you. menu system is what is used to make VistA applications (e.g., Scheduling, Kernel’s Nursing, and Personnel) available to users. To produce output from VistA applications (e.g., to printers or to the terminal screen), Kernel provides a common device interface called the Device Handler. To queue a job rather than run it directly, the Device Handler links to a common queuing system called TaskMan. This manual contains information about these and other parts of Kernel. The intent of this manual is to help you learn to use Kernel and take fullest advantage of the facilities it provides. This manual also includes information for system managers and developers; to find the information of interest to you, the general user, look for chapters and sub-chapters containing the phrase in their titles. “User Interface” ADP Application Coordinators (ADPACs) may want to skim through the Kernel 8.0 & Kernel and concentrate on the user interface chapters and Toolkit 7.3 Systems Management Guide particularly issues concerning every Kernel user (e.g., signon process and menu navigation). System Managers Kernel provides the backbone of an M computing platform, providing a mechanism to organize M programs as options, and a way to organize those options into a menu system for users. Kernel provides the following major system management components: Alerts provide an integrated notification system. Device Handler provides a common device interface. Electronic Signature Codes provide a secure electronic approval system. File Access Security system manages access to VA FileMan files. Kernel Installation and Distribution System (KIDS) provides an application distribution and installation system. Menu Manager provides a common menu management system. Signon/Security organizes users and allows secure logons. TaskMan provides a common job queuing system.
you. Kernel’s menu system is what is used to make VistA applications (e.g., Scheduling, Nursing, and Personnel) available to users. To produce output from VistA applications (e.g., to printers or to the terminal screen), Kernel provides a common device interface called the Device Handler. To queue a job rather than run it directly, the Device Handler links to a common queuing system called TaskMan. This manual contains information about these and other parts of Kernel. The intent of this manual is to help you learn to use Kernel and take fullest advantage of the facilities it provides. This manual also includes information for system managers and developers; to find the information of interest to you, the general user, look for chapters and sub-chapters containing the phrase “User Interface” in their titles. ADP Application Coordinators (ADPACs) may want to skim through the Kernel 8.0 & Kernel Toolkit 7.3 Systems Management Guide and concentrate on the user interface chapters and particularly issues concerning every Kernel user (e.g., signon process and menu navigation). System Managers Kernel provides the backbone of an M computing platform, providing a mechanism to organize M programs as options, and a way to organize those options into a menu system for users. Kernel provides the following major system management components: Alerts provide an integrated notification system. Device Handler provides a common device interface. Electronic Signature Codes provide a secure electronic approval system. File Access Security system manages access to VA FileMan files. Kernel Installation and Distribution System (KIDS) provides an application distribution and installation system. Menu Manager provides a common menu management system. Signon/Security organizes users and allows secure logons. TaskMan provides a common job queuing system.