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COMM2QCOMM2QLecture 6Lecture 6

HIS Application BuildingHIS Application Building

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FormsForms

• Forms act as the user interface• They can be based on a query or form to display

information• They can be developed as menus

• Wizards vs. Design View• Wizards provide support for the developer• Their view of the finished form may not match yours• Understand how wizards achieve their results so that

you can change things when required

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Dentist TableDentist Table

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Patient TablePatient Table

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Appointment TableAppointment Table

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ReportsReports

• Arguments against removing paper from the office

• There is a limit on how much can be shown at any one time

• Reading something on screen is more tiring than reading it on a printed page

• Paper provides a familiar and controllable format

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Report SectionsReport Sections

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Properties and the Properties and the ToolboxToolbox

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Basic Systems Basic Systems DesignDesign

• The system should support the user

• The system should make sense

• The system should protect the user from making errors

• The system should minimise the workload

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Controlling the Controlling the environmentenvironment

• What do you want the user to have access to

• Plan early, Implement once functionality is in place

• Addition/Removal of Button Bars

• Removal of the Default Menu

• Modification of Form Properties

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Events/Triggers/ Events/Triggers/ DialoguesDialogues

• Event• An event is something that happens in the real world

that changes one or more of the entities in the system under consideration. It is the trigger which brings one or more of the processes into action - Deeks

• Dialogue• The exchange of instructions and information that

takes place between the user and a computer system - Preece

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MacrosMacros

• Allow for the automation of one or more actions

• Can be thought of as a restricted programming language

• Useful for common activities

• Event Macro Process/Action

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Macro GroupsMacro Groups

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Conditional Actions Conditional Actions (1)(1)

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Conditional Actions Conditional Actions (2)(2)