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Webinterface to have an alternative to the fat .net client  
Written by pokorra the 16 Mar 10 at 08:38. New
Advantages of a Web Interface are that the users don't need to patch their client, deploying a new version can be controlled on the server.

Depending on the technology used, it does not require to install additional software (eg. .Net) on the workstations, and can just run in the browser.

Nowadays even AJAX solutions can be quite powerful, so the user should be able to work quite comfortably.

We could rewrite the Winforms generator to produce any other code we like.
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Solution #1: Generate the UI with extJS
Written by pokorra the 16 Mar 10 at 08:38.
This is a powerful javascript and AJAX solution, with lots of GUI controls.

It has solutions for communicating with the server via SOAP etc.

We could modify our Winforms generator to produce the appropriate Javascript code.

A lot of thought would need to be put in managing data on the client side, and about how to minimise coding the verification code both in c# and javascript.

The GPL license of extJS should fit nicely for OpenPetra.
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Solution #2: Silverlight web client
Written by pokorra the 16 Mar 10 at 08:38.
Advantages are that the code is in C#.
The gui elements should be quite similar as in Winforms.

Support for printing was added in Silverlight 4.0, which used to be a show stopper.

Disadvantages are that the user has to install the Silverlight (or Moonlight for Linux) runtime environment in order to be able to use the client in the browser.
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Solution #3: No need for a web client
Written by pokorra the 16 Mar 10 at 08:49.
the OpenPetra client already has automatic patches ie it is always uptodate.
The fat client is much easier to use.
We should focus on getting the functionality done, and fully support the client running on Mono, then we can cover MacOS and Linux as well.

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Document Management  
Written by pokorra the 25 Aug 09 at 11:58. New
How important would it be to have document management integrated with OpenPetra?

This would mean that PDFs, Word files, Excel sheets and other file types can be associated with partners, finance transactions, personnel records, conferences etc.

Access permissions would be integrated in the OpenPetra user management
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Solution #1: Self developed solution
Written by pokorra the 25 Aug 09 at 11:58.
advantages: highly integrated with OpenPetra
disadvantages: a lot of work

files could be accessed via the OpenPetra server, or via SFTP, Samba, etc.

question: How would other software programmes access the documents?
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Solution #2: Integration with 3rd party document management
Written by pokorra the 25 Aug 09 at 11:59.
eg. Alfresco or Knowlegde Tree

advantages: they work
disadvantages: how to copy user permissions; how to integrate with OpenPetra

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Preview effect of posting a GL batch to avoid accounting mistakes  
Written by pokorra the 3 Sep 09 at 12:24. New
this was reported by a user; they would like to be able to see the balances of the accounts involved, so that they can quickly estimate if the batch posts to the correct places; otherwise it would be a hassle to adjust transactions etc to fix mistakes.
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Solution #1: Preview Report
Written by pokorra the 3 Sep 09 at 12:24.
a preview report should be displayed, that shows the current balances and the balance that would take effect after the posting of the batch. The user can then confirm the posting, or cancel, and change the batch.

implementation: a special posting function which rolls back at the end, after getting old balances of accounts (datarowview.oldstate?), and new, display somehow easy to see, in a grid message box

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simple GL transactions with just 2 account/cost centres  
Written by pokorra the 3 Sep 09 at 12:36. New
a simplified transaction entry option for non-bookkeepers where you can just enter the actual event (eg. I spent £20 on a book) and OpenPetra will generate the two transactions that need to go in the GL.

(Attention: In Petra, a transaction does not have same credit and debit totals, but only has one amount to it; we might need to change the wording in the language files...)
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Solution #1: additional type of transaction: simple transaction
Written by pokorra the 3 Sep 09 at 12:36.
This would be provided as an additional means of data entry, so that more complicated transactions consisting of more than 2 movements of money are still possible.

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Store geo data with addresses and allow to run reports on it  
Written by pokorra the 3 Sep 09 at 20:42. New
this can be useful to organise meetings with supporters, or to invite partners to special events, etc.
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Solution #1: integrate with OpenStreetMap
Written by pokorra the 3 Sep 09 at 20:42.
see http://www.openstreetmap.org/

this could require setting up your own map server, etc.
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Solution #2: integrate with OpenGeoDB
Written by pokorra the 3 Sep 09 at 20:43.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengeodb/

this is much less data to manage and to load (does not require a big map server), but not so much worldwide data?
might be easier to integrate for a start

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