Re: [SL] Payroll

[James P. K. I. <jk...@lo...>]

On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 21:11 -0400, Santoken wrote:
>   Besides, do you really=20
> want a hack to come along and make a module and show up all the=20
> programmers on this list?  :)

No. But I _would_ like to see the hack generate some screen shots of the
proposed UI with some basic docs on how the payroll system is supposed
to be used (click here, now enter..., etc).

The issue I keep runing up on with this is (and I do program in perl)
that the UI is the sticking point. Yes, the math for most business stuff
is mastered by the end of the 6th grade here in the US.=20

So my challenge is this:  Look at the customer and vedor data entry
screen that already exist in SL. Using that as a design model, generate
a layout for the entry and managment screens as you proposed that would
also include form labels that the user sees. Keep in mind that every
form box will ultimately have to be an entry in a database. So the "on
the fly" random deductions are not really an option (coding new database
column generation based on user input is a security no-no). Also keep in
mind that all deductions must be eventually printable individully on a
paycheck for each employee.

Hmm. We may need a new mailing list : sql-ledger-payroll-devel.