Is RR suited for this project ?

Alain PIERRE apierre.lgc at libertysurf.fr
Fri Aug 1 04:02:01 EDT 2003


Hi,

I recently discovered RR while doing some research on the
net and would like to know whether RR is most suited for the
following database publishing project. If not, which software and
database (DB)/RDBMS is most suited ?

- Annually updated commercial European multi-lingual
publication ( min. 3 languages: english, french, dutch - maybe
later on: spanish, italian )

- Publishing medium:
. 1st edition: paper, stand-alone application on CD-ROM / DVD
( text and graphics/images )
. 2nd edition+: paper, stand-alone application on CD-ROM /
DVD ( text, graphics/images, audio and video ), Internet

- Data:
. text, graphics/images, audio and video ( various formats )
. text: multi-lingual

- Publishing format:
. CD-ROM / DVD: stand-alone application and PDF files
. Internet: static ( and probably dynamic ) web pages

- Database:
. 25 related files/tables
. total of approx. 7000 records/rows
. encrypted
. embedded PDF files
. read from CD-ROM / DVD or to be installed on hard
disk(*)

- PDF files:
. generated from DB/RDBMS

- Stand-alone application:
. compiled ( & linked )
. run from CD-ROM / DVD or to be installed on hard disk(*)
. multi-lingual
. present development platform: Windows 98 - 2nd edition
. distribution platform: Windows, probably also Mac
. graphics/images: separate viewing ( thumbnail + enlarged ) +
slide-show
. read-only + read/write version
. data quering by form, cfr FileMaker ( user don't have to enter
SQL statements or use a query editor )
. data quering by form on related tables
. data quering results: record by record + grid
. downloadable time-limited demo ( with partial data or a
limited number of records/rows )
. import of images/graphics from scanner
. possibilty to define hyperlinked areas ( link to text or other
image ) on graphics/images

(*) determined by read-write/read-only status, speed and
copy protection considerations.


Questions:
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01.1 Most suited development software ? Why ?
01.2 Most suited platform to develop on ? Why ?
01.3 Most tried-and-true, stable version to develop with on the
development platform ?
01.4 What's needed to port the application to other platform(s) ?
01.5 Necessary plug-ins / add-ons / add-ins / ... ?
01.6 Distributed application RAM requirements ?
01.7 Stand-alone application CD-ROM / DVD reading speed ?
01.8 Stand-alone application size ( excl. database ), especially
regarding downloadable demo ? ADSL or high speed Internet
access is not ( yet ) available everywhere in Europe, especially
for non-professional users.
01.09 Stand-alone application: which screen resolution & screen
size to develop for ?

02.1 Most suited DB/RDBMS ?
02.2 Most tried-and-true, stable version to develop with ?
02.3 Allows indexed compound fields ?
02.4 Allows prefixed auto-increment fields ?
02.5 Design and management tools ?
02.6 Data encryption tools ?

03.1 CD-ROM / DVD - executable - PDF anti-copy/piracy tools ?
03.2 Licence / registration key / registration attempts tracking
tools ?

04. Which Windows compatible graphic, audio and video
formats ( supplied by manufacturers ) can be converted to
Quicktime compatible format(s) ?

05. What is meant by a "double-clickable" application ?

06. Tool for applying a watermark on graphics and videos. Can
be automated for a graphic / video collection ?

07. Statistics on Windows & Mac platform in use + which
versions of each ?

08. Any other important question(s) or considerations I forgot
to mention ?

09. Any other important selection criteria I forgot to mention ?


Thanks for your kind advice,
Alain 




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