Transfering a Decktop App to an iPad App
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:49 pm
Hello, All.
I'm looking forward to interacting with you during our 2013 Summer School. I'll be having a number of questions, but first, a bit of background:
I'm a retired special education professor who spent six years back in the 1990s developing a very complex expert system program using HyperCard. The Single Subject Research Advisor, or SSRA, as it is called, provides a research design consultation that presents a series of Queries about a user's prospective research project. Based upon the answers the user provides, the SSRA recommends 1 of 14 different research designs. Additional information can be obtained about how to implement the design, another component can be used to troubleshoot any problems that are encountered during the research study. An updatable citation database of more than 1,800 references to publications also accompanies the program. PDF forms for collecting and analyzing research data also can be downloaded from the program, as well as sample graphs that illustrate ways to display data collected during the research study. A team of us validated it's content and field tested it at 15 colleges and universities across the US with very satisfactory results. Although it was favorably reviewed by potential publishers, they weren't interested in publishing it because it only ran on Macs.
After my retirement in 1999, I discovered Revolution, and now LiveCode, and have been working off and on to convert and expand the SSRA to a cross-platform program. I anticipate that I'll be finished with that conversion by the end of this year. I have yet to develop a standalone version and am looking forward to developing the know-how to do that during our Summer School. I'll be seeking answers to some of the questions I have via this Forum.
My original intent was to concentrate solely on a desktop version of the program. There is way too much narrative content to think about an iPhone app; however, I do believe that it would be possible to develop an iPad app, which leads me to my first questions.
Since I already have attractive and functional screen designs and navigation system, it seems to me that I should be able to copy those to the iOS development system without using MobGUI. Is that a correct assumption? What, if anything, needs to be changed from the desktop app? I don't see the need for the user to enlarge or shrink images on the screen. All that will be required on the user's part is to tap buttons to make selections, manipulate scroll bars to display text narratives in fields, and use a keyboard to enter notes and descriptions of their projected research projects.
Thanks, in advance, for any assistance or advice that any of you may be able to provide to help me with this project.
Best regards,
Ed Blackhurst
I'm looking forward to interacting with you during our 2013 Summer School. I'll be having a number of questions, but first, a bit of background:
I'm a retired special education professor who spent six years back in the 1990s developing a very complex expert system program using HyperCard. The Single Subject Research Advisor, or SSRA, as it is called, provides a research design consultation that presents a series of Queries about a user's prospective research project. Based upon the answers the user provides, the SSRA recommends 1 of 14 different research designs. Additional information can be obtained about how to implement the design, another component can be used to troubleshoot any problems that are encountered during the research study. An updatable citation database of more than 1,800 references to publications also accompanies the program. PDF forms for collecting and analyzing research data also can be downloaded from the program, as well as sample graphs that illustrate ways to display data collected during the research study. A team of us validated it's content and field tested it at 15 colleges and universities across the US with very satisfactory results. Although it was favorably reviewed by potential publishers, they weren't interested in publishing it because it only ran on Macs.
After my retirement in 1999, I discovered Revolution, and now LiveCode, and have been working off and on to convert and expand the SSRA to a cross-platform program. I anticipate that I'll be finished with that conversion by the end of this year. I have yet to develop a standalone version and am looking forward to developing the know-how to do that during our Summer School. I'll be seeking answers to some of the questions I have via this Forum.
My original intent was to concentrate solely on a desktop version of the program. There is way too much narrative content to think about an iPhone app; however, I do believe that it would be possible to develop an iPad app, which leads me to my first questions.
Since I already have attractive and functional screen designs and navigation system, it seems to me that I should be able to copy those to the iOS development system without using MobGUI. Is that a correct assumption? What, if anything, needs to be changed from the desktop app? I don't see the need for the user to enlarge or shrink images on the screen. All that will be required on the user's part is to tap buttons to make selections, manipulate scroll bars to display text narratives in fields, and use a keyboard to enter notes and descriptions of their projected research projects.
Thanks, in advance, for any assistance or advice that any of you may be able to provide to help me with this project.
Best regards,
Ed Blackhurst