Data should not be first. Functionality should be designed first, then determine the data structures from that.

>Greetings,
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>This may be a rhetorical question, but I'm curious as to how you approach designing a new program/application. Everyone doesn't use the same approach, but I'm sure there are similarities.
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>For example... you determine data requirements first, then you may develop data entry modules followed by menus, etc.
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>Thanks,
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>Vernon