Could someone lend me a hand with this please?

I'd like to create a form similar to the ones below and populate it with the information provided in the attached file:

  -----------------------------------------
|    *********      *********       ***** |
| TE * N1195 *  TAM * A0001 *  AUTH * 1 * |
|    *********      *********       ***** |
|                              PLAN * 0 * |
|                                   ***** |
  -----------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------
|    *********      *********       ***** |
| TE * N1220 *  TAM * D0900 *  AUTH * 0 * |
|    *********      *********       ***** |
|                              PLAN * 1 * |
|                                   ***** |
  -----------------------------------------

TE should be a drop-down list identifying all TEs in the file. In this case the values would be B1195, D1121, N1120, and N1172. Likewise, TAM should be a drop-down list of all TAMs in the file where both allowed and planned not equals to zero. For example, when TE N1172 is selected the only option available in the TAM field should be D0900.

I'm not sure how to begin. How do I design the form? Should parse the text file placing the required information into a data structure? What structure would be most suitable to hold this information?

Thanks,
Andrew

Doesn't this belong on the forums of DUI and DWT (can both be found at www.dsource.org)?

D doesn't support GUI natively, you should use a library.

Regards,
Sjoerd

Tyro wrote:
> Could someone lend me a hand with this please?
> 
> I'd like to create a form similar to the ones below and populate it with the information provided in the attached file:
> 
>  -----------------------------------------
> |    *********      *********       ***** |
> | TE * N1195 *  TAM * A0001 *  AUTH * 1 * |
> |    *********      *********       ***** |
> |                              PLAN * 0 * |
> |                                   ***** |
>  -----------------------------------------
> 
>  -----------------------------------------
> |    *********      *********       ***** |
> | TE * N1220 *  TAM * D0900 *  AUTH * 0 * |
> |    *********      *********       ***** |
> |                              PLAN * 1 * |
> |                                   ***** |
>  -----------------------------------------
> 
> TE should be a drop-down list identifying all TEs in the file. In this case the values would be B1195, D1121, N1120, and N1172. Likewise, TAM should be a drop-down list of all TAMs in the file where both allowed and planned not equals to zero. For example, when TE N1172 is selected the only option available in the TAM field should be D0900.
> 
> I'm not sure how to begin. How do I design the form? Should parse the text file placing the required information into a data structure? What structure would be most suitable to hold this information?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>                                               T A B L E  O F  E Q U I P M E N T
> T/E FOR  FMF UNITS INDICATED                             TYPE 1 ITEMS
>     TAM                                     U
>   CONTROL           NOMENCLATURE            N
>     NO.                                     I
>                                             T N 1120  D 1121  N 1172  B 1195                                                        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>       1                 2                   3      4       5       6       7       8       9      10      11      12      13      14
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                                                                             A0001  VIIG  SOME DESCRIPTION OF SOME,      KT     5       2               1
>              ITEM OVER MULTIPLE LINES                                                                                                                   D0900  VIIGP SOME DESCRIPTION OF SOME,      EA                                           OTHER ITEM SPANNING MULTIPLE L                                              PLANNED ALLOWANCES FOR FY-05          1               1       1
>                                                      PAGE NO.   27

Sjoerd van Leent wrote:
> Doesn't this belong on the forums of DUI and DWT (can both be found at www.dsource.org)?
> 
> D doesn't support GUI natively, you should use a library.
> 
> Regards,
> Sjoerd
> 

Sorry, don't know what I was thinking!

You're a human, I'm a human, everyone makes a mistake.

Regards,
Sjoerd

Tyro wrote:
> Sjoerd van Leent wrote:
> 
>> Doesn't this belong on the forums of DUI and DWT (can both be found at www.dsource.org)?
>>
>> D doesn't support GUI natively, you should use a library.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sjoerd
>>
> 
> Sorry, don't know what I was thinking!