ede879g@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Robert D. Nicholson) (04/25/91)
I need some recommendations on a db product to support following spec. I have a floor plan displayed on the screen and then i click in a room on the floor plan and either a blow up or some text based information coming up on the screen in a dialogue box has to occur. It needs to support EGA or VGA and a normalized data model I need a procedure langauge so that i can program (customise) the thing to suit our own requirements. Is this possible with current db products? Otherwise I have to write the thing in C which isn't that hard but its time consuming (i already have the mouse and buttons going) Please understand i not just asking for a database that supports graphic types I would prefer something that supports "button logic and mouse" for a very easy to use and easy to program user interface.
kcc@yonkers.UUCP (Kevin C. Castner) (04/30/91)
In article <1991Apr25.032950.4172@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> ede879g@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Robert D. Nicholson) writes: >I need some recommendations on a db product to support following spec. > >I have a floor plan displayed on the screen and then i click in >a room on the floor plan and either a blow up or some text based >information coming up on the screen in a dialogue box has to occur. > > [ ..... deleted text ..... ] > >Please understand i not just asking for a database that supports graphic types >I would prefer something that supports "button logic and mouse" for a very >easy to use and easy to program user interface. Similar type things have been done using CAD/CAM packages such as AutoCAD. AutoCAD supports hiding information that is attached to a drawing entity (called attributes) and the ability to display it at will. AutoCAD also has the ability to interface to certain DBMS's to store data. What you describe is a common requirement in architectural and civil engineering drawings. I would suggest that you look at some of the CAD/CAM packages. They probably have what you require. ============================================================================ Kevin C. Castner 572 North Broadway JMDEL Systems White Plains, N.Y. 10603 Phone: (914) 948-3494 E-mail: uunet!jmdel!yonkers!kcc ============================================================================