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SDS v. 3.0 Initialization
Setup Screen Functions
Group Manager Functions
F4 - configure 04702 to call Setup instead of Group Manager
Ctrl F4 - configure 04702 to call Group Manager
Marketing, Product Definition
Corporate, Executive SDS
Concepts Security and Privacy, SDS Records

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1211 - Summary/Objective
1212 -
121201 - Created functions for the owner of the Multi-User and/or
121202 - Executive Services programs to set the mode for starting the program
121203 - to the Set Up screen, rather than Group Manager, per work on 921013.
121204 - ref SDS 5 LO7I
121205 -
121206 -      F4 in Group Manager sets Single User mode, and Ctrl F4 in the
121207 -      Setup screen, sets Group Manager mode.
121208 -
121209 - My general sense is that most Users in an organization will use the
121210 - Single User mode created by this improvement.
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1215 - Analysis
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121601 - A data base like SDS requires varying degrees of access based on
121602 - authority, responsibility and/or need to know, see ref SDS 2 line
121603 - 081001.
121604 -
121605 - The access level is set based on the value of counter 73 in 04702, per
121606 - ref SDS 3 line 091682.
121607 -
121608 - Previously, there was not a direct means to set this criteria. A User
121609 - had to open 04702 and set the value.  This was daunting, though
121610 - simple, because the User had to confront the code.
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121612 - The F4 function created today, gives a responsible manager a simple
121613 - means to configure the SDS program on a particular computer so it
121614 - bypasses the Group Manager.  It provides a means for purchasers of
121615 - Corporate SDS to configure other Users to have a lower level of access
121616 - to the data base.
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121618 -     It also explains how to change the configuration from within the
121619 -     Set-Up screen, so the Group Manager will begin appearing.
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121621 - Executive SDS will execute this function without the getkey feature.
121622 -
121623 -     Actually, we use getkey for the messages, then kick out to normal
121624 -     mode.
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1219 - 04702
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122001 - Line 365 - created code for F4, to enter setcnt 73 1, so a manager can
122002 - set up a particular computer to open SDS only to the Set-Up screen,
122003 - which means counter 73 = 1.
122004 -
122005 - We cannot let F4, simply scroll through the choices, because once the
122006 - Single User mode is set, the Group Manager screen does not appear.
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122008 - Actually, we do this feature for Exective services.
122009 -
122010 -     But that will be a function key, not something that comes in the
122011 -     standard Group Manager user interface.
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122013 -
122014 - Executive Services
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122016 - Line 385 - provided flag to exit from getkey loop, so this same code
122017 - can be used with F4 in Executive Services.
122018 -
122019 -     This seems a bit of a push.  Executive services is intended to be
122020 -     used solely by the Executive.  It is not clear why an Executive
122021 -     would set his own program for limited use.  What might occur is
122022 -     for an executive to provide his program to another user, but in
122023 -     that case it would have the Executive Services menu choice which
122024 -     provides access to the Group Manager, at the highest level.
122025 -
122026 -        This tends to suggest Executive services does not need access
122027 -        to this feature.
122028 -
122029 -        Disconnect Executive Services Menu
122030 -
122031 -        One possibility would be have the feature unplug the Executive
122032 -        services menu choice.
122033 -
122034 -           This would render the program a Single User program, and
122035 -           would enable an Executive to purchase one program, and copy
122036 -           it to other computers, then configure them through Executive
122037 -           Services.  If he elected to disconnect Group Manager, then
122038 -           ...
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122040 -
122041 - Decided to not provide this feature through Executive Services, for
122042 - the reasons above.  I would initially want to limit the tendency for
122043 - purchasers to copy the program, rather than purchase the Corporate SDS
122044 - version.
122045 -
122046 -     I suppose someone might want to purchase Executive Services for
122047 -     the convenience of easier configuration than through the Group
122048 -     Manager during initialization.
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122052 - Line 420 - went ahead and coded this to look for Executive Services
122053 - in the Schedule "Manage" menu, and if it is there, to comment it out.
122054 -
122055 -    This permits someone to configure an Executive Services program for
122056 -    a Single User, in order to get the advantage of stronger editing
122057 -    functions available in SDS Executive.
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122401 - Line 170 - added code to restore the program to provide Group Manager
122402 - mode at start up.  This simply means setting counter 73 0 in 04702.
122403 -
122404 - Also "Executive Services" is restored in the Schedule "Manage" menu,
122405 - if it is in the menu.
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