VistA System Components: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:40, 26 January 2006

A VistA system is made up of the following components:

Code written in the M Language, implemented by GT.M or Cache.
Information stored in a M Database.
Information stored in a VA FileMan File.
FileMan-level control instructions in Templates:
- Input Templates for entering or editing data stored in VA FileMan Files.
- Search Templates for condition based or criteria based search
- Sort Templates for sorting and grouping fields when output of information
- Print Templates for printing and presenting fields
- Export Templates for exporting values of fields to other programming systems.
Code running in the Host Operating System, such as Microsoft Windows or Linux.
- example languages: Microsoft Windows Script Host scripts, bash shell scripts, tcsh shell scripts,
- example uses:
Information stored in files in the filesystem of the Host Operating System.
- simple ASCII text files
- Comma Separated Values (CSV) files for import into Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, or Open Office applications.

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 ** [[Input Template]]s for entering or editing data stored in VA FileMan Files.
 ** [[Search Template]]s for condition based or criteria based search
-** [[Sort Templates]]s  for sorting and grouping fields when output of information
+** [[Sort Template]]s  for sorting and grouping fields when output of information
-** [[Print Templates]]s for printing and presenting fields
+** [[Print Template]]s for printing and presenting fields
-** [[Export Templates]]s for exporting values of fields to other programming systems.
+** [[Export Template]]s for exporting values of fields to other programming systems.
 * Code running in the [[Host Operating System]], such as [[Microsoft Windows]] or [[Linux]].
 ** example languages: [[Microsoft Windows Script Host]] scripts, [[bash shell]] scripts, [[tcsh shell]] scripts,