Plug-in request: Vehicle Maintenance (for the gifted coders out there) - Page 7

lostreception · 01-23-2006, 05:41 PM

nope no one stepped up to the plate on this i am doing a version in flash for other front ends my version is going to have as many features as i can pull off

my suggestion download karkare and look at that for ideas what on data to input

i just recently got my feet wet with vb so i might hybrid flash and vb for my version

bishooman · 01-23-2006, 07:56 PM

ah ok it is all local calculations i thought you need something to read the miles from the car chip and get how many miles and galons left in tank (i mean a smart systems like audi BMW) i dont know if something like this is posible maybe in the future let stay like that for now

justintime · 01-23-2006, 08:03 PM

bishooman:

I have included a specification document in the first post of this thread. It has all the details of how the application should flow. It is very similar to the PalmOS application called KarKare (see more info on first post).

Thanks.

bishooman · 01-23-2006, 08:06 PM

ok you said that you have the skin so how can i get it to start ??

justintime · 01-23-2006, 08:07 PM

Well, I have a skin design, as per screenshots, but the new CF skin will look nothing like this one. Better for you to just concentrate on the code, and we can leave the skin for later when David releases his final skin.

ninjatill · 06-01-2006, 04:00 PM

Did anyone ever program this? This would be an awesome program for us business travlers. I would take the program even with manual entry of everything. ODBII auto entry for mileage would be cool but I haven't gotten that far with my carputer yet.

midiwall · 06-30-2006, 11:37 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ninjatill

Did anyone ever program this? This would be an awesome program for us business travlers.

I've got the same question... I'm about to start into something like this, but I don't want to re-invent the wheel.

lostreception · 06-30-2006, 12:14 PM

hi currently its somewhat unfinished and written in flash im planin to make a version in vb but time is really the issue.
the final version will probably incorporate some flash and vb but right now my primary focus is gps gasoline which is about 90% done so its up to you. you can never have too many options

RedGTiVR6 · 06-30-2006, 02:06 PM

This would be a super sweet thing to have.

While the GPS/OBDII functionality would be cool, I could see it coming in at a later date and be built in as optional. As in, it's all the same release, just if you want to to read GPS you tell it such, if you want it to read OBDII, you tell it such, if you want it to go off of nothing and require manual input you tell it such.

Have it be able to be run as a standalone program, AND/OR embedded in whichever front end you choose.

I know I know, I like to have my cake and eat it too....

Ineffigy · 06-30-2006, 02:59 PM

This really seems like a simple application to develop. I think it would be best for the interest of the user to give them the option of using OBDC-II, GPS or manual entry so that all users can use it. We can take advantage of Interface Inheritance to release the project in modules so that we start with Manual entry, then move to GPS and then move up to OBDC-II. That way the interface can be tweaked before it is finished.

midiwall · 06-30-2006, 03:27 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Ineffigy

This really seems like a simple application to develop. I think it would be best for the interest of the user to give them the option of using OBDC-II, GPS or manual entry so that all users can use it. We can take advantage of Interface Inheritance to release the project in modules so that we start with Manual entry, then move to GPS and then move up to OBDC-II. That way the interface can be tweaked before it is finished.

It seems simple, but there're some complexities when you start looking at doing it "right" so that you _can_ create an expandable platform.

For example, using a proper database store for the data; allowing for tracking gas stations as well (so you can look for trend analysis against mileage); tracking weather during the latest fillup (again to build mileage trends);export to CSV files...

But, you're right... bringing features in one at a time is the practical approach, the architecture to make it happen without each version being a re-write is the killer.

If C++ was supported as a dev environment, I'd be in the project as we speak. I'm not a C# fan...

(thanks for popping back into the thread Lost!)

Ineffigy · 06-30-2006, 03:58 PM

Oops, I didn't read Red GTI V6's post. Sorry girl, you and I had pretty much the same idea.

RedGTiVR6 · 06-30-2006, 04:01 PM

it's cool - you're at work trying to sneak this stuff in, I'm at home doped up on muscle relaxers

Naesstrom · 07-05-2006, 11:36 AM

ok... since this project seem to have died.. anyone else know if there are something a bit easier out there...

All I want is a software where I can enter:
Volume
Price
Distance driven
Date
Maybe some notes
and it gives me
(I know this seems weird but I'm swedish)
liter/10km

I found one but that one had died to... it worked like I wanted it but that gave me kilometers/Liter... and it wasnt embedded in anything either... if it worked with RR I would love it...

Ineffigy · 07-06-2006, 08:30 AM

Its not dead , just waiting in line for development. Plus someone has to stand up and say, "I'll do it!". Personally, I'm working on my own front end as soon as the last of the hardware shows up. (Its in the mail)