Maintanance Software?

[desertgoldhound]

I placed this here becouse I consider it a Do it yourself project that I am just getting help with.

OK I am thinking about making a software for maintaining your tank/tanks. This software would use a gui interface. I know I will wont it to allow you to look up water chemistry from different dates. I was just wondering if anyone else out there has any input on this that they would like to see. Remeber this would not be a production software so I don't wont to make it to complicated due to the fact that I am going to make vertion 1 a free-ware product. I may later (after much feedback and spell checking) make it a for profit but at this time that is not what is on my mind. I am thinking KISS (Keep it simple stupid) and would be glad to let anyone download it for free. I would only ask that they give me feedback on it in return.

What would you all like to see in a basic software?

What would be a good color schem for this?

Any other suggestions you would recomend?

I will not be able to start my flow chart for a couple of weeks so please feel free to take your time and think about this. I do not intend to do salt water with this even though it would be very little programming to do so. I am debating whether or not to make the sorce code avalible.

 

[tai95]

It's been done many times from spreadsheets to actual programs. Here is a link with some of them. Or you could just do it the old fashioned way and write it in a notebook.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/softwaremaint/Aquarium_Maintenance_Software.htm

 

[desertgoldhound]

I have seen others software and some of them look good. I always like to write my own software so that I know its done right (not that they wouldn't but I don't wont to find out the hard way). Also by me doing it I have the sorce code so that I can change anything I don't like. I know why reinvent the wheel. Answer becouse the wheel can be done better.

 

[NeonJulie]

What's wrong with using Excel? That's simple, and would work anywhere?

 

[Squawkbert]

:: note to self to check this out later ::

 

[desertgoldhound]

Nothing is wrong with exel if that is your preferance. I personaly don't like it. I do beleive it is a wonderfull program for its minimule use database. I just perfer my own custome programs. This does not mean that it would be what everyone would like we all have different tastes. I was just wondering what some of your suggestions would be on a good software.

 

[ausername]

If you need some software too get some ideas from Aquarix Is pretty cool.
http://www.aquarix.de/en/
I use it and am very happy.

 

[desertgoldhound]

Ty I will check it out.