Navigator

GNUe Navigator is a helper application for Forms and Reports. It takes an XML definition of meuu items and the form or report associated with them, and turns it into a navigation form, to allow users to select and run a Form or Report.

Possible future directions for this include all or any of:

Extend Navigator to launch items other than Forms and Reports, possibly developing into a full GNUe Enterprise Portal.
Alternative navigation paradigms to simple menus.
Have the XML generated dynamically for each user, to provide a form of Role Based Access Control. By instituting roles, navigator would become a process flow map.
Have the XML generated dynamically depending on previous forms, to suggest possible or mandatory next choices. This might provide the basis for a workflow like capacity or tying to a 'real' workflow engine.

Status

Release 0.0.6 (October 2003) available for download. Development work continues in CVS.

Screenshots

Screenshots of Navigator are available.

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