Free Martial Arts School Software

[wmioch]

Hi everyone,

Since I'm a programmer by profession, I'm always looking for little projects to work on that I can use and integrate into the other aspects of my life.

One such program that I have begun is called InSign. It's a small program that I use to administrate my v. small martial arts school. At the moment, it's not very advanced, since I can add components as I need them. My offer to you is...

I'm willing to let any IAOMAS members use the program for free.
- YOU get to have a huge amount of input into what features you want the program to have. Just post here or send me a "Hey, I wish it did THIS!" email and I will do my best to include it.
- I get to develop a complete program that meets what you need. Hopefully, it'll become a great program!

The Details:
I'm putting up a temporary link. If lots of people are interested, I will find a permanent home. If you would prefer, just let me know and I will email it to you.
www.filefactory.com/file/647bf0/
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Just place the InSign.exe file into a directory and double click it to start.

If someone is really interested, I can make the source code available.

If anyone has any questions or queries, please post them here.

[Grant McMaster]

Hi, this is a d**n good idea and I have some things I'd love to see from such a program:

1: The facility to print certificates from the program that hold a ID number unique to the student.

2: The facility to incorporate a logo into the printout of any stationery.

3: The ability to track a students progress in terms of classes attended, seminars attended and grade exams attended.

4: A notes facility for the student entry.

5: A birthday reminder facility

6: An insurance renewal reminder (and facility to print out a reminder letter with the students details)

Those to me would be immensely useful...an additional function that I would find useful would be some method of exporting the database in a secure format so that a web page could be used to identify the student and their current grade by their unique number.

That would be brilliant for IAOMAS as well as any instructor with a visiting or transferring student would be able to check the experience and grade of their guest without having to question them.

[Dave Melton]

Have a program that does most of this. I designed and created a DOS version back in the 80s called KICKMATE, then converted it over to MS Access (2000). I will be happy to give to anyone, but don't have time to support it. So, if you know how to program in MS Access, let me know - it's all yours. You would just need to tweek it to your school's liking.

satori said:

1: The facility to print certificates from the program that hold a ID number unique to the student.

Yup - does it.

2: The facility to incorporate a logo into the printout of any stationery.

Can do that - just not sure what you mean by "any stationary". Printing on envelopes is different than letterhead. But honestly, I use email for everything now and hardly print paper correspondance.

3: The ability to track a students progress in terms of classes attended, seminars attended and grade exams attended.

Everything but seminars attended.

4: A notes facility for the student entry.

Yup...and also a "GOALS" field for you to have a printout of all the student's goals that you can work on with them.

5: A birthday reminder facility

. Got it - even plays "happy birthday" fo all to hear when they sign in that day.

6: An insurance renewal reminder (and facility to print out a reminder letter with the students details)

No, but can easily be added.

[Grant McMaster]

You're a wonderful human being Dave....so can I have a copy then

[Dave Melton]

Sure! Do you know how to modify an MS Access mdb file? Where do you want me to email it?

[Grant McMaster]

dmelton said:

Sure! Do you know how to modify an MS Access mdb file? Where do you want me to email it?

I can probably remember how to do that (searches for MS manual).

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Thanks mate!

[Karl Webb]

I would also be interested in having a look Dave, I have done a few Access courses and had a small database I was playing with, so it would be great to see how you linked all the tables and queries!

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Thank you ;D

[Dave Melton]

Just sent it guys...hope it can be of help.

[Grant McMaster]

Thanks Dave!

[Karl Webb]

Thanks Dave, will have a good look around it during the weekend.

;D

[Barbara-Elizabeth Allen]

Hi Dave,

I'd like to have a look at that programme too if you wouldn't mind

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Thanks!