Self-Teaching Applications

An extension of the tutorial concept is possible, where the user invokes an online procedure manual that describes a business process; hypertext and hypergraphic links can be imbedded in this manual to start the application or applications that support the business process. This can be performed in either of two ways:

  • Where the steps in the business process are largely independent of one another, a separate application may be used for each step.

  • Where the steps are interdependent, a single application can be used, with links triggering application events by way of messages.

    Note that this is an extension of the procedural entity concept originally discussed in Object-Oriented Applications.

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