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Application Programs - Database Management - Lecture Slides, Slides of Introduction to Database Management Systems
Application Programs, Data input programmes, User Interface, Graphical User Interface, Result Calculation, Deleting a Record, Enrollment are the main points of this lecture.
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Database
Management
System
Lecture - 32
Application Programs
General Activities
Data input programmes
Editing
Display
Processing related to activities
Reports
User Interface
Almost all activities through UI
A gateway to DB world for end users
Main concern of users in an application; crucial
Text Based UI
- Adding a Record ---------
- Deleting a Record ---------
- Enrollment ---------
- Result Calculation ---------
- Exit ---------
Forms
Browser based
- HTML, scripting languages, Front Page Non-Browser/Simple
- Visual Basic, Developer, MS Access Form tools support simple built- in functionality
User Friendly Interface
Beginners (What and How) Intermediate (What) Experts (Both)
Tips
User friendly
Make users in charge
Don’t test users’ memory
Be consistent
Entities and Relationships
Simple entity on a page
Hierarchies of entities
Simple Entity
Windows Controls
So many of them
Logical values
Windows Controls
So many of them
Logical values
Set of values
Set of Values
Numbers, Dates and Text
Normally text boxes