From: micbas@my-deja.com
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 10:37 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Menufinder - free tool for OpenVMS/VAX

I am pleased to introduce our super-tested utility for menu generation
under OpenVMS/VAX

                    MenuFinder for OpenVMS/VAX
1. What Is MenuFinder
2. Main Characteristics
3. MenuFinder is free for OpenVMS/VAX systems
4. How to install MenuFinder


1. What Is MenuFinder

  MenuFinder is a menu generator for OpenVMS systems (VAX and AXP).
  It has been created to give a simple but effective answer to the
  requirement of presenting the user with a set of functions via a
  menu interface.
  In particular, MenuFinder is an ideal instrument to
  - build on-line guides for the users of the computing centre
  - document and utilise management procedures of the system
    manager or the operator.


1. Main Characteristics

Types of option in the menus
  DCL commands, text files, data files, programs, batch files and
  submenus can be associated with the options.

Association of programmes or commands to files.
  For example, the program used to write a document can be
  associated with the letter: choosing the document from the menu,
  activates that program to read or write the document.

Help text on the menu options
  A user may have to use many programs, although infrequently: it
  is not easy therefore, to remember even the simplest functions
  of a product. Often, shortcuts and contrivances are forgotten
  after a while. MenuFinder allows the possibility to associate a
  help text with each option of a menu, in which can be inserted
  instructions, annotations and useful indications both for
  oneself and other users.

The means of accessing the menus are particularly powerful.
  Apart from being able to use the classic hierarchical submenu
  structure, it is also possible to jump from one menu to another
  specifying its name or supplying one or more words to search
  for in the description of the options.
  This capability is available not only from within MenuFinder,
  but also from the OpenVMS prompt ($).

The navigation line
  Records the last 10 menus called-up, allowing an extremely
  rapid means to recall them.

Rapid return to the last used menu
  In case it is necessary to exit MenuFinder and return
  completely under the control of OpenVMS, it is still possible
  to recall immediately the last menu used.

It's simple to construct a menu
  MenuFinder is an easy to use product: it is sufficient to know
  a few DCL commands, be able to use EDIT, the standard OpenVMS
  editor and know the few (10 or so) instructions for the
  generation of the menus. The construction  of a menu is
  interactive and every change has an immediate effect on the
  screen.

Logical Names
  The use of Logical Names both for the personalization of
  MenuFinder and for the definition of logical directories, makes
  the management of the product extremely flexible and particularly
  suitable for a cluster environment.


3. MenuFinder is free for OpenVMS/VAX systems

  No licence fees are required for installing and using
  MenuFinder for OpenVMS/VAX.
  You can use it free of charge forever.
  The Menufinder VAX version is time unlimited and without
  any functionality reduction compared to the AXP version.

4. How to install MenuFinder for OpenVMS/VAX

  Visit the site http://www.itre.com/mf/download.html to download
  the OpenVMS/VAX installation kit and the documentation

Michele Bassan
i3 Italian Internet Information
Vigonza (PD) Italy
mb@itre.co


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