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Programming for the Orthoptera Species File was initially done with MS Visual Interdev. The web pages are published using HTML 4. The Active Server Pages (ASP) use Visual Basic Script. Client side programming is done using JavaScript. Web pages can be viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4 and higher, or Netscape Navigator, version 4 and higher. Current work is done using Visual Studio.NET. The conversion from ASP to ASP.NET and from Visual Basic Script to Visual Basic.NET was completed in November 2003. | Programming for the Orthoptera Species File was initially done with MS Visual Interdev. The web pages are published using HTML 4. The Active Server Pages (ASP) use Visual Basic Script. Client side programming is done using JavaScript. Web pages can be viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4 and higher, or Netscape Navigator, version 4 and higher. Current work is done using Visual Studio.NET. The conversion from ASP to ASP.NET and from Visual Basic Script to Visual Basic.NET was completed in November 2003. | ||
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Revision as of 16:32, 12 September 2012
Design details and issues
This section contains hyperlinks to many technical details and unresolved issues. It is intended primarily for those involved in the design and development of Species File Software. Other interested persons are welcome to review these pages.
Comments, criticisms and suggestions are welcome from casual readers as well as from members of the design group. This input will help us to produce a better service. Please send comments to mailto:SpeciesFileGroup@listserv.illinois.edu.
The following topics are displayed on separate pages:
narrative below is divided into Access levels, Software selected, Table relationships, Table structure, and URL entry points. A separate page describes the treatment for taxon names and concepts.
Software selected
The database behind the website was originally on FileMaker Pro, moved to MS Access, moved again to MS SQL Server. The greater complexity of SQL Server has made the task more difficult, but it has allowed the addition of more complex programming that does a better job of detecting and preventing user errors in updating the data.
Programming for the Orthoptera Species File was initially done with MS Visual Interdev. The web pages are published using HTML 4. The Active Server Pages (ASP) use Visual Basic Script. Client side programming is done using JavaScript. Web pages can be viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4 and higher, or Netscape Navigator, version 4 and higher. Current work is done using Visual Studio.NET. The conversion from ASP to ASP.NET and from Visual Basic Script to Visual Basic.NET was completed in November 2003.