Building a Custom Portable Program
User’s Guide
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Figure 79. Flow Chart showing Jointed Links
Creating the Main Menu Nodes
After defining program’s frames, you must specify the nodes for each frame.
Operation
nodes involve more detailed information than frames and are
divided into nine node types, with a different dialog box associated with each
node. For example, a
Display
node specifies text to display on the portable’s
screen; that text is entered into a dialog box attached to the node.
In this section, you will set up the nodes for the
Main Menu
frame. This is a
simple frame, creating a path to either of the other two frames. You will create
a
Menu
node that advances to the
Collect Data
frame if the user presses
<F3>
and to the
Upload Data
frame if the user presses
<F4>
.
Set up the nodes for the
Main Menu
frame by completing the following steps:
1. Double-click the
Main Menu
frame. A second window opens showing
three boxes:
Start: Main Menu, Exit: Collect Data
, and
Exit: Upload
Data
. These nodes are created automatically by the Links you set up
and they offer entry to and exit from the
Main Menu
nodes.
To view the a frames’ nodes, double-click on it. Or highlight the frame and select
View
> Show Frames/Subroutines
from the menubar.
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