Normally, I review a simple part of the clients current app and dup it on the new system as a proof of concept. Of course I have to admit I normally use VFP for the demo. BTW I charge for the demo work. The very least I show the forms/screens without data access.
But it sounds like they don't know what they want??? John On Monday 02 October 2006 12:04, Carl Karsten wrote: > Company has a handful of little nifty apps written in Access: > > 1. simple/basic contact management > 2. Convention name tag/badge printer (that will encode an RFID tag) > 3. employee flight info - Who is flying where, how, when... What hotel are > they staying at, what client is paying for this, who is the contact (see > #1) 4. import .txt (data collected from scanning #2's name tags), convert > to .xls, e-mail to client (see #1) data is also available via a web page. > > > And 5-10? more things that have been grafted on to make one big ball of > ERP. > > They know it is fragile, they want it replaced, they want me to talk to > them about it. what else is new? > > It would be handy if I could show them some dabo screens that looked > similar to their access screens. I have a feeling there are about 50. I > also have a feeling that in the end, they will all be thrown out and > replaced with a new and improved plan. but it might help me sell whatever > it is I am selling if I could wip up something that resembles what they > currently have. > > Any suggestions? > > C > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users
