On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan < [email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings, > > Disclaimer: This is a query from an ignorant/muddled myself > > I am trying to accomplish the following: > > Write a small application which will allow data verification/data > entry with sources from scanned images. > > My requirements: > This application should be portable across platforms > This application should be self contained. > It should show the fields allowing validation > It should show multi-page tiff/PDF files on one side (left, right, top > or bottom) of the data entry form > (The fields in the form can be in any page of the multipage images) > The tiff/pdf files are residing as files in a multiple locations (on > local or network storage-- nfs or cifs) with the record number as > their names > It should not assume that anything other than a minimal O/S with GUI > is installed > I should be as small as possible and should not require > root/administrator privilege (I am using sqlite as the database) > Runtime environment will be purely userspace. > Installation has to be done as a normal user and _not_ superuser > > I am avoiding Java. There has to be a simpler way (Logic: If sqlite > can serve my purpose of RDBMS, there should be a simpler way for > forms) > > Effectively, the application footprint on the disk will be four to five > files: > Application itself (executable) > Database file (containing the records) > Shared objects/DLL to handle PDF and TIFF files > Configuration file (to contain location pointers to the location of > the Tiff/PDF files) > Optionally, a lookup table for record number to tiff/pdf filename > > Web based could be an option. but cannot guarantee installation of > much software on webserver. > > If sqlite is not mandatory, give Couchapps a shot. Looks like it will be close to your requirements. regds, mano _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
