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Re: Anyone interested in my auction software?
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 01:04:35 GMT
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I would certainly be interested since I've been working on learning VB and
database programming for a while now. Would be nice to have a look.
Rob
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 22:41:43 GMT, "Brian Lanning" <blanning@mciworld.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure where this message belongs so I'll post it here. I'm considering
> handing out the source to my auction software to anyone who wants it. It's
> written in visual basic with a (poorly written) server-side perl script to
> make the e-mail form work. I'd call it about 50% done. I actually ran a
> parts auction with it. It tracks users, parts, and bids. It accepts bids
> through e-mail and generates html and updates the website. At the end, it
> prints a detailed pick-list to help in the sorting process. And it allows
> variable lot sizes. It's designed to run on your machine and operate entirely
> through email and ftp. It really works best with a cable modem, but I ran my
> auction over a dial-up line. I doubt a casual computer user could use the
> software effectively. You probably need to know a fair amount about VB and
> access to make it work since there are a dozen or more complicated sql queries
> attached to the MDB file that provide all kinds of interesting info. Also,
> since I rewrote a few sections of code while the auction was running, there's
> some derelict code that's there for reference. There are also orphaned
> functions that are there for one-time automated data loading. I'll need to
> clean up the database before posting since it contains personal information
> about past customers. Needless to say, it's a hack. But it works. If you're
> interested, please post or email (brian_and_lynn@yahoo.com). If there's
> interest, I'll clean it up, package it nicely, and put it on Lynn's website.
> I probably cannot provide very much support since my latest contract and
> lynn's website take most of my time. I probably could fix an occaisional bug
> or answer design questions. What this really needs is an owner with more
> time, and a lot of work. Let me know what you think.
>
> brian
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