041128 - SDS Design Specification Flow Diagrams
041129 -
041130 - We set objectives today by mapping out various modules of SDS, and
041131 - their relationships.  SDS scope and modules are listed in the Help
041132 - system under the various "Overview" sections.
041133 -
041134 -        This was later put on the Internet...
041135 -
041136 -              http://www.welchco.com/03/00050/01/09/01/02/00101.HTM#PL7I
041137 -
041138 -        ...that includes a flow diagram for the SDS program and
041139 -        provides a baseline for designing the next version of SDS...
041140 -
041141 -              http://www.welchco.com/03/00050/01/09/01/02/00101.HTM#8558
041143 -  ..
041144 - Morris does not have enough capacity under his DOS partition to hold
041145 - both the Windows development program, and SDS.  I suggested he get
041146 - another cpu for DOS development work.
041148 -  ..
041149 - Morris feels Windows will take care of formatting printed reports,
041150 - which he feels is critical for marketing SDS.
041151 -
041153 -  ..
0412 -
0413 - Initial concept
0414 -
041401 - Created a calendar that permits looking at greater or lessor levels
041402 - of detail.  Main levels will be "today," "Week," "month," "Quarter,"
041403 - and "year."
041405 -  ..
041406 - This will be used to look forward, or backward.
041408 -  ..
041409 - Will create both keyboard and mouse access into menus.
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