Making a lite version

[georgesmailuk]

Sorry if this is off-topic.

At work we have a database program that is very cumbersome to use,
which i think is written in C. Are there any programs available that
will let me make my own version by linking buttons and fields from
various screens onto one form, which when i update will then transfer
the data back into the main application?

There are about 15 different screens in the main program, but we only
use 2/3 fields from 6/7 of the screens. This is to save time jumping
through all the screens to put in the basic info we require.

thanks for any advice.
George

 

[SM Ryan]

(e-mail address removed) wrote:
# Sorry if this is off-topic.

You might try using a scripting language available for your system.
Some of them, like Applescript on Macs, can manipulate GUI fields
and even present their own gui. I think expect from the Tcl
community might also be able to do that.

You might try a newsgroup on scripting languages for your system.

 

[Jack Klein]

Sorry if this is off-topic.

At work we have a database program that is very cumbersome to use,
which i think is written in C. Are there any programs available that
will let me make my own version by linking buttons and fields from
various screens onto one form, which when i update will then transfer
the data back into the main application?

There are about 15 different screens in the main program, but we only
use 2/3 fields from 6/7 of the screens. This is to save time jumping
through all the screens to put in the basic info we require.

thanks for any advice.
George

Actually, it is off-topic here, but even if it were not there is not
nearly enough information for anyone here to provide an answer.

Do you "think" it is written in C, or do you know? Do you have the
source code, and the same compiler that was used to build the program?
And the legal right to use and/or modify the source code? If you do,
and you have the skills or hire a programmer who has the right skills,
then you can have a modified version of the program built.

But this is really not a language issue. The C language does not have
buttons, fields, screens, or forms. All of these things come from
third-party libraries and/or platform specific extensions provided by
your computer's operating system.