Taking on the Big Boys

[DavidMcKay]

Hi

Newbie to LiveCode. Used to work with Flash and ActionScript 3 before it fell out of favour, dabbled on the fringes with Csharp and JavaScript, finally settled on LiveCode.

I'm a hobbyist, however, at my work we use a product that I think I could better. It is built on legacy code and all manner of classes - of mixed vintage if you will.

Anyways - here is what I am seeking to create:

Multi-window application
Requires authenticated log-in
Up to 6 concurrent users

One
Displays building floorplans that the user can navigate through and within - areas and different floors
Users can draw on the floorplan - i.e. putting letters and numbers beside certain areas, drawing shaded shapes over internal areas
Users can drag and drop markers and can reposition them as they see fit
Views can be printed

Two
Contains a real-time log that users can enter text into.
The log has categories for entries
It is possible to sort by category and to search within the log
Entries are time stamped
Different categories have different colours to easily identify category types
Contents can be printed and exported to Excel

Also contains a real-time task module
Tasks are colour coded for priority
Tasks can be live, in progress and complete
Tasks can take attachments
Alerts are built-in



No pressure then! If anyone has any pointers, guidance or advice - I am all ears.


Mac

[MaxV]

...Anyways - here is what I am seeking to create:

Multi-window application

Maintack with substacks

Requires authenticated log-in
Up to 6 concurrent users

SQLite is embedded, otherwise MySQL,PosgreSQL or other database.

One
Displays building floorplans that the user can navigate through and within - areas and different floors
Users can draw on the floorplan - i.e. putting letters and numbers beside certain areas, drawing shaded shapes over internal areas
Users can drag and drop markers and can reposition them as they see fit
Views can be printed

What is the floorpan file format? You can do it with image and over the use notes/drawings. There are a lot of paint clones in livecode, that you use as template.

Two
Contains a real-time log that users can enter text into.
The log has categories for entries
It is possible to sort by category and to search within the log
Entries are time stamped
Different categories have different colours to easily identify category types
Contents can be printed and exported to Excel

Database again
Also contains a real-time task module
Tasks are colour coded for priority
Tasks can be live, in progress and complete
Tasks can take attachments
Alerts are built-in



No pressure then! If anyone has any pointers, guidance or advice - I am all ears.


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