TCM: Text Collection Management System

      In many computer applications there is the  need  to  enter  both
 fixed  length  information and variable length descriptive text.  This
 is especially true in medical applications where  certain  information
 can vary from a single phrase to several pages in length.  FMS-11 aids
 a program in the interactive entry and updating of  fixed  fields  but
 does  not  deal  well  with  long  text fields.  This software package
 provides an easy to use mechanism for acquiring free form textual data
 from a CRT that is concurrently being used by FMS.


      This package allows a program to reserve one or more  rectangular
 areas  on the screen for the entry and editing of variable length text
 fields.  Within these windows the user  is  given  full  text  editing
 capability in a manner that is compatible with the user FMS interface.
 The text collection managment system is being implemented in a  manner
 which  gives  flexibility to an RSX-11M based application with a small
 impact on the program's address space.

      This program runs as a separate task under RSX-11M or RSX-11M+. It
is written in DECUS C and callable from either AIS-PL/I (tested) or DECUS
C (untested).  See TCM.DOC for a full description and TCMNOTES.DOC for
the current state of this program.  The idea of this sub-routine package
is to allow any program to use full screen editing or "Windows".


    			Daniel T. Soldahl
    			Medical Methods Research
    			3151 Piedmont Avenue
    			Oakland, Ca.  94611
