<div dir="ltr">If you want your application to be<br>- browser-based<br>- standards-compliant -- works on most computer browsers / platforms<br>- easy to configure<br>- secure -- easy to patch and upgrade on an ongoing basis<br>
- modular -- start with core features and easily integrate new features in the future<br><br>I would look at building it in Drupal.<br><br>True, there is a learning curve involved to actually do the development, but it is PHP so not at all hard for an existing software developer to grasp. Plus, there is a large and active Drupal community so you can easily get free help, or even hire a local Drupal developer to do the work for you if you don't want to be bothered.<br>
<br>Curtis<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Tom Penney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tpenney@gmail.com">tpenney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Forgive the off topic post. I was hoping that someone might have some<br>
advice for me.<br>
<br>
I've been handed a home brew data entry system written in VB6 that is<br>
in need of replacement. Code is poorly commented and the guy who wrote<br>
it can't be found. What I would LIKE to do is start from scratch and<br>
write a nice browser based system using google gears or something like<br>
that but I don't have time. I would think there would be a ton of<br>
stuff available, open or otherwise, as we are not doing anything<br>
unusual. But what I've found seems antiquated and expensive. I was<br>
asked to evaluate some Viking Software stuff which has the features<br>
that we need but, man, low tech, 8 character file names, keyboard<br>
overlays required, etc.<br>
<br>
We process about 10,000 hand written forms a month entered from<br>
scanned images on screen. Each form is entered twice by separate<br>
people and compared for accuracy. some fields are looked up in a<br>
table to auto populate other fields which can then be accepted or<br>
edited. nothing to fancy. Has anyone here run across anything I should<br>
be looking into?<br>
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Tom Penney<br>
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