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Andromedatm
Overview
Andromeda is an application development tool. It is simple enough to be used by
power users, business analysts, and content experts; yet powerful enough to
be used by professional developers.
The tool itself is a web-based application, requiring no client-side
installation. It creates
thin-client, browser-based applications, capable of running over the World
Wide Web or on an intranet or extranet. Andromeda was built using entirely Microsoft
technologies. The tool itself
is comprised of about 100 Active Server Pages (ASPs) and several
sophisticated DLLs. It reduces
data processing, including: data collection; manipulation; reporting; and
calculating, to a set of wizards, whereby screens, menus, and reports are
produced simply by answering questions. ASPs created by Andromeda, may then be modified
directly, to meet any specialized needs.
Andromeda provides the following general services:
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Application security (login)
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Permissions
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A screen creation and modification wizard
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A menu creation and modification wizard
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Data binding, including a concurrency strategy
(record locking)
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Support for BLOB data (photos, documents, images, spreadsheets, video)
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A listing engine for record lookup and selection
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A reporting engine for designing, scheduling, and
archiving reports and exporting data to HTML, RTF, or XLS format
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A database modification wizard
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Custom code hooks for implementing business rules
as script or compiled code, server and/or client side
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A workflow delivery engine for sending messages,
data, and links to indicated users based on events or conditions
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