05-830, User Interface Software, Spring, 1998
Lecture 15,   April 8, 1998
Copyright © 1998 - Brad Myers


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UIMS Techniques:
Menu Trees, Transition Networks, Grammars; Event Languages,
HyperTalk & Production Systems;
Declarative Languages

Overview

Menu Trees

Transition Diagrams

Grammars


Event Languages

Event Languages, in General

Declarative Languages

[

FormName: "File System Manager"

Purpose: "For browsing and managing files"

]

[

Name: "Sort by"

ValueType: String

DefaultValue: Name

InteractionMode: CycleButton

ChangeResponse: Active

EnumeratedValues: (Name, "Last Change Date", Size)

Purpose: "How the files should be sorted"

Location: 10, 40

]

[

Name: Files

ValueType: String

DefaultSource: NoDefault

MinNumber: 1

MaxNumber: 1000

InteractionMode: Table

NumColumns: 4

ChangeResponse: Passive

Purpose: "List of files found matching the spec"

Location: 10, 40

Size: 400, 100

]


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