Programming / Development Support

PC Skills staff also develop customized applications and components for use by clients in Visual C++, Visual Basic, Excel, Access, Microsoft SQL Server,  and other platforms. Our staff have extensive experience in many aspects of business, and technical computing. We provide timely, cost-effective, and complete ( or partial, if desired) application development support. All projects are kept confidential.

General purpose database systems.
User friendly interface designs.
On-line context sensitive help features.
Multi-user secured database designs.
Embedded objects.
Client interface for database servers.
Archiving of Historical Documents - Digital or Scanned.

EDI Bridges to Accounting and other Business Software
New AS2 specifications.

Integrated Windows Applications

DDE , OLE, and OLE Automation features.
Communication modules.
Excel and Word automation.
32 bit applications for NT and Windows 95/98.

Engineering and Scientific Applications

General engineering computations.
Stress / heat transfer modeling and analysis.
Thermo-chemical calculations.

Database Systems Development

PC Skills specializes in developing customized database applications for our clients.  We use  state-of-the-art tools and platforms to suit the needs of our customers.

General Design Features:

User friendly interface designs.
On-line context sensitive help features.
Multi-user secured database designs.
Client interface for database servers.

Samples:

Small Business Accounting System:  Comprehensive software incorporating various accounting functions.  This software is available as a stand alone package or  with source code enabling users to integrate, customize, and repackage the software. 

Fund based accounting for not-for-profit organizations:  This software is available as a stand alone package or  with source code enabling users to integrate, customize, and repackage the software.

DirectLink Family of Software - A Commercial Software developed for our customer.  This system is designed for use by professionals in the Air Balancing Industry. For more information, please visit DataTech Integrated Systems, Inc.

Data Reports - Simple to Advanced

Often the most difficult component of database systems is the ability to extract and present data in coherent format.  PC Skills' expertise with Seagate Crystal Reports®  and Data Dynamics ActiveReports®  can help you in creating simple to advanced reports from most database formats.  The reports may be integrated with your application or as a stand-alone application.  If you like, we can incorporate these reports on web-based installations. 

Here is a sample of features that may be used in your next report:   sub-reports, combined reports, graphics, Charts, maps, drill-down reports, groups and totals based on database fields or special calculated fields, columns, labels, advanced formulas, cross-tab reports, form letters, etc.

We can integrate the reports with a Visual Basic Application with smart preview windows and many other features that will provide timely and efficient distribution of information to users.  Call us for more information and demonstration of this technology.

Seagate Crystal Reports is a registered trademark of Seagate Software, Inc.
ActiveReports is a registered trademark of Data Dynamics.

Web Applications Development

Why settle for static pages in your Internet or Intranet web site?  PC Skills can develop  Active Web Applications serving dynamic information from your own data sources.  We can design secure, browser independent, fast server side applications based on ASP or compiled Visual Basic applications that run under Microsoft Internet Information Server®.  

General Design Features:

Extensive Database connectivity.
Dynamically created browser independent html pages.
Secured sessions with user registration.
Advanced data reporting.

We can also integrate and disseminate presentation quality database reports with drill-down features and even charts.

Database Conversion

Migrating data from old systems to new is often an exercise of great hope and lots of pain.  PC Skills can help you in converting data from most popular formats saving you time, money, and most of all precious information that may have been lost.

The following is a partial list of the supported formats: ACT!, Microsoft Access, Alpha Four, Btrieve, Clarion, Clipper, DacEasy, DataEase, DataFlex, dBase, Great Plains, Gold Mine, Macola, Microsoft FoxPro, Borland Paradox, PeachTree, Quicken, Telemagic, Text files, and more.  Call us for more details and other database formats.

All Database formats listed above are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Installation Packages and Distribution

PC Skills can help you in creating sophisticated, customized setup and deployment packages for Windows applications. We can create or help you package your project, regardless of its size for distribution on Diskettes, CDs or Web packages using compressed setup files. 

We take care all the steps needed in installing your application safely and completely in any Windows platform, including creation of registry entries, program groups and menu entries, copying and registering Link Libraries (DLLs), ActiveX components and drivers,  copying data files in to target directories, and Uninstall options.

Data Warehousing Applications

Data warehousing has quickly becoming a mainstay of the Information Technology systems of companies, big and small.  The idea behind this technology to utilize the available information for many other purposes than just operation of the company.  For instance, you may want to use the accounting data for analyzing the buying behavior of your customers for improving  pricing structures and new product or service development.

PC Skills staff can provide support in many levels in designing and developing Warehouse systems based on the needs of individual customer and availability of information.

We will be pleased to work with you to provide full or partial support in harnessing this technology.

Please contact us for more information.