Building a Custom Portable Program

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.

To view the a frames’ nodes, double-click on it. Or highlight the frame and select View > Show Frames/Subroutines from the menubar.

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.

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