MAID

MAID (Modular And Integrated Design) is software tool to create user interface front ends for prototyping and creating interfaces for REXX programs that is available for OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. 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, OS/2 Warp 4.0 and eComStation 2.x)

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 (MAID 1.5 Basic Editor/Runtime version)
• MAID 4.0 Professional Editor/Runtime Full developer version

Link

• http://www.lestec.com.au

License

Commercial Software

Author

• LesTec - Les Moul

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• MAID Review by Ashton Mills (01/08/1996)
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