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Re: Looking For Direction

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On Jun 11, 5:11=A0am, "JC" <jjcarde...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> For the user interface I am thinking of something that is
> >> integrated with a web browser. And of course some sort of interface
> >> between the two.
> >Why would you want that? A proper Swing GUI gives you more freedom than
> >any browser based technology. If deployment is no problem, and with
> >Webstart it isn't, there is no point in using a web based GUI for a syst=
em
> >which is not intended to run on the web - and with webstart even that
> >would be no problem.
>
> Right now clients (physicians, clinics, hospitals) send test samples alon=
g
> with a "requisition" which includes demographics, patient history, insura=
nce
> info, etc. We have a data entry clerk that enters this into the system. I
> was thinking somewhere down the line if we had a web-based interface the
> clients could fill in that info electronically instead of writing it on a
> form and sending it to the lab where someone has to enter it. I think it
> would save money but I reckon someone would lose their job.

Unless the forms you are describing are all the GUI of the
application, there's really no reason to turn all the application into
a webapp for a just a few forms. You can expose some selected forms
via the Web, but keep the most of the application as a client-server
app. That way you get the flexibility of the web when you need it, and
you're not hampered by its limitations when you don't need it. If you
want you can even share the server (the physical machine, and the
application server where the app runs) between the webapp and the
client-server app; of course you have to be aware of the potential
security risks, but that's a concern that you always get when you
expose some services to the outside world.

Cheers,
Alessio

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