Menus7

HFRD Hypertext Services - Environment Overview

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13 - Menus




I To allow easy management of information by users not needing to explore Mthe complexities of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) a simple menuing system Mis provided, allowing versatile document access and searching. A plain-text Nfile is interpreted by the server, providing a uniform and functional menu to Jthe client. This plain-text file may be edited on any platform (PC, VMS, /Unix) and then just placed into the data area. 

A A menu is distinguished from other files by its type extension, -.MENU (or .MNU for ``8.3'' MS-DOS compliance). 

The ; ' "HFRD Hypertext Management Primer"5 provides a complete description on the use of menus.  




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