Re: Pilot log book software for Linux?

[Bob Deep <bobd@cssgroup.com>]

Jerry Kaidor wrote:
> 
> John C. Peterson wrote:
> >
> > I think most power pilots would like the design and find the features
> > adequate. However, from one glider pilot to another, I found the design
> > for supporting soaring flights to be sorely lacking. For example, there
> > is no mechanism for entering release or maximum altitudes. If you have
> > ever compared plain paper logbooks, you notice that glider and power
> > logbooks are *very* different.  I think that electronic logbooks that
> > attempt to support multiple category aircraft should be designed using
> > different "modes",
> 
> *** Modes, ugh.  I know of no quicker way to "bug up" a piece of software.
>  I think a better approach would be to have an ascii config file
> that specifies what fields are included, and how they are related.  A
> sample config file would be included for power pilots, and another for
> glider pilots.  Said config file to be of easily understood form, with
> provision for embedded comments, etc.

Oh it's even easier than that...  Using Java and a JDBC driver you can
simply build a program that can dynamicly handle fields in a database
record...  Your program would then be reduced to accepting data for
specific field types for log entries, and producing generic queries to
generate reports...

Then you just supply a default database for the types of log books you
want, and a tool to allow a user to add or remove fields in the records
so they can coustomize things the way they want.

The hard part would making the data entry screens and report screens
look nice, but you could provide a way the user could build custom
reports and entry screens, while providing the basics.  You would just
store the interface code in the database as serilized Java classes...

-= Bob =-
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