# Steps to GUI

The project to convert your text interface to a GUI may seem overwhelming, especially after reading the previous section. This section will attempt to serve as an antidote to the paralysis of where to start, by spelling out a series of relatively simple steps to get you started down the road, using as an example a rather old-fashioned AlphaACCOUNTING-style employee maintenance program, which looks like this:

(./images/ashref_img64.png)



**Subtopics**

- [Configure the Display](configurethedisplay.md)

- [Activate INFLD GUI Mode](activateinfldguimode.md)

- [Activate GUI Version of PCKLST](activateguiversionofpcklst.md)

- [Application Adjustments](applicationadjustments.md)

- [Event-driven Programming](event-drivenprogramming.md)