Assignment 2 Guide
Design
Phase - Produce Finished Versions of the
Screen Designs
Introduction
b.
Produce finished versions of the input and output screens
Objectives
This guide will help
you to: -
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finish the designs for your input and output screens
You should print out the
following two assignment documents.
Assignment Scenario
Assignment 2: Designing
the Program
Task b.
Produce finished versions of the
input and output screens
In order to complete Assignment 2 Task
b, you need to finish your form designs. Although you
should have created form designs for Assignment 1,
these will have been in draft form. For the finished design you need to
ensure your designs are clear, contain relevant information about the
controls on your forms and include detailed annotation. What you want to end
up with are designs that are clear enough so another programmer could easily
create your forms.
Below is an example of a design for the input form of the
seed calculating program.
It is not a very good design. This is because ...
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It is not clear what all
the boxes are. Some may be labels, some may be textboxes but it is
unclear.
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The lawn shapes are not
drawn very well. They should be labelled so the user knows which
side is the length, which is the width and where the radius is on the
circle.
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The labels (length,
width, radius) near the textboxes should not be outlined because
this makes them look like textboxes.
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None of the controls are
annotated. Every important control should be explained and the
name you are going to call the control should be included.
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The design does not show
any command buttons.
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There needs to be annotation explaining what the form
is for, what each of the major controls are for and how the user would
use the form. If there are any textboxes, the maximum number of
characters needs to be stated along with the number range you are going
to allow.
A better form design is shown below - drawn in
Microsoft Word - see what you think. You should note I did not include the
field shapes in my design. That's for you to do. You can open the
pdf version if you wish for a slightly larger
view.
Your Task
Now it's your turn to create your finished form designs:-
Please ensure you write your name in the document header.
The structure of your document should be as follows:-
Assignment 2: Designing the Program
Task
b: Input form design
Here you should have a diagram showing
your input form
Task
b: Output form design
Here you should have a diagram
showing your output form
Have you finished all the tasks and
handed them in?
If so - well done.
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