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An Interactive Shell for Batch Programs
Author(s) -
PUCKETT JAY A.,
REASCH LARRY R.,
EDGAR THOMAS V.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
computer‐aided civil and infrastructure engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.773
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1467-8667
pISSN - 1093-9687
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8667.1986.tb00122.x
Subject(s) - computer science , shell (structure) , code (set theory) , graphics , program code , programming language , data file , interactive computing , human–computer interaction , software engineering , computer graphics (images) , set (abstract data type) , materials science , composite material
Many programs have been and are currently being developed in which the input files or associated data bases must be produced independently of the main program. This article describes two programs which are used to develop an interactive, menu‐driven system of input prompts which is then used to create and maintain information files for other programs. The two program system provides an easy method to develop well‐structured, interactive input programs without the high development costs required to write original code. Graphics can be developed for any input screen and a command language can be specified for data output. Two examples are provided to present an overview of the system.