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How does AccuTerm GUI benefit users and developers of existing 4GL systems?

April 26, 2017accuterm benefit developers existing GUI SYSTEMS Users

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How does AccuTerm GUI benefit users and developers of existing 4GL systems?

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Many existing MultiValue applications are implemented by use of 4GL systems that use menu processors and screen processors. These 4GL environments have menu definition files and screen definition files, with run-time drivers written in BASIC. By extending these run-time drivers with calls to AccuTerm BASIC subroutines, a MultiValue developer can redeploy the 4GL runtime as an AccuTerm GUI app. Then, all the existing 4GL applications become GUI deployed apps, without having to redeploy each application. This technique gives great leverage to developers who use 4GLs and can be used to convert large character-based applications to GUI apps in a very short time.