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Omega user interfaces

Why two user interfaces?

Omega's development began in 1988 as a DOS program (Omega Classic) with the classic Omega user interface . Since 2005, Omega has been further developed within the AGS framework application. This provides an integrated user interface for Omega, similar to that of typical Windows applications.

As long as not all functionalities are included in the integrated user interface, both user interfaces coexist.

Omega's integrated user interface

Most functionality is available in the integrated user interface .

Omega's classic user interface

The classic user interface (Omega Classic) is run in a separate window using the DOSBox program.

If a file is open in the classic user interface, it cannot be open in the integrated user interface at the same time.

For functionalities that are only available in the classic user interface, menu items are available in the integrated user interface.

The following functionalities require the classic user interface to be accessed from within AGS via a menu item in the context menu of a card :

The following functionalities require the classic user interface to be accessed from within AGS via a menu entry in the context menu of a person directory :