6.6.1 Brief technical description of the prototype
The Operations Monitor prototypes were implemented using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0,
as it was determined that considering the time constraint, we could achieve visual and
functional results faster with this tool than with other, more conventional, development
platforms. The program basically consists of a form, which is the graphical
representation of its components (the window and its buttons, captions etc), five code
modules, which contain various code different functions, and a class module, which
describes the alert objects (the coloured rectangles in the timeline).
The prototype receives information on the alerts from a Microsoft Access
Database. Storing the data in a database, and not hard-coding it, significantly simplifies
the accessing and manipulation of data in the program. This data is also used when the
user chooses to create a disruption in the program. The data is then read from the
database and structured into a XML document, which is then outputted as a file.
In addition to the standard GUI components provided with the Microsoft Visual
Basic 6.0 package, user developed components were also used, to provide greater
flexibility.
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