Jump to content

MAID: Difference between revisions

From EDM2
← Older editNewer edit →
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
MAID (Modular And Integrated Design) is software tool to create User Interface Front End for prototyping and creating interfaces. The OS/2 version is included on "MAID Windows Professional Editor/Runtime Version 4.0 for Developers" and on "Maid V1.5 Basic Editor/Runtime"
MAID (Modular And Integrated Design) is software tool to create User Interface Front End for prototyping and creating interfaces. The OS/2 version is included on "MAID Windows Professional Editor/Runtime Version 4.0 for Developers" and on "Maid V1.5 Basic Editor/Runtime"


* Create your own Front End Interfaces with this easy to use tool
* Repetitive tasks on a GUI - Place repetitive tasks into a GUI front end. With MAID it's a ONE-STEP task
* Introducing MAID, Modular And Integrated Design, the ONE-STEP solution for developing and integrating your own personal graphic user interface. That's right ONE-STEP and requires no compiling time.
* A Quick Simple Interface - Setup easy front-ends for complicated tasks. Make the PC easier to use and more accessible
* Simplify repetitive tasks saving you time
* Personalised Front-ends - Get your PC to perform your own specific tasks using personalised front-ends, customized on the fly
* Over 250 useful windows library functions including the popular LesTecIO windows Library functions
* An Easy Database - Get your PC to create and use an Access Database without the need to have Access Installed
* In no time you'll be creating ready to run user interface dialogs. Make development changes, enhancements and prototyping dynamically. And easily tailor existing code to the customers requirements.
* Extract data From The Net - Automatically download internet information and extract what you need
* MAID's easy to use menus allow programmers, or wannabe programmers to write code FASTER! Novice programmers are amazed that they are writing code after a couple of hours of use! Experienced programmers produce MORE CODE IN LESS TIME!
* Simply Drawn Front-Ends that work INSTANTLY - You do not have to compile any programs
* Programmers notice their productivity is improved. Read What Users say about MAID.
* Why not use your computer to VISUALIZE what is happening - Make development, enhancement and prototyping EASIER
* This REXX based system is quick and easy to learn
* Easily create and customize your own interface - Make useful personal graphical visual front-end UTILITIES
* Process information, send email and socket i/o functions
* Activate and deactivate events for dialogs
* Dynamic entryfield style manipulation
* Dynamic resizing of dialogs
* REXX - for decades, has been widely used on a number of platforms and mainframes to PC's
* Revive your Old but USEFUL applications by giving them NEW LIFE - A complete visual front end using a few simple scripts
* Use visual REXX variables - a button, entryfield, spreadsheet (entryfield array), scrollbar, spinbutton, slider etc
* Link to variable events - when a variable changes run a specific Rexx Script
* Run REXX scripts simultaneously - Multi-Thread REXX
* Input/Output Library functions for windows  - to enhance REXX Capability
* Multi-Dialog/File scripts - to keep project files in one place - MAID Dialogs and files
* Spreadsheet (entryfield array) control support - to visualise data more easily
* Library Scripts - share common library routines in libraries made up of various files containing rexx routines
* Additional Scripts - can now be placed at the end of a dialog script
* Show Event - script can now be run when dialog becomes visible
* ODBC Dataset Name - listing - creation - deletion
* Container control - support enhanced from version 1.5
* ODBC Database creation - support enhanced from version 1.5


[[Image:MAID_ScreenShot1.png]]
[[Image:MAID_ScreenShot1.png]]

Revision as of 04:53, 13 November 2012

MAID (Modular And Integrated Design) is software tool to create User Interface Front End for prototyping and creating interfaces. The OS/2 version is included on "MAID Windows Professional Editor/Runtime Version 4.0 for Developers" and on "Maid V1.5 Basic Editor/Runtime"

  • Repetitive tasks on a GUI - Place repetitive tasks into a GUI front end. With MAID it's a ONE-STEP task
  • A Quick Simple Interface - Setup easy front-ends for complicated tasks. Make the PC easier to use and more accessible
  • Personalised Front-ends - Get your PC to perform your own specific tasks using personalised front-ends, customized on the fly
  • An Easy Database - Get your PC to create and use an Access Database without the need to have Access Installed
  • Extract data From The Net - Automatically download internet information and extract what you need
  • Simply Drawn Front-Ends that work INSTANTLY - You do not have to compile any programs
  • Why not use your computer to VISUALIZE what is happening - Make development, enhancement and prototyping EASIER
  • Easily create and customize your own interface - Make useful personal graphical visual front-end UTILITIES
  • Process information, send email and socket i/o functions
  • Activate and deactivate events for dialogs
  • Dynamic entryfield style manipulation
  • Dynamic resizing of dialogs
  • REXX - for decades, has been widely used on a number of platforms and mainframes to PC's
  • Revive your Old but USEFUL applications by giving them NEW LIFE - A complete visual front end using a few simple scripts
  • Use visual REXX variables - a button, entryfield, spreadsheet (entryfield array), scrollbar, spinbutton, slider etc
  • Link to variable events - when a variable changes run a specific Rexx Script
  • Run REXX scripts simultaneously - Multi-Thread REXX
  • Input/Output Library functions for windows - to enhance REXX Capability
  • Multi-Dialog/File scripts - to keep project files in one place - MAID Dialogs and files
  • Spreadsheet (entryfield array) control support - to visualise data more easily
  • Library Scripts - share common library routines in libraries made up of various files containing rexx routines
  • Additional Scripts - can now be placed at the end of a dialog script
  • Show Event - script can now be run when dialog becomes visible
  • ODBC Dataset Name - listing - creation - deletion
  • Container control - support enhanced from version 1.5
  • ODBC Database creation - support enhanced from version 1.5

Here it is an example program running:

Requirements

  • OS/2 2/0 or later (including OS/2 Warp 3.0, Warp Connect, Warp Server, and OS/2 Warp 4.0)

Quick Tutorial

Create New project

  • To create a new object right click on an example and select "Create Another".
  • A new dialog is created in edit mode.
  • To add a button for example double click on button controls in the add dialog.
  • Then double click on Add Controls "Push button" that comes up.
  • Position the control element (button) and drop it.
  • Double click the new element to edit the Rexx script behind it or click control event "Click" in the edit object dialog.
  • Click the "Save" button to save the project.

Edit Existing Project=

  • To edit and existing object right click and select Edit to edit it.

View Scritp

  • Right click the project and select "Open as -> Text Editor" to view the entire script.


Version

MAID Version 1.5 for OS/2

Link

License

Commercial Software. 

MAID 4.0 Professional Editor/Runtime Full developer version
Australian Price AUD$99.00 (Includes GST)
Export Price AUD$90.00

MAID 4.0 Professional Runtime version - Windows only - allows running only of already developed GUI front ends
Australian Price AUD$55.00 (Includes GST)
Export Price AUD$50.00

MAID 1.5 Basic Editor/Runtime version - includes GUI Creating/Editing for developing/running GUI front ends
Australian Price AUD$55.00 (Includes GST)
Export Price AUD$50.00

Author

  • LesTec
  • email: lestec@lestec.com.au

Related Articles

Retrieved from "https://www.edm2.com/index.php?title=MAID&oldid=11049"